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essay
  • n  an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  • n  a tentative attempt
  • v  make an effort or attempt
    The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
  • v  put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
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esselen
  • n  a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
  • n  the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen
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essen
  • n  a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr
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essence
  • n  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • n  any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
  • n  the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • n  a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
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essential amino acid
  • n  an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet
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