afterlife | (noun) life after death | Synonyms: hereafter |
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airlift | (noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: lift |
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amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
(noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
amplifier | (noun) electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | - |
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bailiff | (noun) an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
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bailiffship | (noun) the office of bailiff | - |
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calif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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californium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | Synonyms: atomic number 98, Cf |
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cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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(noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
chairlift | (noun) a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | Synonyms: chair lift |
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cliff | (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: drop-off, drop |
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cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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(noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
deadlift | (noun) a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell is lifted off the ground to the hips, then lowered back to the ground | - |
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disqualification | (noun) the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | - |
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(noun) unfitness that bars you from participation | - |
exemplification | (noun) a representational or typifying form or model | Synonyms: typification |
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(noun) showing by example | Synonyms: illustration |
facelift | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
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(noun) a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes | Synonyms: face lift, face lifting |
forklift | (noun) a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
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highlife | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: extravagance, high life, lavishness, prodigality |
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jollification | (noun) a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | Synonyms: conviviality, merrymaking |
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kalif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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khalif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalifah |
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khalifah | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif |
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killifish | (noun) small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control | - |
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life | (noun) living things collectively | - |
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(noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness |
(noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: living |
(noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life | Synonyms: biography, life history, life story |
(noun) a motive for living | - |
(noun) a living person | - |
(noun) the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | - |
(noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, animation, living |
(noun) a characteristic state or mode of living | - |
(noun) the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living | - |
(noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime |
(noun) the period between birth and the present time | - |
(noun) the period from the present until death | - |
(noun) a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives | Synonyms: life sentence |
lifeblood | (noun) an essential or life-giving force | - |
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(noun) the blood considered as the seat of vitality | - |
lifeboat | (noun) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship | - |
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lifeguard | (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifesaver |
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lifelessness | (noun) not having life | Synonyms: inanimateness |
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(noun) a state of no motion or movement | Synonyms: motionlessness, stillness |
lifeline | (noun) line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning | - |
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(noun) line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver | - |
(noun) support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) | - |
(noun) a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live | Synonyms: life line, line of life |
lifer | (noun) a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment | - |
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lifesaver | (noun) a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | Synonyms: life belt, life buoy, life ring |
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(noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifeguard |
lifesaving | (noun) saving the lives of drowning persons | - |
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lifespan | (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, life, lifetime |
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lifestyle | (noun) a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes | Synonyms: life-style, life style, modus vivendi |
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lifetime | (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, life, lifespan |
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lifework | (noun) the principal work of your career | - |
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lift | (noun) the act of raising something | Synonyms: heave, raise |
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(noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
(noun) the act of giving temporary assistance | - |
(noun) a ride in a car | - |
(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: airlift |
(noun) lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building | Synonyms: elevator |
(noun) a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | Synonyms: ski lift, ski tow |
(noun) one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot | - |
(noun) a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg | - |
(noun) the event of something being raised upward | Synonyms: elevation, raising |
(noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | Synonyms: rise |
(noun) the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity | Synonyms: aerodynamic lift |
lifter | (noun) an athlete who lifts barbells | Synonyms: weightlifter |
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(noun) a thief who steals goods that are in a store | Synonyms: booster, shoplifter |
liftgate | (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatch, hatchback, hatchback door |
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liftman | (noun) a man employed to operate an elevator | Synonyms: elevator boy, elevator man |
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liftoff | (noun) the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad | - |
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lowlife | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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millifarad | (noun) a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad | - |
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mollification | (noun) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined | Synonyms: pacification |
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(noun) a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered | - |
nightlife | (noun) the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) | Synonyms: night life |
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(noun) the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion | Synonyms: night life |
nonproliferation | (noun) the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons) | Synonyms: non-proliferation |
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nullification | (noun) the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something | Synonyms: override |
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(noun) the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress | - |
nullifier | (noun) an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws | - |
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(noun) an official who can invalidate or nullify | Synonyms: invalidator, voider |
oversimplification | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: simplism |
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(noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: simplism |
proliferation | (noun) growth by the rapid multiplication of parts | - |
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(noun) a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons) | - |
prolificacy | (noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | Synonyms: fertility, rankness, richness |
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qualification | (noun) the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea | - |
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(noun) an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something | Synonyms: making |
(noun) a statement that limits or restricts some claim | Synonyms: reservation |
qualifier | (noun) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Synonyms: modifier |
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(noun) a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition | - |
qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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(noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
repulsorlift | (noun) a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe. | Synonyms: repulsor, repulsorlift engine |
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shirtlifter | (noun) a homosexual man | Synonyms: gay man |
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shoplifter | (noun) a thief who steals goods that are in a store | Synonyms: booster, lifter |
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shoplifting | (noun) the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store | Synonyms: shrinkage |
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simplification | (noun) elimination of superfluous details | - |
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(noun) the act of reducing complexity | Synonyms: reduction |
(noun) an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity | - |
spliff | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick |
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umbellifer | (noun) any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae | Synonyms: umbelliferous plant |
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uplift | (noun) a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts | - |
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(noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, upthrow, upthrust |
uplifting | (noun) the rise of something | - |
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vilification | (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: malignment, smear |
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(noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, insult, revilement |
vilifier | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer |
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weightlift | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlifting |
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weightlifter | (noun) an athlete who lifts barbells | Synonyms: lifter |
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weightlifting | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlift |
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wildlife | (noun) all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | - |
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