The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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  1. at large
    having escaped, especially from confinement
  2. countryside
    rural regions
  3. cross
    any affliction that causes great suffering
  4. crouch
    the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
  5. cuttingly
    in an intentionally unkind way
  6. dungaree
    a coarse durable cotton fabric used to make jeans
  7. endeavor
    attempt by employing effort
  8. enormous
    extraordinarily large in size or extent or degree
  9. expedition
    an organized group of people undertaking a journey
  10. Gemini
    a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic
  11. gerbil
    a small burrowing rodent often kept as a pet
  12. giddy
    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  13. giddy
    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  14. glance
    take a brief look at
  15. graffiti
    unauthorized drawings or writing on walls in public places
  16. greengrocer
    a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
  17. groan
    an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  18. hay
    grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
  19. hemorrhage
    the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
  20. hound
    a dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
  21. illiteracy
    an inability to read
  22. intuition
    instinctive knowing, without the use of rational processes
  23. invisible
    impossible or nearly impossible to see
  24. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  25. jaundice
    yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes
  26. lager
    a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast
  27. leak
    enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
  28. Lepus
    a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba
  29. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  30. muddled
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  31. nephritis
    an inflammation of the kidney
  32. Occam's Razor
    the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
  33. orangutan
    large, long-armed apes that live mostly in trees
  34. orangutan
    large, long-armed apes that live mostly in trees
  35. Orion
    (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  36. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  37. quiche
    a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard
  38. rag
    a small piece of cloth or paper
  39. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
  40. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  41. saccade
    an abrupt spasmodic movement
  42. schizophrenic
    of a psychotic disorder marked by distortions of reality
  43. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
  44. spherical
    relating to a round, three-dimensional closed surface
  45. stroke
    a single complete movement
  46. subtly
    in a manner difficult to detect or grasp
  47. Taurus
    a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini
  48. tether
    restraint consisting of a rope or chain
  49. tightrope
    tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
  50. trespassing
    gradually intrusive without right or permission
  51. concentrated
    gathered together or made less diffuse
Created on Thu Oct 18 23:02:38 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Jan 07 09:08:07 EST 2013)

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