| psyche | (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: brain, head, mind, nous |
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| (noun) the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life | Synonyms: soul |
| psychedelia | (noun) the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs | - |
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| puncher | (noun) a tool for making holes or indentations | Synonyms: punch |
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| (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, cowpuncher |
| (noun) someone who delivers punches | - |
| pyrochemistry | (noun) processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures | Synonyms: pyrochemical process |
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| quiche | (noun) a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables) | - |
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| rachet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: ratch, ratchet |
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| radiochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry | Synonyms: nuclear chemist |
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| radiochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of radioactive substances | Synonyms: nuclear chemistry |
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| rancher | (noun) a person who owns or operates a ranch | - |
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| rapprochement | (noun) the reestablishing of cordial relations | Synonyms: reconciliation |
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| ratchet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratch |
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| reproacher | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reprover, upbraider |
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| researcher | (noun) a scientist who devotes himself to doing research | Synonyms: investigator, research worker |
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| rhinotracheitis | (noun) a respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle | - |
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| riches | (noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: wealth |
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| ricochet | (noun) a glancing rebound | Synonyms: carom |
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| sachem | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sagamore |
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| (noun) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) | - |
| sachet | (noun) a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest | - |
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| satchel | (noun) luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap | - |
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| schedule | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, docket |
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| (noun) an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur | - |
| scheduler | (noun) computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order | - |
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| scheduling | (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programing, programming |
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| scheelite | (noun) a mineral used as an ore of tungsten | - |
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| schema | (noun) a schematic or preliminary plan | Synonyms: outline, scheme |
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| (noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world | Synonyms: scheme |
| schematic | (noun) diagram of an electrical or mechanical system | Synonyms: schematic drawing |
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| schematisation | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: diagramming, schematization |
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| (noun) the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | Synonyms: schematization |
| schematization | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: diagramming, schematisation |
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| (noun) the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | Synonyms: schematisation |
| scheme | (noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Synonyms: strategy |
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| (noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world | Synonyms: schema |
| (noun) a schematic or preliminary plan | Synonyms: outline, schema |
| (noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | Synonyms: dodge, dodging |
| (noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | Synonyms: system |
| schemer | (noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: plotter |
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| schemozzle | (noun) (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | Synonyms: shemozzle |
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| scherzo | (noun) a fast movement (usually in triple time) | - |
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| schnorchel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| schoolteacher | (noun) a teacher in a school below the college level | Synonyms: school teacher |
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| schottische | (noun) a German round dance resembling a slow polka | - |
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| (noun) music performed for dancing the schottische | - |
| scorcher | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: screamer |
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| (noun) an extremely hot day | - |
| scratcher | (noun) a device used for scratching | - |
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| (noun) a person who scratches to relieve an itch | - |
| (noun) a workman who uses a tool for scratching | - |
| screecher | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, shouter, yeller |
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| scutcheon | (noun) a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms | Synonyms: escutcheon |
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| (noun) a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers | Synonyms: escutcheon, finger plate |
| searcher | (noun) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America | Synonyms: Calosoma scrutator, searcher beetle |
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| (noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, seeker |
| (noun) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | - |
| seiche | (noun) a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances | - |
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| sepulcher | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture |
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| sketcher | (noun) an implement for sketching | - |
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| (noun) someone who draws sketches | - |
| sloucher | (noun) a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage | - |
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| snatcher | (noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper |
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| (noun) a thief who grabs and runs | - |
| snitcher | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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| (noun) a thief who steals without using violence | Synonyms: pilferer, sneak thief |
| soutache | (noun) a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming | - |
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| spirochete | (noun) parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Synonyms: spirochaete |
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| squelcher | (noun) an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise | Synonyms: squelch, squelch circuit |
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| (noun) a crushing remark | Synonyms: put-down, squelch, takedown |
| starches | (noun) foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | - |
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| stitcher | (noun) a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps | - |
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| stitchery | (noun) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread | Synonyms: sewing |
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| stomachache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, gastralgia, stomach ache |
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| stomacher | (noun) garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century | - |
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| stretcher | (noun) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | - |
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| (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: capstone, copestone, coping stone |
| (noun) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it | - |
| (noun) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting | - |
| switcher | (noun) a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | Synonyms: whipper |
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| switcheroo | (noun) a sudden unexpected switch | - |
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| synecdoche | (noun) substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa | - |
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| tacheometer | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tachymeter |
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| teacher | (noun) a personified abstraction that teaches | - |
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| (noun) a person whose occupation is teaching | Synonyms: instructor |
| teachership | (noun) the position of teacher | - |
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| thatcher | (noun) someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage | - |
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| thelarche | (noun) the start of breast development in a woman at the beginning of puberty | - |
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| thermochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated | - |
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| toothache | (noun) an ache localized in or around a tooth | Synonyms: odontalgia |
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| toucher | (noun) a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something | - |
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| trachea | (noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | Synonyms: windpipe |
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| (noun) one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids | - |
| tracheid | (noun) long tubular cell peculiar to xylem | - |
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| tracheitis | (noun) inflammation of the trachea | - |
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| tracheobronchitis | (noun) common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi | - |
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| tracheophyte | (noun) green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms | Synonyms: vascular plant |
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| tracheostomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheotomy |
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| tracheotomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheostomy |
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| tranche | (noun) a portion of something (especially money) | - |
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| treacherousness | (noun) The characteristic of providing insecure footing or support; of being marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils. | - |
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| treachery | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treason |
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| (noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, perfidy |
| trebuchet | (noun) catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile | Synonyms: trebucket |
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| trencher | (noun) a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved | - |
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| (noun) someone who digs trenches | - |
| trencherman | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer |
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| troche | (noun) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | Synonyms: cough drop, pastil, pastille |
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| trochee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables | - |
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| truncheon | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, nightstick |
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| uncheerfulness | (noun) not conducive to cheer or good spirits | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: cheerlessness |
| urochesia | (noun) passage of urine from the anus | Synonyms: urochezia |
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| urochezia | (noun) passage of urine from the anus | Synonyms: urochesia |
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| vouchee | (noun) (law) a person called into court to defend a title | - |
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| voucher | (noun) a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed | Synonyms: coupon |
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| (noun) a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure | - |
| (noun) someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement | Synonyms: verifier |
| watcher | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watchman |
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| (noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, witness |
| (noun) a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body | - |
| welcher | (noun) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | Synonyms: welsher |
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| wencher | (noun) someone who patronizes prostitutes | - |
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| windcheater | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windbreaker |
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| witchery | (noun) the art of sorcery | Synonyms: witchcraft |
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| wretchedness | (noun) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | - |
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| (noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: miserableness, misery |
| (noun) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant | - |