abidance | (noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) | - |
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(noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: residence, residency |
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: compliance, conformation, conformity |
aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
abridgement | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation |
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abridger | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abbreviator |
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abridgment | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, capsule, condensation |
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acaracide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaricide |
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acaricide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaracide |
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acarid | (noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks | - |
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acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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accidence | (noun) the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words | Synonyms: inflectional morphology |
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accident | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: chance event, fortuity, stroke |
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(noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury | - |
accidental | (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
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accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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acetamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: ethanamide |
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acetanilid | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilide, phenylacetamide |
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acetanilide | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilid, phenylacetamide |
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acetophenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetphenetidin, phenacetin |
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acetphenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetophenetidin, phenacetin |
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acid | (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
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(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | - |
acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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acidimetry | (noun) volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present | - |
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acidity | (noun) pH values below 7 | - |
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(noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
(noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidulousness |
acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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acidosis | (noun) abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues | - |
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acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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acridid | (noun) grasshopper with short antennae | Synonyms: short-horned grasshopper |
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acridity | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridness |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridness |
(noun) having an acrid smell | - |
acridness | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridity |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridity |
acrylamide | (noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals | - |
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actinide | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinoid, actinon |
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actinoid | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinon |
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actinomyxidian | (noun) of or relating to parasites of worms | - |
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adelgid | (noun) any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers | - |
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adenoid | (noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) | Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis |
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adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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aerides | (noun) any orchid of the genus Aerides | - |
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affidavit | (noun) written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath | - |
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agamid | (noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae | Synonyms: agamid lizard |
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aid | (noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assist, assistance, help |
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(noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: attention, care, tending |
(noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do | Synonyms: assistance, help |
(noun) gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause | Synonyms: assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance |
aide | (noun) someone who acts as assistant | Synonyms: auxiliary |
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(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer | Synonyms: adjutant, aide-de-camp |
aikido | (noun) a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo | - |
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albuminoid | (noun) a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye | Synonyms: scleroprotein |
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algidity | (noun) prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure | - |
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alidad | (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles | Synonyms: alidade |
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(noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | Synonyms: alidade |
alidade | (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles | Synonyms: alidad |
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(noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | Synonyms: alidad |
alkaloid | (noun) natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants | - |
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ambidexterity | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidextrousness |
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ambidextrousness | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidexterity |
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ambystomid | (noun) small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander | Synonyms: ambystomid salamander |
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amide | (noun) any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 | - |
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amidopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: aminopyrine |
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aminoaciduria | (noun) abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects | - |
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ammonoid | (noun) one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks | Synonyms: ammonite |
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amphidiploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent | - |
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amphidiploidy | (noun) the condition of being amphidiploid | - |
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amygdaloid | (noun) volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits | - |
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amyloid | (noun) (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue | - |
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(noun) a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch | - |
amyloidosis | (noun) a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma | - |
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anapsid | (noun) primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles | Synonyms: anapsid reptile |
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anaspid | (noun) extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian | - |
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andrenid | (noun) a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena | Synonyms: andrena, mining bee |
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android | (noun) an automaton that resembles a human being | Synonyms: humanoid, mechanical man |
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(noun) An operating system from Google for mobile devices | - |
aneroid | (noun) a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids | Synonyms: aneroid barometer |
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aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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anhidrosis | (noun) failure of the sweat glands | Synonyms: anhydrosis |
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anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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annelid | (noun) worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally | Synonyms: annelid worm, segmented worm |
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anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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antacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antiacid, gastric antacid |
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antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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antheridium | (noun) the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers | - |
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antherozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: spermatozoid |
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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 |
antiacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, gastric antacid |
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antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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antidote | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: counterpoison |
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antioxidant | (noun) substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides | - |
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apartheid | (noun) a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa | - |
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aphid | (noun) any of various small plant-sucking insects | - |
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arachnid | (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnoid |
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arachnoid | (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnid |
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(noun) the middle of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: arachnoid membrane |
archiannelid | (noun) small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae | - |
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archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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arctiid | (noun) stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars | Synonyms: arctiid moth |
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argasid | (noun) tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head | Synonyms: soft tick |
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aridity | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: barrenness, fruitlessness |
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(noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridness, thirstiness |
aridness | (noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridity, thirstiness |
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aroid | (noun) any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe | Synonyms: arum |
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arsenide | (noun) a compound of arsenic with a more positive element | - |
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arytaenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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arytenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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asafetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafoetida |
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asafoetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafetida |
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ascidian | (noun) minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves | - |
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