| abbess | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: mother superior, prioress |
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| arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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| (noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
| asbestos | (noun) a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer | - |
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| asbestosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles | - |
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| beseechingness | (noun) The state or quality of one who begs or implores. | - |
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| besieger | (noun) an enemy who lays siege to your position | - |
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| (noun) an energetic petitioner | - |
| besieging | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege |
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| besom | (noun) a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle | - |
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| best | (noun) the supreme effort one can make | - |
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| (noun) the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others | Synonyms: topper |
| bestiality | (noun) sexual activity between a person and an animal | Synonyms: sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty |
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| (noun) the stupid brutal quality of a beast | - |
| bestiary | (noun) a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals | - |
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| bestowal | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowment, conferment, conferral |
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| (noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowment |
| bestower | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: conferrer, donor, giver, presenter |
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| bestowment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, conferment, conferral |
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| (noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowal |
| bestseller | (noun) a book that has had a large and rapid sale | Synonyms: best seller |
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| diethylstilbesterol | (noun) synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy | Synonyms: DES, stilbesterol |
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| diethylstilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| frambesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: framboesia, yaws |
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| hexenbesen | (noun) an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance | Synonyms: staghead, witch broom, witches' broom |
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| obesity | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, fleshiness |
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| pubes | (noun) the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs | Synonyms: loins, pubic region |
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| pubescence | (noun) the time of life when sex glands become functional | Synonyms: puberty |
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| stilbesterol | (noun) synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbesterol |
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| stilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilboestrol |
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| tabes | (noun) wasting of the body during a chronic disease | - |
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| tribesman | (noun) someone who lives in a tribe | - |
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| vibes | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibraharp, vibraphone |
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