allspice | (noun) ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves | - |
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(noun) aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries | Synonyms: allspice tree, Pimenta dioica, pimento tree |
(noun) deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States | - |
ampicillin | (noun) semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) | Synonyms: Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin |
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apicalization | (noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | - |
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apiculture | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: beekeeping |
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apiculturist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, beekeeper |
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aspic | (noun) savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables | - |
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atypicality | (noun) any state that is not typical | Synonyms: untypicality |
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auspice | (noun) a favorable omen | - |
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auspices | (noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: aegis, protection |
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auspiciousness | (noun) the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result | Synonyms: propitiousness |
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chloropicrin | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: nitrochloroform |
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conspicuousness | (noun) high visibility | - |
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(noun) the state of being conspicuous | - |
coppice | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket |
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depicting | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal, portraying |
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depiction | (noun) representation by drawing or painting etc | Synonyms: delineation, portrayal |
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(noun) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | Synonyms: delineation, limning, line drawing |
(noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, portrayal, portraying |
(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, picture, word-painting, word picture |
despicability | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicableness, sordidness |
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despicableness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicability, sordidness |
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epic | (noun) a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | Synonyms: epic poem, epos, heroic poem |
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epicalyx | (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus, false calyx |
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epicanthus | (noun) a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome | Synonyms: epicanthic fold |
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epicardia | (noun) the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach | - |
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epicardium | (noun) the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium | Synonyms: visceral pericardium |
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epicarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: exocarp |
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epicene | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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epicenter | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicentre |
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epicentre | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicenter |
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epicheirema | (noun) a syllogism in which some statement supporting one or both of the premises is introduced with the premises themselves. | - |
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epicness | (noun) The quality or state of being momentously heroic, grand in scale or character. | - |
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epicondyle | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | - |
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epicondylitis | (noun) painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle | - |
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epicranium | (noun) the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium | - |
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epicure | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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epicurean | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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epicureanism | (noun) a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers | - |
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epicurism | (noun) the disposition and habits of an epicure | - |
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epicycle | (noun) a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid | - |
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epicycloid | (noun) a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle | - |
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hospice | (noun) a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill | - |
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(noun) a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) | - |
icepick | (noun) pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice | Synonyms: ice pick |
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inauspiciousness | (noun) the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result | Synonyms: unpropitiousness |
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inconspicuousness | (noun) the quality of being not easily seen | - |
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mispickel | (noun) a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic | Synonyms: arsenopyrite |
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nitpicker | (noun) someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms | - |
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perspicaciousness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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perspicacity | (noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sound judgement, sound judgment |
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(noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, shrewdness |
perspicuity | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuousness, plainness |
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perspicuousness | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuity, plainness |
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philippic | (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: broadside, tirade |
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pic | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, picture |
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(noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | Synonyms: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, picture, picture show |
pica | (noun) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing | Synonyms: em, pica em |
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(noun) an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently | - |
picador | (noun) the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low | - |
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picaninny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | Synonyms: piccaninny, pickaninny |
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piccalilli | (noun) relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion | - |
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piccaninny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | Synonyms: picaninny, pickaninny |
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piccolo | (noun) a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute | - |
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pichi | (noun) Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic | Synonyms: Fabiana imbricata |
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pichiciago | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciego |
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pichiciego | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago |
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pick | (noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: choice, option, selection |
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(noun) a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body | - |
(noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pickax, pickaxe |
(noun) a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material | - |
(noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, weft, woof |
(noun) a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | Synonyms: plectron, plectrum |
(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: choice, selection |
(noun) the best people or things in a group | Synonyms: cream |
(noun) the quantity of a crop that is harvested | Synonyms: picking |
pickaninny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | Synonyms: picaninny, piccaninny |
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pickax | (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pick, pickaxe |
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pickaxe | (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pick, pickax |
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pickelhaube | (noun) a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers | - |
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picker | (noun) someone who gathers crops or fruits etc. | - |
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(noun) a person who chooses or selects out | Synonyms: chooser, selector |
pickerel | (noun) any of several North American species of small pike | - |
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(noun) flesh of young or small pike | - |
pickerelweed | (noun) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds | Synonyms: pickerel weed, Pontederia cordata, wampee |
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picket | (noun) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake | Synonyms: piquet |
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(noun) a wooden strip forming part of a fence | Synonyms: pale |
(noun) a vehicle performing sentinel duty | - |
(noun) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack | - |
(noun) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | - |
(noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch |
picking | (noun) the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.) | - |
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(noun) the quantity of a crop that is harvested | Synonyms: pick |
pickings | (noun) the act of someone who picks up or takes something | Synonyms: taking |
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pickle | (noun) vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar | - |
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(noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle |
picklepuss | (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, pouter, sourpuss |
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picknicker | (noun) a person who is picnicking | Synonyms: picnicker |
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pickpocket | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: cutpurse, dip |
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pickup | (noun) the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places | - |
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(noun) the act of taking aboard passengers or freight | - |
(noun) a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard | Synonyms: pickup truck |
(noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: cartridge |
(noun) mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge | Synonyms: pickup arm, tone arm |
(noun) anything with restorative powers | Synonyms: pick-me-up |
(noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | Synonyms: getaway |
(noun) a warrant to take someone into custody | - |
(noun) a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships | - |
picnic | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
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(noun) any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion | - |
(noun) a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering | Synonyms: field day, outing |
picnicker | (noun) a person who is picnicking | Synonyms: picknicker |
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picofarad | (noun) a unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad | - |
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picometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromicron, picometre |
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picometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromicron, picometer |
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picornavirus | (noun) a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat | - |
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picosecond | (noun) one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond | - |
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picot | (noun) an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon | - |
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picovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt | - |
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pictograph | (noun) a graphic character used in picture writing | - |
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pictorial | (noun) a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures | - |
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picture | (noun) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | Synonyms: icon, ikon, image |
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(noun) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | Synonyms: painting |
(noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, pic |
(noun) a clear and telling mental image | Synonyms: impression, mental picture |
(noun) a typical example of some state or quality | - |
(noun) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text | Synonyms: pictorial matter |
(noun) the visible part of a television transmission | Synonyms: video |
(noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | Synonyms: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show |
(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture |
(noun) a situation treated as an observable object | Synonyms: scene |
picturesqueness | (noun) visually vivid and pleasing | - |
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(noun) the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid | - |
picturing | (noun) visual representation as by photography or painting | Synonyms: pictorial representation |
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(noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: envisioning |
picul | (noun) a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry) | - |
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piculet | (noun) small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers | - |
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precipice | (noun) a very steep cliff | - |
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prospicience | (noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, foresight, prevision |
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ragpicker | (noun) an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood | - |
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semitropics | (noun) regions adjacent to the tropics | Synonyms: subtropics |
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spic | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent | Synonyms: spick, spik |
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spiccato | (noun) bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings | Synonyms: spiccato bowing |
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spice | (noun) the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored | Synonyms: spicery, spiciness |
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(noun) any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food | - |
(noun) aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative | - |
spiceberry | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, wintergreen |
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(noun) shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India | Synonyms: Ardisia crenata, coralberry |
spicebush | (noun) deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries | Synonyms: American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush |
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(noun) straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers | Synonyms: California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis |
spicemill | (noun) a mill for grinding spices | - |
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