accouterment | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement |
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adermin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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aftermath | (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: consequence |
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(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: backwash, wake |
alderman | (noun) a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) | - |
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angiosperm | (noun) plants having seeds in a closed ovary | Synonyms: flowering plant |
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averment | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: assertion, asseveration |
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berm | (noun) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | Synonyms: shoulder |
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(noun) a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope | - |
betterment | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, melioration |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, improvement |
(noun) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | - |
bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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blabbermouth | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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blastoderm | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc |
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buttermilk | (noun) residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture | - |
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chambermaid | (noun) a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) | Synonyms: fille de chambre |
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chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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chyloderma | (noun) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction | Synonyms: elephantiasis scroti |
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conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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costermonger | (noun) a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow | Synonyms: barrow-boy, barrow-man |
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counterman | (noun) a male who attends a counter (as in a diner) | - |
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countermand | (noun) a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command | - |
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countermarch | (noun) (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route | - |
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countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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countermine | (noun) (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy | - |
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countermove | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: counterattack |
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decipherment | (noun) the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | Synonyms: decoding, decryption |
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deferment | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferral, postponement |
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derma | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: corium, dermis |
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dermabrasion | (noun) removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer | - |
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dermatitis | (noun) inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters | - |
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dermatoglyphic | (noun) the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | - |
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dermatoglyphics | (noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet | - |
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dermatologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin | Synonyms: skin doctor |
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dermatology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases | - |
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dermatome | (noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin | - |
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dermatomycosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatophytosis |
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dermatomyositis | (noun) myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals | - |
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dermatophytosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatomycosis |
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dermatosclerosis | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: scleroderma |
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dermatosis | (noun) disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation) | - |
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dermis | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: corium, derma |
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determent | (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: deterrence, intimidation |
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determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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(noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
(noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
determinateness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: definiteness |
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determination | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: finding |
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(noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
(noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: purpose |
(noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
(noun) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature | - |
determinative | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determiner, determining factor |
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(noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determiner |
determiner | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determinative, determining factor |
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(noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determinative |
(noun) an argument that is conclusive | Synonyms: clincher, determining factor |
determinism | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will | - |
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determinist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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diathermy | (noun) a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents | - |
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disinterment | (noun) the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried | Synonyms: digging up, exhumation |
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dismemberment | (noun) the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces | Synonyms: taking apart |
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echinoderm | (noun) marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies | - |
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ectoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, exoderm |
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ectotherm | (noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals | Synonyms: poikilotherm |
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embitterment | (noun) the state of being embittered | - |
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empowerment | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
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endangerment | (noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk |
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endoderm | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast |
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endosperm | (noun) nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants | - |
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entoderm | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, hypoblast |
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epidermis | (noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: cuticle |
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episperm | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: seed coat, testa |
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ermine | (noun) mustelid of Northern Hemisphere in its white winter coat | Synonyms: Mustela erminea, shorttail weasel |
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(noun) the expensive white fur of the ermine | - |
erythroderma | (noun) any skin disorder involving abnormal redness | - |
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exoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, ectoderm |
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exotherm | (noun) a compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition | - |
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extermination | (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: liquidation |
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(noun) complete annihilation | Synonyms: extinction |
exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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fermata | (noun) (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest | - |
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(noun) a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount | - |
ferment | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
(noun) a substance capable of bringing about fermentation | - |
fermentation | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest |
fermenting | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, zymolysis, zymosis |
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fermentologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, oenologist |
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fermi | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, femtometre |
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fermion | (noun) any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle | - |
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fermium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | Synonyms: atomic number 100, Fm |
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fingermark | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingerprint |
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fisherman | (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisher |
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germ | (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: bug, microbe |
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(noun) a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism | - |
(noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: seed, source |
germander | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Teucrium | - |
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germaneness | (noun) pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand | - |
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germanite | (noun) a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide | - |
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germanium | (noun) a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite | Synonyms: atomic number 32, Ge |
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germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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germination | (noun) the origin of some development | - |
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(noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: sprouting |
gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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herm | (noun) a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost | - |
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hermaphrodism | (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphroditism |
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hermaphrodite | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex |
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hermaphroditism | (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: androgyny, bisexuality |
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(noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphrodism |
hermeneutics | (noun) the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis | - |
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hermit | (noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte |
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(noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: anchorite |
hermitage | (noun) the abode of a hermit | - |
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homeotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homoiotherm, homotherm |
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homoiotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homotherm |
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homotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homoiotherm |
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hypermarket | (noun) a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) | - |
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hypermastigote | (noun) flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites | - |
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hypermedia | (noun) a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together | Synonyms: hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system |
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hypermenorrhea | (noun) abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged | Synonyms: menorrhagia |
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