largesse | (noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | Synonyms: largess, magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness |
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(noun) a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously | Synonyms: largess |
larghetto | (noun) (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio | - |
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largo | (noun) (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner | - |
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lari | (noun) the basic unit of money in Georgia | - |
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lariat | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lasso, reata, riata |
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larid | (noun) long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family | - |
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lark | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: escapade |
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(noun) any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing | - |
(noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | Synonyms: pipit, titlark |
(noun) North American songbirds having a yellow breast | Synonyms: meadowlark |
larkspur | (noun) any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium | - |
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larva | (noun) the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | - |
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larvacean | (noun) any member of the class Larvacea | - |
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larvacide | (noun) an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects | - |
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larvicide | (noun) a chemical used to kill larval pests | - |
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laryngectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx) | - |
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laryngismus | (noun) laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles | - |
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laryngitis | (noun) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing | - |
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laryngopharyngitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and pharynx | - |
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laryngopharynx | (noun) the lower part of the pharynx | - |
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laryngoscope | (noun) a medical instrument for examining the larynx | - |
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laryngospasm | (noun) a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs | - |
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laryngostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the larynx | - |
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laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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larynx | (noun) a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech | Synonyms: voice box |
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lobularity | (noun) the property of having lobules | - |
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malar | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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malaria | (noun) an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever | - |
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malarkey | (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarky, nothingness, wind |
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malarky | (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, nothingness, wind |
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mallard | (noun) wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed | Synonyms: Anas platyrhynchos |
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mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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maxillaria | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers | - |
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maxillary | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium | Synonyms: maxilla, upper jaw, upper jawbone |
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meadowlark | (noun) North American songbirds having a yellow breast | Synonyms: lark |
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medlar | (noun) crabapple-like fruit used for preserves | - |
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(noun) a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste | - |
(noun) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples | Synonyms: medlar tree, Mespilus germanica |
(noun) small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit | Synonyms: Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree |
molar | (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | Synonyms: grinder |
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molarity | (noun) concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution | Synonyms: M, molar concentration |
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muscularity | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, sinew |
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(noun) an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) | Synonyms: energy, vigor, vigour, vim |
(noun) the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle | - |
narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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navicular | (noun) the largest wrist bone on the thumb side | Synonyms: os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone |
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ocular | (noun) combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | Synonyms: eyepiece |
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otolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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otolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otorhinolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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otorhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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particular | (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
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(noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
(noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
particularisation | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularization |
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particularism | (noun) a focus on something particular | - |
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particularity | (noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance | Synonyms: specialness |
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particularization | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularisation |
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pedlar | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pitchman |
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perpendicular | (noun) an extremely steep face | - |
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(noun) a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point | Synonyms: plumb line |
(noun) a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style |
(noun) a straight line at right angles to another line | - |
perpendicularity | (noun) the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon) | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality |
phalarope | (noun) small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics | - |
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pillar | (noun) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | Synonyms: column |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | Synonyms: column |
(noun) a fundamental principle or practice | - |
(noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: mainstay |
(noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, tower |
polarimeter | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polariscope |
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polarisation | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarization |
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(noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarization |
polariscope | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polarimeter |
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polarity | (noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: sign |
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(noun) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | Synonyms: mutual opposition |
polarization | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarisation |
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(noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarisation |
polarography | (noun) an electrochemical method of chemical analysis | - |
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pollard | (noun) a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed | - |
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(noun) a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage | - |
poplar | (noun) any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins | Synonyms: poplar tree |
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(noun) soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar | - |
popularisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularization |
populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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popularism | (noun) music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority | - |
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popularity | (noun) the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | - |
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popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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postalveolar | (noun) (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | Synonyms: post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar consonant |
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premolar | (noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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radiolarian | (noun) protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods | - |
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rectangularity | (noun) the property of being shaped like a rectangle | Synonyms: oblongness |
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regular | (noun) a garment size for persons of average height and weight | - |
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(noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: fixture, habitue |
(noun) a dependable follower (especially in party politics) | - |
(noun) a soldier in the regular army | - |
regularisation | (noun) the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular | Synonyms: regularization, regulation |
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(noun) the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) | Synonyms: regularization |
regularity | (noun) the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate | - |
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(noun) a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles | Synonyms: geometrical regularity |
regularization | (noun) the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular | Synonyms: regularisation, regulation |
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(noun) the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) | Synonyms: regularisation |
rhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist |
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rhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology |
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salariat | (noun) the class of workers who are salaried and get regular, non-hourly pay checks. | - |
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salary | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, remuneration, wage |
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saltcellar | (noun) a small container for holding salt at the dining table | - |
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scalar | (noun) a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components | - |
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scapular | (noun) a feather covering the shoulder of a bird | - |
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(noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapulary |
scapulary | (noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapular |
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scholar | (noun) a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | Synonyms: bookman, scholarly person |
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(noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: assimilator, learner, student |
(noun) a student who holds a scholarship | - |
scholarship | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning |
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(noun) financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit | - |
scillaren | (noun) a crystalline steroidal glycoside present in squill (Drimia maritima). | - |
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secular | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, layperson |
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secularisation | (noun) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession | Synonyms: secularization |
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(noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | Synonyms: secularization |
secularism | (noun) a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations | - |
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secularist | (noun) an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education | - |
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secularization | (noun) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession | Synonyms: secularisation |
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(noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | Synonyms: secularisation |
sertularian | (noun) feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps | - |
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similarity | (noun) the quality of being similar | - |
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(noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit | Synonyms: law of similarity |
singular | (noun) the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton | Synonyms: singular form |
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singularity | (noun) the quality of being one of a kind | Synonyms: uniqueness |
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(noun) strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual | - |
skylark | (noun) brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height | Synonyms: Alauda arvensis |
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solarisation | (noun) exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: solarization |
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solarium | (noun) a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun | Synonyms: sun lounge, sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom |
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solarization | (noun) exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: solarisation |
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spectacular | (noun) a lavishly produced performance | - |
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