anthracosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust | Synonyms: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung |
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barracouta | (noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | Synonyms: snoek |
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caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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curacoa | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacao |
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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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ostracod | (noun) tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell | Synonyms: mussel shrimp, seed shrimp |
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ostracoderm | (noun) extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic | - |
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paracosm | (noun) a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history | - |
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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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racoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: raccoon |
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styracosaur | (noun) an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous | Synonyms: styracosaurus |
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styracosaurus | (noun) an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous | Synonyms: styracosaur |
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terracotta | (noun) a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware | Synonyms: terra cotta |
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thoracocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: thoracentesis |
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thoracotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity | - |
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touraco | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: turaco, turacou, turakoo |
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turaco | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turacou, turakoo |
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turacou | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turakoo |
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ultraconservative | (noun) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism | Synonyms: extreme right-winger, reactionary |
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