| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| attainder | (noun) cancellation of civil rights | Synonyms: civil death |
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| babyminder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, minder |
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| behind | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| bind | (noun) something that hinders as if with bonds | - |
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| binder | (noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: ligature |
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| (noun) holds loose papers or magazines | Synonyms: ring-binder |
| (noun) a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves | Synonyms: reaper binder |
| (noun) something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface | - |
| bindery | (noun) a workshop where books are bound | - |
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| binding | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, dressing |
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| (noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, book binding, cover |
| (noun) strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration | - |
| (noun) one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | Synonyms: ski binding |
| (noun) the capacity to attract and hold something | - |
| bindweed | (noun) any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit | - |
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| blind | (noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | Synonyms: screen |
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| (noun) a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) | - |
| (noun) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity | Synonyms: subterfuge |
| (noun) people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group | - |
| blinder | (noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinker, winker |
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| blindfold | (noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes | - |
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| blindness | (noun) the state of being blind or lacking sight | Synonyms: cecity, sightlessness |
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| blindworm | (noun) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | Synonyms: Anguis fragilis, slowworm |
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| (noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions | Synonyms: caecilian |
| bookbinder | (noun) a worker whose trade is binding books | - |
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| bookbindery | (noun) a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books | - |
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| bookbinding | (noun) the craft of binding books | - |
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| cinder | (noun) a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | Synonyms: clinker |
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| contraindication | (noun) (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment | - |
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| crosswind | (noun) wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| cylinder | (noun) a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air | - |
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| (noun) a chamber within which piston moves | Synonyms: piston chamber |
| (noun) a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line | - |
| (noun) a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) | - |
| cylindricality | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | Synonyms: cylindricalness |
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| cylindricalness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | Synonyms: cylindricality |
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| dwindling | (noun) a becoming gradually less | Synonyms: dwindling away |
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| faultfinder | (noun) someone who is critical of the motives of others | Synonyms: cynic |
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| faultfinding | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: carping |
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| feeblemindedness | (noun) severe mental deficiency | - |
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| find | (noun) the act of discovering something | Synonyms: discovery, uncovering |
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| (noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: breakthrough, discovery |
| finder | (noun) optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest | Synonyms: view finder, viewfinder |
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| (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: discoverer, spotter |
| (noun) someone who comes upon something after searching | - |
| finding | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: determination |
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| (noun) the decision of a court on issues of fact or law | - |
| (noun) something that is found | - |
| findings | (noun) a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes | - |
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| findom | (noun) pejorative term for when a man gives money to a woman | - |
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| (noun) a fetish where the submissive is forced to give money to a dominant | - |
| flinders | (noun) bits and splinters and fragments | - |
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| flindosa | (noun) tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc | Synonyms: Flindersia australis, flindosy, native beech |
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| flindosy | (noun) tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc | Synonyms: Flindersia australis, flindosa, native beech |
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| grind | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: mill, pulverisation, pulverization |
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| (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, plodding |
| (noun) the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground | - |
| (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, swot, wonk |
| grinder | (noun) a machine tool that polishes metal | - |
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| (noun) machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | Synonyms: mill, milling machinery |
| (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | Synonyms: molar |
| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
| grinding | (noun) a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) | - |
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| (noun) material resulting from the process of grinding | - |
| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition |
| grindle | (noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | Synonyms: Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish |
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| grindstone | (noun) a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools | - |
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| headwind | (noun) wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| highbinder | (noun) a corrupt politician | - |
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| hind | (noun) a female deer, especially an adult female red deer | - |
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| (noun) any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers | - |
| hindbrain | (noun) the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | Synonyms: rhombencephalon |
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| hinderance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hindrance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment |
| hindfoot | (noun) a rear foot of a quadruped | - |
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| hindgut | (noun) the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos | - |
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| hindlimb | (noun) a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals | Synonyms: hind limb |
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| hindquarter | (noun) the back half of a side of meat | - |
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| hindquarters | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| hindrance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hinderance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment |
| hindshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
