| impedimenta | (noun) the baggage and equipment carried by an army | - |
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| (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
| irredenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irridenta |
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| irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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| junta | (noun) a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power | Synonyms: military junta |
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| magenta | (adjective) of deep purplish red | - |
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| (noun) a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta | - |
| manta | (noun) extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned | Synonyms: devilfish, manta ray |
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| (noun) a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl | - |
| maranta | (noun) any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves | - |
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| placenta | (noun) the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus | - |
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| (noun) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - |
| polenta | (noun) a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water | - |
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| yenta | (noun) (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal | - |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant | - |