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aardvark

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a large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal

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abacus

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a device for making arithmetic calculations

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abalone

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a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis

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abattoir

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a slaughterhouse

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abbacy

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the office, dignity, jurisdiction, or tenure of an abbot

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aberrance

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  1. deviating from the usual or natural type 2. straying from the right or normal way
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abeyance

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  1. a state of temporary inactivity 2. ..
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abiogenesis

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the origin of life from nonliving matter

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abomasum

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the fourth compartment of the ruminant stomach

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abscissa

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the horizontal coordinate of a point in a plane Cartesian coordinate system . .

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abstemious

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marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol

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abyssal

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  1. unfathomable 2. of or relating to the bottom waters of the ocean depths
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accidie

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acedia ( apathy; boredom )

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acerbity

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the quality of being acerbic

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acetaldehyde

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a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde C2H4O used chiefly in organic synthesis

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achene

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a small dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit developing from a simple ovary

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acoustic

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  1. of/relating to the sense or organs of hearing,etc. 2. of/relating to/being a musical instrument (whose sound’s not electronically modified)
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acquiesce

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to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively

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acrylonitrile

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a colorless volatile flammable liquid nitrile C3H3N (used chiefly in organic synthesis and for polymerization)

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adagio

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at a slow tempo

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addle

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  1. of an egg; rotten 2. confused
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administratrix

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a woman who is an administrator especially of an estate

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adolescence

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the period of life when a child develops into an adult

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aedile

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an official in ancient Rome in charge of public works and games, etc.

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aesthete

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one having or affecting sensitivity to the beautiful especially in art

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agglomerate

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to gather into a ball, mass, or cluster

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aggrandize

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to make great or greater

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agouti

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any of a genus (Dasyprocta) of tropical American rodents (about the size of a rabbit)

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aikido

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a Japanese art of self-defense

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albumin

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any of numerous simple heat-coagulable water-soluble proteins (that occur in blood plasma or serum, muscle, the whites of eggs, etc.)

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alkyne

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any of a series of open-chain hydrocarbons CnH2n−2

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allophone

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one of two or more variants of the same phoneme

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alluvium

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clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water

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alpaca

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a domesticated mammal especially of Peru

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amanuensis

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one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript

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ambivalence

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simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action

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ameliorative

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to make better or more tolerable

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ampoule

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a hermetically sealed small bulbous glass vessel (that is used to hold a solution for hypodermic injection)

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anacoluthon

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syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence

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androgynous

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having the characteristics or nature of both male and female

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anesthesiology

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a branch of medical science dealing with anesthesia and anesthetics