| adieu | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| amatungulu | (noun) very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves | Synonyms: Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum |
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| anjou | (noun) a pear with firm flesh and a green skin | - |
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| apercu | (noun) a short synopsis | - |
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| babassu | (noun) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | Synonyms: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa |
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| babu | (noun) used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | Synonyms: baboo |
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| bandeau | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bra, brassiere |
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| barbu | (noun) found along western Atlantic coast | Synonyms: Polydactylus virginicus |
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| bayou | (noun) a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | - |
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| beau | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: boyfriend, fellow, swain |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
| bijou | (noun) a small and delicately worked piece | - |
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| bleu | (noun) cheese containing a blue mold | Synonyms: blue cheese |
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| bureau | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
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| (noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, federal agency, government agency, office |
| cachou | (noun) a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco) | - |
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| carcajou | (noun) stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal | Synonyms: Gulo luscus, skunk bear, wolverine |
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| caribou | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer |
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| catechu | (noun) East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | Synonyms: Acacia catechu, Jerusalem thorn |
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| (noun) extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: black catechu |
| chanoyu | (noun) an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea | Synonyms: tea ceremony |
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| chapeau | (noun) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | Synonyms: hat, lid |
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| chateau | (noun) an impressive country house (or castle) in France | - |
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| chou | (noun) puff filled with cream or custard | Synonyms: cream puff |
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| (noun) any of various types of cabbage | Synonyms: cabbage |
| congou | (noun) black tea grown in China | Synonyms: congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea |
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| cornu | (noun) (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape | - |
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| coypu | (noun) aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur | Synonyms: Myocastor coypus, nutria |
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| ecru | (noun) a very light brown | Synonyms: beige |
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| emu | (noun) any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism | Synonyms: electromagnetic unit |
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| (noun) large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller | Synonyms: Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae |
| fichu | (noun) a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman | - |
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| flambeau | (noun) a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) | - |
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| flu | (noun) an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease | Synonyms: grippe, influenza |
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| fondu | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondue |
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| (noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondue |
| fricandeau | (noun) larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices | - |
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| fugu | (noun) a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous | - |
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| gateau | (noun) any of various rich and elaborate cakes | - |
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| genu | (noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella | Synonyms: articulatio genus, human knee, knee, knee joint |
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| gnu | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: wildebeest |
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| grugru | (noun) tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts | Synonyms: Acrocomia aculeata, gri-gri, grugru palm, macamba |
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| guru | (noun) a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher | - |
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| (noun) a recognized leader in some field or of some movement | - |
| haiku | (noun) an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines | - |
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| ianfu | (noun) a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II | Synonyms: comfort woman |
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| iglu | (noun) an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome | Synonyms: igloo |
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| impromptu | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
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| (noun) an extemporaneous speech or remark | - |
| (noun) a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation | - |
| (adverb) without advance preparation | Synonyms: ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously |
| jabiru | (noun) large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America | Synonyms: Jabiru mycteria |
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| (noun) large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle | Synonyms: Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, saddlebill |
| (noun) large mostly white Australian stork | Synonyms: black-necked stork, policeman bird, Xenorhyncus asiaticus |
| jambeau | (noun) armor plate that protects legs below the knee | Synonyms: greave |
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| jiujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jujitsu, jujutsu |
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| jujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujutsu |
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| juju | (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, fetish, hoodoo, voodoo |
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| (noun) the power associated with a juju | - |
| jujutsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujitsu |
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| kanzu | (noun) (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa | - |
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| kinkajou | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: Perodicticus potto, potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, potto |
| koudou | (noun) either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush | Synonyms: koodoo, kudu |
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| kudu | (noun) either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush | Synonyms: koodoo, koudou |
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| kudzu | (noun) fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States | Synonyms: kudzu vine, Pueraria lobata |
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| kuru | (noun) a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned | - |
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| landau | (noun) a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately | - |
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| leu | (noun) the basic unit of money in Romania | - |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Moldova | - |
| lieu | (noun) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | Synonyms: place, position, stead |
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| luau | (noun) an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment) | - |
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| lulu | (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
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| marabou | (noun) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments | Synonyms: Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou stork, marabout |
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| (noun) the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments | - |
| menu | (noun) an agenda of things to do | Synonyms: fare |
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| (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte, carte du jour |
| (noun) (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user | Synonyms: computer menu |
| (noun) the dishes making up a meal | - |
| miaou | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaow, miaul |
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| (verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaow |
| milieu | (noun) the environmental condition | Synonyms: surroundings |
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| morceau | (noun) a short literary or musical composition | - |
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| mu | (noun) the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| muumuu | (noun) a woman's loose unbelted dress | Synonyms: Mother Hubbard |
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| nandu | (noun) smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan | Synonyms: Pterocnemia pennata, rhea |
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| napu | (noun) chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya | Synonyms: Tragulus Javanicus |
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| ninjitsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjutsu |
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| ninjutsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjitsu |
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| nu | (noun) the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| nylghau | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghai |
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| ombu | (noun) fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves | Synonyms: bella sombra, Phytolacca dioica |
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| ormolu | (noun) brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture | - |
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| parvenu | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenue |
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| (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart |
| (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart |
| pilau | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilaff, pilaw |
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| plateau | (noun) a relatively flat highland | Synonyms: tableland |
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| poilu | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, purloo |
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| (noun) a French soldier (especially in World War I) | - |
| portmanteau | (noun) a large travelling bag made of stiff leather | Synonyms: Gladstone, Gladstone bag |
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| (noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: blend, portmanteau word |
| poyou | (noun) Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts | Synonyms: Euphractus sexcinctus, peludo |
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| puku | (noun) an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck | Synonyms: Adenota vardoni |
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| purau | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua |
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| purlieu | (noun) an outer adjacent area of any place | Synonyms: environs |
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| quipu | (noun) calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records | - |
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| reseau | (noun) a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs | - |
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| (noun) a net or mesh foundation for lace | - |
| rimu | (noun) tall New Zealand timber tree | Synonyms: Dacrydium cupressinum, imou pine, red pine |
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| rondeau | (noun) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | Synonyms: rondel |
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| (noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | Synonyms: rondo |
| rouleau | (noun) a roll of coins wrapped in paper | - |
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| (noun) a roll of ribbon | - |
| sabicu | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value | Synonyms: Lysiloma sabicu |
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| (noun) the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany | Synonyms: sabicu wood |
| saddhu | (noun) (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | Synonyms: sadhu |
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| sadhu | (noun) (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | Synonyms: saddhu |
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| seppuku | (noun) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | Synonyms: hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari |
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| shabu | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, trash |
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| shallu | (noun) sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India | Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare rosburghii |
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| shiatsu | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: acupressure, G-Jo |
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| sissu | (noun) East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties | Synonyms: Dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissoo |
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| snafu | (adjective) snarled or stalled in complete confusion | Synonyms: fucked-up |
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| (noun) an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up | - |
| (verb) cause to be in a state of complete confusion | - |
| sodoku | (noun) the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East | Synonyms: spirillum fever |
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| sou | (noun) a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money | - |
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| submenu | (noun) a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu | Synonyms: cascading menu, hierarchical menu |
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| sudoku | (noun) a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number | - |
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