| pentazocine | (noun) analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine | Synonyms: Talwin |
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| percentage | (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, portion, share |
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| (noun) a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent | Synonyms: pct, per centum, percent |
| pigmentation | (noun) coloration of living tissues by pigment | - |
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| (noun) the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings | - |
| placenta | (noun) the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus | - |
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| (noun) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - |
| placental | (noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | Synonyms: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental mammal |
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| placentation | (noun) arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary | - |
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| (noun) the formation of the placenta in the uterus | - |
| polenta | (noun) a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water | - |
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| potentate | (noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law | Synonyms: dictator |
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| presentation | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: demonstration, presentment |
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| (noun) the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward) | - |
| (noun) a visual representation of something | Synonyms: display |
| (noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal | - |
| (noun) the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it | - |
| (noun) the act of presenting a proposal | - |
| (noun) formally making a person known to another or to the public | Synonyms: intro, introduction |
| preventative | (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic |
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| (noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventive, prophylactic device |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventive |
| regimentals | (noun) the military uniform and insignia of a regiment | - |
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| regimentation | (noun) the imposition of order or discipline | - |
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| rental | (noun) the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | Synonyms: renting |
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| (noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: lease, letting |
| reorientation | (noun) the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented | Synonyms: change of direction |
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| (noun) a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| repentance | (noun) remorse for your past conduct | Synonyms: penance, penitence |
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| representation | (noun) an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent | - |
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| (noun) the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf | - |
| (noun) a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something | - |
| (noun) the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body | - |
| (noun) a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image | Synonyms: internal representation, mental representation |
| (noun) a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract | - |
| (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: histrionics, theatrical, theatrical performance |
| (noun) a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting | - |
| (noun) a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency | - |
| (noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent | Synonyms: agency, delegacy |
| representative | (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, illustration, instance |
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| (noun) a person who represents others | - |
| (noun) a member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
| (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: interpreter, spokesperson, voice |
| sedimentation | (noun) the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | Synonyms: alluviation, deposit |
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| segmentation | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization |
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| (noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: cleavage |
| sentimentalisation | (noun) the act of indulging in sentiment | Synonyms: romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalization |
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| sentimentalism | (noun) a predilection for sentimentality | - |
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| (noun) the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form | - |
| sentimentalist | (noun) someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality | Synonyms: romanticist |
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| sentimentality | (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sloppiness, soupiness |
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| (noun) extravagant or affected feeling or emotion | - |
| sentimentalization | (noun) the act of indulging in sentiment | Synonyms: romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation |
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| supplementation | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjoining, subjunction |
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| (noun) a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) | Synonyms: supplement |
| sustentation | (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, upkeep |
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| tentacle | (noun) any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion | - |
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| (noun) something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold | - |
| thiopental | (noun) barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic | Synonyms: Pentothal, thiopental sodium, thiopentobarbital sodium |
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| transcendentalism | (noun) any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material | Synonyms: transcendental philosophy |
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| transcendentalist | (noun) advocate of transcendentalism | - |
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| ventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: aventail, camail |
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| whoriental | (noun) An East Asian Whore | - |
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| yenta | (noun) (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal | - |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant | - |