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<alcoholic drink> |
drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar |
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<animal> |
Any kind of beasts, birds or insects. Not an animal in general but a particular representative of the fauna.
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<artiodactyl (even-toed animal)> |
one of ungulate mammals with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals |
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abdomen |
cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis |
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aberration of mind |
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abies (Abies) |
tree of the genus Abies |
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ability |
quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power |
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aborigine |
native inhabitant |
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about |
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above |
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abracadabra |
Gibberish, meaningless sequence of sounds or words. |
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abrupt (offensive, critical, or acrimonious) |
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abscess |
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abstinent (from alcohol) |
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abundance |
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accident |
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accomplice |
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according to |
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ace (playing card) |
playing card with a single spot |
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acid |
any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts |
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aconite |
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acorn |
fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup |
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acrobat, equilibrist |
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act, deed |
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active |
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activity |
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acute (disease, condition) |
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acute (of sound) |
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Adam's apple |
lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence |
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additional |
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address (description of the location) |
description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter |
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adulterer |
one who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex with a non-spouse |
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advantage |
superiority of position or condition; a factor or circumstance of benefit to its possessor (Merriam-Webster) |
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Advent |
period of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas |
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advice |
opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful |
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aër (veil covering vessels in the Orthodox Church) |
the largest and outermost of the veils covering the Chalice and Diskos in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite |
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aesthetic perception |
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after |
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afterbirth |
placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals |
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afterworld |
supposed world that is entered after death |
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again |
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against |
in opposition or hostility to |
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age |
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age group |
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ahead |
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aim, goal |
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air |
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air, atmosphere |
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airplane |
powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings |
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ajvar (vegetable dish) |
dish of chopped vegetables or mushrooms |
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albugo, wall-eye |
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albumen, white of an egg |
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alder (tree) |
tree or shrub of the genus Alnus |
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algae |
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alike |
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alive |
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all, whole |
throughout the whole of |
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almond |
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almost |
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Aloe vera (plant) |
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alone |
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already |
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already |
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alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage |
plant Chrysosplenium alternifolium |
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although |
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aluminium |
light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13 |
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always |
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amazing |
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amber |
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ambience, vibe |
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ambush |
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American |
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Amorphophallus paeoniifolius |
tropical tuber plant, elephant foot yam |
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anathema |
ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication |
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ancestor |
one from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor |
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anchor |
tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement |
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anemic |
suffering from anemia |
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anemone (Anemone) |
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angel |
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anger |
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anger |
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angry |
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Anguis fragilis |
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animal |
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animal bladder |
specially treated pig or cow bladder used as window glass |
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animal yield |
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ankle |
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ankle bone for playing |
astragalus of the ankle of a sheep or goat used for traditional games and fortune-telling
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annoying |
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ant |
insect of the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies |
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anteater |
any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues |
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antelope |
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anthrax |
acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis, and the human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal |
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anvil (of a blacksmith) |
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anvil bone |
a bone in the ear |
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anxious |
nervous and worried, having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
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any |
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aorta |
great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system |
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apartment, flat |
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apical ancestor |
in kinship and descent, a common ancestor from whom a lineage or clan may trace its descent. The ancestor who is at the apex of the genealogy |
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appearance; look |
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appetite |
desire to eat food or consume drink |
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apple |
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approximately |
imprecise but close to in quantity or amount |
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apricot |
round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside; apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca |
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April |
fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May |
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Aquarius (constellation) |
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arbalest, crossbow |
ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly, mounted horizontally on a main frame, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long firearm |
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arc |
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Arctic fox |
mammal Vulpes lagopus, a fox-like carnivore of the family Canidae living in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia |
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Aries |
constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram |
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armadillo |
any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America |
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armpit |
cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder |
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army |
large, highly organized military force |
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arrogance |
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arrogant |
having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities |
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arrow |
projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow |
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arrow fletching |
feathers of an arrow used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path |
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arterial (blood) |
blood purified from carbon dioxide and saturated with oxygen (oxygenated), in contrast to venous blood |
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artery |
blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart |
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artichoke |
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as, like |
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ash (tree) |
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ashes |
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Asiatic dock |
Rumex confertus, a plant species in the family Polygonaceae |
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asleep |
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asp (fish) |
(Aspius aspius, Leuciscus aspius) a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family |
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aspen |
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asphodel |
plant of the genus Asphodelus |
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aspic (dish) |
dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé |
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assistant |
person who assists or helps someone else |
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astringent |
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atheist |
person who does not believe in deities |
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attack (n.) |
attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy |
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attack of disease |
(medicine) the sudden onset of a disease or condition |
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attentive |
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auger, gimlet |
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aunt |
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aunt (father's brother's wife) |
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aunt (father's sister) |
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aunt (mother's brother's wife) |
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aunt (mother's sister) |
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auricle |
visible part of the ear that is outside the head |
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author |
originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition |
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automobile |
type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load |
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autumn |
the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere
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autumn fall of the leaves |
autumn fall of the leaves |
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awake |
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award |
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away |
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awl |
pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood |
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awn |
bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. |
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axe |
tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it; also an ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle
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axle |
pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel |
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