| chiliast | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: millenarian, millenarist |
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| diastasis | (noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | - |
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| diastema | (noun) a gap or vacant space between two teeth | - |
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| diastole | (noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
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| diastrophism | (noun) the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust | - |
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| ecclesiastic | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
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| ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
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| (noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
| ecdysiast | (noun) a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | Synonyms: exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser |
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| enthusiast | (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: partisan, partizan |
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| (noun) a person having a strong liking for something | Synonyms: fancier |
| mediastinum | (noun) the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus | - |
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| piaster | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piastre |
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| (noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piastre |
| piastre | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piaster |
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| (noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piaster |
| scholiast | (noun) a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | - |
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| symposiast | (noun) someone who participates in a symposium | - |
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