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government_security.n.01
security.n.04
a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System
round-the-clock_patrol.n.01
patrol.n.02
a continuous nonstop patrol
cheeseboard.n.01
tray.n.01
tray on which cheeses are served
extended_care_facility.n.01
medical_institution.n.01
a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness)
prudence.n.01
discretion.n.05
discretion in practical affairs
ethnic_group.n.01
group.n.01
people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
mediant.n.01
note.n.03
(music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
pediatrics.n.01
medicine.n.01
the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
patrician.n.01
adult.n.01
a person of refined upbringing and manners
witchgrass.n.01
panic_grass.n.01
North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land
contortion.n.01
change_of_shape.n.01
the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
flange.n.01
projection.n.04
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
monterey_cypress.n.01
cypress.n.02
tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
reunify.v.01
unite.v.01
unify again, as of a country
brunt.n.01
force.n.03
main force of a blow etc
floating_mine.n.01
mine.n.02
an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it
long_distance.n.01
call.n.01
a telephone call made outside the local calling area
cowbell.n.01
bell.n.01
a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located
knight's_service.n.01
service.n.11
land tenure by service to the lord as a knight
smooth-haired_fox_terrier.n.01
fox_terrier.n.01
a fox terrier with smooth hair
bombsight.n.01
sights.n.01
a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
conductance_unit.n.01
electromagnetic_unit.n.01
a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge
bee_beetle.n.01
clerid_beetle.n.01
European beetle; infests beehives
double_creme.n.01
cream.n.02
cream with a fat content of 48% or more
squamous_cell.n.01
epithelial_cell.n.01
an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue
aliquot.n.01
divisor.n.02
an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity
trapezius.n.01
skeletal_muscle.n.01
either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms
porcelain.n.01
ceramic_ware.n.01
ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
athletic_game.n.01
sport.n.01
a game involving athletic activity
cut_glass.n.01
glassware.n.01
glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets
skid_lid.n.01
crash_helmet.n.01
a crash helmet
atomic_theory.n.01
scientific_theory.n.01
a theory of the structure of the atom
childbirth.n.01
parturition.n.01
the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
malayalam.n.01
south_dravidian.n.01
a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India
ear_hole.n.01
hole.n.02
a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears
stonewaller.n.01
obstructionist.n.01
one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc.
layoff.n.01
closure.n.07
the act of laying off an employee or a work force
mouser.n.01
domestic_cat.n.01
a cat proficient at mousing
search_and_rescue_mission.n.01
rescue.n.01
a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
mother_carey's_chicken.n.01
storm_petrel.n.01
medium-sized storm petrel
glottal_stop.n.01
stop_consonant.n.01
a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
body_hair.n.01
hair.n.01
short hair growing over a person's body
heat_sink.n.01
sink.n.02
a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
isohel.n.01
isogram.n.01
an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine
end_organ.n.01
organ.n.01
a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers
royal_flush.n.01
poker_hand.n.01
a poker hand with the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 all in the same suit
aquatic_vertebrate.n.01
vertebrate.n.01
animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
phenolic_plastic.n.01
plastic.n.01
a plastic consisting of phenolic resins
rhabdomyosarcoma.n.01
sarcoma.n.01
a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle
carouse.n.01
revel.n.01
revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
raised_doughnut.n.01
doughnut.n.02
a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder
wac.n.01
soldier.n.01
a member of the Women's Army Corps
midiron.n.01
iron.n.02
long iron with a nearly vertical face
newsagent.n.01
shopkeeper.n.01
someone who sells newspapers
peruvian_current.n.01
ocean_current.n.01
a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west
gallows.n.01
instrument_of_execution.n.01
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
iconoclasm.n.01
unorthodoxy.n.01
the orientation of an iconoclast
manhunt.n.01
search.n.01
an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
valeric_acid.n.01
carboxylic_acid.n.01
a clear liquid carboxylic acid used in perfumes and drugs
trichuriasis.n.01
infestation.n.01
infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation
axolotl.n.01
ambystomid.n.01
larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
reversibility.n.01
changeableness.n.01
the quality of being reversible in either direction
professional_wrestling.n.01
wrestling.n.02
wrestling for money
spike_heath.n.01
heath.n.01
small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
hudsonian_godwit.n.01
godwit.n.01
New World godwit
ventriloquism.n.01
art.n.03
the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
grudge.n.01
resentment.n.01
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
mycenaen.n.01
greek.n.02
a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae
stub_nail.n.01
nail.n.02
a short thick nail
black_sea_bass.n.01
sea_bass.n.02
bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
trainload.n.01
load.n.02
quantity that can be carried by a train
inaccessibility.n.01
inconvenience.n.03
the quality of not being available when needed
fat_embolism.n.01
embolism.n.02
serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver
imposture.n.01
deception.n.02
pretending to be another person
bell_jar.n.01
protective_covering.n.01
a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases
rock_climbing.n.01
sport.n.01
the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)
horse's_foot.n.01
hoof.n.01
the hoof of a horse
vanilla_bean.n.01
flavorer.n.01
long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring
door_prize.n.01
prize.n.01
tickets are passed out at the entrance to a dance or party or other social function and a prize is awarded to the holder of the winning ticket
cooking_apple.n.01
apple.n.01
an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc
gawkiness.n.01
awkwardness.n.03
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
base_pair.n.01
nucleotide.n.01
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
reverberatory_furnace.n.01
furnace.n.01
a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
capetian.n.01
sovereign.n.01
a member of the Capetian dynasty
parhelion.n.01
spot.n.05
a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
trichopterous_insect.n.01
insect.n.01
caddis fly
atom_bomb.n.01
bomb.n.01
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
doppler_radar.n.01
radar.n.01
radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity
chlamydomonadaceae.n.01
protoctist_family.n.01
green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome
crossover_voter.n.01
voter.n.01
a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
shigella.n.01
enteric_bacteria.n.01
rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
symbolic_logic.n.01
logic.n.05
any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
atlantic_sailfish.n.01
sailfish.n.02
a kind of sailfish
dint.n.01
means.n.01
interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
adrenocorticotropic_hormone.n.01
hormone.n.01
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
achira.n.01
canna.n.01
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
vertebrata.n.01
phylum.n.02
fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
pyocyanase.n.01
antibiotic.n.01
a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus
kingpin.n.01
important_person.n.01
the most important person in a group or undertaking
conidiophore.n.01
hypha.n.01
a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia