ableism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ablism |
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ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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acceptableness | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptability |
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admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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affableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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agreeableness | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeability |
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(noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: amenity |
amble | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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ambler | (noun) someone who walks at a leisurely pace | Synonyms: saunterer, stroller |
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amenableness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, cooperativeness |
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amiableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality |
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amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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(noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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assembler | (noun) a program to convert assembly language into machine language | Synonyms: assembly program |
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associableness | (noun) the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought | Synonyms: associability |
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attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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audible | (noun) a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage | - |
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audibleness | (noun) quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear | Synonyms: audibility |
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availableness | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: accessibility, availability, handiness |
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babble | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babbling, lallation |
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babbler | (noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae | Synonyms: cackler |
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(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter |
bauble | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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(noun) a mock scepter carried by a court jester | - |
bible | (noun) a book regarded as authoritative in its field | - |
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bleach | (noun) the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) | - |
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(noun) the whiteness that results from removing the color from something | - |
(noun) an agent that makes things white or colorless | Synonyms: blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener |
bleacher | (noun) a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | - |
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bleachers | (noun) (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached | - |
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bleakness | (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, desolation, nakedness |
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bleat | (noun) the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) | - |
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bleb | (noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: blister, bulla |
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bleeder | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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bleeding | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: haemorrhage, hemorrhage |
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bleep | (noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | Synonyms: beep |
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blemish | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: defect, mar |
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blend | (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blending |
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(noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: portmanteau, portmanteau word |
(noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing | - |
blende | (noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form | Synonyms: sphalerite, zinc blende |
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blender | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: liquidiser, liquidizer |
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blending | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: shading |
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(noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blend |
blennioid | (noun) elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins | Synonyms: blennioid fish |
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blenny | (noun) small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks | Synonyms: combtooth blenny |
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blepharism | (noun) condition in which a person blinks continuously | - |
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blepharitis | (noun) inflammation of the eyelids characterized by redness and swelling and dried crusts | - |
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blepharospasm | (noun) spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | - |
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blessedness | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, beatitude |
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blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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(noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
(noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
blether | (noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk | Synonyms: chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle |
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bletia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers | - |
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bleu | (noun) cheese containing a blue mold | Synonyms: blue cheese |
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blewits | (noun) edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap | Synonyms: Clitocybe nuda |
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bobble | (noun) the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball | - |
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bomblet | (noun) one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb | Synonyms: cluster bomblet |
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bramble | (noun) any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | - |
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breakable | (noun) an article that is fragile and easily broken | - |
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breakableness | (noun) the consistency of something that breaks under pressure | - |
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bubble | (noun) a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic | - |
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(noun) an impracticable and illusory idea | - |
(noun) a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control | Synonyms: house of cards |
(noun) a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) | - |
bubblejet | (noun) a kind of ink-jet printer | Synonyms: bubble-jet printer, bubble jet printer |
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bubbler | (noun) a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water | Synonyms: drinking fountain, water fountain |
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(noun) any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid | - |
bulblet | (noun) small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers | Synonyms: bulbil |
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bumblebee | (noun) robust hairy social bee of temperate regions | Synonyms: humblebee |
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bumbler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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cable | (noun) a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire | - |
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(noun) a television system that transmits over cables | Synonyms: cable system, cable television, cable television service |
(noun) a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power | Synonyms: line, transmission line |
(noun) a telegram sent abroad | Synonyms: cablegram, overseas telegram |
(noun) television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver | Synonyms: cable television |
(noun) a nautical unit of depth | Synonyms: cable's length, cable length |
cablegram | (noun) a telegram sent abroad | Synonyms: cable, overseas telegram |
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capableness | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capability |
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(noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capability, potentiality |
changeableness | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeability |
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charitableness | (noun) generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate) | - |
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chasuble | (noun) a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass | - |
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cobble | (noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | Synonyms: cobblestone, sett |
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cobbler | (noun) a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit | Synonyms: deep-dish pie |
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(noun) tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit | - |
(noun) a person who makes or repairs shoes | Synonyms: shoemaker |
cobblers | (noun) a man's testicles | - |
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(noun) nonsense | - |
cobblestone | (noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | Synonyms: cobble, sett |
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collectable | (noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectible |
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collectible | (noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectable |
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collywobbles | (noun) severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea | Synonyms: cholera morbus |
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combustible | (noun) a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power | Synonyms: combustible material |
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combustibleness | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibility |
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comestible | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
companionableness | (noun) suitability to be a companion | Synonyms: companionability |
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conceivableness | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivability |
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constable | (noun) a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff | - |
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(noun) a police officer of the lowest rank | Synonyms: police constable |
convertible | (noun) a car that has top that can be folded or removed | - |
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(noun) a sofa that can be converted into a bed | Synonyms: sofa bed |
(noun) a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) | Synonyms: convertible security |
credibleness | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibility |
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crucible | (noun) a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions | Synonyms: melting pot |
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culpableness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpability |
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curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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dabbler | (noun) any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling | Synonyms: dabbling duck |
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(noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dilettante, sciolist |
decasyllable | (noun) a verse line having ten syllables | - |
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deductible | (noun) a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount | - |
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(noun) (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) | - |
deliverable | (noun) something that can be provided as the product of development | - |
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dependableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, reliability, reliableness |
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desirableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirability |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, oomph, sex appeal |
despicableness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicability, sordidness |
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dibble | (noun) a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs | Synonyms: dibber |
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digestibleness | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibility |
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dirigible | (noun) a steerable self-propelled aircraft | Synonyms: airship |
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disabled | (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped | Synonyms: handicapped |
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disablement | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, handicap, impairment |
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disagreeableness | (noun) an ill-tempered and offensive disposition | - |
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(noun) the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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