world
Webster Dictionary
in a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old world. the New world. the religious world. the Catholic world. the upper world. the future world. the heathen world
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cosmoplastic
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming
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raise
Webster Dictionary
to bring up from the lower world. to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to
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underworld
Webster Dictionary
the portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world. the antipodes
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hades
Webster Dictionary
the nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world. the grave
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underworld
Webster Dictionary
the lower of inferior world. the world which is under the heavens; the earth
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world-wide
Webster Dictionary
extended throughout the world. as, world-wide fame
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microcosm
Webster Dictionary
a little world. a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm
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cosmopolitan
(ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
belonging to all the world. not limited to the politics, interests, or prejudices of one part of the world.
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argonne forest
(ˈɑr gɒn, ɑrˈgɒn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
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kite
(ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various slim, graceful hawks, as of the New World genera Elanoides and Ictinia and the Old World genus Milvus, with long, pointed wings and usu. a notched or forked tail.
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earth
Webster Dictionary
the globe or planet which we inhabit; the world. in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits
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world
Webster Dictionary
individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew
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porcupine
(ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any large rodent of the New World family Erethizontidae or the Old World family Hystricidae, having stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills.
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afterworld
(ˈæf tərˌwɜrld, ˈɑf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the future world. esp. the world after death.
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otherworldly
(ˈʌð ərˈwɜrld li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
concerned with the world of imagination or the world to come.
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monkey
(ˈmʌŋ ki)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any mammal of two major groupings of Primates, the Old World monkeys or catarrhines, and the New World monkeys or platyrrhines, both characterized by flattened faces, binocular vision, and usu. long tails.
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primate
(ˈpraɪ meɪt or, esp. for)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any mammal of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, apes, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, lorises, and bush babies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers).
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anthropoid
(ˈæn θrəˌpɔɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Anthropoidea, characterized by a relatively flat face, dry nose, small immobile ears, and forward-facing eyes and comprising humans, apes, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys.
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microcosm
(ˌmaɪ krəˈkɒz məs, -moʊs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a little world. a world in miniature
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other world
(ˈʌð ərˌwaɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the world after death; the next world.
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family cricetidae
(Cricetidae, family Cricetidae)
Princeton's WordNet
mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
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cricetidae
(Cricetidae, family Cricetidae)
Princeton's WordNet
mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
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schema
(schema, scheme)
Princeton's WordNet
an internal representation of the world. an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
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scheme
(schema, scheme)
Princeton's WordNet
an internal representation of the world. an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
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battle of verdun
(Verdun, battle of Verdun)
Princeton's WordNet
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
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verdun
(Verdun, battle of Verdun)
Princeton's WordNet
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
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ardennes
(Ardennes)
Princeton's WordNet
a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
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remembrance day
(Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day)
Princeton's WordNet
the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
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poppy day
(Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day)
Princeton's WordNet
the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
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