accreditation | (noun) the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards) | - |
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acedia | (noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: laziness, sloth |
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aeromedicine | (noun) the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight) | Synonyms: aerospace medicine, aviation medicine |
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antediluvian | (noun) a very old person | Synonyms: ancient |
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(noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge | Synonyms: antediluvian patriarch |
benedick | (noun) a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) | Synonyms: benedict |
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benedict | (noun) a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) | Synonyms: benedick |
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benedictine | (noun) a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks | - |
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benediction | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: blessing |
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(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: blessing |
biomedicine | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel) | - |
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(noun) the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice | - |
bioremediation | (noun) the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances | - |
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(noun) the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems | - |
bleeding | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: haemorrhage, hemorrhage |
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breeding | (noun) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | Synonyms: facts of life, procreation, reproduction |
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(noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
(noun) the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | - |
(noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | Synonyms: education, training |
(noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: genteelness, gentility |
carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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cedi | (noun) the basic unit of money in Ghana | - |
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cedilla | (noun) a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s | - |
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ceding | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: cession |
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comedian | (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comic |
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(noun) an actor in a comedy | - |
comedienne | (noun) a female comedian | - |
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(noun) a female actor in a comedy | - |
conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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credibility | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibleness |
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credibleness | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibility |
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credit | (noun) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours | Synonyms: course credit |
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(noun) used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise | - |
(noun) an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments | Synonyms: credit rating |
(noun) approval | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work | - |
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference |
(noun) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services | Synonyms: deferred payment |
(noun) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items | Synonyms: credit entry |
(noun) money available for a client to borrow | - |
creditor | (noun) a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | - |
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credits | (noun) a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) | - |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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crossbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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(noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: interbreeding, miscegenation |
cyclopaedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | Synonyms: cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia |
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cyclopedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | Synonyms: cyclopaedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia |
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cypripedia | (noun) a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium | - |
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dedication | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, commitment, loyalty |
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(noun) complete and wholehearted fidelity | - |
(noun) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something | Synonyms: inscription |
(noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: commitment |
(noun) a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose | - |
dedifferentiation | (noun) the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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discredit | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: disrepute |
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disobedience | (noun) the failure to obey | Synonyms: noncompliance |
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(noun) the trait of being unwilling to obey | - |
edibility | (noun) the property of being fit to eat | Synonyms: edibleness |
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edible | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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edibleness | (noun) the property of being fit to eat | Synonyms: edibility |
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edict | (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, fiat, order, rescript |
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(noun) a formal or authoritative proclamation | - |
edification | (noun) uplifting enlightenment | Synonyms: sophistication |
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edifice | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: building |
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editing | (noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | Synonyms: redaction |
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edition | (noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: variant, variation, version |
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(noun) an issue of a newspaper | - |
(noun) the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published | - |
(noun) all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time | - |
editor | (noun) (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data | Synonyms: editor program |
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(noun) a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) | Synonyms: editor in chief |
editorial | (noun) an article giving opinions or perspectives | Synonyms: column, newspaper column |
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editorialist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: columnist |
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editorship | (noun) the position of editor | - |
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encyclopaedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | Synonyms: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopedia |
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encyclopaedism | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship |
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encyclopaedist | (noun) a person who compiles information for encyclopedias | Synonyms: encyclopedist |
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encyclopedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | Synonyms: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia |
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encyclopedism | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopaedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship |
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encyclopedist | (noun) a person who compiles information for encyclopedias | Synonyms: encyclopaedist |
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ethanediol | (noun) a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent | Synonyms: ethylene glycol, glycol |
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expedience | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expediency |
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(noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking |
expediency | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expedience |
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expedient | (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | - |
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expedition | (noun) a journey organized for a particular purpose | - |
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(noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country | Synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition |
(noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
(noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness |
(noun) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose | - |
expeditiousness | (noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expedition |
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feeding | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: eating |
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(noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: alimentation |
gravedigger | (noun) a person who earns a living by digging graves | - |
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greediness | (noun) an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) | Synonyms: rapaciousness, voraciousness |
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(noun) an excessive desire for food | Synonyms: hoggishness, piggishness |
hediondilla | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: coville, creosote bush, Larrea tridentata |
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hereditament | (noun) any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited | - |
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hereditarianism | (noun) the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth | - |
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heredity | (noun) the total of inherited attributes | Synonyms: genetic endowment |
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(noun) the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next | - |
hypermedia | (noun) a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together | Synonyms: hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system |
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hypnopedia | (noun) teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) | Synonyms: sleep-learning |
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immediacy | (noun) the quickness of action or occurrence | Synonyms: immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness |
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(noun) lack of an intervening or mediating agency | Synonyms: immediateness |
(noun) immediate intuitive awareness | Synonyms: immediate apprehension |
immediateness | (noun) the quickness of action or occurrence | Synonyms: immediacy, instancy, instantaneousness |
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(noun) lack of an intervening or mediating agency | Synonyms: immediacy |
impediment | (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
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(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance |
impedimenta | (noun) the baggage and equipment carried by an army | - |
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(noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
inbreeding | (noun) the act of mating closely related individuals | - |
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incredibility | (noun) the quality of being incredible | Synonyms: incredibleness |
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incredibleness | (noun) the quality of being incredible | Synonyms: incredibility |
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inexpedience | (noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view | Synonyms: inexpediency |
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inexpediency | (noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view | Synonyms: inexpedience |
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ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound | - |
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(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor |
(noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: fixings |
interbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing |
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(noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, miscegenation |
intermediary | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediator, mediator |
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intermediate | (noun) a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained | - |
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intermediation | (noun) the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement | Synonyms: mediation |
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intermediator | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediary, mediator |
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ipsedixitism | (noun) an unsupported dogmatic assertion | Synonyms: ipse dixit |
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malediction | (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) | Synonyms: imprecation |
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mediacy | (noun) the quality of being mediate | Synonyms: mediateness |
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median | (noun) the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items | Synonyms: median value |
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mediant | (noun) (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant | - |
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mediastinum | (noun) the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus | - |
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mediateness | (noun) the quality of being mediate | Synonyms: mediacy |
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mediation | (noun) the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement | Synonyms: intermediation |
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(noun) a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party | - |
mediator | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator |
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mediatrix | (noun) a woman who is a mediator | - |
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medic | (noun) a medical practitioner in the armed forces | Synonyms: medical officer |
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(noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medick, trefoil |
medical | (noun) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | Synonyms: checkup, health check, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination |
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medicament | (noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | Synonyms: medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
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medication | (noun) the act of treating with medicines or remedies | - |
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(noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | Synonyms: medicament, medicinal drug, medicine |
medicine | (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries | Synonyms: practice of medicine |
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(noun) punishment for one's actions | Synonyms: music |
(noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | Synonyms: medicament, medication, medicinal drug |
(noun) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques | Synonyms: medical specialty |
medick | (noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medic, trefoil |
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medico | (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | Synonyms: doc, doctor, Dr., MD, physician |
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(noun) a student in medical school | Synonyms: medical student |
mediety | (noun) one of two (approximately) equal parts | Synonyms: moiety |
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medievality | (noun) The quality of being of or relating to the Middle Ages, perhaps circa 500 to circa 1500 CE. | - |
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