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amalgamate v

To merge, to combine, to blend, to join. To make an alloy of a metal and mercury. (mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.

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cackle-bladder n

A bladder containing chicken blood, used by a con man to fake someone's death or injury. A method of making the mark think that he is an accessory to murder by faking someone's death in this manner

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was not set for 2011

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pernoctation n

An overnight stay; action (or instance) of abiding through the night at a location. The action (or an instance) of walking about at night, especially as a vigil or watch

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inquiline n

An animal that lives in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. An organism that lives within a reservoir of water collected in the hollow of a plant stem or leaf

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solipsism n

(philosophy) The theory that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist. Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others

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