| acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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| adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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| anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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| anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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| apricot | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
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| (noun) downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach | - |
| (noun) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach | Synonyms: apricot tree |
| bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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| bellicoseness | (noun) a natural disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicosity |
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| bellicosity | (noun) a natural disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicoseness |
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| bicorn | (noun) a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points | Synonyms: bicorne |
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| bicorne | (noun) a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points | Synonyms: bicorn |
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| bricolage | (noun) construction of something by whatever material are available | - |
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| bricole | (noun) catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles | Synonyms: mangonel, traction trebuchet |
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| calico | (noun) coarse cloth with a bright print | - |
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| catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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| chicory | (noun) crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste | Synonyms: curly endive |
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| (noun) root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee | Synonyms: chicory root |
| (noun) perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads | Synonyms: chicory plant, Cichorium intybus, succory |
| (noun) the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute | Synonyms: chicory root |
| chicot | (noun) handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute | Synonyms: bonduc, Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree |
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| chloramphenicol | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | Synonyms: Chloromycetin |
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| corticoid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticosteroid |
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| corticosteroid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid |
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| corticosterone | (noun) secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body | - |
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| corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| dicot | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid |
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| dicotyledon | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, exogen, magnoliopsid |
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| dicoumarol | (noun) an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin | Synonyms: dicumarol |
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| emoticon | (noun) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email | - |
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| epicondyle | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | - |
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| epicondylitis | (noun) painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle | - |
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| glucocorticoid | (noun) a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity | - |
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| haricot | (noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried | Synonyms: flageolet |
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| (noun) a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans | - |
| helicon | (noun) a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician | Synonyms: bombardon |
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| helicopter | (noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | Synonyms: chopper, eggbeater, whirlybird |
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| homotoxicology | (noun) analysis of sickness within the framework of the body's failure to deal with the burden of toxins. Homeopathic remedies often are used as treatment. Developed by Hans Heinrich Reckeweg. | - |
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| icon | (noun) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | Synonyms: ikon, image, picture |
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| (noun) a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church | Synonyms: ikon |
| (noun) (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface | - |
| iconoclasm | (noun) the orientation of an iconoclast | - |
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| iconoclast | (noun) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | - |
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| (noun) a destroyer of images used in religious worship | Synonyms: image breaker |
| iconography | (noun) the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject | - |
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| iconolatry | (noun) the worship of sacred images | - |
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| iconology | (noun) the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms) | - |
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| iconoscope | (noun) the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin | - |
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| icosahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having twenty plane faces | - |
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| lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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| lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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| lexicologist | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicographer |
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| lexicology | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language | - |
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| lexicon | (noun) a language user's knowledge of words | Synonyms: mental lexicon, vocabulary |
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| (noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | Synonyms: dictionary |
| lexicostatistics | (noun) a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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| 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 |
| longicorn | (noun) long-bodied beetle having very long antennae | Synonyms: long-horned beetle, longicorn beetle |
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| machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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| magnifico | (noun) a person of distinguished rank or appearance | - |
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| manicotti | (noun) large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce | - |
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| manticora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticore, mantiger |
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| manticore | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticora, mantiger |
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| massicot | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicotite |
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| massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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| medico | (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | Synonyms: doc, doctor, Dr., MD, physician |
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| (noun) a student in medical school | Synonyms: medical student |
| miconazole | (noun) an antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat) | Synonyms: Monistat |
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| mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| multicollinearity | (noun) a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated | - |
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| musicologist | (noun) a student of musicology | - |
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| musicology | (noun) the scholarly and scientific study of music | - |
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| nicotine | (noun) an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide | - |
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| onomasticon | (noun) a list of proper nouns naming persons or places | - |
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| orthicon | (noun) a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons | Synonyms: image orthicon |
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| panopticon | (noun) a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 | - |
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| (noun) an area where everything is visible | - |
| pantechnicon | (noun) a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture) | - |
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| persicot | (noun) a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit. | - |
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| petticoat | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, underskirt |
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| phoenicophorium | (noun) latanier palm | Synonyms: genus Phoenicophorium |
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| picofarad | (noun) a unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad | - |
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| picometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromicron, picometre |
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| picometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromicron, picometer |
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| picornavirus | (noun) a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat | - |
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| picosecond | (noun) one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond | - |
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| picot | (noun) an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon | - |
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| picovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt | - |
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| politico | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politician |
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| portico | (noun) a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area | - |
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| ricochet | (noun) a glancing rebound | Synonyms: carom |
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| ricotta | (noun) soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese | - |
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| semicoke | (noun) Semicoke is a solid residue obtained by carbonization of coal at a relatively low temperature (below 700° C). | - |
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| semicolon | (noun) a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period | - |
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| semicoma | (noun) a mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli | - |
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| semiconductor | (noun) a conductor made with semiconducting material | Synonyms: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit |
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| (noun) a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities | Synonyms: semiconducting material |
| semiconsciousness | (noun) marginal consciousness | Synonyms: grogginess, stupefaction, stupor |
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| silicon | (noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors | Synonyms: atomic number 14, Si |
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| silicone | (noun) any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation | Synonyms: silicone polymer |
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| silicosis | (noun) a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate | - |
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| technicolor | (noun) a trademarked method of making color motion pictures | - |
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| thyrotoxicosis | (noun) an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones | Synonyms: hyperthyroidism |
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| torticollis | (noun) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted | Synonyms: wryneck |
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| toxicognath | (noun) either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede | - |
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| toxicologist | (noun) one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment | - |
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| toxicology | (noun) the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons | - |
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| tragicomedy | (noun) a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating | - |
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| (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: seriocomedy |
| tricolor | (noun) a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) | Synonyms: tricolour |
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