anacoluthon | (noun) an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | Synonyms: anacoluthia |
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autochthon | (noun) the earliest known inhabitants of a region | - |
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autochthony | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: endemism, indigenousness |
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diphthong | (noun) a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | - |
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hackathon | (noun) an event involving a marathon coding session | - |
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marathon | (noun) any long and arduous undertaking | Synonyms: endurance contest |
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(noun) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards | - |
marathoner | (noun) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) | Synonyms: long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
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othonna | (noun) a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers | - |
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python | (noun) large Old World boas | - |
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(noun) a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit | - |
pythoness | (noun) a witch with powers of divination | - |
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thong | (noun) leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip | Synonyms: lash |
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(noun) a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together | - |
(noun) a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe | Synonyms: flip-flop |
(noun) minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband | Synonyms: G-string |
(noun) underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants | - |
tithonia | (noun) any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays | Synonyms: Mexican sunflower |
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