analecta | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analects |
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aorta | (noun) the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries | - |
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arietta | (noun) a short aria | Synonyms: short aria |
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arista | (noun) bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies | - |
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balata | (noun) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber | Synonyms: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata |
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(noun) when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls | Synonyms: gutta balata |
ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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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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baryta | (noun) any of several compounds of barium | - |
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berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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beta | (noun) the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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biota | (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region | Synonyms: biology |
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biretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, birretta |
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birretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, biretta |
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bota | (noun) a wine bottle made of leather | - |
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canasta | (noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | Synonyms: basket rummy, meld |
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cantata | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: oratorio |
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celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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chaeta | (noun) a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm | - |
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chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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costa | (noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | Synonyms: rib |
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(noun) a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) | - |
data | (noun) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | Synonyms: information |
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delta | (noun) the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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(noun) a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | - |
(noun) an object shaped like an equilateral triangle | - |
dita | (noun) evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita bark |
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eta | (noun) the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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exacta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | Synonyms: perfecta |
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excreta | (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excretion, excretory product |
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fascista | (noun) an Italian fascist under Mussolini | - |
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federita | (noun) a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains | Synonyms: feterita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum |
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fermata | (noun) (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest | - |
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(noun) a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount | - |
feterita | (noun) a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains | Synonyms: federita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum |
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fiesta | (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fete |
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frittata | (noun) Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top | - |
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gangsta | (noun) (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
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geta | (noun) footwear usually with wooden soles | Synonyms: clog, patten, sabot |
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horchata | (noun) Spanish traditional beverage, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, tigernuts (chufas), or melon seeds | - |
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impedimenta | (noun) the baggage and equipment carried by an army | - |
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(noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
inamorata | (noun) a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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iota | (noun) the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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(noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
irredenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irridenta |
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irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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junta | (noun) a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power | Synonyms: military junta |
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kurta | (noun) a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) | - |
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leoncita | (noun) small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: lion marmoset, lion monkey, tamarin |
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lepiota | (noun) any fungus of the genus Lepiota | - |
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likuta | (noun) 100 makuta equal 1 zaire in Zaire | - |
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lota | (noun) a globular water bottle used in Asia | - |
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magenta | (noun) a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta | - |
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manta | (noun) extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned | Synonyms: devilfish, manta ray |
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(noun) a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl | - |
manzanita | (noun) chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America | - |
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(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, madrono |
maranta | (noun) any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves | - |
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margarita | (noun) a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice | - |
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metadata | (noun) data about data | - |
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nerita | (noun) a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum | - |
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omerta | (noun) a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities | - |
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operetta | (noun) a short amusing opera | Synonyms: light opera |
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palometa | (noun) smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies | Synonyms: California pompano, Palometa simillima |
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partita | (noun) (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century | - |
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(noun) one of the variations contained in a partita | - |
pasta | (noun) shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | Synonyms: alimentary paste |
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(noun) a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient | - |
pelota | (noun) a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket | Synonyms: jai alai |
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perfecta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | Synonyms: exacta |
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peseta | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos | Synonyms: Spanish peseta |
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pieta | (noun) a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus | - |
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pinata | (noun) plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks | - |
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pita | (noun) usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling | Synonyms: pocket bread |
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pitta | (noun) any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills | - |
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placenta | (noun) the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus | - |
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(noun) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - |
polenta | (noun) a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water | - |
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porta | (noun) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | Synonyms: opening, orifice |
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quota | (noun) a limitation on imports | - |
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(noun) a proportional share assigned to each participant | - |
(noun) a prescribed number | - |
raita | (noun) an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices | - |
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reata | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lariat, lasso, riata |
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regatta | (noun) a meeting for boat races | - |
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riata | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lariat, lasso, reata |
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ricotta | (noun) soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese | - |
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rosita | (noun) erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States | Synonyms: Centaurium calycosum |
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rota | (noun) a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties | - |
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sagitta | (noun) any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta | - |
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sapota | (noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp | Synonyms: sapodilla, sapodilla plum |
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seta | (noun) a stiff hair or bristle | - |
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(noun) stalk of a moss capsule | - |
siesta | (noun) a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries) | - |
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smarta | (noun) one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism | - |
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sonata | (noun) a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms | - |
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stigmata | (noun) marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ | - |
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superfecta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order | - |
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taffeta | (noun) a crisp smooth lustrous fabric | - |
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terracotta | (noun) a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware | Synonyms: terra cotta |
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testa | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: episperm, seed coat |
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theta | (noun) the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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toccata | (noun) a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style | - |
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trifoliata | (noun) small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges | Synonyms: Poncirus trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange |
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vaquita | (noun) a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species | Synonyms: Phocoena sinus |
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vendetta | (noun) a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other | Synonyms: blood feud |
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vista | (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view |
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yenta | (noun) (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal | - |
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(noun) (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant | - |
zeta | (noun) the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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