abalone | (noun) any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior | Synonyms: ear-shell |
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aloneness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness |
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baloney | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile | (noun) a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema | Synonyms: CS gas |
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diencephalon | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: betweenbrain, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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diethylmalonylurea | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, veronal |
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encephalon | (noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | Synonyms: brain |
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halon | (noun) a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer | - |
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malonylurea | (noun) a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs | Synonyms: barbituric acid |
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mesencephalon | (noun) the middle portion of the brain | Synonyms: midbrain |
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metencephalon | (noun) the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum | - |
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methaqualone | (noun) sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse | Synonyms: Quaalude |
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myelencephalon | (noun) the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults | - |
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neencephalon | (noun) the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts | Synonyms: neoencephalon |
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neoencephalon | (noun) the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts | Synonyms: neencephalon |
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palaeencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: paleencephalon, paleoencephalon |
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paleencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: palaeencephalon, paleoencephalon |
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paleoencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: palaeencephalon, paleencephalon |
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prosencephalon | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: forebrain |
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rhinencephalon | (noun) a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior | Synonyms: olfactory brain |
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rhombencephalon | (noun) the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | Synonyms: hindbrain |
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salon | (noun) elegant sitting room where guests are received | - |
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(noun) gallery where works of art can be displayed | - |
(noun) a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work | Synonyms: beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop |
schizopetalon | (noun) a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers | Synonyms: Schizopetalon walkeri |
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singalong | (noun) informal group singing of popular songs | Synonyms: singsong |
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tagalong | (noun) someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along | Synonyms: hanger-on |
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talon | (noun) a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey | - |
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telencephalon | (noun) the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus | - |
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thalmencephalon | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain |
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