8 2 noun n noun
• the main good female character in a work of fiction
Example sentence • The novel tells the stories of strong heroines overcoming various challenges.
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• a word used in exclamations of confusion
Example sentence • What the dickens are you doing?
7 2 adverb, noun adv, n noun
• tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
9 2 noun n noun
• a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
Example sentence • She enjoys hiking in the mountains during her summer vacations.
6 2 noun n noun
• a large number or amount
Example sentence • There were dozens of people waiting in line for the concert tickets.
7 2 noun n noun
• the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
Example sentence • The stars in the heavens twinkled in the dark night sky.
4 1 noun n noun
• a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Example sentence • She wiped the lens of her camera before taking a picture.
3 1 noun
• a former agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
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• United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
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• a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
Example sentence • He rolled two sevens in a row.
4 1 noun n noun
• the habitation of wild animals
Example sentence • Many animals hibernate in dens during winter.
8 3 verb v verb
• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Example sentence • She imagines herself living in a different country.
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Example sentence • In some areas of Scotland, sowens is known as 'trotters.'
9 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (used in the plural) breeches made of buckskin
Example sentence • He wore a traditional costume with fringed buckskins and beaded moccasins.
8 2 noun n noun
• small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Example sentence • Some people enjoy eating chitlins with hot sauce.
6 2 noun n noun
• the first canonical hour; at daybreak
Example sentence • I always attend matins at the church every Sunday morning.
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• a person who lacks good judgment
Example sentence • I always seem to be the muggins who gets stuck with all the dirty dishes.
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• a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
Example sentence • We had a lot of fun playing ninepins at the bowling alley.
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
Example sentence • He bowled a strike and knocked down all tenpins .
7 2 noun n noun
• the expensive white fur of the ermine
Example sentence • The ermines are small carnivorous mammals found in northern regions.
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• A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.
Example sentence • The moulins carved deep valleys into the glaciers.
8 3 noun n noun
• a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
Example sentence • The abducens nerve innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
4 1 noun n noun
• family based on male descent
Example sentence • The gens Iulia was one of the most distinguished patrician families in ancient Rome.
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• engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
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• male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics
Example sentence • Testosterone is one of the most well-known androgens .
7 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
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• providing no shelter or sustenance
Example sentence • The barrens stretched out as far as the eye could see.
6 2 noun n noun
• a man who is the senior member of a group
Example sentence • The conference was attended by prominent doyens in the field of medicine.
3 1 noun n noun
• half the width of an em
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• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
adverb
• used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
adjective satellite
• equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
4 1 noun n noun
• 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China
Example sentence • The fens are a type of wetland characterized by marshy, low-lying areas.
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• any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
Example sentence • The halogens are a group of nonmetallic elements on the periodic table.
6 2 noun n noun
• a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
Example sentence • A 60-watt incandescent light bulb typically produces about 800 lumens of light output.
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• a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain
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• any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone
Example sentence • Some women may experience side effects from taking progestogens .
7 2 noun n noun
• the male reproductive organ of a flower
Example sentence • The flower had five stamens .
5 1 noun n noun
• any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
Example sentence • We saw a family of wrens building a nest in our backyard.
7 3 noun n noun
• the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
adjective satellite
• being one more than ten
Example sentence • We usually have elevens at work - a small meal or snack to get us through the afternoon.
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• a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
Example sentence • He scored a strike in duckpins .
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• one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
Example sentence • Microfilaments are composed of actins and are involved in various cellular processes.
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• a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier
Example sentence • The algins in the seaweed help to bind heavy metals.
7 2 noun n noun
• a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules
Example sentence • The ligand ethylenediamine can form two different ammines with cobalt(II) chloride.
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Example sentence • He measured the fabric with arshins to ensure he had enough for the project.
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• a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
Example sentence • Scientists have discovered new ways to manipulate auxins to enhance crop yields.
5 2 noun n noun
• the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Example sentence • There are many different ayins in the Hebrew alphabet.
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