| addend | (noun) a number that is added to another number (the augend) | - |
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| addendum | (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: postscript, supplement |
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| agenda | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: docket, schedule |
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| (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agendum, order of business |
| agendum | (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agenda, order of business |
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| alendronate | (noun) a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause | Synonyms: Fosamax |
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| amendment | (noun) the act of amending or correcting | - |
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| (noun) a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.) | - |
| amends | (noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong | Synonyms: reparation |
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| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
| appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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| (noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
| (noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
| appendectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendicectomy |
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| appendicectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendectomy |
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| appendicitis | (noun) inflammation of the vermiform appendix | - |
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| appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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| appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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| appendix | (noun) a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | Synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process |
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| (noun) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book | - |
| apprehender | (noun) a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) | - |
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| (noun) a person who knows or apprehends | Synonyms: knower |
| ascendance | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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| ascendancy | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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| ascendant | (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root |
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| (noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendent |
| ascendence | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendency, control, dominance |
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| ascendency | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance |
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| ascendent | (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root |
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| (noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendant |
| ascender | (noun) (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters | - |
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| (noun) a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters | - |
| (noun) someone who ascends | - |
| ascending | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
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| attendance | (noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) | Synonyms: attending |
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| (noun) the number of people that are present | - |
| (noun) the frequency with which a person is present | - |
| attendant | (noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant |
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| (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | Synonyms: attender, tender |
| (noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting | Synonyms: attendee, attender, meeter |
| attendee | (noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting | Synonyms: attendant, attender, meeter |
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| attender | (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | Synonyms: attendant, tender |
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| (noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting | Synonyms: attendant, attendee, meeter |
| (noun) someone who listens attentively | Synonyms: auditor, hearer, listener |
| attending | (noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) | Synonyms: attendance |
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| (noun) the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others | Synonyms: attention |
| augend | (noun) a number to which another number (the addend) is added | - |
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| backbend | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor | - |
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| bartender | (noun) an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | Synonyms: barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist |
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| bend | (noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: curve |
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| (noun) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left | Synonyms: bend dexter |
| (noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bending |
| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
| (noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: crook, turn, twist |
| bendability | (noun) the property of being easily bent without breaking | Synonyms: pliability |
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| bender | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot |
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| (noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | Synonyms: breaking ball, curve, curve ball |
| (noun) a tool for bending | - |
| bending | (noun) the act of bending something | - |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
| (noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bend |
| bends | (noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
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| blend | (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blending |
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| (noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: portmanteau, portmanteau word |
| (noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing | - |
| blende | (noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form | Synonyms: sphalerite, zinc blende |
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| blender | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: liquidiser, liquidizer |
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| blending | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: shading |
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| (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blend |
| bookend | (noun) a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table) | - |
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| boyfriend | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, fellow, swain |
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| calendar | (noun) a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc) | - |
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| (noun) a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) | - |
| (noun) a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year | - |
| calender | (noun) a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers | - |
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| calendula | (noun) any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
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| codefendant | (noun) a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action | Synonyms: co-defendant |
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| commendation | (noun) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | Synonyms: citation |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: approval |
| compendium | (noun) a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | - |
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| (noun) a publication containing a variety of works | Synonyms: collection |
| condescendingness | (noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescension |
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| contender | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competition, competitor, rival |
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| corrigenda | (noun) a list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections | - |
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| corrigendum | (noun) a printer's error; to be corrected | - |
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| 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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| crescendo | (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness | - |
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| cullender | (noun) bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods | Synonyms: colander |
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| decrescendo | (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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| defendant | (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | Synonyms: suspect |
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| defender | (noun) a person who cares for persons or property | Synonyms: guardian, protector, shielder |
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| (noun) a fighter who holds out against attack | Synonyms: withstander |
| dendrite | (noun) short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron | - |
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| dendrobium | (noun) a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers | - |
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| dendrology | (noun) the study of wooden plants | - |
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| dependability | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependableness, reliability, reliableness |
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| dependableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, reliability, reliableness |
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| dependance | (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | Synonyms: dependence, dependency |
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| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation |
| dependant | (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependent |
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| dependence | (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | Synonyms: dependance, dependency |
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| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation |
| dependency | (noun) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | Synonyms: colony |
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| (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | Synonyms: dependance, dependence |
| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation |
| dependent | (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependant |
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| descendant | (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
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| descendants | (noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor | Synonyms: posterity |
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| descendent | (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
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| descender | (noun) (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters | - |
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| (noun) a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters | - |
| (noun) someone who descends | - |
| diminuendo | (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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| dividend | (noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly | - |
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| (noun) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
| (noun) a number to be divided by another number | - |
| effendi | (noun) a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials | - |
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| emendation | (noun) a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing | - |
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| end | (noun) the part you are expected to play | - |
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| (noun) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line | - |
| (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: oddment, remainder, remnant |
| (noun) a final part or section | - |
| (noun) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | Synonyms: goal |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, conclusion, ending |
| (noun) the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence | Synonyms: last |
| (noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: terminal |
| (noun) a boundary marking the extremities of something | - |
| (noun) the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object | - |
| (noun) one of two places from which people are communicating to each other | - |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage | - |
| (noun) a final state | Synonyms: death, destruction |
| (noun) the point in time at which something ends | Synonyms: ending |
| endaemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: eudemonism |
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| endameba | (noun) any ameba of the genus Endamoeba | - |
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| endangerment | (noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk |
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| endarterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis | - |
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| endarteritis | (noun) inflammation of the inner lining of an artery | - |
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| endband | (noun) a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect. | - |
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| endearment | (noun) the act of showing affection | - |
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| endeavor | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavour, try |
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| (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavour, enterprise |
| endeavour | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, try |
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| (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, enterprise |
| endemic | (noun) a plant or animal that is native to a certain limited area | - |
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| (noun) a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location | Synonyms: endemic disease |
| endemism | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: autochthony, indigenousness |
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| endgame | (noun) the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board | Synonyms: end game |
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| (noun) the final stages of an extended process of negotiation | Synonyms: end game |
| ending | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: conclusion, termination |
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| (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | Synonyms: termination |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, conclusion, end |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: conclusion, finish |
| (noun) the point in time at which something ends | Synonyms: end |
| endive | (noun) variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges | Synonyms: chicory escarole, escarole |
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| (noun) widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched | Synonyms: Cichorium endivia, witloof |
| endlessness | (noun) the property of being (or seeming to be) without end | - |
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| endoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoderm, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast |
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| endocarditis | (noun) inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves | - |
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| endocardium | (noun) the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves | - |
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| endocarp | (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: pit, stone |
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| endocervicitis | (noun) inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix | - |
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| endocranium | (noun) membrane lining the inside of the skull | - |
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| endocrine | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Synonyms: hormone, internal secretion |
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| (noun) any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: ductless gland, endocrine gland |
| endocrinologist | (noun) physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system | - |
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