advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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advertiser | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertizer |
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advisee | (noun) someone who receives advice | - |
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advisement | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: deliberation, weighing |
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adviser | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: advisor, consultant |
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aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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alkaliser | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkalizer, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid |
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allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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alphabetiser | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetizer |
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anise | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed |
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(noun) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum |
aniseed | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise, anise seed |
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aniseikonia | (noun) visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes | - |
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anisette | (noun) liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | Synonyms: anisette de Bordeaux |
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antisemitism | (noun) the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | Synonyms: anti-Semitism |
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antisepsis | (noun) the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | Synonyms: asepsis |
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(noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: asepsis, sterileness, sterility |
antiseptic | (noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | - |
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antiserum | (noun) blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease | - |
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appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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(noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
atomiser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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bearnaise | (noun) a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice | - |
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benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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betise | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
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bise | (noun) a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | Synonyms: bize |
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bisection | (noun) dividing into two equal parts | - |
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bisexual | (noun) a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes | Synonyms: bisexual person |
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bisexuality | (noun) sexual activity with both men and women | - |
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(noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: androgyny, hermaphroditism |
bordelaise | (noun) brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine | - |
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bowdleriser | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdlerizer, expurgator |
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bruise | (noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: contusion |
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bruiser | (noun) a large and strong and heavyset man | Synonyms: bull, Samson, strapper |
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camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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cerise | (noun) a red the color of ripe cherries | Synonyms: cherry, cherry red |
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chaise | (noun) a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | Synonyms: shay |
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(noun) a long chair; for reclining | Synonyms: chaise longue, daybed |
chastisement | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: castigation |
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(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, correction |
chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
chinoiserie | (noun) a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned | - |
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chisel | (noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge | - |
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chiseler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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chiseller | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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coliseum | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, amphitheatre |
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coloniser | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: colonizer |
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commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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(noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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(noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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conciseness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness |
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counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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cruise | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: sail |
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cruiser | (noun) a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer | - |
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(noun) a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board | Synonyms: cabin cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft |
(noun) a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters | Synonyms: patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car |
cruiserweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the middleweight division and lighter than those in the super heavyweight division. | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
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(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
damoiselle | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle |
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demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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demoiselle | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: damselfish |
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(noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel |
devise | (noun) (law) a gift of real property by will | - |
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(noun) a will disposing of real property | - |
devisee | (noun) someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will | - |
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deviser | (noun) a person who makes plans | Synonyms: contriver, planner |
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digitiser | (noun) device for converting analogue signals into digital signals | Synonyms: analog-digital converter, analog-to-digital converter, digitizer |
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disease | (noun) an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | - |
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disembarkation | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: debarkation, disembarkment |
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disembarkment | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: debarkation, disembarkation |
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disembarrassment | (noun) something that extricates you from embarrassment | - |
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disembowelment | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | Synonyms: evisceration |
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disenchantment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disillusion, disillusionment |
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disenfranchisement | (noun) the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise | - |
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disengagement | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: fallback, pullout |
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(noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: detachment |
disentanglement | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: extrication, unsnarling, untangling |
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disentangler | (noun) a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state | Synonyms: unraveler, unraveller |
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disequilibrium | (noun) loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others | - |
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disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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disesteem | (noun) the state in which esteem has been lost | - |
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disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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disguise | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: camouflage |
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(noun) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity | - |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: camouflage |
dispraise | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: disparagement |
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economiser | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economizer |
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eisegesis | (noun) personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas | - |
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energiser | (noun) a device that supplies electrical energy | Synonyms: energizer |
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(noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: animator, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer |
enfranchisement | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: certification |
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(noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: franchise |
(noun) freedom from political subjugation or servitude | - |
enterprise | (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour |
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(noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative |
(noun) an organization created for business ventures | - |
enterpriser | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: entrepreneur |
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equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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(noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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excise | (noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | Synonyms: excise tax |
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exciseman | (noun) someone who collects taxes for the government | Synonyms: collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent, tax collector, taxman |
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exercise | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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(noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: example |
(noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation |
(noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
(noun) an action, often used negatively and without consequences | - |
(noun) (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches | - |
exerciser | (noun) sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises | Synonyms: gymnastic apparatus |
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exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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expertise | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | Synonyms: expertness |
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fertiliser | (noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile | Synonyms: fertilizer, plant food |
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fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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(noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
framboise | (noun) the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange | Synonyms: European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry |
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franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
(noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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(noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
galvaniser | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvanizer, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvanizer |
genlisea | (noun) rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs | - |
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genoise | (noun) rich and delicate Italian sponge cake | - |
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greisen | (noun) a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica | - |
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griseofulvin | (noun) a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium | Synonyms: Fulvicin |
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guise | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: pretence, pretense, pretext |
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