| angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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| bingo | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: beano, keno, lotto |
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| bongo | (noun) large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns | Synonyms: Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus |
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| (noun) a small drum; played with the hands | Synonyms: bongo drum |
| cairngorm | (noun) a smoky yellow or brown quartz | Synonyms: smoky quartz |
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| clangor | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash |
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| clangoring | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash |
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| clangour | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clank, clash, crash |
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| congo | (noun) black tea grown in China | Synonyms: congou, congou tea, English breakfast tea |
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| congou | (noun) black tea grown in China | Synonyms: congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea |
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| dingo | (noun) wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | Synonyms: Canis dingo, warragal, warrigal |
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| engobe | (noun) a clay slip which is colored with metal oxides or stains, used for coating the surface of a pot either before or after bisque firing. | - |
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| engorgement | (noun) eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation | - |
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| (noun) congestion with blood | - |
| eringo | (noun) any plant of the genus Eryngium | Synonyms: eryngo |
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| eryngo | (noun) any plant of the genus Eryngium | Synonyms: eringo |
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| fandango | (noun) a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets | - |
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| flamingo | (noun) large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes | - |
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| gringo | (noun) a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen) | - |
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| hangout | (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: haunt, repair, resort, stamping ground |
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| hangover | (noun) something that has survived from the past | Synonyms: holdover |
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| (noun) an official who remains in office after his term | Synonyms: holdover |
| (noun) disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) | Synonyms: katzenjammer |
| hysterosalpingogram | (noun) X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages) | - |
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| ingot | (noun) metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling | - |
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| jingo | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingoist, patrioteer |
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| jingoism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism |
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| (noun) an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions | Synonyms: flag waving |
| jingoist | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, patrioteer |
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| langouste | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crawfish, crayfish, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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| (noun) warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California | Synonyms: crayfish, rock lobster, spiny lobster |
| langoustine | (noun) caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster | Synonyms: Norwegian lobster, scampo |
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| laryngopharyngitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and pharynx | - |
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| laryngopharynx | (noun) the lower part of the pharynx | - |
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| laryngoscope | (noun) a medical instrument for examining the larynx | - |
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| laryngospasm | (noun) a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs | - |
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| laryngostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the larynx | - |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| lingo | (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, patois, slang, vernacular |
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| lingonberry | (noun) tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | Synonyms: cowberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry |
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| (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| mango | (noun) large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed | - |
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| (noun) large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit | Synonyms: Mangifera indica, mango tree |
| mangold | (noun) beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel |
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| mangonel | (noun) catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles | Synonyms: bricole, traction trebuchet |
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| mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
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| (noun) East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit | Synonyms: Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen tree |
| meningocele | (noun) a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue) | - |
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| meningoencephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis |
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| mongo | (noun) 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia | - |
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| mongolianism | (noun) a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation | Synonyms: Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, mongolism, trisomy 21 |
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| mongolism | (noun) a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation | Synonyms: Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, mongolianism, trisomy 21 |
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| mongoloid | (noun) a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive) | - |
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| mongoose | (noun) agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents | - |
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| morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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| myelomeningocele | (noun) a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation | - |
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| myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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| myringotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear) | - |
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| otolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| otolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otorhinolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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| otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| otorhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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| palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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| pangolin | (noun) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites | Synonyms: anteater, scaly anteater |
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| pengo | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946 | - |
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| quango | (noun) a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government | Synonyms: quasi-NGO |
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| rhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist |
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| rhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology |
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| sangoma | (noun) a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder | - |
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| tango | (noun) a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin | - |
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| (noun) music written in duple time for dancing the tango | - |
| tangor | (noun) large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus nobilis, king orange, temple orange, temple orange tree |
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| ungodliness | (noun) impiety by virtue of not being a godly person | Synonyms: godlessness |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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