| aboriginal | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
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| aborigine | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native |
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| aging | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
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| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
| albuginea | (noun) whitish tunic | - |
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| algin | (noun) a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier | Synonyms: alginic acid |
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| angina | (noun) any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | - |
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| (noun) a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart | Synonyms: angina pectoris |
| arginine | (noun) a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa | - |
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| arranging | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, transcription |
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| asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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| asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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| aubergine | (noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow | Synonyms: eggplant, mad apple |
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| (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
| bagging | (noun) coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | Synonyms: sacking |
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| bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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| banging | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
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| (noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
| begging | (noun) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | Synonyms: beggary, mendicancy |
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| beginner | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: initiate, novice, tiro, tyro |
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| (noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution | Synonyms: father, founder, founding father |
| beginning | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: commencement, start |
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| (noun) the first part or section of something | - |
| (noun) the event consisting of the start of something | - |
| (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: origin, root, rootage, source |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| belonging | (noun) happiness felt in a secure relationship | - |
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| belongings | (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: holding, property |
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| besieging | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege |
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| biggin | (noun) a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin | - |
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| bioengineering | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: biotechnology, ergonomics |
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| bogginess | (noun) The state or quality of being too wet and muddy to be easily walked on. | - |
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| bootlegging | (noun) the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally | - |
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| (noun) the act of selling illegally or without permission | - |
| bragging | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
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| bringing | (noun) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) | Synonyms: delivery |
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| bugginess | (noun) the state of having bugs | - |
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| bulginess | (noun) the property possessed by a rounded convexity | Synonyms: roundedness |
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| cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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| converging | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergence, convergency |
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| digging | (noun) the act of digging | Synonyms: dig, excavation |
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| diggings | (noun) temporary living quarters | Synonyms: digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad |
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| (noun) an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology | Synonyms: digs |
| dinginess | (noun) discoloration due to dirtiness | Synonyms: dinge |
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| dodging | (noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: escape, evasion |
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| (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, shunning, turning away |
| (noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | Synonyms: dodge, scheme |
| drugging | (noun) the administration of a sedative agent or drug | Synonyms: sedation |
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| edginess | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| edging | (noun) border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) | - |
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| engine | (noun) motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | - |
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| (noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
| (noun) an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc. | - |
| (noun) something used to achieve a purpose | - |
| engineer | (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | Synonyms: applied scientist, technologist |
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| (noun) the operator of a railway locomotive | Synonyms: engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer |
| engineering | (noun) the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry | - |
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| (noun) a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located | Synonyms: engine room |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering science, technology |
| enginery | (noun) machinery consisting of engines collectively | - |
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| expunging | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: erasure, expunction |
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| flagging | (noun) a walk of flagstones | - |
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| (noun) flagstones collectively | - |
| flogging | (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping |
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| fogginess | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness |
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| (noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | Synonyms: fog, murk, murkiness |
| foraging | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: forage |
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| forging | (noun) shaping metal by heating and hammering | - |
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| gin | (noun) a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points | Synonyms: gin rummy, knock rummy |
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| (noun) a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers | Synonyms: cotton gin |
| (noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: noose, snare |
| (noun) strong liquor flavored with juniper berries | - |
| ginep | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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| ginger | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: pep, peppiness |
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| (noun) dried ground gingerroot | Synonyms: powdered ginger |
| (noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery | Synonyms: gingerroot |
| (noun) perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems | - |
| gingerbread | (noun) cake flavored with ginger | - |
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| gingerol | (noun) derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger | - |
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| gingerroot | (noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery | Synonyms: ginger |
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| gingersnap | (noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | Synonyms: ginger nut, ginger snap, snap |
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| gingham | (noun) a clothing fabric in a plaid weave | - |
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| gingiva | (noun) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth | Synonyms: gum |
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| gingivitis | (noun) inflammation of the gums | - |
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| gingko | (noun) deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree | Synonyms: ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree |
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| ginglymus | (noun) a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane | Synonyms: ginglymoid joint, hinge joint |
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| ginkgo | (noun) deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree | Synonyms: gingko, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree |
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| ginmill | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, saloon, taproom |
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| ginseng | (noun) Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers | Synonyms: nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax pseudoginseng, Panax schinseng |
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| (noun) aromatic root of ginseng plants | - |
| ginzo | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, greaseball, Guinea, wop |
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| grogginess | (noun) marginal consciousness | Synonyms: semiconsciousness, stupefaction, stupor |
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| (noun) a groggy state resulting from weariness | - |
| (noun) a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol | - |
| hanging | (noun) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | Synonyms: dangling, suspension |
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| (noun) a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead | - |
| (noun) decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window | Synonyms: wall hanging |
| hedging | (noun) an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | Synonyms: hedge |
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| (noun) any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change | Synonyms: hedge |
| hugging | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| imaginary | (noun) (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 | Synonyms: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number |
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| imagination | (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imaginativeness, vision |
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| (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagery, imaging, mental imagery |
| (noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: resource, resourcefulness |
| imaginativeness | (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imagination, vision |
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| imaging | (noun) (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body | Synonyms: tomography |
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| (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagery, imagination, mental imagery |
| impinging | (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: contact, striking |
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| indulging | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, pampering |
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| invagination | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, intussusception |
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| (noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | Synonyms: introversion |
| jogging | (noun) running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise | - |
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| judging | (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
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| lagging | (noun) insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat | - |
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| legging | (noun) a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) | Synonyms: leg covering, leging |
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| leging | (noun) a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) | Synonyms: leg covering, legging |
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| leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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| lodging | (noun) the act of lodging | - |
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| (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | Synonyms: housing, living accommodations |
| (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodgement, lodgment |
| lodgings | (noun) temporary living quarters | Synonyms: diggings, digs, domiciliation, pad |
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| logginess | (noun) a dull and listless state resulting from weariness | Synonyms: loginess |
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| logging | (noun) the work of cutting down trees for timber | - |
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| loginess | (noun) a dull and listless state resulting from weariness | Synonyms: logginess |
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| longing | (noun) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | Synonyms: hungriness, yearning |
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| luging | (noun) riding a light one-man toboggan | - |
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| manginess | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness |
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| margin | (noun) an amount beyond the minimum necessary | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, tolerance |
| (noun) the blank space that surrounds the text on a page | - |
| (noun) the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities | Synonyms: security deposit |
| (noun) (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold | Synonyms: gross profit, gross profit margin |
| (noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: border, perimeter |
| marginalia | (noun) notes written in the margin | - |
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| marginalisation | (noun) the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society) | Synonyms: marginalization |
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| marginality | (noun) the property of being marginal or on the fringes | - |
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| marginalization | (noun) the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society) | Synonyms: marginalisation |
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| marginocephalian | (noun) includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs | Synonyms: Marginocephalia, suborder Marginocephalia |
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| merging | (noun) a flowing together | Synonyms: confluence, conflux |
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| (noun) the act of joining together as one | Synonyms: coming together, meeting |
| messaging | (noun) the sending and processing of e-mail by computer | Synonyms: electronic messaging |
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| minginess | (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
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| mugginess | (noun) a state of warm humidity | - |
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| mugging | (noun) assault with intent to rob | - |
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| muggins | (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, sap, saphead, tomfool |
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