acromphalus | (noun) abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia | - |
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alkaluria | (noun) a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinuria |
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alula | (noun) tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing | Synonyms: bastard wing, spurious wing |
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(noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: calypter |
alum | (noun) a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things) | - |
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(noun) a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum | Synonyms: potash alum, potassium alum |
(noun) a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum | Synonyms: ammonia alum, ammonium alum |
(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: grad, graduate |
alumbloom | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera | Synonyms: alumroot |
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alumina | (noun) any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum | Synonyms: aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide |
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aluminate | (noun) a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
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aluminium | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminum, atomic number 13 |
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aluminum | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminium, atomic number 13 |
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alumna | (noun) a female person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
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alumnus | (noun) a male person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
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alumroot | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera | Synonyms: alumbloom |
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alundum | (noun) a substance made of fused alumina | - |
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aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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astragalus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus |
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baluster | (noun) one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
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balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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calumet | (noun) a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) | Synonyms: peace pipe, pipe of peace |
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calumniation | (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
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calumny | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander |
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(noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
catalufa | (noun) brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters | Synonyms: Priacanthus arenatus |
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devaluation | (noun) the reduction of something's value or worth | - |
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(noun) an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries | - |
eigenvalue | (noun) (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant | Synonyms: characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix |
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evaluation | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | Synonyms: rating |
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(noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: rating, valuation |
evaluator | (noun) an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | Synonyms: judge |
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hyaluronidase | (noun) an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids | Synonyms: Hyazyme, spreading factor |
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hydrocephalus | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephaly |
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insalubriousness | (noun) the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating | Synonyms: insalubrity |
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insalubrity | (noun) the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating | Synonyms: insalubriousness |
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invaluableness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: preciousness, pricelessness, valuableness |
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kalumpang | (noun) large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food | Synonyms: Java olives, Sterculia foetida |
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kaluresis | (noun) the presence of excess potassium in the urine | Synonyms: kaliuresis |
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leptocephalus | (noun) slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes | - |
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microcephalus | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephaly, nanocephaly |
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omphalus | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, umbilicus |
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overvaluation | (noun) too high a value or price assigned to something | - |
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(noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overestimation |
paspalum | (noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States | Synonyms: dallis grass, dallisgrass, Paspalum dilatatum |
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reevaluation | (noun) the evaluation of something a second time (or more) | - |
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revaluation | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, review |
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salubriousness | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubrity |
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salubrity | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubriousness |
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salutation | (noun) (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) | Synonyms: greeting |
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(noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition | Synonyms: salute |
(noun) word of greeting used to begin a letter | - |
salutatorian | (noun) a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises | Synonyms: salutatory speaker |
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salutatory | (noun) an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) | Synonyms: salutatory address, salutatory oration |
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salute | (noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition | Synonyms: salutation |
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(noun) a formal military gesture of respect | Synonyms: military greeting |
(noun) an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat | - |
saluter | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, welcomer |
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talus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, astragalus |
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(noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: scree |
tantalum | (noun) a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | Synonyms: atomic number 73, Ta |
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underevaluation | (noun) an appraisal that underestimates the value of something | - |
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undervaluation | (noun) too low a value or price assigned to something | - |
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valuable | (noun) something of value | - |
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valuableness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness |
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valuation | (noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, rating |
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(noun) assessed price | - |
valuator | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: appraiser |
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value | (noun) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable | - |
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(noun) relative darkness or lightness of a color | - |
(noun) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed | - |
(noun) an ideal accepted by some individual or group | - |
(noun) the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else | Synonyms: economic value |
(noun) (music) the relative duration of a musical note | Synonyms: note value, time value |
valuelessness | (noun) having none of the properties that endow something with value | - |
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valuer | (noun) someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions | - |
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values | (noun) beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) | - |
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