aficionado | (noun) a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer | - |
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(noun) a fan of bull fighting | - |
bastinado | (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | Synonyms: falanga |
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(noun) a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet | - |
(verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | - |
carbonado | (noun) a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled | - |
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(noun) an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing | Synonyms: black diamond |
gonadotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotropic |
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gonadotrophin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin |
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gonadotropic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotrophic |
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gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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nadolol | (noun) a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina | Synonyms: Corgard |
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tornado | (noun) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | Synonyms: crack, crack cocaine |
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(noun) a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | Synonyms: twister |
unadoptable | (adjective) difficult to place in an adoptive home | - |
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unadorned | (adjective) not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: undecorated |
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