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Nouns
1. (n.) equivalent;
- a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc;
- “send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps”;
2. (n.) combining weight, eq, equivalent, equivalent weight;
- the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) equivalent, tantamount;
- being essentially equal to something;
- “it was as good as gold”; “a wish that was equivalent to a command”; “his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt”;
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05
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) observatory;
- a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena;
2. (n.) lookout, lookout station, observation tower, observatory;
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings;
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05
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) olfactive, olfactory;
- of or relating to olfaction;
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05
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted;
- commonly used or practiced; usual;
- “his accustomed thoroughness”; “took his customary morning walk”; “his habitual comment”; “with her wonted candor”;
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05
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) insignificance;
- the quality of having little or no significance;
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05
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) attendance, attending;
- the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.);
2. (n.) attendance;
- the frequency with which a person is present;
- “a student’s attendance is an important factor in her grade”;
3. (n.) attendance;
- the number of people that are present;
- “attendance was up by 50 per cent”;
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26
05
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) acreage, land area;
- an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming);
- “he wanted some acreage to build on”;
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05
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) serendipity;
- good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries;
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26
05
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) leisure, leisure time;
- time available for ease and relaxation;
- “his job left him little leisure”;
2. (n.) leisure;
- freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity;
- “he lacked the leisure for golf”;
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05
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) impure;
- combined with extraneous elements;
2. (adj.) impure;
- (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene;
- “impure thoughts”;
3. (adj.) impure, unclean;
- having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws;
- “unclean meat”; “and the swine…is unclean to you”;
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