anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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armhole | (noun) a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached | - |
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arsehole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, asshole, bunghole |
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asshole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, bunghole |
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(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
blowhole | (noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air | Synonyms: vent-hole, vent, venthole |
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(noun) the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull | - |
bunghole | (noun) a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it | - |
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(noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, asshole |
buttonhole | (noun) a hole through which buttons are pushed | Synonyms: button hole |
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cakehole | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: gob, hole, maw, trap, yap |
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cholecalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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cholecystectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain) | - |
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cholecystitis | (noun) inflammation of the gall bladder | - |
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cholecystokinin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder; its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine | - |
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cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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choler | (noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger | Synonyms: yellow bile |
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(noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | Synonyms: anger, ire |
(noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
cholera | (noun) an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food | Synonyms: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera |
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cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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cholesterin | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterol |
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cholesterol | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterin |
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chuckhole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: pothole |
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coalhole | (noun) a bin for holding coal | Synonyms: coalbin |
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cubbyhole | (noun) a small compartment | Synonyms: pigeonhole |
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(noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, snug, snuggery |
dhole | (noun) fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs | Synonyms: Cuon alpinus |
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eyehole | (noun) a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | Synonyms: eyelet |
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(noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: peephole, spyhole |
foxhole | (noun) a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire | Synonyms: fox hole |
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fuckhole | (noun) A hole that can be used for sexual intercourse | - |
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hawsehole | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsepipe |
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hellhole | (noun) any place of pain and turmoil | Synonyms: hell, hell on earth, inferno, snake pit, the pits |
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hole | (noun) an opening deliberately made in or through something | - |
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(noun) one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course | Synonyms: golf hole |
(noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, maw, trap, yap |
(noun) an opening into or through something | - |
(noun) a depression hollowed out of solid matter | Synonyms: hollow |
(noun) an unoccupied space | - |
(noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: fix, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle |
(noun) a fault | - |
hypercholesteremia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesterolemia |
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hypercholesterolemia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesteremia |
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keyhole | (noun) the hole where a key is inserted | - |
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knothole | (noun) a hole in a board where a knot came out | - |
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loophole | (noun) a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons | - |
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(noun) an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | - |
manhole | (noun) a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure | - |
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nympholepsy | (noun) a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable | - |
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nympholept | (noun) a person seized by nympholepsy | - |
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peephole | (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: eyehole, spyhole |
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pesthole | (noun) a breeding ground for epidemic disease | - |
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pigeonhole | (noun) a small compartment | Synonyms: cubbyhole |
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(noun) a specific (often simplistic) category | - |
pinhole | (noun) a small puncture that might have been made by a pin | - |
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plughole | (noun) a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away) | - |
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porthole | (noun) a window in a ship or airplane | - |
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(noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: embrasure, port |
posthole | (noun) a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post | Synonyms: post hole |
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pothole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: chuckhole |
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potholer | (noun) a person who explores caves | Synonyms: spelaeologist, speleologist, spelunker |
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rathole | (noun) a small dirty uncomfortable room | - |
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(noun) a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats | - |
sinkhole | (noun) a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | Synonyms: sink, swallow hole |
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spyhole | (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: eyehole, peephole |
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stokehole | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: fireroom, stokehold |
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thole | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, tholepin |
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tholepin | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole |
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thumbhole | (noun) a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball) | - |
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(noun) the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb | - |
unwholesomeness | (noun) the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you | Synonyms: morbidity, morbidness |
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venthole | (noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air | Synonyms: blowhole, vent-hole, vent |
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whole | (noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Synonyms: unit |
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(noun) all of something including all its component elements or parts | - |
wholeheartedness | (noun) the quality of hearty sincerity | Synonyms: heartiness |
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(noun) undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm | - |
wholeness | (noun) an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | Synonyms: integrity, unity |
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(noun) a state of robust good health | Synonyms: haleness |
wholesale | (noun) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers | - |
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wholesaler | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: jobber, middleman |
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wholesomeness | (noun) the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you | - |
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wormhole | (noun) hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
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