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astringent |
1. drawing (the tissues) tightly together 2. stern; austere |
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astringent |
substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels |
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boa constricter |
snake that constricts or crushes its prey in its coils |
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constrict |
draw together; render narrower; shrink |
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restrict |
keep within limits; confine |
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stricture |
adverse criticism; censure |
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stringent |
strict; rigid; severe |
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unrestricted |
1. not confined within bounds; free 2. open to all
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carnivore |
flesh-eating animal |
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carnivorous |
flesh-eating |
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devour |
1. eat greedily or ravenously 2. seize upon and destroy |
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frugivorous |
feeding on fruit |
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herbivore |
plant-eating animal |
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herbivorous |
dependent on plants as food |
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insectivorous |
dependent on insects as food |
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omnivore |
person or animal that eats everything |
omn= all |
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omnivorous |
1. eating everything, both plant and animal substances 2. avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader |
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voracious |
1. greedy in eating 2. insatiable, as a voracious appetite |
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convivial |
fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable |
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revive |
bring back to life; restore |
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survive |
outlive; remain alive after |
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vivacious |
lively in temper or conduct |
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vivacity |
liveliness of spirit |
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vivid |
1. having the vigor and spirit of life 2. sharp and clear; graphic |
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vivify |
enliven; make vivid |
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vivisection |
operation on a living animal for scientific investigation |
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contortionist |
person who can twist his or her body into odd postures |
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distort |
1. twist out of shape; contort 2. twist out of the true meaning; misrepresent; pervert; falsify |
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extort |
wrest (money, promises, etc.) from a person by force |
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retort |
reply quickly or sharply |
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torsion |
act of twisting; twisting of a body by two opposing forces |
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tortous |
1. full of twists or curves; winding, as a tortuous road 2. tricky; crooked |
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torture |
1. wrench; twist 2. inflict severe pain upon |
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torture |
anguish of body or mind; agony |
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fraction |
one or more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment |
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fractious |
apt to break out into passion; cross; irritable |
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fracture |
1. break or crack 2. breaking of a bone |
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fragile |
easily broken; frail; delicate |
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fragment |
part broken off |
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infraction |
act of breaking; breach; violation, as an infraction of a law |
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refract |
bend a ray of light, a heat or sound wave, etc., from a straight course |
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refractory |
resisting; intractable; hard to manage, as a refractory mule |
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convict |
prove guilty |
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