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astronomical |
enormous; immense. [1/2 definitions] |
behemoth |
any enormous or powerful creature or thing. [1/2 definitions] |
Brobdingnagian |
huge; enormous; gigantic. [1/3 definitions] |
Cadmean victory |
a battle won, but at enormous cost to the victor. |
colossal |
extremely large in size, magnitude, or effect; enormous; gigantic; huge. |
elephant |
an enormous mammal with a very long nose called a trunk. Elephants have curved tusks, huge, floppy ears, and four long, thick legs. Elephants use their trunks to pick up food, drink water, or lift things. They use their tusks to dig roots. Elephants travel in herds, eating tons of plants every day. African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. Indian elephants are smaller and can be trained to work with people. |
elephantiasis |
a chronic tropical disease, usu. caused by nematode worms, marked by lymphatic obstruction that results in an enormous enlargement and hardening of the skin and tissue just below the skin, esp. of the legs and scrotum. |
gargantuan |
(sometimes cap.) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
giant |
an imaginary being who looks like a person but has enormous size and strength. [1/3 definitions] |
Herculean |
(usu. l.c.) having or requiring enormous strength, size, or courage. [1/2 definitions] |
leviathan |
any marine animal of enormous size, such as the whale. [1/3 definitions] |
mammoth |
enormous; huge; gigantic. [1/2 definitions] |
prodigious |
extremely large or great in size, amount, strength, extent, or the like; enormous. [1/2 definitions] |
titanic |
having enormous size, strength, or power; colossal; huge. [1/4 definitions] |
Treaty of Versailles |
the treaty, signed in 1919, that officially ended World War I. The Treaty of Versailles, signed by Germany and the Allied Powers, forced Germany to pay enormous reparations, to substantially reduce the size of its military, and to recognize territorial changes that substantially reduced its land holdings. The treaty also established the League of Nations. The United States, represented by President Woodrow Wilson, played a crucial role in the treaty negotiations, but the U.S. Congress subsequently refused to ratify the treaty, based largely on opposition to American participation in the League of Nations. |
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