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Biography

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An account of someone’s life written by someone else
Biographies as a branch of literature
A human life in its course

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Podalgia

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Pain in the foot

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Unicycle

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A cycle with a single wheel, typically used by acrobats

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Monogamy

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The practice or state of being married to one person at a time
The practice or state of having a sexual relationship with only one partner
The habit of having only one mate at a time (zoology)

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Neural

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Of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system

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Pediatrics

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The branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases

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Automatic

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Working by itself with little or no direct human control
Self-loading and able to fire continuously until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released
Using gears that shift by themselves according to speed and acceleration
Done or occurring spontaneously w/o conscious thought or intention
Occurring as a matter of course and without debate

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Cryptic

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Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
Having difficult clues that indicate the solutions indirectly
Serving to camoflauge an animal in its natural environment (zoology)

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Dynamite

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A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks
Something that has the potential to generate extreme reactions or to have devestating repercussions
An extremely impressive or exciting person or thing

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Nautical

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Of or concerning sailors or navigation; maritime

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Melody

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A sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying
Musically satisfying sequences of notes collectively
The principal part in harmonized music

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Pyre

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A heap of combustible material, esp one for burning a corpse as part if a funeral ceremony

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Encyclical

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General

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Nostalgia

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Pain for home

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Antibiotic

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Something that destroys or weakens germs

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Astronaut

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Star sailor

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Prosody

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Study of poetic meters and versification

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Homogany

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Interbreeding

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Pedagogue

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Teacher

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Neurosis

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Nervous disorder

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authenticy

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Empyrean

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Heavens

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Dynamic

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Forceful

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Autobiography

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Self-narrated life story

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Polygamous

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Practing, relating to, or involving polygamy

(zoology) typically having more than one mate

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Automation

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The use of largely automatic equipment in a system or manufacturing or other production process

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Comedy

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Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches intended to make an audience laugh
A movie, play, or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh
The style or genre represented by comedy films, plays, and broadcast programs
The humorous or amusing aspects if something

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Pedantic

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Pedant-a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
Pedantic-someone like that ^^

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Analgesic

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(Chiefly of a drug) Acting to relieve pain

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Cryptogenic

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(Of a disease) obscure or uncertain origin