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(verb) kill by smashing someone's skull |
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Related Words: kill |
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(verb) hit on the head |
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Related Words: hit |
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(noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord |
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Synonyms: encephalon |
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Related Words: neural structure |
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(noun) mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" |
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Synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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Related Words: intelligence |
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(noun) the brain of certain animals used as meat |
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Related Words: calf's brain, organs, variety meat |
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(noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" |
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Synonyms: head, mind, nous, psyche |
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Related Words: cognition, ego, knowledge, noddle, subconscious, subconscious mind, tabula rasa, unconscious, unconscious mind |
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(noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality |
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Synonyms: genius, mastermind |
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Related Words: intellect, intellectual, prodigy, wonder child |
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