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| hindsight | (noun) understanding the nature of an event after it has happened | - |
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| humankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world |
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| indaba | (noun) a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question | - |
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| indapamide | (noun) diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Lozal |
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| indebtedness | (noun) a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor | Synonyms: obligation |
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| (noun) an obligation to pay money to another party | Synonyms: financial obligation, liability |
| indecency | (noun) an indecent or improper act | Synonyms: impropriety |
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| (noun) the quality of being indecent | - |
| indecision | (noun) the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: indecisiveness |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecisiveness, irresolution |
| indecisiveness | (noun) the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: indecision |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecision, irresolution |
| indecorousness | (noun) a lack of decorum | Synonyms: indecorum |
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| indecorum | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: familiarity, impropriety, liberty |
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| (noun) a lack of decorum | Synonyms: indecorousness |
| indefatigability | (noun) tireless determination | Synonyms: indefatigableness, tirelessness |
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| indefatigableness | (noun) tireless determination | Synonyms: indefatigability, tirelessness |
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| indefinability | (noun) The quality of not being able to be precisely defined or put into words. | - |
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| indefiniteness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indefinity | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indelibility | (noun) The quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. | Synonyms: ineffaceability |
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| indelicacy | (noun) an impolite act or expression | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being indelicate and offensive | - |
| indemnification | (noun) an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance | - |
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| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnity, redress, restitution |
| indemnity | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution |
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| (noun) legal exemption from liability for damages | - |
| (noun) protection against future loss | Synonyms: insurance |
| indene | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins | - |
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| indent | (noun) an order for goods to be exported or imported | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indentation, indention, indenture |
| indentation | (noun) the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indention, indenture |
| (noun) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | Synonyms: pitting, roughness |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indenture |
| indention | (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indenture |
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| indenture | (noun) a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term | - |
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| (noun) formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt | - |
| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indention |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indentation |
| independence | (noun) the successful ending of the American Revolution | - |
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| (noun) freedom from control or influence of another or others | Synonyms: independency |
| independency | (noun) freedom from control or influence of another or others | Synonyms: independence |
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| independent | (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person |
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| (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump |
| indescribability | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribableness |
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| indescribableness | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribability |
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| indestructibility | (noun) the strength to resist destruction | - |
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| indeterminacy | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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| indetermination | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness |
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| index | (noun) the finger next to the thumb | Synonyms: forefinger, index finger |
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| (noun) an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed | - |
| (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index number, indicant, indicator |
| (noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | Synonyms: exponent, power |
| (noun) a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number | - |
| indexation | (noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation | - |
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| indexer | (noun) someone who provides an index | - |
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| indexing | (noun) the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve | - |
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| indicant | (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index, index number, indicator |
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| (noun) something that serves to indicate or suggest | Synonyms: indication |
| indication | (noun) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | Synonyms: meter reading, reading |
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| (noun) something that serves to indicate or suggest | Synonyms: indicant |
| (noun) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | Synonyms: denotation |
| (noun) (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure | - |
| (noun) something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary | - |
| indicative | (noun) a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact | Synonyms: common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative mood |
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| indicator | (noun) a device for showing the operating condition of some system | - |
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| (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index, index number, indicant |
| (noun) a signal for attracting attention | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction | - |
| indictability | (noun) the state of being liable to impeachment | Synonyms: impeachability |
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| indiction | (noun) a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms | - |
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| indictment | (noun) a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense | Synonyms: bill of indictment |
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| (noun) an accusation of wrongdoing | - |
| indie | (noun) a pop group not affiliated with a major record company | - |
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| (noun) an independent film company not associated with an established studio | - |
| indifference | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, numbness, spiritlessness |
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| (noun) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern | Synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern |
| (noun) unbiased impartial unconcern | - |
| (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
| indigen | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigene, native |
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| indigence | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: need, pauperism, pauperization, penury |
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