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• one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery
Example sentence • The percherons pulled the heavy load effortlessly.
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• United States sociologist (1902-1979)
Example sentence • The parsons were invited to lead the prayer at the church service.
8 2 noun n Example sentence • She smiled in response to his compliment.
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• a large number or amount
Example sentence • I have tons of homework to do tonight.
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• a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
Example sentence • She sewed the buttons onto the shirt.
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• a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
Example sentence • He really dresses like a ponce with his fancy suits and silk ties.
7 2 noun n Example sentence • The commons are used for grazing livestock.
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• metal shackles; for hands or legs
Example sentence • He used the irons to press his clothes.
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• women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
Example sentence • She wore a pair of black nylons with her new dress.
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• a request to be present
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• call in an official matter, such as to attend court
Example sentence • He received a summons to appear in court.
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• conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
Example sentence • One of the cons of living in a big city is the high cost of living.
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• smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Example sentence • The gibbons in the zoo were playful and energetic.
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• (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
Example sentence • I have a collection of music icons on my computer.
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• an airfoil that controls lateral motion
Example sentence • The pilot adjusted the ailerons to control the roll of the aircraft.
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• metal supports for logs in a fireplace
Example sentence • The antique fireplace had a beautiful pair of andirons .
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• central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
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Example sentence • His speech was a series of asyndetons ; there were no conjunctions to join his thoughts.
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• the earliest known inhabitants of a region
Example sentence • The autochthons have very unique customs and traditions.
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• a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
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• large and heavily armoured warship
Example sentence • The battlewagons lined up in formation before charging into battle.
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Example sentence • There are many different types of benthons .
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• one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
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• accompany as a chaperone
Example sentence • The chaperons made sure the students stayed together during the field trip.
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• the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
Example sentence • Scientists study the behavior of deuterons in particle accelerators.
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Example sentence • The use of diazinons has been banned in many countries due to their harmful effects on the environment.
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Example sentence • The use of diurons has been controversial due to their environmental impact.
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• (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
Example sentence • In bridge, it is often advantageous to lead from doubletons .
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• the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate)
Example sentence • The enterons of many invertebrates are lined with a single layer of cells.
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• anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Example sentence • The library has a collection of ephemerons dating back to the 18th century.
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• cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
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• aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
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• An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
Example sentence • The flaperons on the aircraft were damaged during the rough landing.
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• a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love
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• a fortified military post where troops are stationed
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• station (troops) in a fort or garrison
Example sentence • The garrisons were established to protect the city from external threats.
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• A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon.
Example sentence • The heraldic shield had four gyrons , each representing a different region.
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• grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
Example sentence • The herons in this area usually hunt for fish in the shallow waters.
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Example sentence • The study of heterokaryons is important in understanding genetic interactions.
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• any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
Example sentence • Scientists have discovered several different types of hyperons .
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• an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
Example sentence • Exogenous interferons can be used therapeutically to treat viral infections and certain types of cancer.
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• throw away, of something encumbering
Example sentence • The spaceship jettisons its fuel tanks before entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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• a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
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• A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened.
Example sentence • The longerons provide structural support for the wings of an aircraft.
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• a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
Example sentence • Scientists are still studying the behavior of magnetons in different environments.
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• A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
Example sentence • She played a beautiful melody on the mirlitons .
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Example sentence • The abundance of nannoplanktons indicates a healthy marine ecosystem.
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Example sentence • The human brain contains billions of neuraxons that form complex neural networks.
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• process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
Example sentence • The olecranons in humans articulate with the ulna bone.
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