abacus | (noun) a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves | - |
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(noun) a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave | - |
accusal | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusation |
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accusation | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusal |
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(noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: charge |
accusative | (noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb | Synonyms: accusative case, objective case |
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accused | (noun) a defendant in a criminal proceeding | - |
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accuser | (noun) someone who imputes guilt or blame | - |
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arcus | (noun) a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea | Synonyms: arcus senilis |
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ascus | (noun) saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes | - |
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autofocus | (noun) an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically | - |
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bicuspid | (noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: premolar |
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caucus | (noun) a closed political meeting | - |
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circus | (noun) a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals | - |
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(noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: carnival |
(noun) an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent | - |
(noun) (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games | - |
(noun) a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals | - |
coccus | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | Synonyms: cocci |
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cocuswood | (noun) wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets | Synonyms: cocoswood, granadilla wood |
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concussion | (noun) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness | - |
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(noun) any violent blow | - |
crocus | (noun) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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cuscus | (noun) woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia | - |
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cushat | (noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, ringdove, wood pigeon |
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cushaw | (noun) globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind | - |
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(noun) plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds | Synonyms: Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta |
cushion | (noun) a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. | - |
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(noun) a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses | Synonyms: shock, shock absorber |
(noun) the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle | - |
cushioning | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: padding |
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cusk | (noun) large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod | Synonyms: Brosme brosme, torsk |
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(noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, eelpout, ling, Lota lota |
(noun) the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters | - |
cusp | (noun) point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch) | - |
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(noun) small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth | - |
(noun) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve | Synonyms: leaflet |
cuspid | (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth |
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cuspidation | (noun) a decoration using cusps | - |
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cuspidor | (noun) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) | Synonyms: spittoon |
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cuss | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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(noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
cussedness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: orneriness |
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custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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custodian | (noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: keeper, steward |
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custodianship | (noun) the position of custodian | - |
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custody | (noun) holding by the police | - |
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(noun) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | Synonyms: hands |
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: detainment, detention, hold |
custom | (noun) accepted or habitual practice | Synonyms: usage, usance |
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(noun) habitual patronage | - |
(noun) a specific practice of long standing | Synonyms: tradition |
(noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: customs, customs duty, impost |
customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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customer | (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: client |
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customhouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customshouse |
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customs | (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: custom, customs duty, impost |
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customshouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customhouse |
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decussation | (noun) an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | Synonyms: chiasm, chiasma |
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diplococcus | (noun) Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | - |
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diplodocus | (noun) a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America | - |
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discus | (noun) a disk used in throwing competitions | Synonyms: saucer |
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(noun) an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible | - |
discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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discussion | (noun) an exchange of views on some topic | Synonyms: give-and-take, word |
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(noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discourse, treatment |
echinococcus | (noun) tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals | - |
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excuse | (noun) a poor example | Synonyms: apology |
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(noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | Synonyms: alibi, exculpation, self-justification |
(noun) a note explaining an absence | - |
excuser | (noun) a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense | Synonyms: forgiver, pardoner |
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focus | (noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system | - |
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(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea | - |
(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing |
(noun) a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section | - |
(noun) a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges | Synonyms: focal point |
(noun) a central point or locus of an infection in an organism | Synonyms: focal point, nidus |
(noun) special emphasis attached to something | Synonyms: stress |
focusing | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focalization |
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(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focussing |
focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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fucus | (noun) any member of the genus Fucus | - |
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gonococcus | (noun) the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea | Synonyms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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hibiscus | (noun) any plant of the genus Hibiscus | - |
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hyperacusia | (noun) abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels | Synonyms: auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusis |
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hyperacusis | (noun) abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels | Synonyms: auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia |
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incus | (noun) a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes | Synonyms: anvil |
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iridoncus | (noun) swelling of the iris of the eye | - |
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lemniscus | (noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | Synonyms: fillet |
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lobscuse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, scouse |
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locus | (noun) the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions | - |
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(noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locale, venue |
(noun) the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome | - |
locust | (noun) migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae | - |
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(noun) any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae | Synonyms: locust tree |
(noun) hardwood from any of various locust trees | - |
macushla | (noun) (an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling | - |
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meniscus | (noun) (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube | - |
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(noun) (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other | - |
(noun) (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint | Synonyms: semilunar cartilage |
mucus | (noun) protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium | Synonyms: mucous secretion |
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percussion | (noun) the act of exploding a percussion cap | - |
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(noun) the act of playing a percussion instrument | - |
(noun) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: pleximetry |
(noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | Synonyms: percussion section, rhythm section |
percussionist | (noun) a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
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percussor | (noun) (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | Synonyms: plessor, plexor |
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pincushion | (noun) a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use | - |
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pneumococcus | (noun) bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans | Synonyms: Diplococcus pneumoniae |
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recusal | (noun) (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves | Synonyms: recusation |
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recusancy | (noun) refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England | - |
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recusant | (noun) someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct | Synonyms: nonconformist |
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recusation | (noun) (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves | Synonyms: recusal |
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(noun) (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties | - |
refocusing | (noun) focusing again | - |
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repercussion | (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, rebound, recoil |
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(noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action | Synonyms: reverberation |
rudapithecus | (noun) fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene | Synonyms: Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus |
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staphylococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococci |
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streptococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococci |
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succus | (noun) any of several liquids of the body | Synonyms: juice |
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succussion | (noun) shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity | - |
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sulcus | (noun) (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain | - |
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umbilicus | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus |
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uncus | (noun) (biology) any hook-shaped process or part | - |
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viaticus | (noun) purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders | Synonyms: viatication |
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viscus | (noun) a main organ that is situated inside the body | Synonyms: internal organ |
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