| acciaccatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: appoggiatura, grace note |
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| angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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| appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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| aura | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, atmosphere |
| (noun) a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure | - |
| bravura | (noun) brilliant and showy technical skill | - |
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| caesura | (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
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| (noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) | - |
| calabura | (noun) a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves | Synonyms: calabur tree, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood |
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| coloratura | (noun) singing with florid ornamentation | - |
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| (noun) a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music | Synonyms: coloratura soprano |
| doura | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: dourah, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| dura | (noun) the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: dura mater |
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| incisura | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisure |
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| kagura | (noun) a stately dance of the Shinto religion that now forms a part of Japanese village festivals. | - |
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| mikagura | (noun) a type of formal ritual Shinto kagura dance. | - |
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| nomenklatura | (noun) the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party | - |
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| pleura | (noun) the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest | - |
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| purpura | (noun) any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding | Synonyms: peliosis |
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| sura | (noun) the muscular back part of the shank | Synonyms: calf |
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| (noun) one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran | - |
| sutura | (noun) an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) | Synonyms: fibrous joint, suture |
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| tempura | (noun) vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried | - |
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