aerial | (noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer | Synonyms: forward pass |
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(noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial |
aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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alfileria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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alstroemeria | (noun) any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers | - |
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antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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archaebacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archaeobacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archeobacteria |
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archeobacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria |
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arteria | (noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body | Synonyms: arterial blood vessel, artery |
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bacteria | (noun) (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Synonyms: bacterium |
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bacteriacide | (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bactericide |
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bacteriaemia | (noun) transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | Synonyms: bacteremia, bacteriemia |
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cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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celeriac | (noun) thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant | Synonyms: celery root |
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(noun) grown for its thickened edible aromatic root | Synonyms: Apium graveolens rapaceum, celery root, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery |
cyanobacteria | (noun) predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton | Synonyms: blue-green algae |
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diphtheria | (noun) acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing | - |
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eimeria | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: coccidium |
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enterobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals | Synonyms: enteric bacteria, enterics, entric |
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eubacteria | (noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | Synonyms: eubacterium, true bacteria |
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eutherian | (noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | Synonyms: eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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feria | (noun) (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint | - |
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(noun) a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated | - |
geriatrician | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: gerontologist |
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geriatrics | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: gerontology |
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gesneria | (noun) any plant of the genus Gesneria | - |
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gesneriad | (noun) any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia | - |
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halobacteria | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacterium |
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hysteria | (noun) excessive or uncontrollable fear | - |
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(noun) neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions | Synonyms: hysterical neurosis |
(noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury |
immateriality | (noun) the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter | Synonyms: incorporeality |
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(noun) complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration | - |
imperial | (noun) a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach | - |
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(noun) a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III | Synonyms: imperial beard |
imperialism | (noun) any instance of aggressive extension of authority | - |
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(noun) a political orientation that advocates imperial interests | - |
(noun) a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries | - |
imperialist | (noun) a believer in imperialism | - |
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imperialness | (noun) The quality of being related to an empire, emperor, or empress. | - |
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keteleeria | (noun) Asiatic conifers resembling firs | - |
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kohleria | (noun) shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers | - |
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listeria | (noun) any species of the genus Listeria | - |
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material | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, textile |
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(noun) things needed for doing or making something | - |
(noun) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form | - |
(noun) a person judged suitable for admission or employment | - |
(noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: stuff |
materialisation | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialization |
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(noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialization, offspring |
(noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialization |
materialism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | Synonyms: physicalism |
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(noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | Synonyms: philistinism |
materialist | (noun) someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter | - |
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(noun) someone with great regard for material possessions | - |
materiality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporality, corporeality, physicalness |
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(noun) relevance requiring careful consideration | - |
materialization | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialisation |
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(noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, offspring |
(noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialisation |
megatherian | (noun) a large extinct ground sloth | Synonyms: megatherian mammal, megatheriid |
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metatherian | (noun) primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas | - |
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mycobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacterium |
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myxobacteria | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
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nitrobacteria | (noun) soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates | Synonyms: nitric bacteria |
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nitrosobacteria | (noun) soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites | Synonyms: nitrous bacteria |
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perianth | (noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | Synonyms: chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium |
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periapsis | (noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited | Synonyms: point of periapsis |
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periarteritis | (noun) inflammation of the outer coat of an artery | - |
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pizzeria | (noun) a shop where pizzas are made and sold | Synonyms: pizza parlor, pizza shop |
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progeria | (noun) a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child | - |
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prototherian | (noun) primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea | - |
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sansevieria | (noun) grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber | Synonyms: bowstring hemp |
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serial | (noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: series |
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(noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial publication, series |
serialisation | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialization |
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serialism | (noun) 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition | Synonyms: serial music |
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serialization | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialisation |
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thiobacteria | (noun) any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus | Synonyms: sulfur bacteria, sulphur bacteria |
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valerian | (noun) a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers | - |
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wisteria | (noun) any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | Synonyms: wistaria |
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