abandonment | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: defection, desertion |
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(noun) the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away | - |
(noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: desertion, forsaking |
abasement | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: humiliation |
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(noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abjection, degradation |
abashment | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: bashfulness |
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abatement | (noun) the act of abating | - |
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(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension |
abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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abducent | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
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abetment | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abettal, instigation |
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abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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abortifacient | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
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abridgement | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation |
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abridgment | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, capsule, condensation |
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abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
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absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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absorbent | (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | Synonyms: absorbent material |
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abstention | (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstinence |
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abstinent | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, nondrinker |
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abutment | (noun) a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge | - |
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(noun) point of contact between two objects or parts | - |
accent | (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | Synonyms: emphasis, stress |
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(noun) distinctive manner of oral expression | Synonyms: speech pattern |
(noun) a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | Synonyms: accent mark |
(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | Synonyms: dialect, idiom |
(noun) special importance or significance | Synonyms: emphasis |
accenting | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accentuation, emphasizing |
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accentor | (noun) small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia | - |
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accentuation | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accenting, emphasizing |
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(noun) the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance | - |
accident | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: chance event, fortuity, stroke |
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(noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury | - |
accidental | (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
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accompaniment | (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them | Synonyms: escort |
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(noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: complement |
(noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | Synonyms: backup, musical accompaniment, support |
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Synonyms: attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant |
accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
accouchement | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth |
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accouterment | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement |
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accoutrement | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accouterment |
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accruement | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accrual, accumulation |
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achievement | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: accomplishment |
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acknowledgement | (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone | Synonyms: acknowledgment |
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(noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged | Synonyms: acknowledgment, recognition |
acknowledgment | (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone | Synonyms: acknowledgement |
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(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference |
(noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged | Synonyms: acknowledgement, recognition |
acquirement | (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, attainment, skill |
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adherent | (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: disciple |
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adjournment | (noun) the termination of a meeting | Synonyms: dissolution |
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(noun) the act of postponing to another time or place | - |
adjustment | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: alteration, modification |
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(noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: readjustment, registration |
(noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, fitting |
(noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | Synonyms: allowance |
(noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaptation, adaption |
admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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adolescent | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager |
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adornment | (noun) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting | - |
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(noun) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness | - |
adsorbent | (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance | Synonyms: adsorbent material |
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advancement | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
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(noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: progress |
(noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
advent | (noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | Synonyms: coming |
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adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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adventure | (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture |
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adventurer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: venturer |
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(noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: explorer |
adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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adventurism | (noun) recklessness in politics or foreign affairs | - |
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adventurousness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: venturesomeness |
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advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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advertizement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing |
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advisement | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: deliberation, weighing |
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afferent | (noun) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system | Synonyms: afferent nerve, sensory nerve |
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affluent | (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: confluent, feeder, tributary |
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(noun) an affluent person; a person who is financially well off | - |
agent | (noun) the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: agentive role |
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(noun) an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | - |
(noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: broker, factor |
(noun) a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations | - |
(noun) any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau | Synonyms: federal agent |
(noun) a substance that exerts some force or effect | - |
aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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aggrandizement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandisement, elevation |
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agreement | (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: correspondence |
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(noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: arrangement |
(noun) the verbal act of agreeing | - |
(noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: understanding |
(noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: concord |
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: accord |
ailment | (noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | Synonyms: complaint, ill |
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alignment | (noun) the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other | - |
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(noun) the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines | - |
(noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | Synonyms: conjunction |
(noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: alinement, alliance, coalition |
aliment | (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
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alimentation | (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: feeding |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
alinement | (noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: alignment, alliance, coalition |
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allegement | (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegation |
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allotment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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(noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allocation |
allurement | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: solicitation |
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(noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allure, temptingness |
(noun) attractiveness | - |
amazement | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: astonishment |
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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.) | - |
ament | (noun) a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence | Synonyms: catkin |
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amentia | (noun) extreme mental retardation | Synonyms: idiocy |
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amercement | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: fine, mulct |
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amniocentesis | (noun) (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | Synonyms: amnio |
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amusement | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: entertainment |
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(noun) a feeling of delight at being entertained | - |
ancient | (noun) a person who lived in ancient times | - |
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(noun) a very old person | Synonyms: antediluvian |
ancientness | (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: antiquity |
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ancients | (noun) people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) | - |
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announcement | (noun) a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen | Synonyms: promulgation |
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(noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: annunciation, declaration, proclamation |
annulment | (noun) (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) | Synonyms: invalidation |
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(noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: abrogation, repeal |
(noun) the state of being cancelled or annulled | Synonyms: revocation |
anointment | (noun) the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | Synonyms: anointing |
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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 |
anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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anthropocentrism | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentricity |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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antiflatulent | (noun) any agent that reduces intestinal gas | - |
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apartment | (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | Synonyms: flat |
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aperient | (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: cathartic, physic, purgative |
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apparentness | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparency |
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appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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(noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
(noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
(noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
(noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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apprentice | (noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: learner, prentice |
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apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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arbitrament | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitration, arbitrement |
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arbitrement | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitrament, arbitration |
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arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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archenteron | (noun) central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity | - |
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arctangent | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent |
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argent | (noun) a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance | - |
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