| folklore | (noun) the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | - |
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| folklorism | (noun) Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created. | - |
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| follower | (noun) a person who accepts the leadership of another | - |
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| (noun) someone who travels behind or pursues another | - |
| followers | (noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts | Synonyms: following |
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| following | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, pursual, pursuit |
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| (noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts | Synonyms: followers |
| followup | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, reexamination, review |
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| (noun) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done | Synonyms: follow-up |
| (noun) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work | Synonyms: follow-up |
| footlocker | (noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: locker |
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| footslogger | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, infantryman, marcher |
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| foreclosure | (noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default | - |
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| forelock | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: foretop |
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| (noun) a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | - |
| forlornness | (noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | Synonyms: desolation, loneliness |
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| fossilology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: palaeontology, paleontology |
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| foxglove | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Digitalis | Synonyms: digitalis |
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| freeloader | (noun) someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
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| frijolillo | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| frivolousness | (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible | Synonyms: frivolity |
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| furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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| furlong | (noun) a unit of length equal to 220 yards | - |
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| furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty | - |
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| furunculosis | (noun) acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles | - |
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| futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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| gallon | (noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | Synonyms: gal |
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| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | Synonyms: congius, Imperial gallon |
| gallop | (noun) a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously | - |
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| gallous | (noun) alternative terms for gallows | Synonyms: gallows-tree, gallows tree, gibbet |
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| gallows | (noun) an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging | - |
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| galoot | (noun) a disreputable or clumsy man | - |
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| galop | (noun) music suitable for a galop dance | - |
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| galosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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| garbology | (noun) the study of a society by analyzing its garbage | - |
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| garrulousness | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulity, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness |
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| gastroenterologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| gastroenterology | (noun) the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases | - |
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| gastrolobium | (noun) any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | Synonyms: poison bush, poison pea |
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| genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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| genealogy | (noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | - |
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| (noun) successive generations of kin | Synonyms: family tree |
| geologist | (noun) a specialist in geology | - |
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| geology | (noun) a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | - |
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| geomorphology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: morphology |
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| gerontologist | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: geriatrician |
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| gerontology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: geriatrics |
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| gigaflop | (noun) a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second. | Synonyms: billion floating point operations per second, GFLOPS |
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| gigolo | (noun) a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman | - |
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| gillyflower | (noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | Synonyms: carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus |
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| (noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | Synonyms: stock |
| glassblower | (noun) someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass | - |
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| gloam | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| gloaming | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, nightfall, twilight |
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| gloat | (noun) malicious satisfaction | Synonyms: glee, gloating |
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| gloating | (noun) malicious satisfaction | Synonyms: glee, gloat |
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| glob | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, clump, lump |
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| globalisation | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalization |
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| globalization | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalisation |
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| globe | (noun) a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | - |
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| (noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, earth, world |
| (noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: ball, orb |
| globefish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish |
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| globeflower | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers | Synonyms: globe flower |
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| globetrotter | (noun) someone who travels widely and often | Synonyms: world traveler |
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| globigerina | (noun) marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes | - |
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| globin | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: haematohiston, hematohiston |
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| globosity | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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| globularness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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| globule | (noun) a small globe or ball | - |
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| globulin | (noun) a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed | - |
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| glochid | (noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) | Synonyms: glochidium |
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| glochidium | (noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) | Synonyms: glochid |
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| glockenspiel | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers | Synonyms: orchestral bells |
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| glogg | (noun) Scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar | - |
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| glomerule | (noun) a compacted or sessile cyme | - |
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| glomerulonephritis | (noun) nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema | - |
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| glomerulus | (noun) a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation | - |
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| gloom | (noun) a feeling of melancholy apprehension | Synonyms: gloominess, somberness, sombreness |
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| (noun) a state of partial or total darkness | Synonyms: somberness, sombreness |
| (noun) an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | Synonyms: gloominess, glumness |
| gloominess | (noun) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness | Synonyms: lugubriousness, sadness |
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| (noun) The property of having a frowning or scowling appearance. | - |
| (noun) a feeling of melancholy apprehension | Synonyms: gloom, somberness, sombreness |
| (noun) an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | Synonyms: gloom, glumness |
| glop | (noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | Synonyms: mush, slop, treacle |
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| (noun) any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant | - |
| glorification | (noun) the act of glorifying (as in worship) | - |
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| (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: idealisation, idealization |
| (noun) a state of high honor | Synonyms: glory |
| gloriole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| gloriosa | (noun) any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily |
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| glory | (noun) brilliant radiant beauty | Synonyms: resplendence, resplendency |
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| (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, gloriole, halo, nimbus |
| (noun) a state of high honor | Synonyms: glorification |
| gloss | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, glossiness, polish |
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| (noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | Synonyms: color, colour, semblance |
| (noun) an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text | Synonyms: rubric |
| (noun) an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field | Synonyms: glossary |
| glossa | (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, lingua, tongue |
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| glossalgia | (noun) pain in the tongue | Synonyms: glossodynia |
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| glossarist | (noun) a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries | - |
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| glossary | (noun) an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field | Synonyms: gloss |
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| glossina | (noun) bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | Synonyms: tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly |
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| glossiness | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, polish |
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| glossitis | (noun) inflammation of the tongue | - |
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| glossodynia | (noun) pain in the tongue | Synonyms: glossalgia |
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| glossolalia | (noun) repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) | - |
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| glossoptosis | (noun) abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue | - |
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| glossy | (noun) a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper | - |
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| (noun) a magazine printed on good quality paper | Synonyms: slick, slick magazine |
| glottis | (noun) the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated | - |
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| glottochronology | (noun) the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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| glove | (noun) handwear: covers the hand and wrist | - |
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| (noun) the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball | Synonyms: baseball glove, baseball mitt, mitt |
| (noun) boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing | Synonyms: boxing glove |
| glow | (noun) light from nonthermal sources | Synonyms: luminescence |
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| (noun) an appearance of reflected light | Synonyms: gleam, gleaming, lambency |
| (noun) a feeling of considerable warmth | - |
| (noun) the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised | Synonyms: incandescence |
| (noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | Synonyms: glowing, radiance |
| (noun) a steady even light without flames | - |
| (noun) an alert and refreshed state | Synonyms: freshness |
| glower | (noun) an angry stare | Synonyms: glare |
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| glowing | (noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | Synonyms: glow, radiance |
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| glowworm | (noun) the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
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| gloxinia | (noun) any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers | - |
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| goldilocks | (noun) early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod | Synonyms: Aster linosyris, goldilocks aster, Linosyris vulgaris |
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| golosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, galosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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| granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
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| grandiloquence | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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| granulocyte | (noun) a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm | - |
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