| deoxyephedrine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| ephebeia | (noun) in ancient Greece, a state institution organized to train freeborn youths between the ages of 18 and 20 for military and administrative service. | - |
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| ephedra | (noun) jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds | Synonyms: joint fir |
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| ephedrine | (noun) white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma | - |
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| ephemera | (noun) something transitory; lasting a day | - |
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| ephemeral | (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form | Synonyms: ephemeron |
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| ephemerality | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeralness, fleetingness |
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| ephemeralness | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemerality, fleetingness |
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| ephemerid | (noun) short-lived insect | Synonyms: ephemeropteran |
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| ephemeris | (noun) an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year | - |
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| ephemeron | (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form | Synonyms: ephemeral |
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| ephemeropteran | (noun) short-lived insect | Synonyms: ephemerid |
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| grandnephew | (noun) a son of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-nephew |
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| mephenytoin | (noun) a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective | Synonyms: Mesantoin |
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| nepheline | (noun) a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels | Synonyms: nephelite |
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| nephelinite | (noun) an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene | - |
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| nephelite | (noun) a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels | Synonyms: nepheline |
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| nephew | (noun) a son of your brother or sister | - |
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| ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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| pseudoephedrine | (noun) poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it | - |
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| sheepherder | (noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepman, shepherd |
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| shepherd | (noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepherder, sheepman |
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| (noun) a clergyman who watches over a group of people | - |
| shepherdess | (noun) a woman shepherd | - |
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| stephead | (noun) a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right | Synonyms: drop line, dropline, stagger head, staggered head, stepped line |
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