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chasse.n.01
dance_step.n.01
(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
merchant.n.01
businessperson.n.01
a businessperson engaged in retail trade
urine.n.01
body_waste.n.01
liquid excretory product
genus_thiobacillus.n.01
bacteria_genus.n.01
a genus of bacteria
porkchop.n.01
chop.n.02
chop cut from a hog
tippet.n.01
cape.n.02
a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
fantasy_world.n.01
fantasy.n.01
something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
abrader.n.01
tool.n.01
a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
gamesmanship.n.01
unfairness.n.02
the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game
witchcraft.n.01
sorcery.n.01
the art of sorcery
improper_fraction.n.01
fraction.n.03
a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
hailstorm.n.01
storm.n.01
a storm during which hail falls
character_printer.n.01
printer.n.03
a printer that prints a single character at a time
common_daisy.n.01
daisy.n.01
low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers
coigue.n.01
southern_beech.n.01
Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching
machmeter.n.01
speedometer.n.01
speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound
sword-cut.n.01
scar.n.01
a scar from a cut made by a sword
waterwheel_plant.n.01
carnivorous_plant.n.01
floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
adorability.n.01
attractiveness.n.02
extreme attractiveness
charge_unit.n.01
electromagnetic_unit.n.01
a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
compote.n.01
dessert.n.01
dessert of stewed or baked fruit
cockade.n.01
decoration.n.01
an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
duodenum.n.01
small_intestine.n.01
the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum
sightseer.n.01
tourist.n.01
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
labor_camp.n.01
camp.n.05
a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
deepwater_squirrelfish.n.01
squirrelfish.n.02
a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico
sailing_master.n.01
officer.n.04
the ship's officer in charge of navigation
virgin's_bower.n.01
clematis.n.01
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
sturgeon.n.01
ganoid.n.01
large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
swedish_meatball.n.01
meatball.n.01
meatballs simmered in stock
brigade.v.01
group.v.02
form or unite into a brigade
panchromatic_film.n.01
film.n.03
photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red)
personal_digital_assistant.n.01
electronic_device.n.01
a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
photo-offset_printing.n.01
offset.n.05
a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
fake_book.n.01
fake.n.01
a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly
enamelware.n.01
cooking_utensil.n.01
cooking utensil of enameled iron
freedom_from_self-incrimination.n.01
civil_right.n.01
the civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
alpine_fir.n.01
silver_fir.n.01
medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
spinal_anesthetic.n.01
anesthetic.n.01
an anesthetic that is injected into the spine
suitor.n.01
admirer.n.03
a man who courts a woman
krait.n.01
elapid.n.01
brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
synthetic_resin.n.01
polymer.n.01
a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics
ophthalmoscope.n.01
medical_instrument.n.01
medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye
cardiac_rhythm.n.01
rhythm.n.02
the rhythm of a beating heart
star_of_david.n.01
hexagram.n.01
a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism
pinscher.n.01
watchdog.n.02
any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped
neuter.n.01
gender.n.01
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
precognition.n.01
clairvoyance.n.01
knowledge of an event before it occurs
deontic_logic.n.01
modal_logic.n.02
the modal logic of obligation and permissibility
elixir_of_life.n.01
elixir.n.03
a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists
generative_grammar.n.01
syntax.n.03
(linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description
facilitator.n.01
assistant.n.01
someone who makes progress easier
quoratean.n.01
hokan.n.01
a group of languages of the Hokan family
rock_cake.n.01
cake.n.03
a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock
modern_english.n.01
english.n.01
English since about 1450
passive_resistance.n.01
direct_action.n.01
peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
xylophonist.n.01
percussionist.n.01
someone who plays a xylophone
dicer.n.01
mechanical_device.n.01
a mechanical device used for dicing food
locus_of_infection.n.01
site.n.02
the specific site in the body where an infection originates
persiflage.n.01
banter.n.01
light teasing
diplodocus.n.01
dinosaur.n.01
a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America
frontal_suture.n.01
suture.n.01
the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)
fair_hearing.n.01
hearing.n.01
a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)
packer.n.01
workman.n.01
a workman employed to pack things into containers
uncoil.v.01
unwind.v.02
unwind or untwist
voussoir.n.01
building_block.n.02
wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
inferior_epigastric_vein.n.01
epigastric_vein.n.01
empties into the external iliac vein
gradable_opposition.n.01
opposition.n.02
an opposition that is capable of being graded
omeprazole.n.01
antacid.n.01
antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
moss_genus.n.01
genus.n.02
a genus of mosses
bayonet.n.01
knife.n.02
a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
saury.n.01
teleost_fish.n.01
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
zero_coupon_bond.n.01
bond.n.02
a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security
hexadecimal_notation.n.01
mathematical_notation.n.01
any notation that uses 16 different characters
champerty.n.01
wrongdoing.n.02
an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
eczema.n.01
skin_disease.n.01
generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
nagi.n.01
conifer.n.01
medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
housebreak.v.01
train.v.01
train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
flesh_fly.n.01
fly.n.01
fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
finial.n.01
decoration.n.01
an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
data_processing.n.01
processing.n.01
(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
replica.n.01
copy.n.02
copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
streptococcus_anhemolyticus.n.01
bacteria_species.n.01
a species of bacteria
cartridge_brass.n.01
brass.n.01
an alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing
neurohormone.n.01
hormone.n.01
a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
caitiff.n.01
cur.n.02
a cowardly and despicable person
run-on_sentence.n.01
sentence.n.01
an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction
job-control_language.n.01
application-oriented_language.n.01
a problem-oriented language used to describe job requirements to an operating system
director_of_central_intelligence.n.01
administrator.n.03
the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
scale_value.n.01
value.n.01
a value on some scale of measurement
lunar_calendar.n.01
calendar.n.01
a calendar based on lunar cycles
grimace.v.01
communicate.v.02
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
pudge.n.01
endomorph.n.01
a short fat person
tempera.n.01
water-base_paint.n.01
pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
invigilate.v.01
watch.v.02
watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
news_event.n.01
happening.n.01
a newsworthy event
safety_fuse.n.01
fuse.n.02
a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance
rhodes_scholar.n.01
scholar.n.03
a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University
spanish_grunt.n.01
grunt.n.03
a kind of grunt
trews.n.01
trouser.n.01
tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan