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Ainu a member of an aboriginal people native to the northernmost islands of Japan, noted for their ample body hair. [1/3 definitions]
checkered noted for frequent changes and wide swings in fortune. [1/3 definitions]
crow1 any of a number of shiny black birds noted for their shrill, harsh calls and for their scavenging.
dervish someone who belongs to any of several Muslim religious groups noted for their ascetic practices and for dancing and whirling in religious ecstasy.
erratum an error in printing, often noted and corrected in an addendum that is printed afterwards and inserted in new printings of the book or article.
lemming any of various mouselike, short-tailed, arctic rodents, esp. the European species which is noted for mass migrations that periodically result in large numbers drowning at sea.
lion a person who is noted for strength and courage, or for social, professional, or political prominence. [1/3 definitions]
nightingale any of several European thrushes that are noted for melodious singing.
nimrod (cap.) in the Bible, a noted hunter descended from Noah. [1/2 definitions]
observable worthy of being observed or noted. [1/2 definitions]
pandour an eighteenth-century Croatian soldier noted for extreme brutality and cruelty. [1/2 definitions]
Paul Laurence Dunbar U.S. poet and novelist, noted for his portrayals of African American life in the South (b.1872--d.1906).
record a collection of information that has been noted down over time and stored. [1/15 definitions]
sightseer a tourist who visits sights of noted interest.
Sistine Chapel the pope's chapel in the Vatican at Rome, noted for its frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
skunk a small, meat-eating North American mammal with black fur, a bushy tail, and a broad white stripe down its back, noted for the foul smell of the fluid it ejects when alarmed. [1/3 definitions]
Spanish Inquisition a Spanish tribunal of about 1480 to 1830, founded to combat heresy and noted for its extreme cruelty.
stephanotis any of various woody climbing plants, noted for their white, sweet-scented blossoms.
storm trooper a member of the German Nazi militia, noted for its brutality and violence; Brownshirt.
Tibet an autonomous region of southwestern China on a high plateau north of the Himalayas, noted as a center for Buddhism since the 7th century.
tragedian an actor noted for his or her performances in tragedies. [1/2 definitions]