abecedarian | (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
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ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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actiniarian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actinian |
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alfilaria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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antiquarian | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquary, archaist |
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appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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araucaria | (noun) any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds | - |
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aria | (noun) an elaborate song for solo voice | - |
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arianist | (noun) an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God) | - |
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ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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authoritarian | (noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | Synonyms: dictator |
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authoritarianism | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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barbarian | (noun) a member of an uncivilized people | Synonyms: savage |
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(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke |
caesarian | (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
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calceolaria | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: slipperwort |
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calvaria | (noun) the dome of the skull | Synonyms: skullcap |
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centenarian | (noun) someone who is at least 100 years old | - |
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cercaria | (noun) tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | - |
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cesarian | (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section |
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cineraria | (noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers | Synonyms: Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus |
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cnidarian | (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | Synonyms: coelenterate |
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commissariat | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: provender, provisions, viands, victuals |
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contrarian | (noun) an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors | - |
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covariance | (noun) (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means | - |
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covariation | (noun) (statistics) correlated variation | - |
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crotalaria | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | Synonyms: rattlebox |
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disciplinarian | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: martinet, moralist |
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egalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: equalitarian |
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egalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: equalitarianism |
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equalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: egalitarian |
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equalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: egalitarianism |
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establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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filaria | (noun) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects | - |
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(noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
filariasis | (noun) a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels | - |
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flexitarianism | (noun) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons. | Synonyms: semi-vegetarianism |
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grammarian | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: syntactician |
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hereditarianism | (noun) the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth | - |
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humanitarian | (noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, improver |
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(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanist |
humanitarianism | (noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanism |
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invariability | (noun) the quality of being resistant to variation | Synonyms: invariableness, invariance |
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(noun) a quality of uniformity and lack of variation | Synonyms: evenness |
invariable | (noun) a quantity that does not vary | Synonyms: constant, constant quantity |
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invariableness | (noun) the quality of being resistant to variation | Synonyms: invariability, invariance |
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invariance | (noun) the quality of being resistant to variation | Synonyms: invariability, invariableness |
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(noun) the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it | - |
invariant | (noun) a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it | - |
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lariat | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lasso, reata, riata |
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latitudinarian | (noun) a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) | - |
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libertarian | (noun) someone who believes the doctrine of free will | - |
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(noun) an advocate of libertarianism | - |
libertarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in freedom of thought, speech and action | - |
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librarian | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: bibliothec |
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librarianship | (noun) the position of librarian | - |
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lumpenproletariat | (noun) (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement | - |
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malaria | (noun) an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever | - |
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mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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maria | (noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | Synonyms: mare |
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mariachi | (noun) a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
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maxillaria | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers | - |
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miliaria | (noun) obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity | Synonyms: heat rash, prickly heat |
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millenarian | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarist |
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millenarianism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarism, millenniumism |
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necessitarian | (noun) someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will | - |
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nonagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the nineties | - |
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octogenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the eighties | - |
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pariah | (noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: castaway, Ishmael, outcast |
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parliamentarian | (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures | - |
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planaria | (noun) free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | Synonyms: planarian |
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planarian | (noun) free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | Synonyms: planaria |
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platitudinarian | (noun) a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes | - |
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pollotarianism | (noun) the practice of following a diet that includes chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals. | - |
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predestinarian | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinationist |
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predestinarianism | (noun) the belief or doctrine of predestinarians | - |
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proletarian | (noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | Synonyms: prole, worker |
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proletarianism | (noun) The condition or political position of a member of the working class. | - |
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proletariat | (noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | Synonyms: labor, labour, working class |
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radiolarian | (noun) protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods | - |
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salariat | (noun) the class of workers who are salaried and get regular, non-hourly pay checks. | - |
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secretariat | (noun) an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations | Synonyms: secretariate |
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secretariate | (noun) an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations | Synonyms: secretariat |
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sectarian | (noun) a member of a sect | Synonyms: sectarist, sectary |
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sectarianism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: denominationalism |
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seminarian | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarist |
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septuagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the seventies | - |
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sertularian | (noun) feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps | - |
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sexagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the sixties | - |
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sharia | (noun) the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | Synonyms: Islamic law, sharia law, shariah, shariah law |
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shariah | (noun) the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | Synonyms: Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah law |
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solitudinarian | (noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: hermit, recluse, solitary, troglodyte |
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talaria | (noun) a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Greco-Roman art) | - |
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totalitarian | (noun) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government | - |
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totalitarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalism |
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(noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny |
urticaria | (noun) an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | Synonyms: hives, nettle rash, urtication |
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utilitarian | (noun) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility | - |
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utilitarianism | (noun) doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number | - |
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valetudinarian | (noun) weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health | - |
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valetudinarianism | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity |
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variability | (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variableness, variance |
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(noun) the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity | Synonyms: unevenness |
variable | (noun) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | Synonyms: variable quantity |
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(noun) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity | - |
(noun) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation | - |
(noun) a star that varies noticeably in brightness | Synonyms: variable star |
variableness | (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variability, variance |
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