bemusement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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chrysanthemum | (noun) any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
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(noun) the flower of a chrysanthemum plant | - |
demulcent | (noun) a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin | - |
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demur | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demurral, demurrer |
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demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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(noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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demurrer | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, denial |
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(noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurral |
(noun) (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings | - |
emu | (noun) any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism | Synonyms: electromagnetic unit |
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(noun) large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller | Synonyms: Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae |
emulation | (noun) effort to equal or surpass another | - |
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(noun) (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another | - |
(noun) ambition to equal or excel | - |
emulator | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, aper, copycat, imitator |
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emulsifier | (noun) a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion | - |
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emulsion | (noun) a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin | Synonyms: photographic emulsion |
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(noun) (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids | - |
emunctorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: purificator, purificatorium |
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extremum | (noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme, extreme point |
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(noun) the most extreme possible amount or value | Synonyms: peak |
femur | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femoris, thighbone |
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helianthemum | (noun) any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions | Synonyms: sun rose, sunrose |
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lemur | (noun) large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails | - |
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malemute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malamute |
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phacoemulsification | (noun) extracapsular surgery for cataracts in which ultrasonic sound breaks the cortex and nucleus of the lens into small fragments that are then vacuumed away through a small tube | - |
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remuda | (noun) the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen | - |
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remuneration | (noun) the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses | - |
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(noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, salary, wage |
remunerator | (noun) a person who pays money for something | Synonyms: payer |
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xeranthemum | (noun) any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers | - |
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