| methane | (noun) a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel | - |
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| methanogen | (noun) archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas | - |
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| methanol | (noun) a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol | Synonyms: methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit |
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| mischance | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mishap |
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| (noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mishap |
| mithan | (noun) ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur | Synonyms: Bibos frontalis, gayal |
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| nitrochloromethane | (noun) gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas | - |
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| norethandrolone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethindrone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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| openhandedness | (noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | Synonyms: largess, largesse, magnanimity, munificence |
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| orphan | (noun) a young animal without a mother | - |
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| (noun) the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column | - |
| (noun) a child who has lost both parents | - |
| (noun) someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision | - |
| orphanage | (noun) a public institution for the care of orphans | Synonyms: orphans' asylum |
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| (noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanhood |
| orphanhood | (noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanage |
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| overhang | (noun) projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else | - |
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| panhandle | (noun) the handle of a pan | - |
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| (noun) a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area | - |
| panhandler | (noun) a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money | - |
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| paperhanger | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperer |
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| (noun) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money | - |
| paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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| penchant | (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: predilection, preference, taste |
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| perchloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloromethane |
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| phanerogam | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: seed plant, spermatophyte |
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| phaneromania | (noun) an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting) | - |
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| phantasm | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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| (noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
| phantasma | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, shadow |
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| (noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, specter, spectre |
| phantasmagoria | (noun) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) | - |
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| phantasy | (noun) imagination unrestricted by reality | Synonyms: fantasy |
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| (noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, fantasy, illusion |
| (noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it | Synonyms: fantasy |
| phantom | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow |
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| (noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre |
| photomechanics | (noun) the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing | - |
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| (noun) the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods | Synonyms: photoplate making |
| plainchant | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | Synonyms: plainsong |
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| polyurethan | (noun) any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber | Synonyms: polyurethane |
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| polyurethane | (noun) any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber | Synonyms: polyurethan |
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| redshank | (noun) a common Old World wading bird with long red legs | Synonyms: Tringa totanus |
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| righthander | (noun) a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left | Synonyms: right-hander, right hander |
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| scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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| servomechanism | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servosystem |
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| shandy | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandygaff |
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| shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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| shanghaier | (noun) a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | Synonyms: seizer |
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| shank | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball | - |
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| (noun) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | Synonyms: cannon |
| (noun) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole | Synonyms: waist |
| (noun) cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill | - |
| (noun) cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head | - |
| (noun) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | Synonyms: stem |
| (noun) the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle | - |
| (noun) a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg | - |
| shanny | (noun) European scaleless blenny | Synonyms: Blennius pholis |
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| shantung | (noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) | - |
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| shanty | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shack |
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| (noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chantey, chanty, sea chantey |
| shantytown | (noun) a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties | - |
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| sheepshank | (noun) a knot for shortening a line | - |
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| shorthand | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy |
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| spindleshanks | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
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| (noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
| stagehand | (noun) an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production | Synonyms: stage technician |
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| stephanion | (noun) the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus | - |
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| stephanotis | (noun) any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers | - |
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| straphanger | (noun) a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support | - |
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| (noun) a commuter who uses public transportation | - |
| strophanthin | (noun) a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison | - |
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| strophanthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds | - |
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| sycophancy | (noun) fawning obsequiousness | - |
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| sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, toady |
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| tetrachloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane |
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| thanatology | (noun) the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects) | - |
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| thanatophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of death | - |
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| thanatopsis | (noun) an essay expressing a view on the subject of death | - |
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| thane | (noun) a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) | - |
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| (noun) a feudal lord or baron | - |
| thaneship | (noun) the position of thane | - |
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| thankfulness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: appreciativeness, gratefulness |
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| thanks | (noun) with the help of or owing to | - |
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| (noun) an acknowledgment of appreciation | - |
| thanksgiving | (noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, grace |
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| theophany | (noun) a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person | - |
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| trenchancy | (noun) keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect | Synonyms: incisiveness |
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| tribromoethanol | (noun) an intravenous anesthetic | Synonyms: tribromoethyl alcohol |
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| tribromomethane | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: bromoform |
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| trichloroethane | (noun) a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage | Synonyms: TCE, trichloroethylene |
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| trichloromethane | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: chloroform |
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| trifluoromethane | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: fluoroform |
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| triiodomethane | (noun) a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing | Synonyms: iodoform |
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| trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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| tryptophan | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophane |
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| tryptophane | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophan |
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| unchangeability | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: changelessness, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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| unchangeableness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangingness |
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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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| unexchangeability | (noun) the quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange | - |
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| urethane | (noun) an ester of carbamic acid | - |
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| whang | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, knock, rap, whack |
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| yataghan | (noun) a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge | - |
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