| abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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| acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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| acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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| acromphalus | (noun) abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia | - |
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| allusion | (noun) passing reference or indirect mention | - |
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| allusiveness | (noun) a quality characterized by indirect reference | - |
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| altocumulus | (noun) a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altocumulus cloud |
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| alveolus | (noun) a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways | Synonyms: air cell, air sac |
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| (noun) a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth | Synonyms: tooth socket |
| amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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| angelus | (noun) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | Synonyms: angelus bell |
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| annulus | (noun) (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar | Synonyms: skirt |
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| (noun) a toroidal shape | Synonyms: anchor ring, doughnut, halo, ring |
| astragalus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus |
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| bacillus | (noun) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | Synonyms: B |
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| baluster | (noun) one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
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| balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| bloodlust | (noun) a desire for bloodshed | - |
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| blush | (noun) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | Synonyms: flush |
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| (noun) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blusher, paint, rouge |
| (noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | Synonyms: bloom, flush, rosiness |
| blusher | (noun) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blush, paint, rouge |
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| (noun) yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched | Synonyms: Amanita rubescens, blushing mushroom |
| bluster | (noun) a swaggering show of courage | Synonyms: bravado |
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| (noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade |
| (noun) a violent gusty wind | - |
| (noun) noisy confusion and turbulence | - |
| blusterer | (noun) a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly | Synonyms: loudmouth |
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| bolus | (noun) a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine | - |
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| (noun) a small round soft mass (as of chewed food) | - |
| calculus | (noun) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions | Synonyms: infinitesimal calculus |
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| (noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: concretion |
| (noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: tartar, tophus |
| caliculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus |
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| callus | (noun) (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid | - |
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| (noun) bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone | - |
| (noun) an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) | Synonyms: callosity |
| calyculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calycle |
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| (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, epicalyx, false calyx |
| canaliculus | (noun) a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants | - |
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| cirrocumulus | (noun) a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples | Synonyms: cirrocumulus cloud |
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| clusia | (noun) an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers | - |
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| cluster | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, clustering |
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| clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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| clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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| coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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| collusion | (noun) secret agreement | - |
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| (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: connivance |
| conclusion | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: ending, termination |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) an intuitive assumption | - |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, end, ending |
| (noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: ratiocination |
| (noun) a final settlement | - |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: ending, finish |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| conclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: decisiveness, finality |
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| convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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| cumulus | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile |
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| (noun) a globular cloud | Synonyms: cumulus cloud |
| delusion | (noun) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | Synonyms: head game, illusion |
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| (noun) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea | Synonyms: hallucination |
| (noun) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary | Synonyms: psychotic belief |
| disillusion | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disenchantment, disillusionment |
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| disillusionment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disenchantment, disillusion |
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| ductulus | (noun) a very small duct | Synonyms: ductule |
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| elusion | (noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | Synonyms: eluding, slip |
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| elusiveness | (noun) the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down | - |
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| embolus | (noun) an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood | - |
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| entellus | (noun) langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | Synonyms: hanuman, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus |
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| exclusion | (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, expulsion, riddance |
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| (noun) a deliberate act of omission | Synonyms: elision, exception |
| (noun) the state of being excluded | - |
| (noun) the state of being excommunicated | Synonyms: censure, excommunication |
| exclusive | (noun) a news report that is reported first by one news organization | Synonyms: scoop |
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| exclusiveness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, cliquishness |
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| famulus | (noun) a close attendant (as to a scholar) | - |
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| fasciculus | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fascicle, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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| flush | (noun) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | Synonyms: blush |
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| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: gush, outpouring |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill |
| (noun) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit | - |
| (noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | Synonyms: bloom, blush, rosiness |
| (noun) sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) | Synonyms: hot flash |
| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime |
| fluster | (noun) a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset | Synonyms: perturbation |
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| funiculus | (noun) any of several body structure resembling a cord | - |
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| (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funicle |
| galbulus | (noun) the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree | - |
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| gallus | (noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up | Synonyms: brace, suspender |
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| gladiolus | (noun) the large central part of the breastbone | Synonyms: corpus sternum |
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| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiola, sword lily |
| glomerulus | (noun) a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation | - |
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| hilus | (noun) (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ | Synonyms: hilum |
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| homunculus | (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell | - |
| hydrocephalus | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephaly |
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| illusion | (noun) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | Synonyms: delusion, head game |
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| (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
| (noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, fantasy, phantasy |
| (noun) an erroneous mental representation | Synonyms: semblance |
| illusionist | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: seer, visionary |
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| (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator |
| illusoriness | (noun) The quality of resulting from an illusion; of being deceptive, imaginary, unreal. | - |
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| illustration | (noun) a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand | - |
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| (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, instance, representative |
| (noun) artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | - |
| (noun) showing by example | Synonyms: exemplification |
| illustrator | (noun) an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - |
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| illustriousness | (noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | Synonyms: greatness |
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| inclusion | (noun) the act of including | - |
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| (noun) any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases) | Synonyms: cellular inclusion, inclusion body |
| (noun) the relation of comprising something | Synonyms: comprehension |
| (noun) the state of being included | - |
| inconclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being inconclusive | - |
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| lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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| leptocephalus | (noun) slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes | - |
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| loculus | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: locule |
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| lusciousness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, deliciousness, toothsomeness |
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| lush | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, soaker, souse |
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| lushness | (noun) the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses | Synonyms: luxuriance, voluptuousness |
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| lust | (noun) self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: luxuria |
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| (noun) a strong sexual desire | Synonyms: lecherousness, lustfulness |
| luster | (noun) a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain | Synonyms: lustre |
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| (noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, lustre, splendor, splendour |
| (noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | Synonyms: lustre, sheen, shininess |
| lusterlessness | (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte |
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| lusterware | (noun) pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze | - |
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| lustfulness | (noun) a strong sexual desire | Synonyms: lecherousness, lust |
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| lustiness | (noun) the property of being strong and healthy in constitution | Synonyms: hardiness, robustness |
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| lustre | (noun) a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain | Synonyms: luster |
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| (noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, luster, splendor, splendour |
| (noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | Synonyms: luster, sheen, shininess |
| lustrelessness | (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lusterlessness, mat, matt, matte |
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| lustrum | (noun) a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census | - |
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| (noun) a period lasting five years | - |
| malocclusion | (noun) (dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally | - |
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| microcephalus | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephaly, nanocephaly |
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| microphallus | (noun) an abnormally small penis | Synonyms: micropenis |
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| modiolus | (noun) the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea | - |
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| modulus | (noun) (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance | - |
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| (noun) the absolute value of a complex number | - |
| (noun) an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers | - |
| mollusc | (noun) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | Synonyms: mollusk, shellfish |
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| molluscum | (noun) any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules | - |
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| mollusk | (noun) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | Synonyms: mollusc, shellfish |
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| musculus | (noun) one of the contractile organs of the body | Synonyms: muscle |
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| nautilus | (noun) cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions | Synonyms: chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus |
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| (noun) cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells | Synonyms: Argonaut, Argonauta argo, paper nautilus |
| (noun) a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power | Synonyms: nuclear-powered submarine, nuclear submarine |
| nucellus | (noun) central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac | - |
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| nucleolus | (noun) a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis | Synonyms: nucleole |
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| obolus | (noun) a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram | - |
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| occlusion | (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: blockage, closure |
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| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed | - |
| (noun) (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft | Synonyms: occluded front |
| (noun) closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) | - |
| occlusive | (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant |
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| ocellus | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: eyespot |
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| (noun) an eye having a single lens | Synonyms: simple eye, stemma |