2 : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
  II; deuce; two.
  
• adjective satellite being one more than one
  ii; two.
  
  • he received two messages

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• . (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.

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• noun the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC
  II Chronicles.
  

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• noun an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations
  II Esdras.
  

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• noun the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
  II Kings.
  

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• noun an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
  II Maccabees.
  

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• noun the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David
  II Samuel.
  

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• adjective satellite lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
  flat; two-dimensional.
  
  • a film with two-dimensional characters
  • a flat two-dimensional painting

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• noun a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits
  two-hitter.
  

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• noun a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes
  salicylic acid.
  

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• noun an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics
  methacrylic acid.
  

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• noun a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
  helium; He.
  

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• noun exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited
  

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• noun an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever
  Cox-2.
  
  • the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2

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• noun an anti-inflammatory drug that fights pain and blocks Cox-2 activity without impeding the activity of Cox-1; increases the risk of heart attacks
  
  • Cox-2 inhibitors reduce the symptoms of arthritis without endangering the stomach and kidneys

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• noun an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever
  Cox-2.
  
  • the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2

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• noun feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
  Candlemas; Candlemas Day.
  

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• noun if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
  Groundhog Day.
  

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• noun a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes
  HS2; HSV-II; herpes simplex 2.
  

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• noun a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes
  HS2; HSV-II; herpes simplex 2.
  

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Lep"a*dite 2 noun

Etymology

L. lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr. , .

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Same as Lepadoid.

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• noun Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836
  Texas Independence Day.
  

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• noun a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
  All Souls' Day.
  

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• noun street names for flunitrazepan
  roofy; forget me drug; rope; Mexican valium; rophy; roach; circle.
  

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Win"nard 2 noun

Definitions

1. The redwing. Prov. Eng.

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• noun a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
  World War II; Second World War.
  

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