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northern_holly_fern.n.01
holly_fern.n.01
evergreen European fern widely cultivated
bald.v.01
turn.v.07
grow bald; lose hair on one's head
manicotti.n.01
pasta.n.02
large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce
power_unit.n.01
electromagnetic_unit.n.01
a measure of electric power
rack_and_pinion.n.01
gear.n.01
a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)
common_canary.n.01
canary.n.04
native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song
maple_syrup_urine_disease.n.01
genetic_disease.n.01
an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood
political_prisoner.n.01
prisoner.n.01
someone who is imprisoned because of their political views
white_woman.n.01
white.n.01
a woman who is White
rhabdomyoma.n.01
myoma.n.01
benign rumor of striated muscle
silverspot.n.01
fritillary.n.02
butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings
bone_ash.n.01
ash.n.01
ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
sand_sedge.n.01
sedge.n.01
European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
electronic_signal.n.01
signal.n.01
a signal generated by electronic means
limited_audit.n.01
audited_account.n.01
an audit of limited scope (limited in time span or confined to particular accounts etc.)
pharyngeal_tonsil.n.01
lymphatic_tissue.n.01
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
active_citizen.n.01
citizen.n.01
a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
tangent_plane.n.01
plane.n.02
the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
protist.n.01
microorganism.n.01
free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
actifed.n.01
nasal_decongestant.n.01
trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to treat upper respiratory conditions and minor allergies
locator.n.01
surveyor.n.01
a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims
mid-off.n.01
position.n.09
the fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side
rhizopus.n.01
mold.n.05
any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus
worshiper.n.01
admirer.n.03
someone who admires too much to recognize faults
supinate.v.01
turn.v.04
turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
catechumen.n.01
student.n.01
a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
snowsuit.n.01
overgarment.n.01
a child's overgarment for cold weather
loblolly_pine.n.01
pine.n.01
tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head
monorchism.n.01
cryptorchidy.n.01
failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum
spirits_of_ammonia.n.01
solution.n.01
a solution of ammonium carbonate in ammonia water and alcohol
blossoming.n.01
growth.n.01
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
pillar_of_islam.n.01
pillar.n.01
(Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims
judicial_branch.n.01
branch.n.01
the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice
amenability.n.01
tractability.n.01
the trait of being cooperative
rose_gum.n.01
flooded_gum.n.01
very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales
gynophobia.n.01
social_phobia.n.01
a morbid fear of women
paleozoology.n.01
paleobiology.n.01
the study of fossil animals
bench_clamp.n.01
clamp.n.01
a clamp used to hold work in place on a workbench
unbecomingness.n.01
indecorum.n.01
the quality of being unbecoming
laboriousness.n.01
effortfulness.n.01
the quality of requiring extended effort
diffraction.n.01
optical_phenomenon.n.01
when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands
s_wrench.n.01
open-end_wrench.n.01
a wrench with an S-shaped handle
reshipment.n.01
dispatch.n.02
the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship)
conversion_disorder.n.01
mental_disorder.n.01
a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
chicken_wing.n.01
wing.n.09
the wing of a chicken
salix.n.01
hamamelid_dicot_genus.n.01
a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
brown.v.01
cook.v.03
fry in a pan until it changes color
happening.n.01
event.n.01
an event that happens
cold_fusion.n.01
fusion.n.04
nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken
lunch_meat.n.01
loaf.n.02
any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold
rail-splitter.n.01
laborer.n.01
a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
wankel_engine.n.01
rotary_engine.n.01
a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts
cense.v.01
odorize.v.01
perfume especially with a censer
gluttonize.v.01
eat.v.01
eat a lot and without restraint
closed_universe.n.01
universe.n.01
(cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter
portcullis.n.01
gate.n.01
gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
coping_saw.n.01
handsaw.n.01
a handsaw with a taut thin blade; used for cutting small curves in wood
single_crochet.n.01
crochet_stitch.n.01
a crochet stitch
wildcat_strike.n.01
strike.n.01
a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union
appellation.n.01
name.n.01
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
cryptococcosis.n.01
fungal_infection.n.01
a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system
elucidation.n.01
explanation.n.03
an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on
malamute.n.01
sled_dog.n.01
breed of sled dog developed in Alaska
homeotic_gene.n.01
gene.n.01
one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
grub_street.n.01
world.n.02
the world of literary hacks
shimchath_torah.n.01
jewish_holy_day.n.01
(Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
leftism.n.01
political_orientation.n.01
the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left
green_woodpecker.n.01
woodpecker.n.01
woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
marasmus.n.01
malnutrition.n.01
extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
eyewitness.v.01
witness.v.01
be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes
fly_poison.n.01
liliaceous_plant.n.01
all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
notoriety.n.01
infamy.n.02
the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
onion_roll.n.01
bun.n.01
yeast-raised roll flavored with onion
word_meaning.n.01
sense.n.02
the accepted meaning of a word
wilms'_tumor.n.01
sarcoma.n.01
malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass
pinning.n.01
promise.n.01
a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin
mexican_juniper.n.01
juniper.n.02
small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
angiotensin_ii.n.01
angiotensin.n.01
a potent vasopressor agent formed from angiotensin I
meander.n.01
curve.n.01
a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
green_spleenwort.n.01
spleenwort.n.01
a small fern with slim green fronds; widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere
boat.n.01
vessel.n.02
a small vessel for travel on water
nihilistic_delusion.n.01
delusion.n.01
the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
snapping_turtle.n.01
turtle.n.02
large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws
steller's_sea_cow.n.01
sea_cow.n.01
extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
jiggermast.n.01
mast.n.01
any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
backblast.n.01
blowback.n.01
backfire from a recoilless weapon
operant_conditioning.n.01
conditioning.n.01
conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
bulldog_wrench.n.01
wrench.n.03
a wrench designed to provide a firm grip on something
stripper_well.n.01
oil_well.n.01
an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day
ozone.n.01
gas.n.02
a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
retina.n.01
membrane.n.02
the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
pocket_battleship.n.01
battleship.n.01
a small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930)
chaplain.n.01
clergyman.n.01
a clergyman ministering to some institution
videodisk.n.01
optical_disk.n.01
a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
expositor.n.01
intellectual.n.01
a person who explains
dormant_account.n.01
savings_account.n.01
a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period
saturated_fatty_acid.n.01
fatty_acid.n.01
a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats
baseboard.n.01
molding.n.02
a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
leaf-footed_bug.n.01
coreid_bug.n.01
large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
pied_lemming.n.01
lemming.n.01
North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged