antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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bispak | (noun) A sexually promiscuous Indonesian woman | - |
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crisp | (noun) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip |
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crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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crispness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispiness |
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(noun) a pleasing firmness and freshness | - |
(noun) an expressive style that is direct and to the point | - |
disparagement | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: dispraise |
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(noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: depreciation, derogation |
disparager | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, detractor, knocker |
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disparateness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: distinctiveness |
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disparity | (noun) inequality or difference in some respect | - |
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dispassion | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassionateness, dryness |
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dispassionateness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dryness |
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dispatch | (noun) the act of sending off something | Synonyms: despatch, shipment |
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(noun) killing a person or animal | Synonyms: despatch |
(noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, expedition, expeditiousness |
(noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: communique, despatch |
dispatcher | (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: starter |
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(noun) employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service | - |
dispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensableness |
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dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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dispensary | (noun) clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed | - |
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dispensation | (noun) the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) | - |
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(noun) an exemption from some rule or obligation | - |
(noun) a share that has been dispensed or distributed | - |
dispenser | (noun) a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who dispenses | - |
dispersal | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersion, dissemination |
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dispersion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dissemination |
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(noun) the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume | Synonyms: distribution |
(noun) spreading widely or driving off | Synonyms: scattering |
dispiritedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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displacement | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: supplanting |
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(noun) act of removing from office or employment | - |
(noun) the act of uniform movement | Synonyms: translation |
(noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: deracination |
(noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation | Synonyms: shift |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one | - |
(noun) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | Synonyms: displacement reaction |
display | (noun) something shown to the public | Synonyms: exhibit, showing |
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(noun) a visual representation of something | Synonyms: presentation |
(noun) an electronic device that represents information in visual form | Synonyms: video display |
(noun) exhibiting openly in public view | - |
(noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression | Synonyms: show |
(noun) behavior that makes your feelings public | - |
displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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disposable | (noun) an item that can be disposed of after it has been used | - |
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disposal | (noun) the act or means of getting rid of something | Synonyms: disposition |
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(noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: administration |
(noun) a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage | Synonyms: electric pig, garbage disposal |
(noun) the power to use something or someone | - |
disposition | (noun) the act or means of getting rid of something | Synonyms: disposal |
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(noun) your usual mood | Synonyms: temperament |
(noun) a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing | - |
(noun) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others | Synonyms: inclination, tendency |
dispossession | (noun) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | Synonyms: eviction, legal ouster |
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(noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: exorcism |
dispraise | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: disparagement |
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disproof | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: falsification, falsifying, refutal, refutation |
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(noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | Synonyms: falsification, refutation |
disproportion | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: dissymmetry, imbalance |
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disprover | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, rebutter, refuter |
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disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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disputation | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: debate, public debate |
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(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt |
dispute | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: contravention |
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(noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion |
epispadias | (noun) a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis | - |
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episperm | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: seed coat, testa |
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frontispiece | (noun) front illustration facing the title page of a book | - |
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(noun) an ornamental facade | - |
hemisphere | (noun) either half of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral hemisphere |
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(noun) half of the terrestrial globe | - |
(noun) half of a sphere | - |
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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jurisprudence | (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: law, legal philosophy |
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(noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: law |
lisp | (noun) a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th' | - |
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lisper | (noun) a speaker who lisps | - |
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mantispid | (noun) insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps | - |
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mispickel | (noun) a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic | Synonyms: arsenopyrite |
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misplacement | (noun) faulty position | Synonyms: malposition |
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misplay | (noun) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | Synonyms: error |
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misprint | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal, literal error, typo, typographical error |
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mispronunciation | (noun) incorrect pronunciation | - |
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perisperm | (noun) the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds | - |
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predisposition | (noun) a disposition in advance to react in a particular way | - |
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(noun) an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way | - |
(noun) susceptibility to a pathogen | Synonyms: sensitivity |
redisposition | (noun) the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively | Synonyms: redeployment |
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whisper | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whispering |
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(noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whispering |
whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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whispering | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whisper |
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(noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whisper |
wisp | (noun) a flock of snipe | - |
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(noun) a small tuft or lock | - |
(noun) a small bundle of straw or hay | - |
(noun) a small person | - |