| aardwolf
|
(noun) striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects |
Synonyms:
Proteles cristata |
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| abfarad
|
(noun) a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads |
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| abortifacient
|
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
Synonyms:
aborticide,
abortion-inducing drug |
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| acidification
|
(noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid |
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| aerofoil
|
(noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight |
Synonyms:
surface,
control surface,
airfoil |
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| affability
|
(noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
Synonyms:
geniality,
affableness,
amiability,
amiableness,
bonhomie |
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| affableness
|
(noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
Synonyms:
geniality,
affability,
amiability,
amiableness,
bonhomie |
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| affair
|
(noun) a vaguely specified concern |
Synonyms:
thing,
matter |
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| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship |
Synonyms:
involvement,
liaison,
intimacy,
affaire,
amour |
| (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people |
Synonyms:
function,
occasion,
social function,
social occasion |
| affaire
|
(noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship |
Synonyms:
involvement,
affair,
liaison,
intimacy,
amour |
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| affairs
|
(noun) matters of personal concern |
Synonyms:
personal business,
personal matters |
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| (noun) transactions of professional or public interest |
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| affect
|
(noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
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| affectation
|
(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
Synonyms:
mannerism,
pose,
affectedness |
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| affectedness
|
(noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) |
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| (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
Synonyms:
mannerism,
pose,
affectation |
| affection
|
(noun) a positive feeling of liking |
Synonyms:
heart,
warmness,
affectionateness,
fondness,
tenderness,
philia,
warmheartedness |
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| affectionateness
|
(noun) a positive feeling of liking |
Synonyms:
heart,
warmness,
fondness,
tenderness,
philia,
warmheartedness,
affection |
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| (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love |
Synonyms:
warmth,
fondness,
lovingness |
| affenpinscher
|
(noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
Synonyms:
monkey dog,
monkey pinscher |
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| afferent
|
(noun) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
Synonyms:
sensory nerve,
afferent nerve |
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| affiant
|
(noun) a person who makes an affidavit |
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| affidavit
|
(noun) written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath |
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| affiliate
|
(noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization |
- |
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| (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization |
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| affiliation
|
(noun) a social or business relationship |
Synonyms:
association,
tie,
tie-up |
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| (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined |
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| affine
|
(noun) (anthropology) kin by marriage |
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| affinity
|
(noun) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody |
- |
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| (noun) (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship |
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| (noun) (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts |
Synonyms:
phylogenetic relation |
| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character |
Synonyms:
kinship |
| (noun) the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule |
Synonyms:
chemical attraction |
| (noun) inherent resemblance between persons or things |
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| (noun) a natural attraction or feeling of kinship |
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| affirmation
|
(noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
Synonyms:
avouchment,
avowal |
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| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
Synonyms:
statement,
assertion |
| (noun) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) |
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| (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand |
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| affirmative
|
(noun) a reply of affirmation |
- |
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| affirmativeness
|
(noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents |
- |
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| affirmer
|
(noun) someone who claims to speak the truth |
Synonyms:
declarer,
asserter,
asseverator,
avower |
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| affix
|
(noun) a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form |
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| affixation
|
(noun) the result of adding an affix to a root word |
- |
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| (noun) formation of a word by means of an affix |
- |
| (noun) the act of attaching or affixing something |
Synonyms:
attachment |
| afflatus
|
(noun) a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration |
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| affliction
|
(noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
- |
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| (noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health |
- |
| (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress |
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| affluence
|
(noun) abundant wealth |
Synonyms:
richness |
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| affluent
|
(noun) an affluent person; a person who is financially well off |
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| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream |
Synonyms:
feeder,
confluent,
tributary |
| affluenza
|
(noun) an inability to understand the consequences of one's actions because of financial privilege |
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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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| affray
|
(noun) noisy quarrel |
Synonyms:
altercation,
fracas |
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| (noun) a noisy fight |
Synonyms:
ruffle,
disturbance,
fray |
| affricate
|
(noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') |
Synonyms:
affricate consonant,
affricative |
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| affrication
|
(noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate |
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| affricative
|
(noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') |
Synonyms:
affricate,
affricate consonant |
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| affright
|
(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
Synonyms:
terror,
panic |
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| affront
|
(noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect |
Synonyms:
insult |
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| affusion
|
(noun) the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head |
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| afghan
|
(noun) a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl |
- |
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| (noun) a coat made of sheepskin |
Synonyms:
sheepskin coat |
| afghani
|
(noun) the basic unit of money in Afghanistan |
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| afibrinogenemia
|
(noun) the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding |
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| aficionado
|
(noun) a fan of bull fighting |
- |
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| (noun) a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer |
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| aflatoxin
|
(noun) a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon |
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| afropavo
