achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatin | (noun) the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes | - |
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achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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anachronism | (noun) an artifact that belongs to another time | - |
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(noun) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age | - |
(noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: misdating, mistiming |
anaphrodisia | (noun) decline or absence of sexual desire | - |
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anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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anthropocentrism | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentricity |
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anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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anthropogeny | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogenesis |
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anthropoid | (noun) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids | - |
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(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate | Synonyms: ape |
anthropolatry | (noun) the worship of human beings | Synonyms: worship of man |
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anthropologism | (noun) a point of view in which human nature is exhaustively determined by the culture in which a person lives, leaving no room for human agency. | - |
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anthropologist | (noun) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology | - |
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anthropology | (noun) the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | - |
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anthropometry | (noun) measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities | - |
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anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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anthropopathism | (noun) Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. | - |
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anthropophagite | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater |
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anthropophagus | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater |
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anthropophagy | (noun) human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh | - |
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anthroposophy | (noun) a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education | - |
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aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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aphrodisiac | (noun) a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | - |
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arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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arthrogram | (noun) an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium | - |
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arthrography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram | - |
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arthromere | (noun) any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod | - |
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arthropathy | (noun) a pathology or abnormality of a joint | - |
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arthroplasty | (noun) surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint | - |
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arthropod | (noun) invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin | - |
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arthroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination | - |
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arthroscopy | (noun) a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision | - |
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arthrospore | (noun) one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi | - |
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(noun) a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria | - |
asynchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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asynchrony | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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azithromycin | (noun) a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body | Synonyms: Zithromax |
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bathrobe | (noun) a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim | - |
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bathroom | (noun) a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet | - |
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(noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet |
bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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bluethroat | (noun) songbird of northern Europe and Asia | Synonyms: Erithacus svecicus |
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brachistochrone | (noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. | - |
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breakthrough | (noun) a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense | - |
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(noun) making an important discovery | - |
(noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: discovery, find |
chroma | (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: intensity, saturation, vividness |
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chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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chromate | (noun) any salt or ester of chromic acid | - |
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chromaticity | (noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | Synonyms: hue |
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chromatid | (noun) one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | - |
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chromatin | (noun) the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes | Synonyms: chromatin granule |
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chromatism | (noun) abnormal pigmentation | - |
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(noun) hallucinatory perception of colored lights | - |
chromatogram | (noun) the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography | - |
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chromatograph | (noun) equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation. | - |
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chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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chrome | (noun) another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments | - |
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chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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chromium | (noun) a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | Synonyms: atomic number 24, Cr |
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chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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chromogen | (noun) a compound that can be converted to a pigment | - |
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chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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chromosome | (noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | - |
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chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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chronicle | (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, history, story |
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chronicler | (noun) someone who writes chronicles | - |
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chronograph | (noun) an accurate timer for recording time | - |
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chronology | (noun) the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events | - |
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(noun) a record of events in the order of their occurrence | - |
(noun) an arrangement of events in time | - |
chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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chronoscope | (noun) an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time | - |
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cothromboplastin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor |
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cutthroat | (noun) someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat | - |
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cytochrome | (noun) (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) | - |
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desynchronisation | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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desynchronization | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronizing |
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desynchronizing | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization |
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dethronement | (noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | Synonyms: deposition |
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diachrony | (noun) the study of linguistic change | Synonyms: diachronic linguistics, historical linguistics |
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diarthrosis | (noun) a joint so articulated as to move freely | Synonyms: articulatio synovialis, synovial joint |
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dichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions | - |
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dichromacy | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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dichromasy | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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dichromat | (noun) a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy | - |
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dichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: bichromate |
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dichromatism | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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dichromatopsia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromia |
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dichromia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia |
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enarthrosis | (noun) a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone | Synonyms: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, spheroid joint |
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enthronement | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture |
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enthronisation | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, investiture |
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enthronization | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, investiture |
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erythroblast | (noun) a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop | - |
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erythroblastosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood | - |
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erythrocyte | (noun) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus | Synonyms: RBC, red blood cell |
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erythrocytolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin |
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erythroderma | (noun) any skin disorder involving abnormal redness | - |
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