-
adman
(definition)
n 1: someone whose business is advertising [syn: advertiser,
advertizer, adman]
-
afghan
(definition)
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its
people [syn: Afghani, Afghan, Afghanistani]
n 1: a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares;
sometimes used as a shawl
2: a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan [syn: Afghan,
Afghanistani]
3: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the
official language of Afghanistan [syn: Pashto, Pashtu,
Paxto, Afghani, Afghan]
4: a coat made of sheepskin [syn: sheepskin coat, afghan]
5: tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native
to the Near East [syn: Afghan hound, Afghan]
-
again
(definition)
adv 1: anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"
[syn: again, once again, once more, over again]
-
ain
(definition)
adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
(especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for
your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own
clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
-
amen
(definition)
n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
-
an
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
-
anchorman
(definition)
n 1: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which
several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor,
anchorman, anchorperson]
-
ban
(definition)
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
-
batman
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
-
bedpan
(definition)
n 1: a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation
and urination
-
bogeyman
(definition)
n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn:
bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger]
-
brainpan
(definition)
n 1: the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn:
cranium, braincase, brainpan]
-
bran
(place)
(definition)
n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are
separated from the flour by sifting
2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
-
businessman
(definition)
n 1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business
(especially an owner or executive) [syn: businessman,
man of affairs]
-
cameraman
(definition)
n 1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn:
cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer]
-
can
(place)
(definition)
n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can]
2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful]
3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can
buoy]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
[syn: can, tin, put up]
2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
employ, engage, hire]
-
cancan
(definition)
n 1: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female
chorus line
-
caravan
(definition)
n 1: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling
together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of
almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for
safety" [syn: caravan, train, wagon train]
2: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van,
caravan]
v 1: travel in a caravan
-
cayenne
(place)
(definition)
n 1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;
usually red [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili
pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno,
Capsicum annuum longum]
2: ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus
Capsicum [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper]
3: a long and often twisted hot red pepper [syn: cayenne,
cayenne pepper]
-
chessman
(name)
(definition)
n 1: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the
game of chess [syn: chessman, chess piece]
-
clan
(definition)
n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin,
kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
-
comedienne
(definition)
n 1: a female actor in a comedy
2: a female comedian
-
cyan
(definition)
adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue-
green, cyan, teal]
n 1: a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green
color
-
deadpan
(definition)
adv 1: without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke
deadpan"
adj 1: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his
face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
[syn: deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-
faced, unexpressive]
-
den
(definition)
n 1: the habitation of wild animals [syn: lair, den]
2: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [syn:
hideout, hideaway, den]
3: a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
4: a room that is comfortable and secluded
-
deskman
(definition)
n 1: the police sergeant on duty in a police station [syn: desk
sergeant, deskman, station keeper]
-
dishpan
(definition)
n 1: large pan for washing dishes
-
divan
(definition)
n 1: a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
2: a Muslim council of state [syn: divan, diwan]
3: a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one
author) [syn: divan, diwan]
4: a Muslim council chamber or law court [syn: divan, diwan]
-
doorman
(definition)
n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper,
doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter,
gatekeeper, ostiary]
-
dustpan
(definition)
n 1: the quantity that a dustpan will hold [syn: dustpan,
dustpanful]
2: a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept
-
earthman
(definition)
n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling,
earthman, worldling]
-
en
(definition)
n 1: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut]
-
fan
(definition)
n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a
surface or surfaces
2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan,
rooter]
3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
3: agitate the air
4: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood
there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow,
fan]
-
fen
(definition)
n 1: 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China
2: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a
transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres
of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh,
marshland, fen, fenland]
-
flan
(definition)
n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard
-
frogman
(definition)
n 1: someone who works underwater [syn: diver, frogman,
underwater diver]
-
glen
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
-
hardpan
(definition)
n 1: crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-
carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions [syn:
caliche, hardpan]
-
hen
(definition)
n 1: adult female chicken [syn: hen, biddy]
2: adult female bird
3: flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
4: female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
-
iceman
(definition)
n 1: someone who cuts and delivers ice
2: a professional killer [syn: hatchet man, iceman]
-
ken
(name)
(definition)
n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
[syn: cognizance, ken]
2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight,
ken]
-
lawman
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an officer of the law [syn: lawman, law officer, peace
officer]
-
madman
(definition)
n 1: an insane person [syn: lunatic, madman, maniac]
-
mailman
(definition)
n 1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman,
mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
-
man
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there
were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult
