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bronco
(definition)
n 1: an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang [syn: bronco,
bronc, broncho]
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flamenco
(definition)
n 1: guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
2: a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies;
vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
[syn: flamenco, gypsy dancing]
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ginkgo
(definition)
n 1: deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves
and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in
cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree [syn:
ginkgo, gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba]
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junco
(definition)
n 1: small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn:
junco, snowbird]
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au
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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co
(definition)
n 1: an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of
incomplete combustion of carbon [syn: carbon monoxide,
carbon monoxide gas, CO]
2: a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent
metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal
nutrition [syn: cobalt, Co, atomic number 27]
3: one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of
conscience [syn: conscientious objector, CO]
4: a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
[syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
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bunco
(definition)
n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco
game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
flimflam]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
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franco
(definition)
n 1: Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939
and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
[syn: Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, General
Franco]
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pinko
(definition)
n 1: a person with mildly leftist political views [syn: pinko,
pink]
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yevtushenko
(definition)
n 1: Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-
Stalinist generation (born in 1933) [syn: Yevtushenko,
Yevgeni Yevtushenko, Yevgeni Aleksandrovich
Yevtushenko]
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pachinko
(definition)
n 1: a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board
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unco
(definition)
adv 1: to a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually
tall" [syn: unusually, remarkably, outstandingly,
unco] [ant: commonly, normally, ordinarily,
unremarkably, usually]
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lysenko
(definition)
n 1: Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of
evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976) [syn:
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich Lysenko]
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aux
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calamanco
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coe
(name)
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bianco
(name)
(place)
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stinko
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zinco