| albatross | (noun) large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | Synonyms: mollymawk |
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| (noun) (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | Synonyms: millstone |
| allopatry | (noun) the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap | - |
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| amphitheatre | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, coliseum |
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| (noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheater |
| animatronics | (noun) the construction of robots to look like animals (developed for Disneyland) | - |
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| anthropolatry | (noun) the worship of human beings | Synonyms: worship of man |
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| arborolatry | (noun) the worship of trees | Synonyms: tree-worship |
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| astrolatry | (noun) the worship of planets or stars | Synonyms: worship of heavenly bodies |
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| atrazine | (noun) a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide | - |
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| atresia | (noun) an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent | - |
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| atrium | (noun) the central area in a building; open to the sky | - |
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| (noun) any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) | - |
| atrociousness | (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
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| atrocity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: inhumanity |
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| (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
| atrophedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: angioedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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| atrophy | (noun) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) | Synonyms: withering |
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| (noun) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | Synonyms: wasting, wasting away |
| atropine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides | - |
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| autolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: idiolatry, self-worship |
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| aviatress | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatrix |
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| aviatrix | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatress |
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| bardolatry | (noun) the idolization of William Shakespeare | - |
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| barratry | (noun) the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels | - |
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| (noun) (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo | - |
| (noun) the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery | - |
| (noun) traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments | Synonyms: simony |
| batrachian | (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog |
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| batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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| betatron | (noun) accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux | Synonyms: induction accelerator |
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| bevatron | (noun) a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts | - |
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| bibliolatry | (noun) the worship of the Bible | Synonyms: Bible-worship |
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| chatroom | (noun) a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic) | Synonyms: chat room |
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| cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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| cicatrix | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrice, scar |
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| coatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, hatrack |
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| coatroom | (noun) a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | Synonyms: cloakroom |
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| cockatrice | (noun) monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance | - |
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| compatriot | (noun) a person from your own country | - |
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| cosmolatry | (noun) the worship of the cosmos | - |
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| demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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| diabolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: demonolatry, devil-worship |
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| diatribe | (noun) thunderous verbal attack | Synonyms: fulmination |
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| dominatrix | (noun) a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) | - |
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| eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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| expatriation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation |
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| (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: emigration, out-migration |
| fornicatress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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| (noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
| (noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
| geriatrician | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: gerontologist |
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| geriatrics | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: gerontology |
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| grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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| gynaeolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gyneolatry, woman-worship |
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| gyneolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gynaeolatry, woman-worship |
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| hagiolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hierolatry |
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| hatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, coatrack |
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| hatred | (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | Synonyms: hate |
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| heliolatry | (noun) the worship of the sun | Synonyms: sun-worship |
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| hierolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hagiolatry |
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| hypernatremia | (noun) excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus | - |
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| hyponatremia | (noun) abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration | - |
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| ichthyolatry | (noun) the worship of fish | Synonyms: fish-worship |
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| iconolatry | (noun) the worship of sacred images | - |
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| idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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| idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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| idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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| latria | (noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: adoration |
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| latrine | (noun) a public toilet in a military area | - |
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| lordolatry | (noun) the worship of a lord because of his rank or title | - |
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| matriarch | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: materfamilias |
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| (noun) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) | - |
| matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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| matriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchate |
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| matric | (noun) admission to a group (especially a college or university) | Synonyms: matriculation |
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| matricide | (noun) the murder of your mother | - |
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| (noun) a person who murders their mother | - |
| matriculate | (noun) someone who has been admitted to a college or university | - |
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| matriculation | (noun) admission to a group (especially a college or university) | Synonyms: matric |
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| matrikin | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
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| matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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| matrilineality | (noun) a system in which a person's descent is traced through their mother and her maternal ancestors. | - |
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| matrimony | (noun) the ceremony or sacrament of marriage | - |
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| (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| matrisib | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib |
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| matrix | (noun) mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface | - |
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| (noun) the formative tissue at the base of a nail | - |
| (noun) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded | Synonyms: ground substance, intercellular substance |
| (noun) (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules | - |
| (noun) an enclosure within which something originates or develops | - |
| (noun) (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded | - |
| matron | (noun) a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified | - |
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| (noun) a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution | - |
| (noun) a wardress in a prison | - |
| matronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: metronymic |
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| mediatrix | (noun) a woman who is a mediator | - |
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| monolatry | (noun) the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god | - |
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| natriuresis | (noun) the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine | - |
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| natrolite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum | - |
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| necrolatry | (noun) superstitious worship or veneration of the dead. | - |
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| negatron | (noun) an elementary particle with negative charge | Synonyms: electron |
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| negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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| negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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| neuropsychiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system | - |
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| ophiolatry | (noun) the worship of snakes | Synonyms: serpent-worship |
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| paediatrician | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, pediatrician, pediatrist |
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| paediatrics | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: pediatric medicine, pediatrics, pedology |
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| paratrooper | (noun) a soldier in the paratroops | Synonyms: para |
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| paratroops | (noun) infantry trained and equipped to parachute | - |
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| patrial | (noun) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) | - |
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| patriarch | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: paterfamilias |
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| (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | - |
| (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | - |
| (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | - |
| patriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchy |
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| (noun) the jurisdiction of a patriarch | - |
| patriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchate |
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| patrician | (noun) a member of the aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocrat, blue blood |
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| (noun) a person of refined upbringing and manners | - |
| patriciate | (noun) members of the patrician class. | - |
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| patricide | (noun) the murder of your father | - |
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| (noun) a person who murders their father | - |
| patrikin | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
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| patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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