swimmeret | (noun) one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming | Synonyms: pleopod |
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synaeresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: syneresis |
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(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: syneresis |
syneresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: synaeresis |
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(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: synaeresis |
teleconference | (noun) a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television | Synonyms: teleconferencing |
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teleconferencing | (noun) a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television | Synonyms: teleconference |
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telomere | (noun) either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome | - |
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terebinth | (noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus |
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teredinid | (noun) wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells | Synonyms: shipworm |
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teredo | (noun) typical shipworm | - |
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teres | (noun) either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: teres muscle |
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testiere | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall |
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there | (noun) a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal | - |
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theremin | (noun) an electronic musical instrument; melodies can be played by moving the right hand between two rods that serve as antennas to control pitch; the left hand controls phrasing | - |
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thereness | (noun) the state of being there--not here--in position | - |
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(noun) real existence | - |
thermosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere | - |
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thunderer | (noun) a noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder | - |
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tinkerer | (noun) an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend | Synonyms: fiddler |
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(noun) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts | Synonyms: tinker |
titterer | (noun) a person who laughs nervously | Synonyms: giggler |
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tollgatherer | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollkeeper, tollman |
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totterer | (noun) someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | Synonyms: reeler, staggerer |
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tourtiere | (noun) a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec | - |
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transferee | (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | Synonyms: transfer |
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(noun) (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed | - |
transference | (noun) transferring ownership | Synonyms: transfer |
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(noun) the act of transferring something from one form to another | Synonyms: transfer |
(noun) (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst | - |
transferer | (noun) someone who transfers something | Synonyms: transferrer |
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transgendered | (noun) a person who has undergone a sex change operation | Synonyms: transexual, transsexual |
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troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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tsundere | (noun) a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
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(noun) a character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
turnverein | (noun) a club of tumblers or gymnasts | - |
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twitterer | (noun) a bird that twitters | - |
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uintathere | (noun) a variety of dinocerate | Synonyms: dinoceras |
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unceremoniousness | (noun) an unceremonial manner | - |
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underestimate | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimation, underrating, underreckoning |
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underestimation | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underrating, underreckoning |
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underevaluation | (noun) an appraisal that underestimates the value of something | - |
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underexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time | - |
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(noun) inadequate publicity | - |
uninterestingness | (noun) inability to capture or hold one's interest | - |
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upholsterer | (noun) a craftsman who upholsters furniture | - |
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usherette | (noun) a female usher | - |
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utterer | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer |
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(noun) someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins | - |
(noun) an organism that can utter vocal sounds | Synonyms: vocaliser, vocalizer |
vicegerent | (noun) someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy | - |
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vicereine | (noun) governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign | Synonyms: viceroy |
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(noun) wife of a viceroy | - |
wagerer | (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, bettor, punter |
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wallpaperer | (noun) a worker who papers walls | Synonyms: wall-paperer |
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wanderer | (noun) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | Synonyms: spider |
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(noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, roamer, rover |
waterer | (noun) an assistant who supplies drinking water | Synonyms: water boy |
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(noun) someone who waters plants or crops | - |
waverer | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitater, hesitator, vacillator |
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werewolf | (noun) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | Synonyms: loup-garou, lycanthrope, wolfman |
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whereabouts | (noun) the general location where something is | - |
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wherefore | (noun) the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | Synonyms: why |
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wherewithal | (noun) the necessary means (especially financial means) | - |
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whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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wonderer | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: marveller |
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(noun) someone who is curious about something | - |
woolgatherer | (noun) someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming | Synonyms: daydreamer |
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