agua | (noun) largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests | Synonyms: agua toad, Bufo marinus |
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aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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ague | (noun) a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: acute, acute accent |
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(noun) a fit of shivering or shaking | - |
(noun) successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria | Synonyms: chills and fever |
agueweed | (noun) gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers | Synonyms: ague weed, five-flowered gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian |
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(noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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airgun | (noun) a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air | Synonyms: air gun, air rifle |
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amatungulu | (noun) very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves | Synonyms: Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum |
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ambiguity | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: equivocalness |
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(noun) an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | - |
analogue | (noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else | Synonyms: analog, parallel |
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anguish | (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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(noun) extreme distress of body or mind | - |
angularity | (noun) the property possessed by a shape that has angles | - |
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(noun) a shape having one or more sharp angles | Synonyms: angular shape |
angulation | (noun) the act of making angulate (having corners) | - |
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(noun) the precise measurement of angles | - |
anthropophagus | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater |
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anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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apologue | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: allegory, fable, parable |
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arguer | (noun) someone who engages in debate | Synonyms: debater |
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arguing | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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argument | (noun) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable | - |
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(noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argumentation, debate |
(noun) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie | Synonyms: literary argument |
(noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: statement |
(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
(noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: parameter |
argumentation | (noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argument, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
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(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, debate |
argus | (noun) large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant | Synonyms: argus pheasant |
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armguard | (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: bracer |
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arugula | (noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | Synonyms: Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette |
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asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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(noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
augur | (noun) (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | Synonyms: auspex |
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augury | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: foretoken, preindication, sign |
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autoregulation | (noun) (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism | - |
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baguet | (noun) narrow French stick loaf | Synonyms: baguette |
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baguette | (noun) narrow French stick loaf | Synonyms: baguet |
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beguilement | (noun) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations | Synonyms: distraction |
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(noun) magnetic personal charm | Synonyms: animal magnetism, bewitchery |
beguiler | (noun) a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) | Synonyms: charmer |
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(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
beguine | (noun) a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba | - |
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(noun) music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance | - |
begum | (noun) a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan | - |
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beleaguering | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: besieging, military blockade, siege |
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bilingual | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingualist |
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bilingualism | (noun) the ability to speak two languages colloquially | - |
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bilingualist | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingual |
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blackguard | (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound |
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bloodguilt | (noun) the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder | - |
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blowgun | (noun) a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing | Synonyms: blow tube, blowpipe, blowtube |
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bluetongue | (noun) a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges | - |
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bodyguard | (noun) a group of men who escort and protect some important person | - |
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(noun) someone who escorts and protects a prominent person | Synonyms: escort |
bourguignon | (noun) reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter | Synonyms: bourguignon sauce, Burgundy sauce |
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brogue | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogan, clodhopper, work shoe |
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bulgur | (noun) parched crushed wheat | Synonyms: bulghur, bulgur wheat |
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burgundy | (noun) a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color | - |
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cangue | (noun) an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms | - |
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catalogue | (noun) a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things | Synonyms: catalog |
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(noun) a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically | Synonyms: catalog |
cataloguer | (noun) a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system | Synonyms: cataloger |
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catgut | (noun) a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery | Synonyms: gut |
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(noun) perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone | Synonyms: goat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, wild sweet pea |
choragus | (noun) (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
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cingulum | (noun) (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) | - |
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coagulant | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulator |
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coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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coagulation | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, curdling |
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coagulator | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulant |
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coagulum | (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | Synonyms: clot |
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coastguard | (noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters | - |
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coastguardsman | (noun) a member of a coastguard | - |
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colleague | (noun) an associate that one works with | Synonyms: co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow |
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(noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: confrere, fellow |
configuration | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: conformation, contour, form, shape |
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(noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: constellation |
configurationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties | Synonyms: Gestalt psychology |
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consanguinity | (noun) (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood | Synonyms: blood kinship, cognation |
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contiguity | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguousness |
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contiguousness | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguity |
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counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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cunnilingus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilinctus |
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daguerreotype | (noun) a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor | - |
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decoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication |
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degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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demagogue | (noun) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices | Synonyms: demagog, rabble-rouser |
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demagoguery | (noun) impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace | Synonyms: demagogy |
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dengue | (noun) an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints | Synonyms: breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever |
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deoxyguanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: guanosine |
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deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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deregulation | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulating |
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dialogue | (noun) the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction | Synonyms: dialog |
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(noun) a conversation between two persons | Synonyms: dialog, duologue |
(noun) a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | Synonyms: dialog |
(noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: negotiation, talks |
disambiguation | (noun) clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity | - |
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disambiguator | (noun) (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used | - |
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disfiguration | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfigurement, mutilation |
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(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfigurement |
disfigurement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfiguration, mutilation |
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(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfiguration |
disguise | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: camouflage |
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(noun) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity | - |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: camouflage |
disgust | (noun) strong feelings of dislike | - |
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disgustingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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(noun) the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unsavoriness |
distinguishability | (noun) Capability of being perceived as different or distinct. | - |
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drogue | (noun) a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly | Synonyms: drogue chute, drogue parachute |
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(noun) restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind | Synonyms: sea anchor |
(noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock |
(noun) a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane | - |
duologue | (noun) a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors | - |
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(noun) a conversation between two persons | Synonyms: dialog, dialogue |
earthtongue | (noun) any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum | Synonyms: earth-tongue |
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eclogue | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, idyl, idyll |
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emmenagogue | (noun) any agent that promotes menstrual discharge | - |
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epilogue | (noun) a short passage added at the end of a literary work | Synonyms: epilog |
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(noun) a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play | Synonyms: epilog |
esophagus | (noun) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | Synonyms: gorge, gullet, oesophagus |
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exiguity | (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness |
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extinguisher | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: asphyxiator, fire extinguisher |
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extinguishing | (noun) the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning | Synonyms: extinction, quenching |
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fatigue | (noun) labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) | Synonyms: fatigue duty |
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(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something | - |
(noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: tiredness, weariness |
(noun) used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress | - |
fatigues | (noun) military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor | - |
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fergusonite | (noun) a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals | - |
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figuration | (noun) decorating with a design | - |
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(noun) representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory | - |
figurativeness | (noun) The property of being metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures of speech. | - |
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(noun) The representation of form or figure in art. | - |