endplate | (noun) the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle | Synonyms: end-plate, motor end plate |
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episcopate | (noun) the office and dignity of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopry |
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(noun) the collective body of bishops | Synonyms: episcopacy |
(noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopric, diocese |
(noun) the term of office of a bishop | - |
equilateral | (noun) a figure whose sides are all equal | - |
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estate | (noun) a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights | Synonyms: estate of the realm, the three estates |
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(noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, demesne, land, landed estate |
(noun) everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities | - |
estimate | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimation |
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(noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimation, idea |
(noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimation |
(noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimation |
(noun) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job | - |
ethanoate | (noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: acetate |
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exarchate | (noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church | Synonyms: eparchy |
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expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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extraterrestrial | (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
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exudate | (noun) a substance that oozes out from plant pores | Synonyms: exudation |
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faceplate | (noun) a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) | - |
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fate | (noun) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | Synonyms: destiny |
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(noun) the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events | Synonyms: destiny |
(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
figeater | (noun) large greenish June beetle of southern United States | Synonyms: green June beetle |
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filtrate | (noun) the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter | - |
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firewater | (noun) any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) | - |
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fishplate | (noun) metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams | - |
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flagellate | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore |
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flatmate | (noun) an associate who shares an apartment with you | - |
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floater | (noun) an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location | Synonyms: floating policy |
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(noun) an object that floats or is capable of floating | - |
(noun) a swimmer who floats in the water | - |
(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, vagabond, vagrant |
(noun) a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election | - |
(noun) an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed | - |
(noun) a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) | - |
(noun) spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens | Synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots |
floodgate | (noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
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(noun) something that restrains a flood or outpouring | - |
fluosilicate | (noun) salt of fluosilicic acid | - |
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folate | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folacin, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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footplate | (noun) the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls | - |
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fraternisation | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternization |
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fraternity | (noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: brotherhood, sodality |
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(noun) a social club for male undergraduates | Synonyms: frat |
fraternization | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternisation |
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freshwater | (noun) water that is not salty | Synonyms: fresh water |
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frigate | (noun) a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser | - |
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(noun) a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries | - |
fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid | - |
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gate | (noun) a movable barrier in a fence or wall | - |
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(noun) a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs | Synonyms: logic gate |
(noun) passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark | - |
(noun) total admission receipts at a sports event | - |
gateau | (noun) any of various rich and elaborate cakes | - |
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gatecrasher | (noun) someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | Synonyms: crasher, unwelcome guest |
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gatefold | (noun) an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine | Synonyms: foldout |
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gatehouse | (noun) a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence | - |
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gatekeeper | (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, porter |
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(noun) someone who controls access to something | - |
gatepost | (noun) either of two posts that bound a gate | - |
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gateway | (noun) an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
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geminate | (noun) a doubled or long consonant | - |
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geostrategy | (noun) the branch of geopolitics dealing with strategy | - |
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glutamate | (noun) a salt or ester of glutamic acid | - |
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goatee | (noun) a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard | - |
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goldbeater | (noun) an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf | Synonyms: gold-beater |
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graduate | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
grate | (noun) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire | Synonyms: grating |
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(noun) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air | Synonyms: grating |
(noun) a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something | - |
gratefulness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: appreciativeness, thankfulness |
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grater | (noun) utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese) | - |
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guesstimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guestimate |
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guestimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guesstimate |
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haematemesis | (noun) vomiting blood | Synonyms: hematemesis |
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hamate | (noun) the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers | Synonyms: hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone |
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hate | (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | Synonyms: hatred |
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hatefulness | (noun) the quality of being hateful | Synonyms: objectionableness, obnoxiousness |
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hatemonger | (noun) one who arouses hatred for others | - |
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hater | (noun) a person who hates | - |
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headwater | (noun) the source of a river | - |
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heater | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, fastball, hummer, smoke |
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(noun) device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room | Synonyms: warmer |
hellgrammiate | (noun) large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait | Synonyms: dobson |
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helpmate | (noun) a helpful partner | Synonyms: helpmeet |
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hematemesis | (noun) vomiting blood | Synonyms: haematemesis |
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hesitater | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitator, vacillator, waverer |
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highwater | (noun) the tide when the water is highest | Synonyms: high tide, high water |
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homogenate | (noun) material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed) | - |
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hotplate | (noun) a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm | Synonyms: hot plate |
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housemate | (noun) someone who resides in the same house with you | - |
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humate | (noun) material that is high in humic acids | - |
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hydrate | (noun) any compound that contains water of crystallization | - |
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hydrolysate | (noun) a product of hydrolysis | - |
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idolater | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer |
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illegitimate | (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
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illiterate | (noun) a person unable to read | Synonyms: illiterate person, nonreader |
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immaculateness | (noun) the state of being spotlessly clean | Synonyms: spotlessness |
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immateriality | (noun) the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter | Synonyms: incorporeality |
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(noun) complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration | - |
immediateness | (noun) the quickness of action or occurrence | Synonyms: immediacy, instancy, instantaneousness |
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(noun) lack of an intervening or mediating agency | Synonyms: immediacy |
immoderateness | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderation |
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importunateness | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunity |
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inadequateness | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | Synonyms: inadequacy |
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inanimateness | (noun) not having life | Synonyms: lifelessness |
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inappropriateness | (noun) the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting | Synonyms: unworthiness |
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(noun) inappropriate conduct | Synonyms: wrongness |
inconsiderateness | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsideration, thoughtlessness |
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indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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inebriate | (noun) a chronic drinker | Synonyms: drunk, drunkard, rummy, sot, wino |
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inflater | (noun) an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire) | Synonyms: inflator |
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ingrate | (noun) a person who shows no gratitude | Synonyms: thankless wretch, ungrateful person |
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initiate | (noun) people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity | Synonyms: enlightened |
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(noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: learned person, pundit, savant |
(noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, novice, tiro, tyro |
inmate | (noun) one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) | - |
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(noun) a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated | Synonyms: inpatient |
(noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | Synonyms: con, convict, yard bird, yardbird |
innateness | (noun) the quality of being innate | - |
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inordinateness | (noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excess, excessiveness |
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inspectorate | (noun) a body of inspectors | - |
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intemperateness | (noun) excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence | Synonyms: intemperance, self-indulgence |
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(noun) consumption of alcoholic drinks | Synonyms: intemperance |
intermediate | (noun) a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained | - |
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interrelatedness | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelation, interrelationship |
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interstate | (noun) one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States | Synonyms: interstate highway |
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intimate | (noun) someone to whom private matters are confided | Synonyms: confidant |
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invertebrate | (noun) any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification | - |
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isocyanate | (noun) a salt or ester of isocyanic acid | - |
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isothiocyanate | (noun) a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations | - |
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kahikatea | (noun) New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood | Synonyms: Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides |
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karate | (noun) a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent | - |
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keratectasia | (noun) abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye | - |
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khanate | (noun) the position of a khan | - |
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(noun) the realm of a khan | - |