male] [ant: adult female, woman]
2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a
military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn:
serviceman, military man, man, military personnel]
[ant: civilian]
3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it
was every man for himself"
4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being,
human]
5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the
building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and
courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman,
man]
8: a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover
or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes
good care of her man" [ant: woman]
9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle
of Man]
10: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing
certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the
chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic
advantage" [syn: man, piece]
11: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
`mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]
v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
"Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks";
"Students were manning the booths"
-
men
(definition)
n 1: the force of workers available [syn: work force,
workforce, manpower, hands, men]
-
milkman
(definition)
n 1: someone who delivers milk
-
newsman
(definition)
n 1: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
[syn: reporter, newsman, newsperson]
-
oilcan
(definition)
n 1: a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
-
pan
(definition)
n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn:
pan, cooking pan]
2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and
flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and
ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: Pan,
goat god]
3: shallow container made of metal
4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to
other pongids [syn: Pan, genus Pan]
v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the
room"
2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
[syn: pan, pan out, pan off]
3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]
-
pecan
(definition)
n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya
illinoinsis]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
-
pen
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2: an enclosure for confining livestock
3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
[syn: playpen, pen]
4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
crimes [syn: penitentiary, pen]
5: female swan
v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
-
plan
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be
accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they
discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan,
program, programme]
2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard
made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for
living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan]
3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were
on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan]
v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He
plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had
planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: plan, be after]
2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his
family"
3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
"design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the
museum" [syn: design, plan]
-
rattan
(definition)
n 1: climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable
for the great length of the stems which are used for
malacca canes [syn: rattan, rattan palm, Calamus
rotang]
2: the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and
related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and
canes [syn: rattan, rattan cane]
3: a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms [syn:
rattan, ratan]
-
sandman
(definition)
n 1: an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's
eyes to make them sleepy
-
saucepan
(definition)
n 1: a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
-
scan
(definition)
n 1: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed
region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his
binoculars"
2: an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan";
"you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: scan, CAT
scan]
v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the
X-ray"
2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance
over, run down]
3: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night
sky"
4: conform to a metrical pattern
5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
6: read metrically; "scan verses"
7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read
by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
-
sedan
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and
two or four doors [syn: sedan, saloon]
2: a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan, sedan
chair]
-
snowman
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a figure of a person made of packed snow
-
spaceman
(definition)
n 1: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians
called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut,
spaceman, cosmonaut]
-
span
(definition)
n 1: the complete duration of something; "the job was finished
in the span of an hour"
2: the distance or interval between two points
3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome,
twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich,
duo, duet, dyad, duad]
4: a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human
hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
5: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an
obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn:
bridge, span]
6: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle,
span]
v 1: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers
traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3
acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross,
traverse, span, sweep]
-
strongman
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
2: a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of
force or violence; "he is determined to bring down the Iraqi
strongman"
-
suntan
(definition)
n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
v 1: get a tan from being exposed to the sun
-
tan
(definition)
adj 1: of a light yellowish-brown color
n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
2: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz]
3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled
triangle [syn: tangent, tan]
v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert
them into leather
2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: tan, bronze]
-
ten
(definition)
adj 1: being one more than nine [syn: ten, 10, x]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the
base of the decimal system [syn: ten, 10, X,
tenner, decade]
2: one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
[syn: ten-spot, ten]
-
then
(definition)
adv 1: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence
connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right";
"first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the
late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to
bed" [syn: then, so, and so, and then]
2: in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then
who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is
closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be
rich"
3: at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back
then"; "science as it was then taught"
adj 1: at a specific prior time; "the then president"
n 1: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we
were friends from then on"
-
un
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to
promote international peace and security [syn: United
Nations, UN]
-
unman
(definition)
v 1: cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
-
van
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially
in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new
wave]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn:
vanguard, van]
3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or
freight
4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van,
caravan]
5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
-
wan
(name)
(definition)
adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
pale, pallid, wan, sick]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
"a wan smile"
n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]
v 1: become pale and sickly
-
wingspan
(definition)
n 1: linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil [syn:
wingspan, wingspread]
-
wren
(name)
(definition)
n 1: English architect who designed more than fifty London
churches (1632-1723) [syn: Wren, Sir Christopher Wren]
2: any of several small active brown birds of the northern
hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
[syn: wren, jenny wren]
-
yen
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn:
hankering, yen]
2: the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
v 1: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
[syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
-
tarzan
(definition)
n 1: (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and
agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice
Burroughs)
2: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels
by Edgar Rice Burroughs [syn: Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes]
-
yuan
(definition)
n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan,
Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
-
spokane
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border
-
ben
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
-
benne
(name)
(definition)
n 1: East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or
benniseed and sesame oil [syn: sesame, benne, benni,
benny, Sesamum indicum]
-
bren
(definition)
n 1: a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the
British in World War II [syn: Bren, Bren gun]
-
chen
(definition)
n 1: wild goose having white adult plumage [syn: Chen,
subgenus Chen]
-
gen
(definition)
n 1: informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new
line of computers"
-
glenn
(name)
(definition)
n 1: made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United
States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate
(1921-) [syn: Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn
Jr.]
-
n
(definition)
n 1: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless
odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78
percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all
living tissues [syn: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7]
2: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
north, due north, northward, N]
3: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an
acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to
100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N]
4: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents
of solute per liter [syn: normality, N]
5: the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: N, n]
-
penn
(name)
(definition)
n 1: Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of
Pennsylvania (1644-1718) [syn: Penn, William Penn]
2: a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [syn: University
of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn]
-
sen
(definition)
n 1: a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and
Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
-
venn
(name)
(definition)
n 1: English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923)
[syn: Venn, John Venn]
-
wen
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum)
that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
[syn: sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, wen,
steatocystoma]
-
zen
(definition)
n 1: school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment
can come through meditation and intuition rather than
faith; China and Japan [syn: Zen, Zen Buddhism]
2: a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained
through direct intuitive insight [syn: Zen, Zen Buddhism]
3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen]
-
asean
(definition)
n 1: an association of nations dedicated to economic and
political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined
with the United States to fight against global terrorism
[syn: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN]
-
lpn
(definition)
n 1: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state
to provide routine care for the sick [syn: licensed
practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse]
-
han
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from
206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed
its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of
Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
-
xian
(definition)
n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
-
iran
(definition)
n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western
Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was
known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
-
kazakhstan
(definition)
n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the
northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking
inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an
Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan,
Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]
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cannes
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an
annual film festival
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gran
(definition)
n 1: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma,
grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]
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jan
(name)
(definition)
n 1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the
winter solstice [syn: January, Jan]
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klan
(definition)
n 1: a secret society of white Southerners in the United States;
was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation
of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
[syn: Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK]
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lan
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a local computer network for communication between
computers; especially a network connecting computers and
word processors and other electronic office equipment to
create a communication system between offices [syn: local
area network, LAN]
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mann
(name)
(definition)
n 1: United States educator who introduced reforms that
significantly altered the system of public education
(1796-1859) [syn: Mann, Horace Mann]
2: German writer concerned about the role of the artist in
bourgeois society (1875-1955) [syn: Mann, Thomas Mann]