aorist | (noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation | - |
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aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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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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aortal | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortic |
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aortic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortal |
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aortitis | (noun) inflammation of the aorta | - |
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aoudad | (noun) wild sheep of northern Africa | Synonyms: Ammotragus lervia, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep |
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baobab | (noun) African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread | Synonyms: Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree |
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cacao | (noun) tropical American tree producing cacao beans | Synonyms: cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao |
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caoutchouc | (noun) an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products | Synonyms: gum elastic, India rubber, natural rubber, rubber |
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carabao | (noun) water buffalo of the Philippines | - |
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chaos | (noun) (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions | - |
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(noun) the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos | - |
(noun) a state of extreme confusion and disorder | Synonyms: bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness |
chaotic | (adjective) of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions | - |
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(adjective) lacking a visible order or organization | Synonyms: helter-skelter |
(adjective) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing | Synonyms: disorderly |
chaotically | (adverb) in a manner suggestive of chaos | - |
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(adverb) in a wild and confused manner | - |
ciao | (noun) an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) | Synonyms: aloha |
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curacao | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacoa |
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extraordinaire | (adjective) extraordinary in a particular capacity | - |
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extraordinarily | (adverb) to a surprising degree | Synonyms: inordinately |
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extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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extraordinary | (adjective) beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special | - |
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(adjective) far more than usual or expected | Synonyms: over-the-top, sinful |
(adjective) (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials | - |
gaol | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: clink, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer |
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(verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
gaolbird | (noun) a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly | Synonyms: jail bird, jailbird |
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gaolbreak | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, breakout, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
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gaoler | (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey |
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hao | (noun) 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam | - |
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haoma | (noun) leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink | Synonyms: Sarcostemma acidum, soma |
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jiao | (noun) 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China | - |
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kaoliang | (noun) sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching) | - |
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kaolin | (noun) a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) | Synonyms: china clay, china stone, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba |
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kaoline | (noun) a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) | Synonyms: china clay, china stone, kaolin, porcelain clay, terra alba |
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kaolinite | (noun) a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin | - |
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kaon | (noun) an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision | Synonyms: k-meson, K particle, kappa-meson |
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karaoke | (noun) singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs) | - |
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miaou | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaow, miaul |
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(verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaow |
miaow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaou, miaul |
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(verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaou |
supraocular | (adjective) located or occurring above the eye socket | Synonyms: supraorbital |
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supraorbital | (adjective) located or occurring above the eye socket | Synonyms: supraocular |
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tamarao | (noun) small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | Synonyms: Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarau |
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taoiseach | (noun) the prime minister of the Irish Republic | - |
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