| angioedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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| antecedence | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedent | (noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
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| (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
| antiredeposition | (noun) the process of preventing redeposition | - |
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| arrivederci | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| atrophedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: angioedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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| azederach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| baedeker | (noun) any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker | - |
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| bedesman | (noun) a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another | Synonyms: beadsman |
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| bedevilment | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, torment, worrying |
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| belvedere | (noun) a gazebo sited to command a fine view | - |
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| (noun) densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | Synonyms: Bassia scoparia, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, Kochia scoparia, summer cypress |
| birdfeeder | (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder |
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| bleeder | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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| breeder | (noun) a person who breeds animals | Synonyms: stock breeder |
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| centipede | (noun) chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors | - |
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| cirripede | (noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces | Synonyms: barnacle, cirriped |
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| confederacy | (noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: conspiracy |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederation, federation |
| (noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspiracy |
| confederate | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: accomplice |
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| (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime |
| confederation | (noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation | Synonyms: alliance |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, federation |
| (noun) the state of being allied or confederated | Synonyms: alliance |
| credence | (noun) a kind of sideboard or buffet | Synonyms: credenza |
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| (noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true | Synonyms: acceptance |
| credendum | (noun) (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided | Synonyms: article of faith |
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| credential | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credentials |
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| credentials | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credential |
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| credenza | (noun) a kind of sideboard or buffet | Synonyms: credence |
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| daredevil | (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler |
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| daredevilry | (noun) boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior | Synonyms: daredeviltry |
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| daredeviltry | (noun) boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior | Synonyms: daredevilry |
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| decedent | (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed |
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| diapedesis | (noun) passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue | - |
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| edelweiss | (noun) alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts | Synonyms: Leontopodium alpinum |
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| edema | (noun) swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities | Synonyms: dropsy, hydrops, oedema |
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| edentate | (noun) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | - |
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| fedelline | (noun) extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli | - |
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| federalisation | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
| federalism | (noun) the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units | - |
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| federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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| federalization | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
| federation | (noun) the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs | - |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, confederation |
| (noun) an organization formed by merging several groups or parties | - |
| federita | (noun) a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains | Synonyms: feterita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum |
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| feeder | (noun) an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening | - |
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| (noun) an animal that feeds on a particular source of food | - |
| (noun) a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material | Synonyms: self-feeder |
| (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, birdfeeder |
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, confluent, tributary |
| (noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment | Synonyms: eater |
| foredeck | (noun) the deck between the bridge and the forecastle | - |
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| gamedev | (noun) someone who develops a game | - |
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| hobbledehoy | (noun) an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy | - |
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| irredenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irridenta |
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| irredentism | (noun) the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related | Synonyms: irridentism |
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| irredentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irridentist |
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| lede | (noun) the introductory section of a story | Synonyms: lead-in, lead |
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| lederhosen | (noun) leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria | - |
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| lespedeza | (noun) shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States | Synonyms: bush clover |
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| lymphedema | (noun) swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas | - |
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| medevac | (noun) the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care | Synonyms: medical evacuation, medivac |
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| millepede | (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs | Synonyms: milliped, millipede |
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| millipede | (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs | Synonyms: millepede, milliped |
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| mouthbreeder | (noun) any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths | - |
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| mujahedeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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| myxedema | (noun) hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration | Synonyms: myxoedema |
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| myxoedema | (noun) hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration | Synonyms: myxedema |
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| needer | (noun) a person who wants or needs something | Synonyms: wanter |
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| oedema | (noun) swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities | Synonyms: dropsy, edema, hydrops |
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| paederast | (noun) a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner | Synonyms: child molester, pederast |
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| paederasty | (noun) sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | Synonyms: pederasty |
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| papilledema | (noun) swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure | - |
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| pedelec | (noun) a bicycle built with a motor to aid the cyclist to turn the pedals | - |
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| pederast | (noun) a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner | Synonyms: child molester, paederast |
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| pederasty | (noun) sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | Synonyms: paederasty |
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| pedesis | (noun) the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | Synonyms: Brownian motion, Brownian movement |
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| pedestal | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, stand |
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| (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, plinth |
| (noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority) | - |
| pedestrian | (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, walker |
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| precedence | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedency, precession |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority |
| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedency, priority |
| precedency | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precession |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority |
| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, priority |
| precedent | (noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | Synonyms: case in point |
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| (noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | Synonyms: case law, common law |
| (noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) | - |
| (noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws | Synonyms: case law, common law |
| predecessor | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor |
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| (noun) one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) | - |
| predestinarian | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinationist |
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| predestinarianism | (noun) the belief or doctrine of predestinarians | - |
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| predestination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predetermination, preordination |
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| (noun) previous determination as if by destiny or fate | - |
| predestinationist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinarian |
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| predetermination | (noun) the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place | - |
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| (noun) a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something | - |
| (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, preordination |
| propaedeutic | (noun) a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) | Synonyms: propaedeutics |
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| propaedeutics | (noun) a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) | Synonyms: propaedeutic |
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| psychedelia | (noun) the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs | - |
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| rededication | (noun) a new dedication | - |
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| redeemer | (noun) someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.) | - |
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| redefinition | (noun) the act of giving a new definition | - |
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| redemption | (noun) the act of purchasing back something previously sold | Synonyms: buyback, repurchase |
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| (noun) (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil | Synonyms: salvation |
| (noun) repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock) | - |
| redeployment | (noun) the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively | Synonyms: redisposition |
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| redeposition | (noun) deposition from one deposit to another | - |
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| redetermination | (noun) determining again | - |
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| redevelopment | (noun) the act of improving by renewing and restoring | Synonyms: overhaul, renovation |
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| redeye | (noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep | Synonyms: redeye flight |
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| scleredema | (noun) a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face | - |
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| seeder | (noun) a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit | - |
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| (noun) a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground | - |
| (noun) a person who seeds clouds | Synonyms: cloud seeder |
| speeder | (noun) a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit | Synonyms: speed demon |
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| stampede | (noun) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse | - |
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| (noun) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) | - |
| stapedectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear | - |
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| succeeder | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, success, winner |
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| suede | (noun) a fabric made to resemble suede leather | Synonyms: suede cloth |
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| (noun) leather with a napped surface | Synonyms: suede leather |
| swede | (noun) the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food | Synonyms: rutabaga, swedish turnip, yellow turnip |
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| (noun) a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage |
| velocipede | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: tricycle, trike |
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| (noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel | - |
| weeder | (noun) a hand tool for removing weeds | Synonyms: weed-whacker |
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| (noun) a farmhand hired to remove weeds | - |