| arista | (noun) bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies | - |
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| ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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| canasta | (noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | Synonyms: basket rummy, meld |
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| celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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| costa | (noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | Synonyms: rib |
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| (noun) a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) | - |
| fascista | (noun) an Italian fascist under Mussolini | - |
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| fiesta | (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fete |
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| gangsta | (noun) (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
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| ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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| pasta | (noun) shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | Synonyms: alimentary paste |
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| (noun) a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient | - |
| siesta | (noun) a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries) | - |
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| testa | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: episperm, seed coat |
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| vista | (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view |
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