noggin | (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, dome, noodle |
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nogging | (noun) rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame | - |
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obligingness | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, deference |
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oleaginousness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: greasiness, oiliness |
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(noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, extraction |
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(noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | - |
(noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origination |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source |
(noun) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | - |
original | (noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master, master copy |
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(noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, pilot |
originalism | (noun) the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it | - |
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originality | (noun) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | - |
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(noun) the ability to think and act independently | - |
origination | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction |
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(noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origin |
originator | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, mastermind |
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packaging | (noun) the business of packing | - |
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(noun) material used to make packages | - |
(noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
pagination | (noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: folio, page number, paging |
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paging | (noun) calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system) | - |
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(noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: folio, page number, pagination |
paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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pidgin | (noun) an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages | - |
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pillaging | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, plundering |
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pudginess | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: chubbiness, rolypoliness, tubbiness |
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purging | (noun) an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | Synonyms: purge |
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(noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge | Synonyms: purgation, purge |
ranginess | (noun) The state of being slender and long of limb, lanky. | - |
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ravaging | (noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
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reagin | (noun) an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy | - |
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rigging | (noun) gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails | Synonyms: tackle |
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(noun) formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel | Synonyms: rig |
ringing | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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(noun) the giving of a ring as a token of engagement | - |
(noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, tintinnabulation |
shagginess | (noun) roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs | - |
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(noun) unkemptness of hair | - |
singing | (noun) the act of singing vocal music | Synonyms: vocalizing |
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(noun) disclosing information or giving evidence about another | Synonyms: tattle, telling |
slanginess | (noun) casualness in use of language | - |
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slinging | (noun) throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) | - |
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smidgin | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, tittle, whit |
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smogginess | (noun) air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog | Synonyms: smog |
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snogging | (noun) (British informal) cuddle and kiss | - |
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sogginess | (noun) a heavy wetness | - |
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sponginess | (noun) the porosity of a sponge | - |
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(noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: compressibility, squeezability |
springiness | (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: give, spring |
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staginess | (noun) an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: theatricality |
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staging | (noun) travel by stagecoach | - |
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(noun) getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket | - |
(noun) a system of scaffolds | Synonyms: scaffolding |
(noun) the production of a drama on the stage | Synonyms: theatrical production |
stinginess | (noun) a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money | - |
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stinging | (noun) a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | Synonyms: sting |
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stodginess | (noun) dull and pompous gravity | Synonyms: stuffiness |
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submerging | (noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submergence, submersion |
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swinging | (noun) changing location by moving back and forth | Synonyms: swing, vacillation |
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tanginess | (noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, zest |
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unchangingness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness |
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unoriginality | (noun) the quality of being unoriginal | - |
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(noun) uncreativeness due to a lack of originality | - |
upbringing | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing |
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(noun) properties acquired during a person's formative years | - |
urging | (noun) the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging | - |
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(noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring |
(noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty | Synonyms: importunity, urgency |
vagina | (noun) the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus | - |
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vaginismus | (noun) muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination | - |
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vaginitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis) | - |
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vaginocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: colpocele |
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vaginoscope | (noun) An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues. | Synonyms: colposcope |
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virgin | (noun) a person who has never had sex | - |
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virginal | (noun) a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pair of virginals |
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virginity | (noun) the condition or quality of being a virgin | - |
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vulvovaginitis | (noun) inflammation of the vulva and the vagina | - |
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wigging | (noun) British slang for a scolding | Synonyms: wig |
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