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22 Cards in this Set
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Monogram
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A design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
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Dichotic
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Relating to or involving the presentation of a stimulus to one ear thatdiffers in some respect (as pitch, loudness, frequency, or energy) from a stimulus presented to the other ear.
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Tetrarchy
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Any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
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Hexahedron
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A solid figure having six faces, as a cube
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Panorama
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An unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
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Dipole
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A pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
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Pentameter
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A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
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Octopod
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Any eight-armed cephalopod mollusk of the order or suborder Octopoda, including the octopuses and paper nautiluses.
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Kilocalorie
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One thousand small calories.
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Dichotomy
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Division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
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Panacea
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A remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
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Decalogue
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Ten Commandments.
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Tetralogy
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A series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
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Digamy
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A second marriage, after the death or divorce of the first husband or wife; deuterogamy.
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Hexagram
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A six-pointed starlike figure formed of two equilateral triangles placed concentrically with each side of a triangle parallel to a side of the other and on opposite sides of the center.
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Triarchy
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Government by three persons.
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Polyphonic
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Consisting of many voices or sounds.
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Kilocycle
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A unit equal to 1000 cycles: used esp. in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz.
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Pantalgia
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Pain involving the entire body.
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Pantomime
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The art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
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Monody
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A Greek ode sung by a single voice, as in a tragedy; lament.
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Diaphanous
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Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
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