| libido | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire | - |
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| libretto | (noun) the words of an opera or musical play | - |
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| lido | (noun) a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports | - |
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| limbo | (noun) (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals) | - |
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| (noun) an imaginary place for lost or neglected things | - |
| (noun) the state of being disregarded or forgotten | Synonyms: oblivion |
| limo | (noun) large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | Synonyms: limousine |
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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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| lino | (noun) a floor covering | Synonyms: linoleum |
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| livedo | (noun) skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin | - |
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| llano | (noun) an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) | - |
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| logo | (noun) a company emblem or device | Synonyms: logotype |
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| loligo | (noun) somewhat flattened cylindrical squid | - |
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| loo | (noun) a toilet in Britain | Synonyms: closet, W.C., water closet |
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| lotto | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: beano, bingo, keno |
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| ludo | (noun) a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice | - |
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| lumbago | (noun) backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc | Synonyms: lumbar pain |
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| machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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| macho | (noun) a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo | - |
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| macro | (noun) a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language | Synonyms: macro instruction |
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| madrono | (noun) evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning | Synonyms: Arbutus menziesii, madrona, manzanita |
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| maestro | (noun) an artist of consummate skill | Synonyms: master |
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| mafioso | (noun) a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States | - |
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| (noun) a member of the Sicilian Mafia | - |
| magneto | (noun) a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine | Synonyms: magnetoelectric machine |
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| magnifico | (noun) a person of distinguished rank or appearance | - |
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| mako | (noun) powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific | Synonyms: mako shark |
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| makomako | (noun) graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine | Synonyms: Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, New Zealand wine berry, wineberry |
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| maleo | (noun) Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches | Synonyms: Macrocephalon maleo |
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| mambo | (noun) a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba | - |
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| mamo | (noun) black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct | - |
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| mamoncillo | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, ginep, honey berry, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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| 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 |
| manifesto | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: pronunciamento |
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| maraschino | (noun) cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: maraschino cherry |
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| (noun) distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries | Synonyms: maraschino liqueur |
| matzo | (noun) brittle flat bread eaten at Passover | Synonyms: matzah, matzoh, unleavened bread |
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| mayo | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayonnaise |
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| medico | (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | Synonyms: doc, doctor, Dr., MD, physician |
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| (noun) a student in medical school | Synonyms: medical student |
| memento | (noun) a reminder of past events | Synonyms: souvenir |
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| memo | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memoranda, memorandum |
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| merino | (noun) white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality | Synonyms: merino sheep |
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| mestizo | (noun) a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) | - |
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| metro | (noun) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | Synonyms: subway, subway system, tube, underground |
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| mezzo | (noun) the female singing voice between contralto and soprano | Synonyms: mezzo-soprano |
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| (noun) a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto | Synonyms: mezzo-soprano |
| mho | (noun) a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm | Synonyms: reciprocal ohm, S, siemens |
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| mikado | (noun) the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno | Synonyms: tenno |
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| milo | (noun) small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains | Synonyms: milo maize |
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| mimeo | (noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) | Synonyms: mimeograph, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph |
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| miro | (noun) New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry | Synonyms: black pine, Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea |
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| miso | (noun) a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces | - |
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| mo | (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, moment, second |
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| mojo | (noun) a magic power or magic spell | - |
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| monggo | (noun) seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo |
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| (noun) seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo |
| mongo | (noun) 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia | - |
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| mono | (noun) an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing | Synonyms: glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, kissing disease, mononucleosis |
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| moo | (noun) the sound made by a cow or bull | - |
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| morello | (noun) cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice | - |
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| (noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus austera |
| morocco | (noun) a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. | - |
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| mosquito | (noun) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | - |
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| motto | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: catchword, shibboleth, slogan |
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| moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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| mulatto | (noun) an offspring of a black and a white parent | - |
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| munggo | (noun) seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean |
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| (noun) seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean |
| mustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, moustachio |
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| nacho | (noun) a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled | - |
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| nameko | (noun) one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan | Synonyms: Pholiota nameko, viscid mushroom |
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| nardo | (noun) Australian clover fern | Synonyms: common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii, nardoo |
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| nardoo | (noun) Australian clover fern | Synonyms: common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii, nardo |
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| neutrino | (noun) an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass | - |
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| no | (noun) a negative | - |
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| notturno | (noun) a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) | Synonyms: nocturne |
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| novillero | (noun) a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age | - |
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| nuncio | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status | Synonyms: papal nuncio |
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| nympho | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| o | (noun) the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: O |
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| obbligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obligato |
| obligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obbligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obbligato |
| ocotillo | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, vine cactus |
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| octavo | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves | Synonyms: 8vo, eightvo |
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| oleo | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, marge, oleomargarine |
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| oligo | (noun) (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides | Synonyms: oligonucleotide |
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| oratorio | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: cantata |
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| oregano | (noun) pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets | Synonyms: marjoram |
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| (noun) aromatic Eurasian perennial | Synonyms: marjoram, Origanum vulgare, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet |
| oreo | (noun) chocolate cookie with white cream filling | Synonyms: oreo cookie |
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| orzo | (noun) pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine | - |
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| ostinato | (noun) a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition | - |
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| outgo | (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outlay, spending |
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| ouzo | (noun) a Greek liquor flavored with anise | - |
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| ovolo | (noun) a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse | Synonyms: quarter round, thumb |
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| pachinko | (noun) a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
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| pachuco | (noun) a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes | - |
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| palmetto | (noun) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves | - |
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| palomino | (noun) a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail | - |
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| panto | (noun) an abbreviation of pantomime | - |
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| paparazzo | (noun) a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines | - |
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| parvo | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | Synonyms: parvovirus |
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| paseo | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: walk, walkway |
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| passado | (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: lunge, straight thrust |
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| patio | (noun) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence | Synonyms: terrace |
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| peccadillo | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: indiscretion |
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| peekaboo | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: bopeep |
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| peludo | (noun) Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts | Synonyms: Euphractus sexcinctus, poyou |
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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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