| anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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| cryptorchidism | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidy, cryptorchism |
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| dismantlement | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantling |
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| dismantling | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantlement |
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| dismay | (noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger | Synonyms: alarm, consternation |
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| (noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: discouragement, disheartenment |
| dismemberment | (noun) the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces | Synonyms: taking apart |
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| dismissal | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| (noun) a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial | Synonyms: judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal |
| (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job | Synonyms: dismission, pink slip |
| (noun) permission to go; the sending away of someone | - |
| dismission | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job | Synonyms: dismissal, pink slip |
| dismount | (noun) the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) | - |
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| druidism | (noun) the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies | - |
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| encyclopaedism | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship |
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| encyclopedism | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopaedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship |
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| eunuchoidism | (noun) the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop) | Synonyms: male hypogonadism |
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| gourmandism | (noun) the disposition and habits of a gourmand | - |
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| hermaphrodism | (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphroditism |
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| hyperparathyroidism | (noun) excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis) | - |
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| hyperthyroidism | (noun) an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones | Synonyms: thyrotoxicosis |
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| hypogonadism | (noun) incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk | - |
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| hypoparathyroidism | (noun) inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood | - |
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| hypothyroidism | (noun) an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones | - |
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| invalidism | (noun) chronic ill health | - |
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| maidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, mayidism, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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| mayidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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| monorchidism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchism |
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| nomadism | (noun) The way of life of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc. | - |
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| nudism | (noun) going without clothes as a social practice | Synonyms: naturism |
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| ophidism | (noun) poisoning by snake venom | - |
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| sadism | (noun) sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others | - |
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| tremendismo | (noun) post-war Spanish literary style marked by a tendency to emphasize violence and grotesque imagery. | - |
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| tribadism | (noun) a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse | - |
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