chamaeleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chameleon |
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chamarre | (noun) a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century. | Synonyms: chimer, simarre |
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hamadryad | (noun) large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja | Synonyms: king cobra, Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah |
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(noun) the nymph or spirit of a particular tree | - |
hamartia | (noun) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | Synonyms: tragic flaw |
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hamartoma | (noun) a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ | - |
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hamate | (noun) the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers | Synonyms: hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone |
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shaman | (noun) in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination | Synonyms: priest-doctor |
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shamanise | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanize |
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shamanism | (noun) an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | Synonyms: Asian shamanism |
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(noun) any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) | - |
shamanist | (adjective) of or relating to shamanism | Synonyms: shamanistic |
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shamanistic | (adjective) of or relating to shamanism | Synonyms: shamanist |
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shamanize | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanise |
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whatchamacallit | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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whatchamacallum | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatsis, widget |
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