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apropos
(definition)
adv 1: at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [syn:
seasonably, timely, well-timed, apropos]
2: introducing a different topic; in point of fact;
"incidentally, I won't go to the party" [syn: by the way,
by the bye, incidentally, apropos]
adj 1: of an appropriate or pertinent nature [ant: malapropos]
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hippo
(definition)
n 1: an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining
present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria [syn: Hippo,
Hippo Regius]
2: massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around
rivers of tropical Africa [syn: hippopotamus, hippo,
river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius]
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hoopoe
(definition)
n 1: any of several crested Old World birds with a slender
downward-curved bill [syn: hoopoe, hoopoo]
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hypo
(definition)
n 1: a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic
developing [syn: hypo, sodium thiosulphate, sodium
thiosulfate]
2: a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for
giving injections [syn: hypodermic syringe, hypodermic,
hypo]
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malapropos
(definition)
adv 1: at an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just
as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos"
[syn: inopportunely, malapropos] [ant: opportunely]
adj 1: of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature [ant:
apropos]
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tempo
(definition)
n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
[syn: tempo, pacing]
2: the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo, pace]
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typo
(definition)
n 1: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical
failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum,
typographical error, typo, literal error, literal]
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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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da
(definition)
n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn:
district attorney, DA]
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a
(definition)
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a
meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of
electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom
unit, A]
2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal
vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness
of the eyes [syn: vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor,
axerophthol, A]
3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A]
4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with
thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A]
5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme
International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries
15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A]
6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: A, a]
7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn:
A, type A, group A]
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gestapo
(definition)
n 1: the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its
terrorist methods
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aleppo
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a city in northwestern Syria [syn: Halab, Aleppo,
Alep]
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entrepot
(definition)
n 1: a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported
without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot
of trade between Arabia and India since the second
millennium BC" [syn: entrepot, transshipment center]
2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage,
store]
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limpopo
(definition)
n 1: an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean [syn:
Limpopo, Crocodile River]
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aux
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cachepot
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kakapo
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crapo
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oppo
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swapo
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troppo
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cheapo
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ipoh
(place)
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pepo
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repo