bean
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(noun) any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
Synonyms:
edible bean |
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(noun) any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans |
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(noun) any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
Synonyms:
bean plant |
(noun) informal terms for a human head |
Synonyms:
dome,
attic,
noggin,
noodle,
bonce |
bogbean
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(noun) perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface |
Synonyms:
Menyanthes trifoliata,
marsh trefoil,
water shamrock,
bog myrtle,
buckbean |
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buckbean
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(noun) perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface |
Synonyms:
Menyanthes trifoliata,
marsh trefoil,
water shamrock,
bog myrtle,
bogbean |
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butterbean
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(noun) small flat green bean similar to lima beans |
Synonyms:
sieva bean,
civet bean,
butter bean |
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caesarean
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
Synonyms:
C-section,
caesarean delivery,
caesarean section,
caesarian,
caesarian delivery,
caesarian section,
cesarean,
cesarean delivery,
cesarean section,
cesarian,
cesarian section,
abdominal delivery |
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calean
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(noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water |
Synonyms:
narghile,
nargileh,
hookah,
hubble-bubble,
hubbly-bubbly,
kalian,
water pipe,
sheesha,
shisha,
chicha |
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cerulean
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(noun) a light shade of blue |
Synonyms:
sapphire,
sky-blue,
azure,
lazuline |
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cesarean
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
Synonyms:
C-section,
caesarean,
caesarean delivery,
caesarean section,
caesarian,
caesarian delivery,
caesarian section,
cesarean delivery,
cesarean section,
cesarian,
cesarian section,
abdominal delivery |
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cetacean
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(noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals |
Synonyms:
blower,
cetacean mammal |
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clean
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(noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead |
Synonyms:
clean and jerk |
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crustacean
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(noun) any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
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dean
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(noun) an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college |
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(noun) a man who is the senior member of a group |
Synonyms:
doyen |
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals |
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empyrean
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(noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected |
Synonyms:
heavens,
welkin,
sphere,
vault of heaven,
celestial sphere,
firmament |
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epicurean
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(noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
Synonyms:
gastronome,
gourmet,
epicure,
bon vivant,
foodie |
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gallinacean
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(noun) heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
Synonyms:
gallinaceous bird |
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gean
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(noun) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting |
Synonyms:
mazzard,
mazzard cherry |
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hirudinean
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(noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
Synonyms:
bloodsucker,
leech |
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horsebean
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(noun) seed of the broad-bean plant |
Synonyms:
broad bean,
fava bean |
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(noun) large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States |
Synonyms:
Jerusalem thorn,
Parkinsonia aculeata |
jean
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(noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric |
Synonyms:
denim,
dungaree |
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larvacean
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(noun) any member of the class Larvacea |
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lean
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(noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical |
Synonyms:
inclination,
tilt,
leaning,
list |
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mean
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(noun) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
Synonyms:
mean value |
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nemertean
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(noun) soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract |
Synonyms:
ribbon worm,
nemertine,
proboscis worm |
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ocean
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(noun) a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
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(noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume |
Synonyms:
sea |
paean
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(noun) a formal expression of praise |
Synonyms:
panegyric,
pean,
encomium,
eulogy |
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(noun) (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) |
Synonyms:
pean |
pean
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(noun) (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) |
Synonyms:
paean |
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(noun) a formal expression of praise |
Synonyms:
paean,
panegyric,
encomium,
eulogy |
percoidean
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(noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
Synonyms:
percoid,
percoid fish |
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platyctenean
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(noun) ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body |
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proboscidean
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(noun) massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
Synonyms:
proboscidian |
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sarcocystidean
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(noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates |
Synonyms:
sarcocystieian,
sarcosporidian |
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scarabaean
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(noun) any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes |
Synonyms:
scarabaeid,
scarabaeid beetle |
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screwbean
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(noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
Synonyms:
Prosopis pubescens,
screw bean,
screwbean mesquite,
tornillo |
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soybean
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(noun) a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food |
Synonyms:
soy,
soya bean |
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(noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia |
Synonyms:
soy,
soya,
soya bean,
Glycine max,
soja,
soja bean,
soybean plant |
(noun) the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) |
Synonyms:
soy,
soya,
soya bean |
terpsichorean
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(noun) a performer who dances professionally |
Synonyms:
dancer,
professional dancer |
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testacean
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(noun) any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell |
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tirolean
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(noun) soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade |
Synonyms:
tyrolean |
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tyrolean
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(noun) soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade |
Synonyms:
tirolean |
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