accomplice | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: confederate |
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advice | (noun) a proposal for an appropriate course of action | - |
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allice | (noun) European shad | Synonyms: allice shad, allis, allis shad, Alosa alosa |
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allspice | (noun) ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves | - |
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(noun) aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries | Synonyms: allspice tree, Pimenta dioica, pimento tree |
(noun) deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States | - |
appendicectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendectomy |
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apprentice | (noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: learner, prentice |
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apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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armistice | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: cease-fire, truce |
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artifice | (noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | Synonyms: ruse |
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artificer | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artisan, craftsman, journeyman |
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(noun) someone who is the first to think of or make something | Synonyms: discoverer, inventor |
(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, armourer |
auspice | (noun) a favorable omen | - |
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auspices | (noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: aegis, protection |
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avarice | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity |
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(noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity |
benefice | (noun) an endowed church office giving income to its holder | Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice |
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beneficence | (noun) the quality of being kind or helpful or generous | - |
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(noun) doing good; feeling beneficent | - |
bicentenary | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentennial |
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bicentennial | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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biceps | (noun) any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm) | - |
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bodice | (noun) part of a dress above the waist | - |
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brattice | (noun) a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine | - |
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caprice | (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: impulse, whim |
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chalice | (noun) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | Synonyms: goblet |
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chelicera | (noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | - |
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choice | (noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: option, pick, selection |
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(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: pick, selection |
(noun) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen | Synonyms: alternative, option |
choiceness | (noun) the quality of being very good indeed | Synonyms: fineness |
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cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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cicero | (noun) a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em | - |
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cicerone | (noun) a guide who conducts and informs sightseers | - |
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cockatrice | (noun) monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance | - |
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coppice | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket |
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cornice | (noun) the topmost projecting part of an entablature | - |
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(noun) a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall | - |
(noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | Synonyms: pelmet, valance, valance board |
cowardice | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardliness |
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crevice | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, fissure, scissure |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, fissure |
deicer | (noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) | Synonyms: defroster |
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dentifrice | (noun) a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush | - |
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device | (noun) any clever maneuver | Synonyms: gimmick, twist |
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(noun) an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | - |
(noun) an emblematic design (especially in heraldry) | - |
(noun) any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) | - |
(noun) something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | - |
devices | (noun) an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices' | - |
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dice | (noun) a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers | Synonyms: die |
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dicer | (noun) a mechanical device used for dicing food | - |
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disservice | (noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly | Synonyms: ill service, ill turn |
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edifice | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: building |
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enticement | (noun) the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | Synonyms: temptation |
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(noun) qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward | Synonyms: come-on, lure |
(noun) something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | Synonyms: temptation |
epicene | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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epicenter | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicentre |
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epicentre | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicenter |
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fice | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: feist |
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hospice | (noun) a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill | - |
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(noun) a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) | - |
ice | (noun) a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating | Synonyms: ice-skating rink, ice rink |
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(noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
(noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: frappe |
(noun) a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | Synonyms: frosting, icing |
(noun) the frozen part of a body of water | - |
(noun) diamonds | Synonyms: sparkler |
(noun) water frozen in the solid state | Synonyms: water ice |
iceberg | (noun) lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head | Synonyms: crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce |
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(noun) a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier | Synonyms: berg |
iceboat | (noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: icebreaker |
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(noun) a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | Synonyms: ice yacht, scooter |
icebox | (noun) white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures | Synonyms: refrigerator |
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icebreaker | (noun) a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere | - |
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(noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: iceboat |
icecap | (noun) a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) | Synonyms: ice cap |
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icecream | (noun) frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring | Synonyms: ice cream |
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icefall | (noun) a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall | - |
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icehouse | (noun) a house for storing ice | - |
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iceman | (noun) someone who cuts and delivers ice | - |
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(noun) a professional killer | Synonyms: hatchet man |
icepick | (noun) pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice | Synonyms: ice pick |
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icetray | (noun) a tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator | - |
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injustice | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, shabbiness, unfairness |
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(noun) the practice of being unjust or unfair | Synonyms: unjustness |
interstice | (noun) small opening between things | - |
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(noun) a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ | - |
invoice | (noun) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered | Synonyms: account, bill |
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jaundice | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, tartness, thorniness |
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(noun) yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia | Synonyms: icterus |
juice | (noun) any of several liquids of the body | Synonyms: succus |
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(noun) the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking | - |
(noun) electric current | - |
(noun) energetic vitality | - |
juicer | (noun) a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit | Synonyms: juice reamer, reamer |
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(noun) a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | Synonyms: drinker, imbiber, toper |
justice | (noun) judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments | - |
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(noun) the quality of being just or fair | Synonyms: justness |
(noun) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | Synonyms: judge, jurist |
lattice | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: fretwork, latticework |
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(noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted | Synonyms: grille, wicket |
(noun) an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions | - |
latticework | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: fretwork, lattice |
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lenticel | (noun) one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue | - |
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licence | (noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something | Synonyms: license, permit |
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(noun) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) | Synonyms: license |
(noun) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | Synonyms: license |
license | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: permission, permit |
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(noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something | Synonyms: licence, permit |
(noun) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) | Synonyms: licence |
(noun) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | Synonyms: licence |
licensee | (noun) someone to whom a license is granted | - |
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licenser | (noun) an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) | - |
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licentiate | (noun) holds a license (degree) from a (European) university | - |
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licentiousness | (noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, looseness, profligacy |
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(noun) the quality of being lewd and lascivious | Synonyms: wantonness |
licorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: liquorice |
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(noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice |
liquorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: licorice |
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(noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice |
magnificence | (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, splendor, splendour |
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(noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | Synonyms: grandness, impressiveness, richness |
maleficence | (noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: balefulness, mischief |
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(noun) doing or causing evil | - |
malice | (noun) the quality of threatening evil | Synonyms: malevolence, malevolency |
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(noun) feeling a need to see others suffer | Synonyms: maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom |
malpractice | (noun) a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct | - |
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(noun) professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage | - |
micelle | (noun) an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents | - |
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microdevice | (noun) any very small device manufactured using microfabrication. | - |
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monitrice | (noun) an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes | Synonyms: birthing coach, doula, labor coach |
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mortice | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortise |
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munificence | (noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | Synonyms: largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness |
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niceness | (noun) the quality of nice | - |
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(noun) the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze | Synonyms: subtlety |
(noun) a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage | Synonyms: politeness |
nicety | (noun) conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety | Synonyms: justness, rightness |
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(noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | Synonyms: nuance, refinement, shade, subtlety |
notice | (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: observance, observation |
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(noun) polite or favorable attention | - |
(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, placard, poster, posting |
(noun) an announcement containing information about an event | - |
(noun) a request for payment | Synonyms: notification |
(noun) advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract | - |
(noun) a short critical review | - |
noticeability | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeableness, obviousness, patency |
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noticeableness | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeability, obviousness, patency |
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noticer | (noun) someone who gives formal notice | - |
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(noun) someone who takes notice | - |
novice | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro |
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(noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows | Synonyms: novitiate |
office | (noun) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | - |
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(noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, part, role |
(noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, place, position, post, situation |
(noun) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | Synonyms: business office |
(noun) professional or clerical workers in an office | Synonyms: office staff |
(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency |
(noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: power |
officeholder | (noun) the official who holds an office | Synonyms: incumbent |
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(noun) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust | Synonyms: officer |
officer | (noun) a member of a police force | Synonyms: police officer |
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(noun) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust | Synonyms: officeholder |
(noun) any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command | Synonyms: military officer |
(noun) a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel | Synonyms: ship's officer |
orifice | (noun) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | Synonyms: opening, porta |
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pedicel | (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle | Synonyms: pedicle |
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pericementoclasia | (noun) pus pocket formation around a tooth | - |
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plaice | (noun) large European food fish | Synonyms: Pleuronectes platessa |
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(noun) flesh of large European flatfish | - |