indigene | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, native |
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indigenousness | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: autochthony, endemism |
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indigestibility | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibleness |
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indigestibleness | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibility |
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indigestion | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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indignation | (noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: outrage |
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indignity | (noun) an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem | - |
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indigo | (noun) a blue-violet color | - |
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(noun) deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye | Synonyms: indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria |
(noun) a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically | Synonyms: anil, indigotin |
indigotin | (noun) a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically | Synonyms: anil, indigo |
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indinavir | (noun) a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV | Synonyms: Crixivan |
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indirection | (noun) indirect procedure or action | - |
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(noun) deceitful action that is not straightforward | - |
indirectness | (noun) having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal | - |
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indiscernibility | (noun) The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed. | - |
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indiscipline | (noun) the trait of lacking discipline | Synonyms: undiscipline |
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indiscreetness | (noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
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indiscretion | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: peccadillo |
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(noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
indispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensableness, vitalness |
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indispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensability, vitalness |
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indisposition | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance |
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(noun) a slight illness | - |
indisputability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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indistinctness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, softness |
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indistinguishability | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, identity |
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indium | (noun) a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite | Synonyms: atomic number 49, In |
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individual | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) a single organism | - |
individualisation | (noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualization, individuation |
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individualism | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individuality, individuation |
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(noun) the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs | Synonyms: laissez faire |
(noun) a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence | - |
individualist | (noun) a person who pursues independent thought or action | - |
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individuality | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individualism, individuation |
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(noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: identity, personal identity |
individualization | (noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualisation, individuation |
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individuation | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individualism, individuality |
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(noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualisation, individualization |
indivisibility | (noun) (arithmetic) The state of being impossible to divide by a specific integer without leaving a remainder. | - |
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indoctrination | (noun) teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically | - |
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indole | (noun) a white or yellowish crystalline heterocyclic compound extracted from coal tar and used in perfumery, medicine, and as a flavouring agent. | - |
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indolence | (noun) inactivity resulting from a dislike of work | Synonyms: laziness |
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indomethacin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) | Synonyms: Indocin |
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indomitability | (noun) the property being difficult or impossible to defeat | Synonyms: invincibility |
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indorsement | (noun) the act of endorsing | Synonyms: endorsement |
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(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, sanction, warrant |
(noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: blurb, endorsement |
(noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, second, secondment |
(noun) a signature that validates something | Synonyms: endorsement |
indorser | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, ratifier, subscriber |
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(noun) a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | Synonyms: endorser |
indri | (noun) large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn | Synonyms: Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri, indris |
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indris | (noun) large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn | Synonyms: indri, Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri |
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indubitability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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inducement | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducing |
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(noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, motivator |
inducer | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: persuader |
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(noun) an agent capable of activating specific genes | - |
inducing | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducement |
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inductance | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductor |
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(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: induction |
inductee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, draftee |
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(noun) a person inducted into an organization or social group | - |
induction | (noun) the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time) | - |
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(noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events | Synonyms: initiation, trigger |
(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization, inductive reasoning |
(noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: elicitation, evocation |
(noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: initiation, installation |
(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: inductance |
inductionism | (noun) the scientific philosophy where laws are "induced" from sets of data. | - |
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inductor | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductance |
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indulgence | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulging, pampering |
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(noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, lunacy, tomfoolery |
(noun) the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution | - |
(noun) an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires | Synonyms: self-indulgence |
(noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: lenience, leniency |
indulging | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, pampering |
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indument | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indumentum |
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indumentum | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indument |
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induration | (noun) any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | Synonyms: sclerosis |
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indusium | (noun) a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern | - |
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industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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industriousness | (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industry |
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industry | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: manufacture |
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(noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
(noun) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | - |
indweller | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant |
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(noun) activation by an inner spirit or force or principle | - |
kind | (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: form, sort, variety |
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kindergarten | (noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school | - |
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kindergartener | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartner, preschooler |
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kindergartner | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, preschooler |
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kindheartedness | (noun) sympathy arising from a kind heart | Synonyms: kind-heartedness |
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kindjal | (noun) a kind of short sword or dagger with a slightly curved blade, probably originated in Chechnya. | - |
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kindliness | (noun) friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition | Synonyms: helpfulness |
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kindling | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting |
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(noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
kindness | (noun) a kind act | Synonyms: benignity |
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(noun) the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic | - |
(noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: forgivingness |
kindred | (noun) group of people related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: clan, kin, kin group, kinship group, tribe |
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lindane | (noun) a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide | - |
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linden | (noun) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | Synonyms: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree |
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(noun) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork | Synonyms: basswood |
lindy | (noun) an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh) | Synonyms: lindy hop |
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mankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, world |
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mastermind | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, originator |
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(noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius |
mind | (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: brain, head, nous, psyche |
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(noun) recall or remembrance | - |
(noun) attention | - |
(noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
(noun) knowledge and intellectual ability | Synonyms: intellect |
(noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: idea |
(noun) an important intellectual | Synonyms: creative thinker, thinker |
minder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, babyminder |
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(noun) someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors | - |
mindfuck | (noun) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person | - |
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mindfulness | (noun) the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities | Synonyms: heedfulness |
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mindlessness | (noun) the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | Synonyms: heedlessness, rashness |
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(noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: inanity, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuity |
mindset | (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, outlook |
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molindone | (noun) antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia | Synonyms: Moban |
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netminder | (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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nonindulgence | (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: asceticism, austerity |
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norethindrone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethandrolone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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overindulgence | (noun) excessive indulgence | Synonyms: excess |
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palindrome | (noun) a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward | - |
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pathfinder | (noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: guide, scout |
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pindolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension | Synonyms: Visken |
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preindication | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, foretoken, sign |
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qindarka | (noun) 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania | Synonyms: qintar |
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raindrop | (noun) a drop of rain | - |
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rangefinder | (noun) a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object | Synonyms: range finder |
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reindeer | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus |
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rejoinder | (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, counter, replication, retort, return, riposte |
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(noun) (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication | - |
remainder | (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: end, oddment, remnant |
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(noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: difference |
(noun) the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor | - |
(noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest |
reminder | (noun) an experience that causes you to remember something | - |
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(noun) a message that helps you remember something | - |
(noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: admonisher, monitor |
rind | (noun) the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) | - |
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