|Word *||Part of Speech||Definition||Audio Available?|
|metaphor||Noun||The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described||Yes|
|metaphor||Noun||The word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison||Yes|
|editor||Noun||A person who edits or makes changes to documents||Yes|
|editor||Noun||A copy editor||Yes|
|editor||Noun||A person who edited a specific document||Yes|
|editor||Noun||A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish||Yes|
|editor||Noun||A machine used for editing movie film||Yes|
|editor||Noun||A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files||Yes|
|editor||Noun||Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order, etc. for broadcast||Yes|
|senator||Noun||A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate||Yes|
|specimen||Noun||An individual instance that represents a class; an example||Yes|
|specimen||Noun||A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis||Yes|
|speculate||Verb||To think, meditate, or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate||Yes|
|speculate||Verb||To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to state as an opinion or guess:||Yes|
|speculate||Verb||To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble||Yes|
|formula||Noun||Any mathematical rule or principal frequently expressed in algebraic symbols||Yes|
|formula||Noun||A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound||Yes|
|formula||Noun||A liquid food for infants, containing most of the nutrients in human milk||Yes|
|formula||Noun||A plan of action intended to solve a problem||Yes|
|formula||Noun||A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture||Yes|
|formula||Noun||Any fixed or conventional method for doing something||Yes|
|orderly||Noun||A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties||Yes|
|orderly||Noun||A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer||Yes|
|orderly||Adjective||Having or with order||Yes|
|orphanage||Noun||A public institution for the care and protection of orphans||Yes|
|criticism||Noun||The act of criticizing; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique:||Yes|
|cylinder||Noun||A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder||Yes|
|cylinder||Noun||Any object in the form of a circular cylinder||Yes|
|cylinder||Noun||A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine||Yes|
|cylinder||Noun||A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas||Yes|
|cylinder||Noun||An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder||Yes|
|mystery||Noun||Something secret or unexplainable; unknown||Yes|
|mystery||Noun||Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature||Yes|
|mystify||Verb||To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder||Yes|
|physical||Adjective||Having to do with the body||Yes|
|physical||Adjective||Having to do with the material world||Yes|
|physical||Adjective||Involving bodily force||Yes|
|physical||Adjective||Having to do with physics||Yes|
|typify||Verb||To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance||Yes|
|typify||Verb||To portray stereotypically||Yes|
|typify||Verb||To serve as a typical or reference specimen of a species||Yes|
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