circular | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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funicular | (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
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irregular | (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: second |
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(noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, insurgent |
jugular | (noun) a vital part that is vulnerable to attack | - |
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(noun) veins in the neck that return blood from the head | Synonyms: jugular vein, vena jugularis |
navicular | (noun) the largest wrist bone on the thumb side | Synonyms: os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone |
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ocular | (noun) combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | Synonyms: eyepiece |
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particular | (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
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(noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
(noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
perpendicular | (noun) an extremely steep face | - |
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(noun) a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point | Synonyms: plumb line |
(noun) a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style |
(noun) a straight line at right angles to another line | - |
regular | (noun) a garment size for persons of average height and weight | - |
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(noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: fixture, habitue |
(noun) a dependable follower (especially in party politics) | - |
(noun) a soldier in the regular army | - |
scapular | (noun) a feather covering the shoulder of a bird | - |
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(noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapulary |
secular | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, layperson |
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singular | (noun) the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton | Synonyms: singular form |
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spectacular | (noun) a lavishly produced performance | - |
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tubercular | (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: consumptive, lunger |
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vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
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(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |