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hirtellous
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minutely hirsute.
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malison
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a curse.
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gynarchy
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government by women.
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malediction
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a curse; imprecation.
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lamasery
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a monastery of lamas.
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heinousness
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hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible:
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jonquil
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a narcissus, Narcissus jonquilla, having long, narrow, rushlike leaves and fragrant, yellow or white flowers.
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latency
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the state of being latent.
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glossal
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of or pertaining to the tongue.
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gondola
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a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used esp. on the canals of Venice, Italy.
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kugel
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a baked casserole resembling a soufflé or pudding.
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kestrel
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a common small falcon, Falco tinnunculus, of northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, notable for hovering in the air with its head to the wind.
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lemma
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a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
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gordian
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pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot
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heathen
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an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; pagan.
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krill
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any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae, eaten as food by certain whales.
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isolationism
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the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advanc
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intractable
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not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate:
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judaism
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the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud.
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macrophage
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a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
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larithmics
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the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
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hexagonal
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of, pertaining to, or having the form of a hexagon.
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henna
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an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
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glucocorticoid
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any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
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interregnum
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an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
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typhoon
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a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
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lignite
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a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
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justiciable
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capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court:
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malleate
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to beat or shape with a hammer, as in metalworking.
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