aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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ambiguity | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: equivocalness |
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(noun) an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | - |
configuration | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: conformation, contour, form, shape |
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(noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: constellation |
configurationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties | Synonyms: Gestalt psychology |
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contiguity | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguousness |
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contiguousness | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguity |
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disambiguation | (noun) clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity | - |
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disambiguator | (noun) (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used | - |
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disfiguration | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfigurement, mutilation |
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(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfigurement |
disfigurement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfiguration, mutilation |
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(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfiguration |
exiguity | (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness |
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fatigue | (noun) labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) | Synonyms: fatigue duty |
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(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something | - |
(noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: tiredness, weariness |
(noun) used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress | - |
fatigues | (noun) military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor | - |
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figuration | (noun) decorating with a design | - |
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(noun) representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory | - |
figurativeness | (noun) The property of being metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures of speech. | - |
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(noun) The representation of form or figure in art. | - |
figure | (noun) a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating | - |
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(noun) a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) | - |
(noun) a decorative or artistic work | Synonyms: design, pattern |
(noun) the impression produced by a person | - |
(noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals | Synonyms: number |
(noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
(noun) a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground | - |
(noun) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material | Synonyms: fig |
(noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure of speech, image, trope |
(noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: name, public figure |
(noun) an amount of money expressed numerically | - |
(noun) one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration | Synonyms: digit |
(noun) a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape | - |
figurehead | (noun) figure on the bow of some sailing vessels | - |
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(noun) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity | Synonyms: front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman |
figurer | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, estimator, reckoner |
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figurine | (noun) a small carved or molded figure | Synonyms: statuette |
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figuring | (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, computation, reckoning |
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gigue | (noun) music in three-four time for dancing a jig | Synonyms: jig |
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iguana | (noun) large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America | Synonyms: common iguana, Iguana iguana |
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iguanid | (noun) lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males | Synonyms: iguanid lizard |
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iguanodon | (noun) massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period | - |
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intrigue | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: machination |
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(noun) a clandestine love affair | - |
intriguer | (noun) a person who devises plots or intrigues | Synonyms: designer |
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ligule | (noun) (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap | - |
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oliguria | (noun) production of an abnormally small amount of urine | - |
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(noun) abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body | - |
pemphigus | (noun) a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane | - |
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prefiguration | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, foreshadowing |
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(noun) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | - |
subfigure | (noun) a figure that is a part of another figure | - |
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transfiguration | (noun) the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify | - |
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(noun) a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances | Synonyms: metamorphosis |
unambiguity | (noun) clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity | Synonyms: unequivocalness |
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