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01275562-a:
of great significance or value
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00073897-r:
for the most part
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05868954-n:
an abstract part of something
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the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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00234733-a:
having but one principal or specialized surface
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owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
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00310201-n:
wandering from the main path of a journey
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any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
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a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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the principal work of your career
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00599917-n:
the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States
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00607609-v:
have as one's principal field of study
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00629269-a:
having no trunk or main part
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having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side
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00768397-a:
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
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00780575-v:
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
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an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
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01006421-v:
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
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01093850-a:
rigged with square sails as the principal ones
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01102451-a:
involving only main features
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01168199-n:
actions counter to the main group activity
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cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
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01285101-n:
the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
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separated or isolated from others or a main group
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01459791-n:
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
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01558218-v:
divide from the main body or mass and collect
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01704129-v:
sing a descant on a main tune or melody
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01777649-n:
a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
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01777909-n:
parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
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01852548-a:
of primary importance
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one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
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the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
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one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
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02602434-a:
pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
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02671780-n:
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
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02713594-n:
an addition that extends a main building
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a major or main route
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a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer
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an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
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a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
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02798769-n:
the principal ingredient of a mixture
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the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
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the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
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the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
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the main circuit board for a computer
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a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
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either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
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a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack
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an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
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a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)
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a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
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rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft
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03437941-n:
a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
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the principal hall in a castle or mansion; can be used for dining or entertainment
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the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty
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a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
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the main house on a ranch or large estate
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the main altar in a church
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one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
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03647108-n:
narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
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a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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the principal route of a transportation system
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street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
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the principal bedroom in a house; usually occupied by the head of the household
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03822767-n:
reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis
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the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
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03853178-n:
seating on the main floor in a theater
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03859280-n:
a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building
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03860741-n:
a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
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03862379-n:
subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area
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seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle
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03892273-n:
seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)
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03893732-n:
the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture
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03910723-n:
the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics
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04059298-n:
the main memory in a virtual memory system
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the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
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04227618-n:
a map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an area
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seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
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(nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel
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04492264-n:
line that is the main route on a railway
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04510090-n:
a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence
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a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
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(meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
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a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
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05035712-n:
main force of a blow etc
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05122557-n:
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
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the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
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05273684-n:
the main body of a vertebra
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a main organ that is situated inside the body
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the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
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the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below
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the main artery of the upper arm; a continuation of the axillary artery; bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries at the elbow
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05395690-n:
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
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the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
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either of the two main branches of the trachea
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the smooth muscle sphincter of the main pancreatic duct
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05592504-n:
the end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused
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05592733-n:
the main (mid) section of a long bone
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05833840-n:
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
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the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
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05997659-n:
the principal field of study of a student at a university
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06242780-n:
one of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness
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the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
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06390688-n:
written matter preceding the main text of a book
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06390805-n:
written matter following the main text of a book
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the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus
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either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible
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a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
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a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
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06468951-n:
a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts
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a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded
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06560254-n:
the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
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06582986-n:
a call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program
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06588139-n:
specialized programs that reside permanently in the computer's main memory and control the processing of user's programs
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a message that departs from the main subject
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the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
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the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
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a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
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notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines
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a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
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06975902-n:
the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
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a short play presented before the main play
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the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
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07099965-n:
recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)
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a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
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the principal theme in a speech or literary work
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a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
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07429637-n:
a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
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a minor match preceding the main event
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the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
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the principal dish of a meal
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a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal
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a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
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08096301-n:
one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
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08096474-n:
one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
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the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service
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08131254-n:
an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
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an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
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the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
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a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
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an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
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the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world
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the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems
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a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
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the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party
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Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government
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08345189-n:
formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad
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people who constitute the main body of any group
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a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
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(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
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08671644-n:
the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence
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a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers
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08733690-n:
three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar
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the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast
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port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
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the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
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the principal city of Northamptonshire
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one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta
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one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan
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a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
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the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu
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the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland
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the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
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the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous
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a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka
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a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
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the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait
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the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait
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the largest city and principal port of New Zealand
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the main island of the Philippines
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the capital and principal port of Tunisia
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an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
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capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin
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an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
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09262371-n:
a piece cut off from the main part of something
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09267602-n:
a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
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a branch that flows into the main stream
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the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea
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09346120-n:
the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
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a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
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a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
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Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy
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(Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
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the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up
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a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety)
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the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
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the principal groomsman at a wedding
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one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
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the principal character in a work of fiction
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the main good female character in a work of fiction
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a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
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someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
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a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
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the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
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an actor who plays a principal role
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a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
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the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
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French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)
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French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
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the main vein of ore in a deposit
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(ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
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any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
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a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)
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a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
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widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
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tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
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plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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(botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem
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the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
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flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
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usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
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a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
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the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
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a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
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any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
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repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
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a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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one of the four main compass points
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a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
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a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
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congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
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the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
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a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
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a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium
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a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin
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yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian corn
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a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
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the main protein of the keratohyalin granules
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a phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones
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any alloy whose principal component is copper
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the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
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a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood
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an alloy whose main constituent is nickel
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(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
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one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria
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a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly
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a very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient; used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wear
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a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks
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