| characteristic | (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
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| (noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
| (noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| characterization | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: enactment, personation, portrayal |
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| (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
| (noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterisation |
| chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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| chiropractic | (noun) a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure | - |
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| chiropractor | (noun) a therapist who practices chiropractic | - |
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| climacteric | (noun) the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | Synonyms: change of life, menopause |
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| (noun) a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause | - |
| clinodactyly | (noun) a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned | - |
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| coaction | (noun) act of working jointly | Synonyms: collaboration |
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| cofactor | (noun) a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result | - |
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| compact | (noun) a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse | Synonyms: powder compact |
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| (noun) a small and economical car | Synonyms: compact car |
| (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: concordat, covenant |
| compaction | (noun) the act of crushing | Synonyms: crunch, crush |
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| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compression, concretion, densification |
| compactness | (noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: concentration, denseness, density, tightness |
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| (noun) the consistency of a compact solid | - |
| contact | (noun) the act of touching physically | Synonyms: physical contact |
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| (noun) close interaction | - |
| (noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | Synonyms: tangency |
| (noun) a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication | Synonyms: contact lens |
| (noun) a channel for communication between groups | Synonyms: inter-group communication, liaison, link |
| (noun) a communicative interaction | Synonyms: touch |
| (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: impinging, striking |
| (noun) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | Synonyms: middleman |
| (noun) the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity | - |
| contract | (noun) a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | Synonyms: contract bridge |
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| (noun) a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law | - |
| (noun) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | Synonyms: declaration |
| contractility | (noun) the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | - |
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| contracting | (noun) becoming infected | Synonyms: catching |
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| contraction | (noun) the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | - |
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| (noun) (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Synonyms: muscle contraction, muscular contraction |
| (noun) a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds | - |
| (noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: compression, condensation |
| contractor | (noun) a bodily organ that contracts | Synonyms: contractile organ |
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| (noun) someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things | - |
| (noun) (law) a party to a contract | - |
| (noun) the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps | Synonyms: declarer |
| contracture | (noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | - |
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| corynebacterium | (noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium | - |
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| counteraction | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralization |
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| counterattraction | (noun) a rival attraction | - |
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| counterfactuality | (noun) the quality of being contrary to fact | - |
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| cyanobacteria | (noun) predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton | Synonyms: blue-green algae |
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| dactyl | (noun) a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: digit |
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| (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables | - |
| dactylomegaly | (noun) abnormally large fingers or toes | - |
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| deactivation | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: defusing |
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| (noun) breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) | Synonyms: inactivation |
| detraction | (noun) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander) | - |
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| (noun) a petty disparagement | Synonyms: petty criticism |
| detractor | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, disparager, knocker |
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| didacticism | (noun) communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive | - |
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| didactics | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
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| diffraction | (noun) when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | - |
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| dissatisfaction | (noun) the feeling of being displeased and discontent | - |
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| distraction | (noun) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations | Synonyms: beguilement |
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| (noun) the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: misdirection |
| (noun) mental turmoil | - |
| (noun) an obstacle to attention | - |
| echinocactus | (noun) any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil | Synonyms: barrel cactus |
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| ectrodactyly | (noun) congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes | - |
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| enactment | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: characterization, personation, portrayal |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | Synonyms: act |
| enterobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals | Synonyms: enteric bacteria, enterics, entric |
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| eubacteria | (noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | Synonyms: eubacterium, true bacteria |
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| eubacterium | (noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | Synonyms: eubacteria, true bacteria |
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| exacta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | Synonyms: perfecta |
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| exactingness | (noun) the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding. | - |
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| exaction | (noun) act of demanding or levying by force or authority | - |
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| exactitude | (noun) the quality of being exact | Synonyms: exactness |
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| exactness | (noun) the quality of being exact | Synonyms: exactitude |
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| extract | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, selection |
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| (noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: infusion |
| extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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| extraction | (noun) the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) | - |
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| (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, origin |
| (noun) the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means | - |
| extractivity | (noun) the amount of extract that grains of malt yield. | - |
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| extractor | (noun) an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, separator |
| (noun) a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector | Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover |
| fact | (noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | - |
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| (noun) a concept whose truth can be proved | - |
| (noun) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened | - |
| (noun) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed | - |
| faction | (noun) a dissenting clique | Synonyms: sect |
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| (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, camarilla, junto |
| factoid | (noun) a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item | - |
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| (noun) something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print | - |
| factor | (noun) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | Synonyms: cistron, gene |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient |
| (noun) an independent variable in statistics | - |
| (noun) anything that contributes causally to a result | - |
| (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, broker |
| (noun) one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | Synonyms: divisor |
| (noun) any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together | - |
| factorial | (noun) the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer | - |
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| factoring | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factorisation, factorization |
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| factorisation | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorization |
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| factorization | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorisation |
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| factory | (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill |
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| factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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| factuality | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factualness |
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| factualness | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factuality |
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| fractal | (noun) (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry | - |
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| fraction | (noun) a small part or item forming a piece of a whole | - |
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| (noun) the quotient of two rational numbers | - |
| (noun) a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process | - |
| fractionation | (noun) separation into portions | - |
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| (noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components | Synonyms: fractional process |
| fractiousness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness |
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| fracture | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
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| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: break |
| galactagogue | (noun) agent that induces milk secretion | - |
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| galactocele | (noun) a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands) | - |
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| galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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| galactosemia | (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth | - |
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| galactosis | (noun) the secretion of milk | - |
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| halobacter | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacteria, halobacterium |
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| halobacteria | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacterium |
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| halobacterium | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacteria |
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| hoactzin | (noun) crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings | Synonyms: hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin, stinkbird |
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| hyperactivity | (noun) a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement | - |
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| hyperdactyly | (noun) birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes | Synonyms: polydactyly |
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| impact | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impingement |
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| (noun) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | Synonyms: shock |
| (noun) the striking of one body against another | - |
| (noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: wallop |
| impaction | (noun) a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something | Synonyms: impingement |
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| (noun) a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally | Synonyms: impacted tooth |
| (noun) a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon | - |
| (noun) the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed | - |
| impracticability | (noun) the quality of not being usable | Synonyms: impracticableness |
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| impracticableness | (noun) the quality of not being usable | Synonyms: impracticability |
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| impracticality | (noun) concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use | - |
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| inaction | (noun) the state of being inactive | Synonyms: inactiveness, inactivity |
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| inactivation | (noun) breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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| (noun) the process of rendering inactive | - |
| inactiveness | (noun) a disposition to remain inactive or inert | Synonyms: inactivity, inertia |
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| (noun) the state of being inactive | Synonyms: inaction, inactivity |
| inactivity | (noun) being inactive; being less active | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to remain inactive or inert | Synonyms: inactiveness, inertia |
| (noun) the state of being inactive | Synonyms: inaction, inactiveness |
| inexactitude | (noun) the quality of being inexact | Synonyms: inexactness |
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| inexactness | (noun) the quality of being inexact | Synonyms: inexactitude |
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| infraction | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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| intactness | (noun) the state of being unimpaired | - |
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| interaction | (noun) a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons | Synonyms: fundamental interaction |
| intractability | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractableness |
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| intractableness | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractability |
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| jactation | (noun) (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness | Synonyms: jactitation |
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| jactitation | (noun) (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness | Synonyms: jactation |
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| (noun) speaking of yourself in superlatives | Synonyms: boast, boasting, self-praise |
| (noun) (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) | - |
| lactalbumin | (noun) albumin occurring in milk | - |
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| lactase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | Synonyms: Lactaid |
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| lactate | (noun) a salt or ester of lactic acid | - |
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