| amelioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: betterment, melioration |
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| anterior | (noun) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | Synonyms: front tooth |
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| anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
| apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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| behavior | (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself | Synonyms: behaviour, conduct, doings |
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| (noun) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | Synonyms: behaviour |
| (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment |
| (noun) the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances | Synonyms: behaviour |
| behaviorism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behavioristic psychology, behaviourism, behaviouristic psychology |
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| behaviorist | (noun) a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviourist |
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| bioremediation | (noun) the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances | - |
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| (noun) the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems | - |
| certiorari | (noun) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | Synonyms: writ of certiorari |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| deterioration | (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, worsening |
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| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: impairment |
| diorama | (noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene | Synonyms: cyclorama, panorama |
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| diorite | (noun) a granular crystalline intrusive rock | - |
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| excelsior | (noun) thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing | Synonyms: wood shavings |
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| exterior | (noun) the outer side or surface of something | Synonyms: outside |
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| (noun) the region that is outside of something | Synonyms: outside |
| exteriorisation | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorization, externalisation, externalization |
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| exteriorization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, externalisation, externalization |
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| fiord | (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway | Synonyms: fjord |
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| inferior | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character | Synonyms: subscript |
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| (noun) one of lesser rank or station or quality | - |
| inferiority | (noun) an inferior quality | Synonyms: low quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being a competitive disadvantage | Synonyms: unfavorable position |
| (noun) the state of being inferior | Synonyms: lower rank, lower status |
| interior | (noun) the inner or enclosed surface of something | Synonyms: inside |
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| (noun) the region that is inside of something | Synonyms: inside |
| junior | (noun) the younger of two persons | - |
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| (noun) a third-year undergraduate | - |
| (noun) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male | - |
| kwashiorkor | (noun) severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein | - |
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| melioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, betterment |
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| (noun) the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning | - |
| (noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: improvement |
| meliorism | (noun) the belief that the world can be made better by human effort | - |
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| meliorist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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| misbehavior | (noun) improper or wicked or immoral behavior | Synonyms: misbehaviour, misdeed |
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| neobehaviorism | (noun) a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality. | - |
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| pavior | (noun) a machine for laying pavement | Synonyms: paving machine, paviour |
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| posterior | (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, hindquarters, keister, nates, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| (noun) a tooth situated at the back of the mouth | Synonyms: back tooth |
| posteriority | (noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end | - |
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| (noun) following in time | Synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness |
| prior | (noun) the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot | - |
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| prioress | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: abbess, mother superior |
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| priority | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency |
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| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
| priorship | (noun) the office of prior | - |
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| priory | (noun) religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress | - |
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| rariora | (noun) (plural) rare collector's items | - |
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| savior | (noun) a person who rescues you from harm or danger | Synonyms: deliverer, rescuer, saviour |
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| seignior | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seigneur |
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| seigniorage | (noun) charged by a government for coining bullion | - |
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| seigniory | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigneury |
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| (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, signory |
| senior | (noun) an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation | - |
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| (noun) a person who is older than you are | Synonyms: elder |
| senioritis | (noun) tiredness with the final year of high school | - |
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| seniority | (noun) the property of being long-lived | Synonyms: longevity |
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| (noun) higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service | Synonyms: higher rank, higher status, senior status |
| signior | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signor |
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| superior | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character | Synonyms: superscript |
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| (noun) one of greater rank or station or quality | Synonyms: higher-up, superordinate |
| (noun) the head of a religious community | - |
| (noun) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals | Synonyms: master, victor |
| superiority | (noun) the quality of being superior | Synonyms: high quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being at a competitive advantage | Synonyms: favorable position, favourable position |
| (noun) displaying a sense of being better than others | - |
| (noun) the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | Synonyms: transcendence, transcendency |
| thioridazine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | Synonyms: Mellaril |
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| ulteriority | (noun) the quality of being ulterior | - |
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| variorum | (noun) an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors | Synonyms: variorum edition |
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| warrior | (noun) someone engaged in or experienced in warfare | - |
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