| currant | (noun) any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams | - |
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| (noun) small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking | - |
| (noun) any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants | Synonyms: currant bush |
| debutante | (noun) a young woman making her debut into society | Synonyms: deb |
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| decantation | (noun) the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees | - |
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| decanter | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: carafe |
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| decoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication |
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| decongestant | (noun) a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion | - |
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| defendant | (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | Synonyms: suspect |
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| defoliant | (noun) a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off | - |
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| demantoid | (noun) a green andradite used as a gemstone | - |
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| denaturant | (noun) any substance that serves as a denaturing agent | - |
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| deodorant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodourant |
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| deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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| dependant | (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependent |
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| depressant | (noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
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| descant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: discant |
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| descendant | (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
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| descendants | (noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor | Synonyms: posterity |
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| desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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| determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
| (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
| deviant | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
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| diamante | (noun) adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing | Synonyms: sequin, spangle |
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| (noun) fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones | - |
| dilettante | (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, sciolist |
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| dilutant | (noun) a diluting agent | Synonyms: diluent, thinner |
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| diphenylhydantoin | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative | Synonyms: Dilantin, phenytoin |
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| disadvantage | (noun) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | - |
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| discant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: descant |
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| discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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| disenchantment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disillusion, disillusionment |
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| disinfectant | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
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| dismantlement | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantling |
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| dismantling | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantlement |
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| disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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| dominant | (noun) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | Synonyms: dominant allele |
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| (noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | - |
| eggplant | (noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow | Synonyms: aubergine, mad apple |
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| (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
| eglantine | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
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| elephant | (noun) five-toed pachyderm | - |
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| (noun) the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 | - |
| elephantiasis | (noun) hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis | - |
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| emigrant | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer |
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| enanthem | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthema |
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| enanthema | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthem |
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| enantiomer | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomorph |
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| enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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| enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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| enchanter | (noun) a sorcerer or magician | - |
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| enchantingness | (noun) Quality of having the ability to enchant; being charming, delightful. | - |
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| enchantment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: bewitchment |
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| (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enthrallment, fascination |
| (noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | Synonyms: spell, trance |
| enchantress | (noun) a female sorcerer or magician | Synonyms: witch |
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| (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress |
| entrant | (noun) a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise | - |
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| (noun) one who enters a competition | - |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| (noun) someone who enters | - |
| epicanthus | (noun) a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome | Synonyms: epicanthic fold |
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| euphoriant | (noun) a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria | - |
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| exanthem | (noun) eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: exanthema, skin eruption |
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| exanthema | (noun) eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: exanthem, skin eruption |
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| excitant | (noun) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process | Synonyms: stimulant, stimulant drug |
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| executant | (noun) a performer (usually of musical works) | - |
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| expectorant | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorator |
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| extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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| fantail | (noun) an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship | - |
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| fantan | (noun) a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4) | Synonyms: fan tan |
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| (noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | Synonyms: parliament, sevens |
| fantasia | (noun) a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes | - |
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| fantasist | (noun) a creator of fantasies | - |
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| fantasm | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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| (noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
| fantast | (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: futurist |
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| fantasticalness | (noun) The state or condition of pertaining to fantasy; of being fanciful or whimsical. | - |
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| fantasy | (noun) imagination unrestricted by reality | Synonyms: phantasy |
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| (noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, illusion, phantasy |
| (noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it | Synonyms: phantasy |
| fantods | (noun) an ill-defined state of irritability and distress | - |
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| flagellant | (noun) a person who whips himself as a religious penance | - |
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| (noun) a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification | - |
| flamboyant | (noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | Synonyms: Delonix regia, flame tree, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana |
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| fondant | (noun) candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste | - |
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| fumigant | (noun) a chemical substance used in fumigation | - |
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| galantine | (noun) boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold | - |
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| gallant | (noun) a man who attends or escorts a woman | Synonyms: squire |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell |
| gallantry | (noun) polite attentiveness to women | - |
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| (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
| (noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, politesse |
| gantlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gauntlet |
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| (noun) the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times | - |
| (noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gauntlet, metal glove |
| (noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gauntlet |
| (noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gauntlet |
| gantry | (noun) a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. | Synonyms: gauntry |
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| giant | (noun) any creature of exceptional size | - |
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| (noun) an unusually large enterprise | - |
| (noun) a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) | Synonyms: giant star |
| (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster |
| (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, heavyweight, titan |
| (noun) an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales | - |
| (noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: heavyweight, hulk, whale |
| giantess | (noun) a female giant | - |
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| giantism | (noun) excessive largeness of stature | Synonyms: gigantism |
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| (noun) excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland | Synonyms: gigantism, overgrowth |
| gigantism | (noun) excessive largeness of stature | Synonyms: giantism |
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| (noun) excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland | Synonyms: giantism, overgrowth |
| grant | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization |
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| (noun) a right or privilege that has been granted | - |
| (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: concession |
| (noun) any monetary aid | - |
| (noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: assignment |
| grantee | (noun) a recipient of a grant | - |
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| (noun) someone to whom the title of property is transferred | Synonyms: alienee |
| granter | (noun) a person who grants or gives something | - |
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| grantor | (noun) a person who makes a grant in legal form | - |
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| guarantee | (noun) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | Synonyms: warrant, warrantee, warranty |
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| (noun) an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true | - |
| (noun) a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults | Synonyms: guaranty |
| guarantor | (noun) one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another | Synonyms: surety, warranter, warrantor |
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| guaranty | (noun) a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults | Synonyms: guarantee |
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| habitant | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, indweller, inhabitant |
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| helianthemum | (noun) any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions | Synonyms: sun rose, sunrose |
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| helianthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays | Synonyms: sunflower |
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| houseplant | (noun) any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - |
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| humectant | (noun) any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
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| hydantoin | (noun) any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy | - |
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| hydrant | (noun) a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks | - |
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| (noun) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | Synonyms: tap, water faucet, water tap |
| hypanthium | (noun) the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae) | Synonyms: calyx tube, floral cup |
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| ignorantness | (noun) ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) | Synonyms: nescience, unknowing, unknowingness |
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| illuminant | (noun) something that can serve as a source of light | - |
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| immigrant | (noun) a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | - |
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| immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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| implant | (noun) a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue | - |
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| implantation | (noun) the act of planting or setting in the ground | - |
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| (noun) a surgical procedure that places something in the human body | - |
| (noun) (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals | Synonyms: nidation |
| incantation | (noun) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect | Synonyms: conjuration |
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