| amelia | (noun) congenital absence of an arm or leg | - |
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| amelioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: betterment, melioration |
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| ameloblast | (noun) a cell from which tooth enamel develops | - |
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| amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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| bechamel | (noun) milk thickened with a butter and flour roux | Synonyms: bechamel sauce, white sauce |
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| blamelessness | (noun) a state of innocence | Synonyms: guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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| calomel | (noun) a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | Synonyms: mercurous chloride |
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| camel | (noun) cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions | - |
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| camelhair | (noun) a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel | Synonyms: camel's hair |
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| camelia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camellia |
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| camellia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camelia |
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| camelopard | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe |
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| camelpox | (noun) a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox | - |
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| caramel | (noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
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| (noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk | - |
| (noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food | Synonyms: caramelized sugar |
| chameleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chamaeleon |
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| (noun) a changeable or inconstant person | - |
| chrysomelid | (noun) brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems | Synonyms: leaf beetle |
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| columella | (noun) a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal | - |
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| comeliness | (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, fairness, loveliness |
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| commelina | (noun) any plant of the genus Commelina | - |
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| contumely | (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, insult, revilement, vilification |
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| enamel | (noun) any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze | - |
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| (noun) a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish | - |
| (noun) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth | Synonyms: tooth enamel |
| (noun) a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection | - |
| enamelware | (noun) cooking utensil of enameled iron | - |
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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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| gamelan | (noun) a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs | - |
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| gimel | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| gymel | (noun) the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds. | - |
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| hamelia | (noun) any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia | - |
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| homeland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| 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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| homeliness | (noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | Synonyms: plainness |
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| (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, drabness |
| hydromel | (noun) honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented | - |
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| jacksmelt | (noun) a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length) | Synonyms: Atherinopsis californiensis |
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| kummel | (noun) liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin | - |
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| lamella | (noun) thin plate | - |
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| (noun) a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones | - |
| (noun) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus | Synonyms: gill |
| lamellibranch | (noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod |
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| lepidomelane | (noun) a mica that is a biotite containing iron | - |
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| limelight | (noun) a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting | Synonyms: calcium light |
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| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: glare, public eye, spotlight |
| melaena | (noun) abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) | Synonyms: melena |
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| melagra | (noun) rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs | - |
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| melamine | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: cyanuramide |
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| melancholia | (noun) extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | - |
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| melancholiac | (noun) someone subject to melancholia | Synonyms: melancholic |
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| melancholic | (noun) someone subject to melancholia | Synonyms: melancholiac |
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| melancholy | (noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | Synonyms: black bile |
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| (noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness | - |
| (noun) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed | - |
| melange | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| melanin | (noun) insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | - |
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| melanism | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanosis |
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| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
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| melanocyte | (noun) a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone | - |
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| melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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| melanoma | (noun) any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | Synonyms: malignant melanoma |
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| melanosis | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanism |
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| melasma | (noun) a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives | Synonyms: chloasma, mask of pregnancy |
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| melatonin | (noun) hormone secreted by the pineal gland | - |
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| meld | (noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | Synonyms: basket rummy, canasta |
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| melee | (noun) a noisy riotous fight | Synonyms: battle royal, scrimmage |
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| melena | (noun) abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) | Synonyms: melaena |
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| melilot | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilotus, sweet clover |
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| melilotus | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilot, sweet clover |
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| melioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, betterment |
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| (noun) the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning | - |
| (noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: improvement |
| meliorism | (noun) the belief that the world can be made better by human effort | - |
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| meliorist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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| mellitate | (noun) a salt of mellitic acid. | - |
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| mellowing | (noun) the process of becoming mellow | - |
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| mellowness | (noun) the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing | Synonyms: fullness, richness |
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| (noun) a soft shade of a color | - |
| (noun) geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana | - |
| (noun) a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor | - |
| (noun) a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state | - |
| melodiousness | (noun) the property of having a melody | Synonyms: tunefulness |
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| melodrama | (noun) an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization | - |
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| melody | (noun) the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes | Synonyms: tonal pattern |
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| (noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune |
| meloid | (noun) beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin | Synonyms: blister beetle |
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| melon | (noun) any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh | - |
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| (noun) any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers | Synonyms: melon vine |
| melosa | (noun) South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil | Synonyms: Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, Madia sativa |
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| melphalan | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies | Synonyms: Alkeran |
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| melt | (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melting, thaw, thawing |
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| meltability | (noun) Capability of being reduced from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat. | - |
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| meltdown | (noun) a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown | - |
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| (noun) severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping | Synonyms: nuclear meltdown |
| melter | (noun) a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.) | - |
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| melting | (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melt, thaw, thawing |
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| meltwater | (noun) melted snow or ice | - |
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| meromelia | (noun) congenital absence of part of an arm or leg | - |
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| muskmelon | (noun) the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers | Synonyms: sweet melon |
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| (noun) any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell | Synonyms: Cucumis melo, sweet melon, sweet melon vine |
| namelessness | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: anonymity |
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| oenomel | (noun) wine mixed with honey | - |
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| omelet | (noun) beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly | Synonyms: omelette |
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| omelette | (noun) beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly | Synonyms: omelet |
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| paddymelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: pademelon |
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| pademelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: paddymelon |
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| phocomelia | (noun) an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy | Synonyms: seal limbs |
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| pomelo | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: shaddock |
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| (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock |
| pommel | (noun) handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | Synonyms: saddlebow |
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| (noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: knob |
| (noun) a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse | - |
| psilomelane | (noun) a mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium; a source of manganese | - |
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| pummelo | (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, shaddock |
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| shamelessness | (noun) behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | Synonyms: brazenness |
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| smell | (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smelling |
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| (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent |
| (noun) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | Synonyms: olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell |
| (noun) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone |
| smelling | (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smell |
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| smelt | (noun) small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters | - |
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| (noun) small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water | - |
| smelter | (noun) an industrial plant for smelting | Synonyms: smeltery |
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| smeltery | (noun) an industrial plant for smelting | Synonyms: smelter |
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| sommelier | (noun) a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant | Synonyms: wine steward, wine waiter |
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| stammel | (noun) a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red | - |
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