| abreaction | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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| abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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| (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
| (noun) an abstract painting | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
| (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
| abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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| (noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
| abstractionist | (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
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| actin | (noun) one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form | - |
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| acting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: performing, playacting, playing |
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| actinia | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinian, actiniarian |
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| actinian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actiniarian |
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| actiniarian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actinian |
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| actinide | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinoid, actinon |
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| actinism | (noun) the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects | - |
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| actinium | (noun) a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores | Synonyms: Ac, atomic number 89 |
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| actinoid | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinon |
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| actinolite | (noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate | - |
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| actinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) | - |
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| actinometry | (noun) measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) | - |
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| actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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| actinomycete | (noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales | - |
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| actinomycin | (noun) any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria | - |
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| actinomycosis | (noun) disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses | - |
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| actinomyxidian | (noun) of or relating to parasites of worms | - |
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| actinon | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinoid |
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| actinopod | (noun) protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods | - |
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| actinotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
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| actinozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: anthozoan |
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| action | (noun) the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | - |
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| (noun) a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong | Synonyms: action at law, legal action |
| (noun) something done (usually as opposed to something said) | - |
| (noun) a military engagement | Synonyms: military action |
| (noun) an act by a government body or supranational organization | - |
| (noun) the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | Synonyms: action mechanism |
| (noun) In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). | - |
| (noun) the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | - |
| (noun) the series of events that form a plot | - |
| (noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Synonyms: activity, natural action, natural process |
| (noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: activeness, activity |
| activating | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activation, energizing |
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| activation | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activating, energizing |
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| (noun) making active and effective (as a bomb) | - |
| (noun) stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical | - |
| activator | (noun) (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription | - |
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| active | (noun) a person who is a participating member of an organization | - |
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| (noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb | Synonyms: active voice |
| (noun) chemical agent capable of activity | Synonyms: active agent |
| activeness | (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activity |
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| (noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activity |
| activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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| activism | (noun) a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal | - |
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| activist | (noun) a militant reformer | Synonyms: militant |
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| activity | (noun) any specific behavior | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activeness |
| (noun) an organic process that takes place in the body | Synonyms: bodily function, bodily process, body process |
| (noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Synonyms: action, natural action, natural process |
| (noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activeness |
| (noun) (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction | - |
| agalactia | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactosis |
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| ataractic | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
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| attraction | (noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attractiveness |
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| (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attractive feature, attractor, magnet |
| (noun) an entertainment that is offered to the public | - |
| (noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attractor, draw, drawing card |
| (noun) the force by which one object attracts another | Synonyms: attractive force |
| attractiveness | (noun) sexual allure | - |
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| (noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attraction |
| benefaction | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benevolence |
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| (noun) a contribution of money or assistance | - |
| calefaction | (noun) the property of being warming | Synonyms: incalescence |
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| chaenactis | (noun) any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers | - |
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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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| coaction | (noun) act of working jointly | Synonyms: collaboration |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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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| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| hyperactivity | (noun) a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement | - |
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| 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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| infraction | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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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 |
| 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) | - |
| lactide | (noun) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones. | - |
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| lactifuge | (noun) any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding) | - |
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| liquefaction | (noun) the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid | - |
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| malpractice | (noun) a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct | - |
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| (noun) professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage | - |
| olfaction | (noun) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | Synonyms: olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell |
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| overacting | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: hamming |
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| overactivity | (noun) excessive activity | - |
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| overreaction | (noun) an excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior | - |
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| petrifaction | (noun) a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form | - |
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| (noun) the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape | Synonyms: petrification |
| playacting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playing |
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| practicability | (noun) the quality of being usable | Synonyms: practicableness |
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| practicableness | (noun) the quality of being usable | Synonyms: practicability |
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| practicality | (noun) concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities | - |
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| practice | (noun) a customary way of operation or behavior | Synonyms: pattern |
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| (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice session, recitation |
| (noun) the exercise of a profession | - |
| (noun) translating an idea into action | Synonyms: praxis |
| (noun) knowledge of how something is usually done | - |
| practician | (noun) someone who practices a learned profession | Synonyms: practitioner |
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| practitioner | (noun) someone who practices a learned profession | Synonyms: practician |
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| prolactin | (noun) gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | Synonyms: lactogenic hormone, luteotropin |
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| prophylactic | (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: condom, rubber, safe, safety |
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| (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventative, preventive |
| protactinium | (noun) a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead | Synonyms: atomic number 91, Pa, protoactinium |
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| protoactinium | (noun) a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead | Synonyms: atomic number 91, Pa, protactinium |
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| protraction | (noun) the act of prolonging something | Synonyms: lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation |
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| (noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: continuation, lengthiness, prolongation |