boundary | (noun) the greatest possible degree of something | Synonyms: bound, limit |
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(noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | Synonyms: bound, bounds |
(noun) a line determining the limits of an area | Synonyms: bound, edge |
dromedary | (noun) one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia | Synonyms: Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius |
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hebdomadary | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadal, weekly |
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lapidary | (adjective) of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them | - |
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(noun) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones | Synonyms: lapidist |
(noun) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them | Synonyms: lapidarist |
legendary | (adjective) so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend | - |
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(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend | Synonyms: fabled |
prebendary | (noun) a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church | - |
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quandary | (noun) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | Synonyms: dilemma |
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(noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | Synonyms: plight, predicament |
secondary | (adjective) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | - |
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(adjective) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | - |
(adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern |
(adjective) not of major importance | - |
(adjective) belonging to a lower class or rank | - |
(noun) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | Synonyms: secondary coil, secondary winding |
(noun) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | - |