anarchism | (noun) a political theory favoring the abolition of governments | - |
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anarchist | (noun) an advocate of anarchism | Synonyms: nihilist, syndicalist |
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anorchism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchidism |
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brachistochrone | (noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. | - |
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catechism | (noun) an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers | - |
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(noun) a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views | - |
catechist | (noun) one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism) | - |
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cheiloschisis | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cleft lip, harelip |
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chisel | (noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge | - |
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chiseler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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chiseller | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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cryptorchism | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy |
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disenfranchisement | (noun) the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise | - |
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disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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enfranchisement | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: certification |
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(noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: franchise |
(noun) freedom from political subjugation or servitude | - |
fetichism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetishism |
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(noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetishism |
franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
(noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
haschisch | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: hash, hasheesh, hashish |
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hierarchisation | (noun) The act or result of hierarchizing; the establishment of a hierarchy. | Synonyms: hierarchization |
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logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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masochism | (noun) sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) | - |
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masochist | (noun) someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment | - |
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monarchism | (noun) a belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system | - |
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monarchist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of monarchy | Synonyms: royalist |
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monorchism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchidism |
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orchis | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, testicle, testis |
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(noun) any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes | - |
pachisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: parchesi, parchisi |
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parchisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchesi |
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rachis | (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
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(noun) axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence | - |
rachischisis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: schistorrhachis, spina bifida |
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sadomasochism | (noun) sadism and masochism combined in one person | - |
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sadomasochist | (noun) someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism | - |
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schism | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions | Synonyms: split |
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(noun) the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences | - |
schist | (noun) any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers | - |
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schistorrhachis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: rachischisis, spina bifida |
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schistosome | (noun) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals | Synonyms: blood fluke |
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schistosomiasis | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis |
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tachistoscope | (noun) scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures | Synonyms: t-scope |
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