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apricot sauce |
Noun
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for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney |
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albumen |
Noun
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the white part of an egg |
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albumen |
Noun
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a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids |
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aspartame |
Noun
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an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid |
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anchovy dressing |
Noun
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vinaigrette and mashed anchovies |
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arroz con pollo |
Noun
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rice and chicken cooked together Spanish style |
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altar wine |
Noun
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used in a communion service |
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anchovy pizza |
Noun
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tomato and cheese pizza with anchovies |
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alcohol |
Noun
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a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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alcohol |
Noun
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any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
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alcoholic drink |
Noun
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a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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alcoholic beverage |
Noun
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a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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aperitif |
Noun
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alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer |
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ale |
Noun
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a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast |
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anisette de Bordeaux |
Noun
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liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed |
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aqua vitae |
Noun
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strong distilled liquor or brandy |
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ardent spirits |
Noun
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strong distilled liquor or brandy |
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aquavit |
Noun
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Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds |
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akvavit |
Noun
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Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds |
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arrack |
Noun
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any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses |
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arak |
Noun
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any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses |
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applejack |
Noun
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distilled from hard cider |
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apple juice |
Noun
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the juice of apples |
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ade |
Noun
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a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
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absinth |
Noun
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strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise |
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absinthe |
Noun
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strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise |
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absinthe |
Noun
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aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe |
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amaretto |
Noun
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an Italian almond liqueur |
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anisette |
Noun
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liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed |
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age class |
Noun
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people in the same age range |
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age group |
Noun
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a group of people having approximately the same age |
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age bracket |
Noun
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a group of people having approximately the same age |
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ancients |
Noun
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people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) |
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aestivation |
Noun
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(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens |
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aestivation |
Noun
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(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer |
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amalgam |
Noun
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a combination or blend of diverse things |
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amalgam |
Noun
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an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth |
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armamentarium |
Noun
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the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine |
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art collection |
Noun
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a collection of art works |
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antibiosis |
Noun
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an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another |
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adhocracy |
Noun
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an organization with little or no structure |
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affiliate |
Noun
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a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization |
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affiliate |
Noun
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a subordinate or subsidiary associate |
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affiliate |
Verb
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to join in a social or business relationship |
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affiliate |
Verb
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to keep company with |
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al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades |
Noun
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a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank |
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al-Fatah |
Noun
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a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state |
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al-Asifa |
Noun
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a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state |
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al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya |
Noun
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a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists |
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al Itihaad al Islamiya |
Noun
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a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda |