alternate | (noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: replacement, surrogate |
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alternation | (noun) successive change from one thing or state to another and back again | - |
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alternative | (noun) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen | Synonyms: choice, option |
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alternator | (noun) an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles) | - |
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cisterna | (noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cistern |
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consternation | (noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger | Synonyms: alarm, dismay |
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cybernation | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: computerization |
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cybernaut | (noun) a computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace | - |
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discernability | (noun) distinctness that makes perception easy | Synonyms: legibility |
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external | (noun) outward features | - |
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externalisation | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalization |
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(noun) attributing to outside causes | Synonyms: externalization |
externality | (noun) the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior | Synonyms: outwardness |
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externalization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation |
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(noun) attributing to outside causes | Synonyms: externalisation |
fingernail | (noun) the nail at the end of a finger | - |
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governance | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governing, government, government activity |
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(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governing body, organisation, organization |
hibernation | (noun) the act of retiring into inactivity | - |
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(noun) the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter | - |
(noun) cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals | - |
hypernatremia | (noun) excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus | - |
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infernal | (noun) an inhabitant of Hell | - |
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internalisation | (noun) learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself | Synonyms: incorporation, internalization |
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internality | (noun) preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) | Synonyms: inwardness |
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internalization | (noun) learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself | Synonyms: incorporation, internalisation |
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internationalisation | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalization |
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internationalism | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationality |
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(noun) the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences | - |
internationalist | (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
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(noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
internationality | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationalism |
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internationalization | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalisation |
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juggernaut | (noun) a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way | Synonyms: steamroller |
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maternalism | (noun) motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children | - |
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(noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternity, motherliness |
paraphernalia | (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, gear |
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paternalism | (noun) the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good | - |
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quaternary | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
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supernatant | (noun) the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate | - |
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supernatural | (noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively | Synonyms: occult |
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supernaturalism | (noun) the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces | Synonyms: supernaturalness |
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(noun) a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding | - |
supernaturalness | (noun) the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces | Synonyms: supernaturalism |
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tabernacle | (noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | Synonyms: synagogue, temple |
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ternary | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
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(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
vernation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens | - |
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