adolescence | (noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood | - |
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(noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood | - |
adolescent | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager |
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agelessness | (noun) the quality of being timeless and eternal | - |
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aimlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking any definite purpose | Synonyms: purposelessness |
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apostleship | (noun) the position of apostle | - |
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applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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(noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
arbalest | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalist |
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arles | (noun) money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract | Synonyms: earnest money |
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artlessness | (noun) ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit | - |
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(noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness |
battleship | (noun) large and heavily armoured warship | Synonyms: battlewagon |
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battlesight | (noun) an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges | Synonyms: battle sight |
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bilestone | (noun) a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts | Synonyms: gallstone |
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blamelessness | (noun) a state of innocence | Synonyms: guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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blessedness | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, beatitude |
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blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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(noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
(noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
bottomlessness | (noun) the property of being very deep; without limit | - |
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boundlessness | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness |
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breathlessness | (noun) a dyspneic condition | Synonyms: shortness of breath, SOB |
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burlesque | (noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) | - |
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(noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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carelessness | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: neglect, negligence, nonperformance |
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(noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: sloppiness |
cattleship | (noun) a cargo ship for the transport of livestock | Synonyms: cattle boat |
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ceaselessness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: continuousness, incessancy, incessantness |
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celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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celestite | (noun) a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate | - |
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changelessness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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(noun) the property of remaining unchanged | - |
cheerlessness | (noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: uncheerfulness |
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childlessness | (noun) the condition of being without offspring | - |
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cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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cholesterin | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterol |
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cholesterol | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterin |
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cloudlessness | (noun) the lightness of a sunny day when there are no clouds in the sky | - |
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coalescence | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination |
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coalescency | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalition, concretion, conglutination |
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cobblestone | (noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | Synonyms: cobble, sett |
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cockleshell | (noun) a small light flimsy boat | - |
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coleslaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: slaw |
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collywobbles | (noun) severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea | Synonyms: cholera morbus |
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colorlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colourlessness |
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colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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convalescence | (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: recovery, recuperation |
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convalescent | (noun) a person who is recovering from illness | - |
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countlessness | (noun) a number beyond counting | Synonyms: innumerableness |
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cradlesong | (noun) the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: lullaby |
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(noun) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: berceuse, lullaby |
dalesman | (noun) a person who lives in the dales of northern England | - |
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dauntlessness | (noun) resolute courageousness | Synonyms: intrepidity |
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decalescence | (noun) phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal | - |
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defencelessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defenselessness, unprotectedness |
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defenselessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defencelessness, unprotectedness |
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discipleship | (noun) the position of disciple | - |
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doubles | (noun) tennis played with two players on each side | - |
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(noun) badminton played with two players on each side | - |
doublespeak | (noun) any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not | - |
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durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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ecclesiastic | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
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ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
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(noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
ecclesiology | (noun) the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church | - |
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effortlessness | (noun) the quality of requiring little effort | - |
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emotionlessness | (noun) absence of emotion | Synonyms: unemotionality |
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(noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
endlessness | (noun) the property of being (or seeming to be) without end | - |
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eyelessness | (noun) blindness due to loss of the eyes | - |
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faithlessness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: falseness, fickleness, inconstancy |
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faultlessness | (noun) the quality of being without an error or fault | Synonyms: impeccability |
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fearlessness | (noun) the trait of feeling no fear | - |
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(noun) feeling no fear | Synonyms: bravery |
featurelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being without distinguishing features. | - |
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fecklessness | (noun) worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual | - |
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fiddlestick | (noun) a bow used in playing the violin | Synonyms: violin bow |
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flavorlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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flawlessness | (noun) the state of being without a flaw or defect | Synonyms: ne plus ultra, perfection |
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flesh | (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
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(noun) the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat | - |
(noun) a soft moist part of a fruit | Synonyms: pulp |
fleshiness | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, obesity |
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flightlessness | (noun) The condition of being unable to fly, usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu. | - |
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friendlessness | (noun) being without friends | - |
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fruitlessness | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: aridity, barrenness |
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(noun) a lack of creative imagination | - |
godlessness | (noun) impiety by virtue of not being a godly person | Synonyms: ungodliness |
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goggles | (noun) (plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes | - |
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gooseflesh | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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gracelessness | (noun) an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression | Synonyms: ungracefulness |
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(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness |
groundlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking substance or value | Synonyms: idleness |
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guiltlessness | (noun) a state of innocence | Synonyms: blamelessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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gutlessness | (noun) the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury | - |
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hackles | (noun) a feeling of anger and animosity | Synonyms: dander |
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hairlessness | (noun) the quality of not having hair | - |
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(noun) the condition of being void of hair | Synonyms: depilation |
heartlessness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: coldheartedness, hardheartedness |
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heedlessness | (noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities | Synonyms: inadvertence, inadvertency, unmindfulness |
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(noun) the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | Synonyms: mindlessness, rashness |
(noun) a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: inattentiveness |
helplessness | (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: impuissance, weakness |
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(noun) a feeling of being unable to manage | - |
(noun) the state of needing help from something | - |
homeless | (noun) poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in | - |
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(noun) someone unfortunate without housing | Synonyms: homeless person |
homelessness | (noun) the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) | - |
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hopelessness | (noun) the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success | - |
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horseflesh | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horsemeat |
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hurdles | (noun) a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | Synonyms: hurdle race, hurdling |
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hypercholesteremia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesterolemia |
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hypercholesterolemia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesteremia |
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incalescence | (noun) the property of being warming | Synonyms: calefaction |
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journalese | (noun) the style in which newspapers are written | - |
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joylessness | (noun) a feeling of dismal cheerlessness | - |
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knuckles | (noun) (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | Synonyms: brass knuckles, brass knucks, knuckle duster, knucks |
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lawlessness | (noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law | Synonyms: outlawry |
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(noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: anarchy |
legalese | (noun) a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | - |
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