| abecedarian | (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
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| abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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| abele | (noun) a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces | Synonyms: aspen poplar, Populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar |
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| abelia | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
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| abelmosk | (noun) bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus | Synonyms: Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow |
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| aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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| aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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| aberrant | (noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group | - |
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| aberration | (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
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| (noun) a disorder in one's mental state | - |
| (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance |
| abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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| abetment | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abettal, instigation |
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| abettal | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abetment, instigation |
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| abetter | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abettor |
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| abettor | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abetter |
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| abeyance | (noun) temporary cessation or suspension | Synonyms: suspension |
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| alphabet | (noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | Synonyms: first principles, rudiments |
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| (noun) a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language | Synonyms: ABC's, ABC, ABCs |
| alphabetisation | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetization |
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| alphabetiser | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetizer |
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| alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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| alphabetizer | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetiser |
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| analphabet | (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabetic |
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| analphabetic | (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabet |
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| analphabetism | (noun) an inability to read | Synonyms: illiteracy |
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| antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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| arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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| (noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
| astrolabe | (noun) an early form of sextant | - |
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| babe | (noun) a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | Synonyms: baby, infant |
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| babel | (noun) a confusion of voices and other sounds | - |
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| caber | (noun) a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland) | - |
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| cascabel | (noun) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh | Synonyms: sleigh bell |
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| chinaberry | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, azederach, China tree, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria |
| diabetes | (noun) a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
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| diabetic | (noun) someone who has diabetes | - |
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| gaberdine | (noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | Synonyms: dust coat, duster, gabardine, smock |
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| glabella | (noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | Synonyms: mesophyron |
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| guanabenz | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system | Synonyms: Wytensin |
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| haberdasher | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: clothier |
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| haberdashery | (noun) the drygoods sold by a haberdasher | Synonyms: men's furnishings |
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| (noun) a store where men's clothes are sold | Synonyms: clothing store, haberdashery store, mens store |
| habergeon | (noun) (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk | - |
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| label | (noun) an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object | - |
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| (noun) a brief description given for purposes of identification | - |
| (noun) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | Synonyms: recording label |
| (noun) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction | - |
| labetalol | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) | Synonyms: labetalol hydrochloride, Normodyne, Trandate |
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| mangabey | (noun) large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids | - |
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| saber | (noun) a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back | Synonyms: cavalry sword, sabre |
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| (noun) a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle | Synonyms: sabre |
| sabertooth | (noun) any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene | Synonyms: saber-toothed tiger |
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| seabed | (noun) the bottom of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor |
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| slugabed | (noun) a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour | Synonyms: lie-abed |
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| tabernacle | (noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | Synonyms: synagogue, temple |
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| tabes | (noun) wasting of the body during a chronic disease | - |
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| teaberry | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, wintergreen |
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| (noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, wintergreen |
| thiabendazole | (noun) an antifungal agent and anthelmintic | - |
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| trabecula | (noun) rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen) | - |
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| wannabe | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabee |
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| wannabee | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe |
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