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nounUnited States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
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nountype genus of the Otididae: European bustard
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- abalone any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
- borgia Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)
- egomaniac an abnormally egotistical person
- selfishly in an egotistical manner
- chauvinism fanatical patriotism
- megalomaniac a pathological egotist
- trilby singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali
- hypnotically by means of hypnotism
- innocent viii Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492)
- protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals