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incurable.n.01
sick_person.n.01
a person whose disease is incurable
idolize.v.01
adore.v.01
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
knife_blade.n.01
blade.n.09
the blade of a knife
cavalcade.n.01
procession.n.02
a procession of people traveling on horseback
smock.v.01
decorate.v.01
embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
pump_room.n.01
pump_house.n.01
a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather
derived_function.n.01
calculation.n.02
the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
safety_curtain.n.01
theater_curtain.n.01
a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire
broomstick.n.01
handle.n.01
the handle of a broom
adducer.n.01
discussant.n.01
a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof
lunate_bone.n.01
carpal_bone.n.01
one of the eight small wrist bones
narrowbody_aircraft.n.01
airliner.n.01
a commercial airliner with a single aisle
brumaire.n.01
revolutionary_calendar_month.n.01
second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist
cash_register.n.01
cashbox.n.01
a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
beanie.n.01
skullcap.n.01
a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
banksia_rose.n.01
rose.n.01
Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers
american_arborvitae.n.01
arborvitae.n.01
small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
abecedarius.n.01
poem.n.01
a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order
bring_to_bear.v.01
effect.v.02
bring into operation or effect
pinna.n.01
leaflet.n.02
division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
mythical_monster.n.01
mythical_being.n.01
a monster renowned in folklore and myth
sun_spurge.n.01
spurge.n.01
not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
dramatist.n.01
writer.n.01
someone who writes plays
deep_freeze.n.01
inaction.n.01
temporary inactivity or suspension
bullethead.n.01
human_head.n.01
a head shaped like a bullet
column_chromatography.n.01
chromatography.n.01
chromatography that uses selective adsorption by a column of powders
suffragette.n.01
feminist.n.01
a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
union_card.n.01
membership_card.n.01
a card certifying membership in a labor union
fax.v.01
telecommunicate.v.01
send something via a facsimile machine
intrusiveness.n.01
aggressiveness.n.01
aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
limey.n.01
englishman.n.01
a man of English descent
iguanid.n.01
lizard.n.01
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
musk_ox.n.01
bovid.n.01
large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
basenji.n.01
dog.n.01
small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark
industrial_park.n.01
tract.n.01
a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories
medial_rectus_muscle.n.01
ocular_muscle.n.01
the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially
ready-mix.n.01
mix.n.01
a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish
deuteranopia.n.01
red-green_dichromacy.n.01
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
wax-chandler.n.01
chandler.n.03
one who deals in wax candles
seminal_duct.n.01
duct.n.01
the efferent duct of the testis in man
vasectomy.n.01
surgical_contraception.n.01
surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
horned_chameleon.n.01
chameleon.n.03
a kind of chameleon
proconvertin.n.01
coagulation_factor.n.01
a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K
concurrent_operation.n.01
operation.n.04
two or more operations performed at the same time (or within a give interval)
kite_tail.n.01
bob.n.04
a bob on a kite to provide balance
gallicism.n.01
loanword.n.01
a word or phrase borrowed from French
musculus_sphincter_ductus_choledochi.n.01
sphincter.n.01
the smooth muscle sphincter of the common bile duct
definite_article.n.01
article.n.04
a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference
nosology.n.01
medicine.n.01
the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
mine_pig.n.01
pig_iron.n.01
pig iron made entirely from ore
fluorine.n.01
halogen.n.01
a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
chandelle.n.01
flight_maneuver.n.01
a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction
espionage_network.n.01
network.n.01
a network of spies
silver_birch.n.01
birch.n.02
European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
sawpit.n.01
pit.n.01
a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw
sucker_punch.n.01
punch.n.01
an unexpected punch
snakes_and_ladders.n.01
board_game.n.01
a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
botulism.n.01
food_poisoning.n.01
food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
defecation_reflex.n.01
reflex.n.01
normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum
trouper.n.01
good_person.n.01
a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working
luge.n.01
sled.n.01
a racing sled for one or two people
bark_beetle.n.01
beetle.n.01
small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
ribbing.n.01
framework.n.03
a framework of ribs
helotiales.n.01
fungus_order.n.01
order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium
sagittate-leaf.n.01
simple_leaf.n.01
a leaf shaped like an arrow head
chondrite.n.01
rock.n.01
a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules
knowledge_domain.n.01
content.n.05
the content of a particular field of knowledge
jobholder.n.01
employee.n.01
an employee who holds a regular job
potential.n.01
possibility.n.02
the inherent capacity for coming into being
take_five.v.01
pause.v.02
take a break for five minutes
chadian_franc.n.01
franc.n.01
the basic unit of money in Chad
blessedness.n.01
happiness.n.01
a state of supreme happiness
lagging.n.01
insulating_material.n.01
used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
moraine.n.01
earth.n.02
accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
pederasty.n.01
homosexuality.n.01
sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)
attention_deficit_disorder.n.01
syndrome.n.02
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
stop_press.n.01
news.n.02
late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
few.n.01
elite.n.01
a small elite group
pony-trekking.n.01
riding.n.01
a sport in which people ride across country on ponies
banana_republic.n.01
country.n.02
a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
phylactery.n.01
reminder.n.01
(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
vegetable_matter.n.01
matter.n.03
matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant
cold_war.n.01
hostility.n.02
a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
lurker.n.01
waiter.n.02
someone waiting in concealment
polka_dot.n.01
design.n.04
design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots
mormonism.n.01
protestantism.n.01
the doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church based on the Book of Mormon
hermissenda.n.01
mollusk_genus.n.01
genus of marine sea slugs
genus_salpa.n.01
chordate_genus.n.01
type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae
coordinate_system.n.01
arrangement.n.03
a system that uses coordinates to establish position
pleiades.n.01
nymph.n.01
(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
hasidim.n.01
orthodox_judaism.n.01
a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
dried_apricot.n.01
dried_fruit.n.01
apricots preserved by drying
bite_plate.n.01
dental_appliance.n.01
a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
horizontal_integration.n.01
consolidation.n.02
absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level
abdominal_wall.n.01
wall.n.03
a wall of the abdomen
nucleoside.n.01
glycoside.n.01
a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
serine.n.01
amino_acid.n.01
a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
ferrimagnetism.n.01
antiferromagnetism.n.01
a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment
neopallium.n.01
cerebral_cortex.n.01
the cortical part of the neencephalon
fauve.n.01
painter.n.01
a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism