achira | (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: arrowroot, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
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admirability | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirableness, wonderfulness |
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admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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admiral | (noun) any of several brightly colored butterflies | - |
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(noun) the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral | Synonyms: full admiral |
admiralty | (noun) the office of admiral | - |
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(noun) the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) | - |
admiration | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: appreciation |
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(noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking | Synonyms: esteem |
(noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: wonder, wonderment |
antiperspirant | (noun) an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration | - |
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antiviral | (noun) any drug that destroys viruses | Synonyms: antiviral agent, antiviral drug |
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aspirant | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
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aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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(noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
aspiration | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake |
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(noun) a will to succeed | - |
(noun) a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath | - |
(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, dream |
aspirator | (noun) a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid | - |
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azadirachtin | (noun) insecticide | - |
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biopiracy | (noun) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use | - |
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chiralgia | (noun) a pain in the hand that is not traumatic | - |
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coconspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: conspirator, machinator, plotter |
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conspiracy | (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | Synonyms: cabal |
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(noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: confederacy |
(noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: confederacy |
conspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, machinator, plotter |
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cuirass | (noun) medieval body armor that covers the chest and back | - |
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cuirassier | (noun) a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass | - |
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desirability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirableness |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirableness, oomph, sex appeal |
desirableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirability |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, oomph, sex appeal |
disulfiram | (noun) a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested | Synonyms: Antabuse |
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emirate | (noun) the office of an emir | - |
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(noun) the domain controlled by an emir | - |
expiration | (noun) the act of expelling air from the lungs | Synonyms: breathing out, exhalation |
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(noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, going, loss, passing, release |
(noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiry, termination |
fitspiration | (noun) something that inspires you to exercise | - |
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giraffe | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis |
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girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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girandole | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandola |
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girasol | (noun) tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers | Synonyms: Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower |
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(noun) an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors | Synonyms: fire opal |
hegira | (noun) a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment | Synonyms: exodus, hejira |
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hejira | (noun) a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment | Synonyms: exodus, hegira |
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inspiration | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, intake |
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(noun) arousing to a particular emotion or action | Synonyms: stirring |
(noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: brainchild |
(noun) (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings | Synonyms: divine guidance |
(noun) a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem | - |
(noun) arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity | - |
ira | (noun) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: anger, ire, wrath |
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irascibility | (noun) a feeling of resentful anger | Synonyms: quick temper, short temper, spleen |
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lempira | (noun) the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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leptospira | (noun) important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever | - |
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levirate | (noun) the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line | - |
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lira | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi | Synonyms: Italian lira |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Turkey | Synonyms: Turkish lira |
(noun) the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Maltese lira |
maniraptor | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropod; regarded as surviving today as living birds | - |
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milliradian | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian | - |
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miracle | (noun) any amazing or wonderful occurrence | - |
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(noun) a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent | - |
mirage | (noun) something illusory and unattainable | - |
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(noun) an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects | - |
mirasol | (noun) annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America | Synonyms: common sunflower, Helianthus annuus |
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naira | (noun) the basic unit of money in Nigeria | - |
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nevirapine | (noun) a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: Viramune |
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omnirange | (noun) a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing | Synonyms: omnidirectional radio range, omnidirectional range |
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oviraptorid | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropods, characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in several cases, elaborate crests | - |
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perspiration | (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: sudor, sweat |
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(noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sweating |
pheniramine | (noun) an antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus | - |
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piracy | (noun) hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it | Synonyms: buccaneering |
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(noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: plagiarisation, plagiarism, plagiarization |
pirana | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: caribe, piranha |
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piranha | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: caribe, pirana |
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(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, predator, vulture |
pirate | (noun) a ship that is manned by pirates | Synonyms: pirate ship |
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(noun) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation | Synonyms: buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover |
(noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer |
quadrumvirate | (noun) a group of four men | - |
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quira | (noun) any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber | - |
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(noun) hard heavy red wood of a quira tree | Synonyms: Panama redwood |
respiration | (noun) the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs | Synonyms: cellular respiration, internal respiration |
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(noun) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | Synonyms: breathing, external respiration, ventilation |
(noun) a single complete act of breathing in and out | - |
respirator | (noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: inhalator |
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(noun) a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases | Synonyms: gas helmet, gasmask |
spiracle | (noun) a breathing orifice | - |
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spiraea | (noun) any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers | Synonyms: spirea |
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(noun) a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming | Synonyms: Astilbe japonica, spirea |
spiral | (noun) flying downward in a helical path with a large radius | - |
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(noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: coil, helix, volute, whorl |
(noun) ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center | Synonyms: volute |
(noun) a continuously accelerating change in the economy | - |
(noun) a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center | - |
(noun) a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle | Synonyms: helix |
spirant | (noun) a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract | Synonyms: fricative, fricative consonant |
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suspiration | (noun) an utterance made by exhaling audibly | Synonyms: sigh |
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taira | (noun) long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America | Synonyms: Eira barbara, tayra |
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tirade | (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: broadside, philippic |
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tiramisu | (noun) an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate | - |
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transpiration | (noun) the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants | - |
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(noun) the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature | - |
(noun) the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes | - |
triumvirate | (noun) a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority | - |
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umpirage | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiating, officiation, refereeing |
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(noun) mediation by an umpire | - |
undesirability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that should be avoided | - |
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undesirable | (noun) one whose presence is undesirable | - |
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velociraptor | (noun) small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs | - |
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viraemia | (noun) the presence of a virus in the blood stream | Synonyms: viremia |
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virago | (noun) a noisy or scolding or domineering woman | - |
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(noun) a large strong and aggressive woman | Synonyms: amazon |