acridid | (noun) grasshopper with short antennae | Synonyms: short-horned grasshopper |
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acridity | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridness |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridness |
(noun) having an acrid smell | - |
acridness | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridity |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridity |
acrimony | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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acromicria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromikria |
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alacrity | (noun) liveliness and eagerness | Synonyms: briskness, smartness |
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ascription | (noun) assigning to a cause or source | Synonyms: attribution |
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(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | Synonyms: attribution |
chloropicrin | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: nitrochloroform |
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circumscription | (noun) the act of circumscribing | - |
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conscript | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: draftee, inductee |
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conscription | (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: draft, muster, selective service |
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corncrib | (noun) a crib for storing and drying ears of corn | - |
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crib | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: cribbage |
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(noun) the cards discarded by players at cribbage | - |
(noun) baby bed with high sides made of slats | Synonyms: cot |
(noun) a bin or granary for storing grains | - |
(noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: pony, trot |
cribbage | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: crib |
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crick | (noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: kink, rick, wrick |
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cricket | (noun) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | - |
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(noun) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together | - |
cricketer | (noun) an athlete who plays cricket | - |
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crier | (noun) (formerly) an official who made public announcements | Synonyms: town crier |
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(noun) a person who weeps | Synonyms: weeper |
(noun) a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells | - |
crime | (noun) (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act | Synonyms: criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking |
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(noun) an evil act not necessarily punishable by law | - |
criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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criminality | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminalness |
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criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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criminology | (noun) the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement | - |
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crimp | (noun) a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled | - |
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(noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimper |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication |
crimper | (noun) a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | Synonyms: curler, hair curler, roller |
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(noun) a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. | Synonyms: crimping pliers |
(noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimp |
crimson | (noun) a deep and vivid red color | Synonyms: deep red, ruby |
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cringe | (noun) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | - |
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(noun) some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame | - |
cringle | (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop |
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crinion | (noun) point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead | Synonyms: trichion |
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crinkle | (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
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crinkleroot | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort |
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crinoid | (noun) primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk | - |
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crinoline | (noun) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing | - |
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(noun) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric | - |
(noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: hoopskirt |
criollo | (noun) cocoa of superior quality | - |
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(noun) a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) | - |
cripple | (noun) someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back | - |
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crisis | (noun) a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something | - |
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(noun) an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty | - |
crisp | (noun) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip |
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crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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crispness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispiness |
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(noun) a pleasing firmness and freshness | - |
(noun) an expressive style that is direct and to the point | - |
crisscross | (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: cross, mark |
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cristal | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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cristobalite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks | - |
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crit | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: criterium |
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criterion | (noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: standard |
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(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: measure, standard, touchstone |
criterium | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: crit |
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crith | (noun) the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure) | - |
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critic | (noun) a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art | - |
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(noun) anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something | - |
(noun) someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments | - |
criticality | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticalness, cruciality |
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(noun) a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining | - |
criticalness | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, cruciality |
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criticism | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: critique |
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(noun) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | Synonyms: unfavorable judgment |
(noun) a written evaluation of a work of literature | Synonyms: literary criticism |
critique | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: criticism |
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(noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, review, review article |
critter | (noun) a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) | - |
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cybercrime | (noun) crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs | - |
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decriminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalization |
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decriminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalisation |
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description | (noun) sort or variety | - |
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(noun) the act of describing something | - |
(noun) a statement that represents something in words | Synonyms: verbal description |
descriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics | - |
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(noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value | - |
descriptor | (noun) a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | - |
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(noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: form, signifier, word form |
diacritic | (noun) a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation | Synonyms: diacritical mark |
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discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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(noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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endocrine | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Synonyms: hormone, internal secretion |
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(noun) any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: ductless gland, endocrine gland |
endocrinologist | (noun) physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system | - |
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endocrinology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions | - |
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epacris | (noun) any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers | - |
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escritoire | (noun) a desk used for writing | Synonyms: secretaire, secretary, writing table |
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exocrine | (noun) a gland that secretes externally through a duct | Synonyms: duct gland, exocrine gland |
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haematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: hematocrit |
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(noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: hematocrit, packed cell volume |
hematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: haematocrit |
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(noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: haematocrit, packed cell volume |
hypercriticism | (noun) Excessive or unfairly harsh criticism. | - |
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hypocrisy | (noun) insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have | - |
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(noun) an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | Synonyms: lip service |
hypocrite | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, dissimulator, phoney, phony, pretender |
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incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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indescribability | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribableness |
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indescribableness | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribability |
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inscription | (noun) the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words | - |
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(noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: lettering |
(noun) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something | Synonyms: dedication |
lacrimation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lachrymation, tearing, watering |
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lacrimator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, tear gas, teargas |
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manuscript | (noun) the form of a literary work submitted for publication | Synonyms: ms |
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(noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: holograph |
mediocrity | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding | Synonyms: averageness |
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(noun) a person of second-rate ability or value | Synonyms: second-rater |
mepacrine | (noun) a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria | Synonyms: Atabrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride |
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neocriticism | (noun) a form of neo-Kantianism developed principally by C. B. Renouvier and his followers rejecting the noumena of Kant and restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories. | - |
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nondescript | (noun) a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting | - |
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playscript | (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | Synonyms: book, script |
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postscript | (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature | Synonyms: PS |
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(noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, supplement |
prescript | (noun) prescribed guide for conduct or action | Synonyms: rule |
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prescription | (noun) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist | Synonyms: ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine |
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(noun) directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions | - |
(noun) written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient | - |
(noun) written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person | - |
prescriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics | - |
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(noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior | - |
proscription | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: banishment |
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(noun) a decree that prohibits something | Synonyms: ban, prohibition |
quinacrine | (noun) a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria | Synonyms: Atabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride |
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recrimination | (noun) mutual accusations | - |
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rescript | (noun) something that has been written again | Synonyms: revision, rewrite |
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(noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: revisal, revise, revision |
(noun) a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality | - |
(noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, edict, fiat, order |
sacrifice | (noun) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | Synonyms: ritual killing |
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(noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeiture |
(noun) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | - |
(noun) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | - |
(noun) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | - |
sacrificer | (noun) a religious person who offers up a sacrifice | - |
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sacrilege | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: blasphemy, desecration, profanation |
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sacrilegiousness | (noun) profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege | - |
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