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palliative |
Adjective
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moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
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palliative |
Noun
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remedy that alleviates pain without curing |
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pressed |
Adjective
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compacted by ironing |
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protrusive |
Adjective
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thrusting outward |
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permanent-press |
Adjective
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used of fabrics that do not require ironing |
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plumping |
Adjective
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very large |
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petite |
Adjective
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very small |
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petite |
Noun
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a garment size for short or slender women |
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prodigious |
Adjective
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so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe |
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prodigious |
Adjective
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far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree |
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prodigious |
Adjective
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of momentous or ominous significance |
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plaintive |
Adjective
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expressing sorrow |
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proverbial |
Adjective
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widely known and spoken of |
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proverbial |
Adjective
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of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb |
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penal |
Adjective
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subject to punishment by law |
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penal |
Adjective
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serving as or designed to impose punishment |
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penal |
Adjective
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of or relating to punishment |
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pestilent |
Adjective
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likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |
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pestilent |
Adjective
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exceedingly harmful |
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pestilential |
Adjective
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likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |
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patrilineal |
Adjective
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based on or tracing descent through the male line |
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patrilinear |
Adjective
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based on or tracing descent through the male line |
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platyrrhine |
Adjective
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of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses |
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platyrrhine |
Noun
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hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails |
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platyrrhinian |
Adjective
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of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses |
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platyrrhinian |
Noun
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hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails |
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platyrhine |
Adjective
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of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses |
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platyrhinian |
Adjective
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of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses |
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platyrrhinic |
Adjective
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of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses |
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poetic |
Adjective
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characterized by romantic imagery |
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poetic |
Adjective
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characteristic of or befitting poetry |
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poetic |
Adjective
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of or relating to poetry |
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poetic |
Adjective
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of or relating to poets |
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prohibited |
Adjective
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forbidden by law |
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prohibited |
Adjective
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excluded from use or mention |
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prerecorded |
Adjective
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recorded at one time for transmission later |
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pocket-size |
Adjective
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small enough to be carried in a garment pocket |
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pocket-size |
Adjective
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limited in size or scope |
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pocket-sized |
Adjective
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small enough to be carried in a garment pocket |
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pocket-sized |
Adjective
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limited in size or scope |
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pocketable |
Adjective
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small enough to be carried in a garment pocket |
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puny |
Adjective
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of inferior size, used especially of persons |
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puny |
Adjective
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inferior in strength or significance |
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probable |
Adjective
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apparently destined |
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probable |
Adjective
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real |
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probable |
Noun
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an applicant likely to be chosen |
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plangent |
Adjective
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loud and resounding |
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pear-shaped |
Adjective
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(of sounds) full and rich |
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pear-shaped |
Adjective
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having a round shape tapered at one end |
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pianissimo assai |
Adjective
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chiefly a direction or description in music |