| degradation | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: debasement |
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| (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, abjection |
| degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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| degras | (noun) a semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. | - |
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| dekagram | (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: dag, decagram, dkg |
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| demographer | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographist, population scientist |
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| demographic | (noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | - |
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| demographist | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographer, population scientist |
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| demography | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | Synonyms: human ecology |
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| denigration | (noun) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) | Synonyms: deprecation |
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| (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, calumny, defamation, slander |
| (noun) a belittling comment | Synonyms: belittling |
| diagram | (noun) a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts | - |
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| diagramming | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: schematisation, schematization |
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| digitigrade | (noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
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| digram | (noun) two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') | Synonyms: digraph |
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| digraph | (noun) two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') | Synonyms: digram |
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| discography | (noun) a descriptive catalog of musical recordings | - |
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| disgrace | (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: ignominy, shame |
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| disgracefulness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: ignominiousness, shamefulness |
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| disintegration | (noun) total destruction | Synonyms: annihilation |
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| (noun) separation into component parts | Synonyms: dissolution |
| (noun) the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | Synonyms: decay, radioactive decay |
| (noun) in a decomposed state | Synonyms: decomposition |
| (noun) a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system | - |
| downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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| dysgraphia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to write | - |
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| echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
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| echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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| echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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| echoencephalogram | (noun) a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph | - |
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| echoencephalograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities | - |
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| echoencephalography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain | - |
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| echogram | (noun) an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonogram |
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| echograph | (noun) An instrument used to record an echogram. | - |
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| echography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound |
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| eelgrass | (noun) submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts | Synonyms: grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina |
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| (noun) submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia | Synonyms: tape grass, Vallisneria spiralis, wild celery |
| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electroencephalogram | (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, encephalogram |
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| electroencephalograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain | - |
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| electrograph | (noun) electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures | - |
| electromyogram | (noun) a graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions | Synonyms: EMG |
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| electromyograph | (noun) a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles | - |
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| electromyography | (noun) diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph | - |
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| electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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| emigrant | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer |
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| emigration | (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: expatriation, out-migration |
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| encephalogram | (noun) an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast | Synonyms: pneumoencephalogram |
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| (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, electroencephalogram |
| encephalograph | (noun) Any apparatus used to produce an encephalogram by recording electric currents generated by the brain. | - |
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| encephalography | (noun) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram | - |
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| engram | (noun) a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | Synonyms: memory trace |
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| engraver | (noun) a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate | - |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching | - |
| engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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| (noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
| (noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
| epigram | (noun) a witty saying | Synonyms: quip |
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| epigraph | (noun) an engraved inscription | - |
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| (noun) a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | - |
| epigraphy | (noun) the study of ancient inscriptions | - |
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| ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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| ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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| flipagram | (noun) a sequence of photos composed into a video | - |
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| fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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| (noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
| fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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| geographer | (noun) an expert on geography | - |
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| geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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| geography | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geographics |
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| glyptography | (noun) carving or engraving (especially on stones) | - |
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| (noun) carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) | Synonyms: glyptic art |
| grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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| (noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
| grabber | (noun) an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately | - |
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| grace | (noun) a sense of propriety and consideration for others | Synonyms: seemliness |
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| (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: gracility |
| (noun) (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God | Synonyms: free grace, grace of God |
| (noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, goodwill |
| (noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving |
| (noun) (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence | Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace |
| (noun) a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | Synonyms: grace period |
| gracefulness | (noun) beautiful carriage | - |
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| gracelessness | (noun) an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression | Synonyms: ungracefulness |
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| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness |
| gracilariid | (noun) small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves | Synonyms: gracilariid moth |
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| gracility | (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: grace |
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| graciousness | (noun) excellence of manners or social conduct | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, benignity |
| grackle | (noun) long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage | Synonyms: crow blackbird |
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| (noun) glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech | Synonyms: Gracula religiosa, hill myna, Indian grackle |
| grad | (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, graduate |
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| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grade |
| gradation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: graduation |
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| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: grade |
| (noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: step |
| grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
| (noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
| (noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
| grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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| gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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| (noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
| grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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| (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
| gradual | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
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| graduality | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: gradualness |
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| gradualness | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: graduality |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gentleness |
| graduate | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
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| (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
| graduation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: gradation |
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| (noun) the successful completion of a program of study | - |
| (noun) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | - |
| (noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise |
| graffiti | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffito |
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| graffito | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffiti |
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| graft | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: grafting |
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| (noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | Synonyms: bribery |
| (noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| grafting | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: graft |
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| graham | (noun) flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) | Synonyms: graham flour, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour |
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| grail | (noun) (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper | Synonyms: Holy Grail, Sangraal |
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| (noun) the object of any prolonged endeavor | - |
| grain | (noun) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | - |
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| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: texture |
| (noun) the smallest possible unit of anything | - |
| (noun) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | Synonyms: cereal, food grain |
| (noun) a relatively small granular particle of a substance | - |
| (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: caryopsis |
| (noun) a cereal grass | - |
| (noun) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
| (noun) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
| (noun) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | Synonyms: metric grain |
| (noun) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | - |
| grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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| graininess | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, granularity |
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| graining | (noun) a texture like that of wood | Synonyms: woodgraining |
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| gram | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gm, gramme |
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| grama | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama grass, gramma, gramma grass |
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| gramicidin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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| gramma | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama, grama grass, gramma grass |
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| grammar | (noun) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | - |
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| grammarian | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: syntactician |
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| grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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| gramme | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gm, gram |
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| gramophone | (noun) an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically | Synonyms: acoustic gramophone |
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| gramps | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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