|
(noun) both sexes are brightly colored |
Synonyms:
Congo peafowl,
Afropavo congensis |
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| afterbirth
|
(noun) the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born |
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| afterburner
|
(noun) a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust |
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| aftercare
|
(noun) care and treatment of a convalescent patient |
- |
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| afterdamp
|
(noun) a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine |
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| afterdeck
|
(noun) a deck abaft of midships |
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| aftereffect
|
(noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval |
- |
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| (noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy |
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| afterglow
|
(noun) a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset |
- |
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| (noun) the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event |
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| afterimage
|
(noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
Synonyms:
aftersensation |
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| afterlife
|
(noun) life after death |
Synonyms:
hereafter |
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| aftermath
|
(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) |
Synonyms:
wake,
backwash |
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| (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual |
Synonyms:
consequence |
| afternoon
|
(noun) the part of the day between noon and evening |
- |
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| (noun) a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon |
Synonyms:
good afternoon |
| afterpains
|
(noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus |
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| afterpiece
|
(noun) a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play |
- |
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| afters
|
(noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal |
Synonyms:
sweet,
dessert |
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| aftersensation
|
(noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
Synonyms:
afterimage |
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| aftershaft
|
(noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds |
- |
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| aftershock
|
(noun) a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake |
- |
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| aftertaste
|
(noun) an afterimage of a taste |
- |
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| afterthought
|
(noun) thinking again about a choice previously made |
Synonyms:
reconsideration,
rethink,
second thought |
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| (noun) an addition that was not included in the original plan |
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| afterworld
|
(noun) the place where you are after you die |
- |
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| aircraft
|
(noun) a vehicle that can fly |
- |
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| aircraftman
|
(noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force |
Synonyms:
aircraftsman |
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| aircraftsman
|
(noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force |
Synonyms:
aircraftman |
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| airfare
|
(noun) the fare charged for traveling by airplane |
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| airfield
|
(noun) a place where planes take off and land |
Synonyms:
field,
flying field,
landing field |
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| airflow
|
(noun) the flow of air |
Synonyms:
air flow,
flow of air |
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| airfoil
|
(noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight |
Synonyms:
surface,
control surface,
aerofoil |
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| airforce
|
(noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces |
Synonyms:
air force |
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| airframe
|
(noun) the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines) |
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| airlift
|
(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
Synonyms:
lift |
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| alderfly
|
(noun) dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae |
Synonyms:
Sialis lutaria,
alder fly |
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| alehoof
|
(noun) trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta |
Synonyms:
runaway robin,
Nepeta hederaceae,
Glechoma hederaceae,
gill-over-the-ground,
ground ivy,
field balm |
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| alewife
|
(noun) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams |
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| (noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus |
Synonyms:
Pomolobus pseudoharengus,
Alosa pseudoharengus |
| alfalfa
|
(noun) important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop |
Synonyms:
Medicago sativa,
lucerne |
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| (noun) leguminous plant grown for hay or forage |
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| alfilaria
|
(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:
redstem storksbill,
pin clover,
pin grass,
Erodium cicutarium,
clocks,
alfileria,
filaree,
filaria |
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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:
redstem storksbill,
pin clover,
pin grass,
Erodium cicutarium,
clocks,
alfilaria,
filaree,
filaria |
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| alkylbenzenesulfonate
|
(noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene |
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| alligatorfish
|
(noun) small very elongate sea poachers |
Synonyms:
Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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| allograft
|
(noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft |
Synonyms:
homograft |
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| aloofness
|
(noun) indifference by personal withdrawal |
Synonyms:
distance |
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| (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner |
Synonyms:
remoteness,
withdrawnness,
standoffishness |
| amberfish
|
(noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes |
Synonyms:
amberjack |
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| aminotransferase
|
(noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) |
Synonyms:
aminopherase,
transaminase |
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| ammonification
|
(noun) impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia |
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| amplification
|
(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail |
Synonyms:
elaboration |
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| (noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input |
Synonyms:
gain |
| (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current |
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| amplifier
|
(noun) electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it |
- |
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| angelfish
|
(noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus |
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| (noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters |
Synonyms:
spadefish,
Chaetodipterus faber |
| (noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do |
Synonyms:
monkfish,
Squatina squatina,
angel shark |
| anglerfish
|
(noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey |
Synonyms:
monkfish,
goosefish,
allmouth,
angler,
angler fish,
Lophius Americanus,
lotte |
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| antefix
|
(noun) carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles |
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| antiaircraft
|
(noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes |
Synonyms:
pom-pom,
ack-ack,
ack-ack gun,
antiaircraft gun,
flack,
flak |
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| antifeminism
|
(noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women |
Synonyms:
male chauvinism,
chauvinism |
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| antifeminist
|
(noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women |
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| antiferromagnet
|
(noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. |
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