abortifacient | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
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acacia | (noun) any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia | - |
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acaracide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaricide |
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acicula | (noun) a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | - |
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acid | (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
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(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | - |
acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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acidimetry | (noun) volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present | - |
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acidity | (noun) pH values below 7 | - |
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(noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
(noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidulousness |
acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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acidosis | (noun) abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues | - |
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acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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acinus | (noun) one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland | - |
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(noun) one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry | - |
aminoaciduria | (noun) abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects | - |
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antacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antiacid, gastric antacid |
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anthracite | (noun) a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat | Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal |
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antiacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, gastric antacid |
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audaciousness | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audacity, temerity |
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(noun) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery | Synonyms: audacity |
audacity | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audaciousness, temerity |
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(noun) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery | Synonyms: audaciousness |
bacillus | (noun) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | Synonyms: B |
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bacitracin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | - |
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bacteriacide | (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bactericide |
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bracing | (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework | Synonyms: brace |
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cacique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cazique |
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capaciousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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(noun) intellectual breadth | Synonyms: roominess |
capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
capacitor | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser |
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capacity | (noun) the maximum production possible | - |
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(noun) a specified function | - |
(noun) capability to perform or produce | - |
(noun) tolerance for alcohol | - |
(noun) the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior | Synonyms: mental ability |
(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacitance, electrical capacity |
(noun) the amount that can be contained | Synonyms: content |
(noun) (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive | - |
(noun) the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment | Synonyms: capability |
characid | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characin, characin fish |
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characin | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characid, characin fish |
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ciprofloxacin | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints | Synonyms: Cipro |
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coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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dacite | (noun) a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals | - |
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deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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(noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
dicloxacillin | (noun) antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin | Synonyms: Dynapen |
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edacity | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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(noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity |
efficaciousness | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | Synonyms: efficacy |
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emaciation | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, bonyness, gauntness, maceration |
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embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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facia | (noun) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc | Synonyms: fascia |
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facial | (noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams | - |
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(noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve |
facilitation | (noun) act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something | - |
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(noun) (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential | - |
(noun) the condition of being made easy (or easier) | - |
facilitator | (noun) someone who makes progress easier | - |
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facility | (noun) a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you | - |
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(noun) something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service | - |
(noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: installation |
(noun) a natural effortlessness | Synonyms: readiness |
(noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness |
facing | (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: lining |
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(noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: cladding |
(noun) a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening | - |
(noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: veneer |
fallaciousness | (noun) result of a fallacy or error in reasoning | - |
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fluorouracil | (noun) an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers | - |
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folacin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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fugaciousness | (noun) the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) | Synonyms: fugacity |
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fugacity | (noun) the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) | Synonyms: fugaciousness |
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(noun) the tendency of a gas to expand or escape | - |
glaciation | (noun) the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice | - |
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(noun) the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action | - |
glacier | (noun) a slowly moving mass of ice | - |
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gracilariid | (noun) small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves | Synonyms: gracilariid moth |
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gracility | (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: grace |
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graciousness | (noun) excellence of manners or social conduct | - |
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(noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, benignity |
hacienda | (noun) the main house on a ranch or large estate | - |
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(noun) a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries | - |
hyacinth | (noun) any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs | - |
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(noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: jacinth |
hyperacidity | (noun) excessive acidity | - |
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incapacity | (noun) lack of physical or natural qualifications | - |
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(noun) lack of intellectual power | - |
indomethacin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) | Synonyms: Indocin |
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inefficaciousness | (noun) a lack of efficacy | Synonyms: inefficacy |
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jacinth | (noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: hyacinth |
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keratomalacia | (noun) softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue | - |
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ketoacidosis | (noun) acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: diabetic acidosis |
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ketoaciduria | (noun) excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation | Synonyms: acetonuria, ketonuria |
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lacing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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(noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | Synonyms: lace |
(noun) a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage | - |
lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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lambdacism | (noun) speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l' | - |
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larvacide | (noun) an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects | - |
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loquaciousness | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulity, garrulousness, loquacity, talkativeness |
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loquacity | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, talkativeness |
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macintosh | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, mack, mackintosh |
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(noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: mackintosh |
malacia | (noun) a state of abnormal softening of tissue | - |
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mendacity | (noun) the tendency to be untruthful | - |
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mordacity | (noun) a disposition to biting | - |
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niacin | (noun) a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract | Synonyms: nicotinic acid |
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opacification | (noun) the process of becoming cloudy or opaque | - |
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opacity | (noun) the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light | Synonyms: opaqueness |
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(noun) incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning | Synonyms: opaqueness |
(noun) the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation | - |
osteomalacia | (noun) abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D | - |
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ostracism | (noun) the act of excluding someone from society by general consent | - |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: banishment, Coventry |
oxacillin | (noun) a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci | - |
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oxyacid | (noun) any acid that contains oxygen | Synonyms: oxygen acid |
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pacification | (noun) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined | Synonyms: mollification |
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(noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | Synonyms: counterinsurgency |
(noun) a treaty to cease hostilities | Synonyms: peace, peace treaty |
pacificism | (noun) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | Synonyms: pacifism, passivism |
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(noun) the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration | Synonyms: pacifism |
pacificist | (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: disarmer, pacifist |
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pacifier | (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, comforter, teething ring |
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(noun) anything that serves to pacify | - |
(noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: conciliator, make-peace, peacemaker, reconciler |
pacifism | (noun) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | Synonyms: pacificism, passivism |
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(noun) the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration | Synonyms: pacificism |
pacifist | (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: disarmer, pacificist |
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pacing | (noun) walking with slow regular strides | - |
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(noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | Synonyms: tempo |
perspicaciousness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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perspicacity | (noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sound judgement, sound judgment |
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(noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, shrewdness |
pertinacity | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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pharmacist | (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, druggist, pill pusher, pill roller |
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piperacillin | (noun) a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections | Synonyms: Pipracil |
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placidity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity |
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(noun) a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | Synonyms: placidness |
placidness | (noun) a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | Synonyms: placidity |
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predaciousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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propylthiouracil | (noun) a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter | - |
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