enlistment | (noun) the act of enlisting (as in a military service) | - |
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(noun) a period of time spent in military service | Synonyms: duty tour, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty |
ennoblement | (noun) the act of raising someone to the nobility | - |
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(noun) the state of being noble | - |
enragement | (noun) a feeling of intense anger and impatience | Synonyms: infuriation |
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enrichment | (noun) act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding | - |
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(noun) a gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealth | - |
enrollment | (noun) the act of enrolling | Synonyms: enrolment, registration |
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(noun) the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time | Synonyms: registration |
enrolment | (noun) the act of enrolling | Synonyms: enrollment, registration |
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enslavement | (noun) the act of making slaves of your captives | - |
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(noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: captivity |
entailment | (noun) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) | Synonyms: deduction, implication |
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entanglement | (noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | Synonyms: web |
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entertainment | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: amusement |
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enthrallment | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, fascination |
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enthronement | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture |
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enticement | (noun) the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | Synonyms: temptation |
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(noun) qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward | Synonyms: come-on, lure |
(noun) something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | Synonyms: temptation |
entitlement | (noun) right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits) | - |
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entombment | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, inhumation, interment, sepulture |
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entrancement | (noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | Synonyms: ravishment |
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entrapment | (noun) a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials | - |
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entremets | (noun) a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course | Synonyms: side dish, side order |
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entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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enumeration | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, counting, numeration, reckoning, tally |
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(noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: numbering |
enumerator | (noun) someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes | Synonyms: census taker |
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envelopment | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosing, enclosure, inclosure |
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environment | (noun) the area in which something exists or lives | Synonyms: environs, surround, surroundings |
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(noun) the totality of surrounding conditions | - |
environmentalism | (noun) the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction | - |
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(noun) the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth | - |
environmentalist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: conservationist |
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enzyme | (noun) any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions | - |
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ephemera | (noun) something transitory; lasting a day | - |
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ephemeral | (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form | Synonyms: ephemeron |
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ephemerality | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeralness, fleetingness |
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ephemeralness | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemerality, fleetingness |
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ephemerid | (noun) short-lived insect | Synonyms: ephemeropteran |
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ephemeris | (noun) an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year | - |
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ephemeron | (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form | Synonyms: ephemeral |
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ephemeropteran | (noun) short-lived insect | Synonyms: ephemerid |
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epiphenomenon | (noun) a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon | - |
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episome | (noun) DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells) | - |
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episteme | (noun) the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time | - |
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epitome | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: image, paradigm, prototype |
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(noun) a brief abstract (as of an article or book) | - |
equipment | (noun) an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service | - |
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ergometer | (noun) measuring instrument designed to measure power | Synonyms: dynamometer |
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eriometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed. | - |
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escapement | (noun) mechanical device that regulates movement | - |
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escarpment | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarp, protective embankment, scarp |
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(noun) a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion | Synonyms: scarp |
establishment | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization |
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(noun) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | - |
(noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | Synonyms: validation |
(noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | Synonyms: institution |
(noun) any large organization | - |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | Synonyms: ecesis |
establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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establishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentarianism |
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estrangement | (noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: alienation, disaffection |
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(noun) separation resulting from hostility | Synonyms: alienation |
eudiometer | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases | - |
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evaporometer | (noun) an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water | Synonyms: atmometer |
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examen | (noun) a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) | Synonyms: examination |
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(noun) a critical study (as of a writer's work) | - |
excitement | (noun) something that agitates and arouses | Synonyms: excitation |
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(noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval |
(noun) the feeling of lively and cheerful joy | Synonyms: exhilaration |
(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, fervor, fervour, inflammation |
excrement | (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excreta, excretion, excretory product |
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experiment | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experimentation |
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(noun) a venture at something new or different | - |
(noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experimentation |
experimentalism | (noun) an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation | - |
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(noun) an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | - |
experimentation | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experiment |
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(noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experiment |
experimenter | (noun) a research worker who conducts experiments | - |
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(noun) a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas | - |
extolment | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: congratulations, kudos, praise |
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extreme | (noun) the furthest or highest degree of something | - |
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(noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme point, extremum |
extremeness | (noun) the quality of being extreme | - |
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fame | (noun) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | Synonyms: celebrity, renown |
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(noun) favorable public reputation | - |
famishment | (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: starvation |
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farmer | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: granger, husbandman, sodbuster |
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farmerette | (noun) a woman working on a farm | - |
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fathometer | (noun) depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves | Synonyms: sonic depth finder |
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femtometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometre, fermi |
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femtometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, fermi |
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ferment | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
(noun) a substance capable of bringing about fermentation | - |
fermentation | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest |
fermenting | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, zymolysis, zymosis |
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fermentologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, oenologist |
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fetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: foetometry |
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figment | (noun) a contrived or fantastic idea | - |
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filament | (noun) a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current | - |
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(noun) a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) | Synonyms: filum |
(noun) the stalk of a stamen | - |
(noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: fibril, strand |
filename | (noun) (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file | Synonyms: computer file name, computer filename, file name |
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firmament | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin |
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fistmele | (noun) about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow) | - |
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fitment | (noun) any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture) | - |
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fivesome | (noun) five people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintette |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
flame | (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flaming |
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flamefish | (noun) a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Apogon maculatus, flame fish |
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flameflower | (noun) plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, Talinum aurantiacum |
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(noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, kniphofia, tritoma |
flamen | (noun) a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome | - |
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flamenco | (noun) a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet | Synonyms: gypsy dancing |
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(noun) guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco | - |
flamethrower | (noun) a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
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flavorsomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavoursomeness, savoriness |
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flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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flume | (noun) watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs | - |
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(noun) a narrow gorge with a stream running through it | Synonyms: gulch |
flummery | (noun) meaningless ceremonies and flattery | Synonyms: mummery |
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(noun) a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal | - |
fluorochrome | (noun) any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens | - |
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fluxmeter | (noun) meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil | - |
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foetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: fetometry |
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fomentation | (noun) deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) | Synonyms: instigation |
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(noun) application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation | - |
(noun) a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice | - |
fomenter | (noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker | Synonyms: agitator |
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foramen | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | Synonyms: hiatus |
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forcemeat | (noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs | Synonyms: farce |
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forename | (noun) the name that precedes the surname | Synonyms: first name, given name |
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former | (noun) the first of two or the first mentioned of two | - |
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foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
fragment | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: shard, sherd |
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(noun) an incomplete piece | - |
(noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else | - |
fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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(noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
(noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
(noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |