| abbess | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: mother superior, prioress |
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| abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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| abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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| abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |
| abruptness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
| (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
| abscess | (noun) symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue | - |
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| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| absoluteness | (noun) the quality of being absolute | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: starkness, utterness |
| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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| abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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| (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
| absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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| acceptableness | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptability |
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| access | (noun) the act of approaching or entering | - |
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| (noun) a way of entering or leaving | Synonyms: approach |
| (noun) (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information | Synonyms: memory access |
| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: accession, admission, admittance, entree |
| (noun) the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) | - |
| (noun) a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) | Synonyms: access code |
| accessary | (noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
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| accessibility | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: availability, availableness, handiness |
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| (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: approachability |
| accession | (noun) the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) | Synonyms: rise to power |
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| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, admission, admittance, entree |
| (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: assenting |
| (noun) something added to what you already have | Synonyms: addition |
| (noun) (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement | - |
| (noun) a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) | - |
| accessory | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement |
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| (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement |
| (noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
| accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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| achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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| acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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| acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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| acquiescence | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: assent |
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| (noun) acceptance without protest | - |
| acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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| acres | (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: demesne, estate, land, landed estate |
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| acridness | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridity |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridity |
| acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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| acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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| actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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| activeness | (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activity |
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| (noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activity |
| actress | (noun) a female actor | - |
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| acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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| acuteness | (noun) the quality of having a sharp edge or point | - |
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| (noun) a quick and penetrating intelligence | Synonyms: acuity, keenness, sharpness |
| (noun) a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed | - |
| address | (noun) the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion | Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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| (noun) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball | - |
| (noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: speech |
| (noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described | - |
| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: destination, name and address |
| (noun) the manner of speaking to another individual | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | Synonyms: computer address, reference |
| (noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with | - |
| addressee | (noun) one to whom something is addressed | - |
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| adeptness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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| adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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| adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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| adhesion | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, attachment |
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| (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond |
| (noun) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures | - |
| (noun) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen | - |
| adhesive | (noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | Synonyms: adhesive agent, adhesive material |
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| adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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| adiposeness | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposity, fattiness |
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| admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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| adolescence | (noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood | - |
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| (noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood | - |
| adolescent | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager |
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| adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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| adroitness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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| adulteress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| adulterousness | (noun) The quality of being adulterous, involving sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. | - |
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| advantageousness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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| adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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| adventurousness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: venturesomeness |
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| aerides | (noun) any orchid of the genus Aerides | - |
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| aeschynanthus | (noun) a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex | - |
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| aesthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: esthesia, sensibility |
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| aesthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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| aesthete | (noun) one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | Synonyms: esthete |
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| aesthetic | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: esthetic |
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| aesthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: esthetician |
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| (noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: esthetician |
| aesthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: esthetics |
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| aestivation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | Synonyms: estivation |
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| (noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | Synonyms: estivation |
| affableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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| affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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| (noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
| affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
| affirmativeness | (noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents | - |
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| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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| agedness | (noun) the property characteristic of old age | Synonyms: senescence |
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| agelessness | (noun) the quality of being timeless and eternal | - |
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| agenesia | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesis |
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| agenesis | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesia |
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| aggression | (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | Synonyms: hostility |
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| (noun) deliberately unfriendly behavior | - |
| (noun) the act of initiating hostilities | - |
| (noun) a disposition to behave aggressively | - |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggressiveness |
| aggressiveness | (noun) the quality of being bold and enterprising | - |
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| (noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggression |
| aggressor | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: assailant, assaulter, attacker |
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| (noun) a confident assertive person who acts as instigator | - |
| agreeableness | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeability |
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| (noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: amenity |
| agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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| aimlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking any definite purpose | Synonyms: purposelessness |
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| airiness | (noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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| (noun) the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air | - |
| (noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: delicacy |
| airsickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) | Synonyms: air sickness |
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| airworthiness | (noun) fitness to fly | - |
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| akinesia | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesis |
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| akinesis | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesia |
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| alcahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alkahest, universal solvent |
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| alertness | (noun) lively attentiveness | Synonyms: on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness |
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| (noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness |
| (noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alerting |
| alikeness | (noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | Synonyms: likeness, similitude |
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| aliveness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: animateness, liveness |
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| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: animation, life, living |
| alkahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alcahest, universal solvent |
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| alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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| allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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| allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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| allies | (noun) an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy | - |
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| allusiveness | (noun) a quality characterized by indirect reference | - |
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| aloes | (noun) a purgative made from the leaves of aloe | Synonyms: bitter aloes |
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| aloneness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness |
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| aloofness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness |
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| (noun) indifference by personal withdrawal | Synonyms: distance |
| amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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| amativeness | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
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| ambages | (noun) (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action | - |
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