| entoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoderm, hypoblast |
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| epigastrium | (noun) the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) | - |
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| erythroblast | (noun) a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop | - |
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| erythroblastosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood | - |
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| everlasting | (noun) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | Synonyms: everlasting flower |
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| everlastingness | (noun) the property of lasting forever | - |
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| 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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| fast | (noun) abstaining from food | Synonyms: fasting |
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| fastball | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, heater, hummer, smoke |
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| fastener | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastening, fixing, holdfast |
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| (noun) a person who fastens or makes fast | - |
| fastening | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: attachment |
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| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fixing, holdfast |
| fastidiousness | (noun) the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style | - |
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| fasting | (noun) abstaining from food | Synonyms: fast |
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| fastnacht | (noun) doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday | - |
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| fastness | (noun) a strongly fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: stronghold |
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| (noun) a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | Synonyms: speed, swiftness |
| (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness |
| feast | (noun) something experienced with great delight | - |
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| (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: fete, fiesta |
| (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, spread |
| (noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: banquet |
| feasting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: banqueting |
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| fibroblast | (noun) a cell from which connective tissue develops | - |
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| fishpaste | (noun) a paste of fish or shellfish | - |
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| fluvastatin | (noun) least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime | Synonyms: Lescol |
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| flypast | (noun) a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground | Synonyms: fly-by, flyover |
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| forecast | (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: prognosis |
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| forecaster | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer |
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| forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
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| forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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| foremast | (noun) the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts | - |
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| foretaste | (noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
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| gasteromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gastromycete |
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| gastralgia | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, stomach ache, stomachache |
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| gastrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of the stomach | - |
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| gastrin | (noun) polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated | - |
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| gastritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating | - |
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| gastrocnemius | (noun) the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot | Synonyms: gastrocnemius muscle |
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| gastroenteritis | (noun) inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis | Synonyms: intestinal flu, stomach flu |
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| gastroenterologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| gastroenterology | (noun) the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases | - |
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| gastroenterostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated | - |
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| gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
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| gastrolobium | (noun) any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | Synonyms: poison bush, poison pea |
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| gastromy | (noun) surgical incision into the stomach | - |
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| gastromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gasteromycete |
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| gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
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| gastronomy | (noun) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food | - |
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| (noun) a particular style of cookery (as of a region) | - |
| gastropod | (noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | Synonyms: univalve |
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| gastroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach | - |
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| gastroscopy | (noun) visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus | - |
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| gastrostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) | - |
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| gastrula | (noun) double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm | - |
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| gastrulation | (noun) the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells | - |
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| ghastliness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: grimness, gruesomeness, luridness |
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| glioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: spongioblastoma |
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| grandmaster | (noun) a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge | - |
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| gymnast | (noun) an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
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| gymnastics | (noun) a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility | Synonyms: gymnastic exercise |
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| gynecomastia | (noun) excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives) | - |
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| haste | (noun) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | Synonyms: hurry, rush, rushing |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation |
| (noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry | Synonyms: hurry |
| hastiness | (noun) hasty impulsiveness | - |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation |
| headfast | (noun) a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf | - |
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| headmaster | (noun) presiding officer of a school | Synonyms: master, schoolmaster |
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| headmastership | (noun) the position of headmaster | - |
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| hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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| holdfast | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, fixing |
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| housemaster | (noun) teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse | - |
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| hypercoaster | (noun) a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets | - |
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| hypermastigote | (noun) flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites | - |
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| hypoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, entoderm |
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| iconoclast | (noun) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | - |
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| (noun) a destroyer of images used in religious worship | Synonyms: image breaker |
| impasto | (noun) painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible | - |
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| inelasticity | (noun) the lack of elasticity | - |
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| infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
| jiggermast | (noun) any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl | Synonyms: jigger |
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| keratoplasty | (noun) a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | Synonyms: corneal graft, corneal transplant |
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| last | (noun) a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do | - |
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| (noun) holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes | Synonyms: cobbler's last, shoemaker's last |
| (noun) the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence | Synonyms: end |
| (noun) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels | - |
| (noun) a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds | - |
| (noun) the last or lowest in an ordering or series | - |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point |
| (noun) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | Synonyms: death |
| lastingness | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: durability, enduringness, strength |
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| least | (noun) something that is of no importance | - |
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| lockmaster | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockman |
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| lovastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate | Synonyms: Mevacor |
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| lymphoblast | (noun) an immature lymphocyte | - |
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| mainmast | (noun) the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts | - |
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| mast | (noun) a vertical spar for supporting sails | - |
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| (noun) any sturdy upright pole | - |
| (noun) nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine | - |
| (noun) nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground | - |
| mastaba | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastabah |
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| mastabah | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastaba |
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| mastalgia | (noun) pain in the breast | - |
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| mastectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor | - |
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| master | (noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master copy, original |
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| (noun) key that secures entrance everywhere | Synonyms: master key, passe-partout, passkey |
| (noun) an artist of consummate skill | Synonyms: maestro |
| (noun) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals | Synonyms: superior, victor |
| (noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: professional |
| (noun) directs the work of others | - |
| (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, overlord |
| (noun) someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution | - |
| (noun) presiding officer of a school | Synonyms: headmaster, schoolmaster |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: captain, sea captain, skipper |
| mastering | (noun) the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made | - |
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| (noun) becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of | - |
| mastermind | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, originator |
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| (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius |
| masterpiece | (noun) an outstanding achievement | - |
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| (noun) the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman | Synonyms: chef-d'oeuvre |
| mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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| (noun) the skill of a master | - |
| masterstroke | (noun) an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
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| masterwort | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: astrantia |
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| mastery | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: subordination |
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| (noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: command, control |
| (noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: domination, supremacy |
| masthead | (noun) the head or top of a mast | - |
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| (noun) the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page | - |
| (noun) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. | Synonyms: flag |
| mastic | (noun) an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin | Synonyms: lentisk, mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus |
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| (noun) an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes | - |
| (noun) a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler | - |
| mastication | (noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | Synonyms: chew, chewing, manduction |
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| mastiff | (noun) an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog | - |
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| mastigophoran | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore |
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| mastigophore | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran |
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| mastitis | (noun) inflammation of a breast (or udder) | - |
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