alkanet | (noun) perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers | Synonyms: Anchusa officinalis, bugloss |
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anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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exoplanet | (noun) A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system | - |
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interplanetary | (adjective) between or among planets | - |
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intranet | (noun) a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software | - |
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panetela | (noun) a long slender cigar | Synonyms: panatela, panetella |
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panetella | (noun) a long slender cigar | Synonyms: panatela, panetela |
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planet | (noun) (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction | Synonyms: major planet |
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(noun) any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star | - |
(noun) a person who follows or serves another | Synonyms: satellite |
planetal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | Synonyms: planetary |
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planetarium | (noun) an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems | - |
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(noun) an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome | - |
(noun) a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling | - |
planetary | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | Synonyms: planetal |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants | Synonyms: terrestrial |
(adjective) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | Synonyms: global, world-wide, world, worldwide |
(adjective) having no fixed course | Synonyms: erratic, wandering |
planetesimal | (noun) one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system | - |
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planetoid | (noun) any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun | Synonyms: minor planet |
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toucanet | (noun) small toucan | - |
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