abscess | (noun) symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue | - |
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access | (noun) the act of approaching or entering | - |
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(noun) a way of entering or leaving | Synonyms: approach |
(noun) (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information | Synonyms: memory access |
(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: accession, admission, admittance, entree |
(noun) the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) | - |
(noun) a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) | Synonyms: access code |
accessary | (noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
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accessibility | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: availability, availableness, handiness |
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(noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: approachability |
accession | (noun) the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) | Synonyms: rise to power |
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(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, admission, admittance, entree |
(noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: assenting |
(noun) something added to what you already have | Synonyms: addition |
(noun) (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement | - |
(noun) a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) | - |
accessory | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement |
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(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement |
(noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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ancestor | (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root |
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ancestress | (noun) a woman ancestor | - |
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ancestry | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: derivation, filiation, lineage |
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(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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archdiocese | (noun) the diocese of an archbishop | - |
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ascesis | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: asceticism |
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auspices | (noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: aegis, protection |
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braces | (noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | Synonyms: brace, orthodontic braces |
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cesarean | (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
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cesarian | (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section |
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cesium | (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | Synonyms: atomic number 55, caesium, Cs |
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cessation | (noun) a stopping | Synonyms: surcease |
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cession | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: ceding |
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cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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cesspool | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, sink, sump |
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cestode | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: tapeworm |
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circumstances | (noun) a person's financial situation (good or bad) | - |
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(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
concession | (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: grant |
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(noun) a point conceded or yielded | - |
(noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: conceding, yielding |
concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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concessioner | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessionaire |
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conveniences | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, comforts, creature comforts |
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devices | (noun) an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices' | - |
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diocesan | (noun) a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese | - |
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diocese | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopric, episcopate |
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ecesis | (noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | Synonyms: establishment |
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excess | (noun) excessive indulgence | Synonyms: overindulgence |
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(noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excessiveness, inordinateness |
(noun) a quantity much larger than is needed | Synonyms: nimiety, surplus, surplusage |
(noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: overabundance, surfeit |
excessiveness | (noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excess, inordinateness |
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faeces | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool |
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fasces | (noun) bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism | - |
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fauces | (noun) the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx | - |
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feces | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, ordure, stool |
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fencesitter | (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: independent, mugwump |
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finances | (noun) assets in the form of money | Synonyms: cash in hand, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource |
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inaccessibility | (noun) the quality of not being accessible | - |
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incessancy | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: ceaselessness, continuousness, incessantness |
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incessantness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: ceaselessness, continuousness, incessancy |
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incest | (noun) sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child) | - |
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intercessio | (noun) the right of veto possessed by Roman magistrates. | - |
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intercession | (noun) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | Synonyms: intervention |
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(noun) a prayer to God on behalf of another person | - |
intercessor | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intermediary, intermediator, mediator |
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microprocessor | (noun) integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system | - |
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multiprocessing | (noun) simultaneous processing by two or more processing units | Synonyms: parallel processing |
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multiprocessor | (noun) a computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control | - |
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necessary | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessity, requirement, requisite |
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necessitarian | (noun) someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will | - |
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necessity | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessary, requirement, requisite |
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(noun) the condition of being essential or indispensable | - |
pacesetter | (noun) a horse used to set the pace in racing | Synonyms: pacemaker, pacer |
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(noun) a leading instance in its field | Synonyms: pacemaker |
placeseeker | (noun) a disparaging term for an appointee | Synonyms: placeman |
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precession | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
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(noun) the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone | - |
predecessor | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor |
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(noun) one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) | - |
princess | (noun) a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | - |
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process | (noun) a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Synonyms: physical process |
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(noun) a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | Synonyms: procedure |
(noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: appendage, outgrowth |
(noun) (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | Synonyms: cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation |
(noun) a mental process that you are not directly aware of | Synonyms: unconscious process |
(noun) a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | Synonyms: summons |
processing | (noun) preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure | - |
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procession | (noun) the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation | - |
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(noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression |
(noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | Synonyms: emanation, rise |
processional | (noun) religious music used in a procession | Synonyms: prosodion |
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processor | (noun) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | Synonyms: C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, mainframe |
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(noun) a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market | - |
(noun) someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.) | - |
recess | (noun) a pause from doing something (as work) | Synonyms: break, respite, time out |
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(noun) an enclosure that is set back or indented | Synonyms: niche |
(noun) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) | Synonyms: inlet |
(noun) a small concavity | Synonyms: corner, niche, recession |
(noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business | Synonyms: deferral |
recession | (noun) the act of becoming more distant | Synonyms: receding |
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(noun) the act of ceding back | Synonyms: ceding back |
(noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | Synonyms: recessional |
(noun) a small concavity | Synonyms: corner, niche, recess |
(noun) the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year | - |
recessional | (noun) a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw | - |
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(noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | Synonyms: recession |
recessive | (noun) an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical | Synonyms: recessive allele |
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secession | (noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation | Synonyms: withdrawal |
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(noun) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s | Synonyms: sezession |
secessionism | (noun) a doctrine that maintains the right of secession | - |
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secessionist | (noun) an advocate of secessionism | - |
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services | (noun) performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others | - |
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spaceship | (noun) a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | Synonyms: starship |
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spacesuit | (noun) a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space | - |
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streptomyces | (noun) aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin) | - |
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success | (noun) an attainment that is successful | - |
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(noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose | - |
(noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, succeeder, winner |
(noun) a state of prosperity or fame | - |
successfulness | (noun) the condition of prospering; having good fortune | Synonyms: prosperity |
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succession | (noun) the action of following in order | Synonyms: sequence |
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(noun) acquisition of property by descent or by will | Synonyms: taking over |
(noun) a following of one thing after another in time | Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged or following in order | - |
(noun) (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established | Synonyms: ecological succession |
successiveness | (noun) a following of one thing after another in time | Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession |
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successor | (noun) a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone | - |
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(noun) a person who inherits some title or office | Synonyms: heir |
(noun) a person who follows next in order | Synonyms: replacement |
teleprocessing | (noun) data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities | Synonyms: distributed data processing, remote-access data processing |
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