aconite | (noun) any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers | - |
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anaconda | (noun) large arboreal boa of tropical South America | Synonyms: Eunectes murinus |
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archdeacon | (noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop | - |
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archdeaconry | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon | - |
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archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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bacon | (noun) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried | - |
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beacon | (noun) a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes | Synonyms: radio beacon |
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(noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon light, lighthouse, pharos |
(noun) a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance | Synonyms: beacon fire |
chawbacon | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel |
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deacon | (noun) a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders | - |
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(noun) a Protestant layman who assists the minister | Synonyms: Protestant deacon |
deaconess | (noun) a woman deacon | - |
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dracontium | (noun) any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves | - |
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itraconazole | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Sporanox |
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jaconet | (noun) a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages | - |
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laconicism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconism |
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laconism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconicism |
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macon | (noun) fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry | Synonyms: maconnais |
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maconnais | (noun) fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry | Synonyms: macon |
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phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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racon | (noun) a device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position | Synonyms: radar beacon |
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raconteur | (noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotist |
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subdeacon | (noun) a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
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taconite | (noun) a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore | - |
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ultraconservative | (noun) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism | Synonyms: extreme right-winger, reactionary |
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