aculea | (noun) small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects | - |
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aculeus | (noun) a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect | - |
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(noun) a stiff sharp-pointed plant process | - |
aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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caracul | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: broadtail, karakul |
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ejaculate | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: come, cum, seed, semen, seminal fluid |
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ejaculation | (noun) an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion | Synonyms: interjection |
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(noun) the discharge of semen in males | - |
ejaculator | (noun) a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation | - |
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(noun) a man who ejaculates semen | - |
facula | (noun) a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | Synonyms: solar facula |
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(noun) a bright spot on a planet | - |
faculty | (noun) one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | Synonyms: mental faculty, module |
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(noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: staff |
immaculacy | (noun) The characteristic of having no stain or blemish; of being spotless, undefiled, clear, pure. | - |
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immaculateness | (noun) the state of being spotlessly clean | Synonyms: spotlessness |
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macula | (noun) a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision | Synonyms: macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot |
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(noun) a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases | Synonyms: macule |
(noun) a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field | Synonyms: sunspot |
maculation | (noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: spotting, staining |
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(noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, patch, speckle, spot |
macule | (noun) a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases | Synonyms: macula |
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spectacular | (noun) a lavishly produced performance | - |
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vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
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(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |