accolade | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: award, honor, honour, laurels |
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accommodation | (noun) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need | - |
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(noun) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye | - |
(noun) living quarters provided for public convenience | - |
(noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality | - |
(noun) a settlement of differences | - |
(noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: adjustment, fitting |
accommodator | (noun) someone who performs a service or does a favor | Synonyms: obliger |
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accompaniment | (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them | Synonyms: escort |
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(noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: complement |
(noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | Synonyms: backup, musical accompaniment, support |
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Synonyms: attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant |
accompanist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanyist |
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accompanyist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanist |
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accomplice | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: confederate |
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accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
accord | (noun) sympathetic compatibility | - |
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(noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accordance, conformity |
(noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: pact, treaty |
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: agreement |
accordance | (noun) the act of granting rights | Synonyms: accordance of rights |
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(noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accord, conformity |
accordion | (noun) a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player | Synonyms: squeeze box |
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accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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accouchement | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth |
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accoucheur | (noun) a physician specializing in obstetrics | Synonyms: obstetrician |
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accoucheuse | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: midwife |
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account | (noun) the quality of taking advantage | - |
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(noun) importance or value | - |
(noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: chronicle, history, story |
(noun) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered | Synonyms: bill, invoice |
(noun) a short account of the news | Synonyms: news report, report, story, write up |
(noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | Synonyms: explanation |
(noun) the act of informing by verbal report | Synonyms: report |
(noun) grounds | Synonyms: score |
(noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | Synonyms: account statement, accounting |
(noun) a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services | Synonyms: business relationship |
accountability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: answerability, answerableness |
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accountancy | (noun) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business | Synonyms: accounting |
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accountant | (noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | Synonyms: comptroller, controller |
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accountantship | (noun) the position of accountant | - |
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accounting | (noun) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business | Synonyms: accountancy |
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(noun) a system that provides quantitative information about finances | - |
(noun) a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes | - |
(noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | Synonyms: account, account statement |
(noun) a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts | Synonyms: accounting system, method of accounting |
accouterment | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement |
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accoutrement | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accouterment |
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arccos | (noun) the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosine, arccosine, inverse cosine |
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arccosecant | (noun) the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosecant, inverse cosecant |
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arccosine | (noun) the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosine, arccos, inverse cosine |
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arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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bocconia | (noun) small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers | Synonyms: Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine |
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(noun) herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers | Synonyms: Macleaya cordata, plume poppy |
broccoli | (noun) branched green undeveloped flower heads | - |
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(noun) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea italica |
coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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cryptococcosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system | - |
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echinococcosis | (noun) infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) | Synonyms: hydatid disease, hydatidosis |
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hiccough | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccup, singultus |
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morocco | (noun) a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. | - |
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nonaccomplishment | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonachievement |
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piccolo | (noun) a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute | - |
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puccoon | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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(noun) perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment | Synonyms: Lithospermum caroliniense |
raccoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: racoon |
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(noun) the fur of the North American racoon | - |
recco | (noun) reconnaissance (by shortening) | Synonyms: recce, reccy |
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sirocco | (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sandstorm |
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stucco | (noun) a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces | - |
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succor | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succour |
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succorer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succourer |
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succory | (noun) perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads | Synonyms: chicory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus |
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succotash | (noun) fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream | - |
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succour | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succor |
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succourer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succorer |
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tobacco | (noun) leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion | Synonyms: baccy |
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(noun) aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs | Synonyms: tobacco plant |
tobacconist | (noun) a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes | Synonyms: tobacco shop, tobacconist shop |
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(noun) a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles | - |