mistreatment | (noun) the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | - |
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moment | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: consequence, import |
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(noun) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value | - |
(noun) a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) | - |
(noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, minute, second |
(noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, second |
(noun) at this time | Synonyms: here and now, present moment |
momentousness | (noun) utmost importance | - |
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momentum | (noun) an impelling force or strength | Synonyms: impulse |
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(noun) the product of a body's mass and its velocity | - |
monument | (noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | Synonyms: memorial |
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(noun) a burial vault (usually for some famous person) | Synonyms: repository |
(noun) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property | - |
movement | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | Synonyms: motility, motion, move |
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(noun) the act of changing the location of something | - |
(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort |
(noun) the act of changing location from one place to another | Synonyms: motion, move |
(noun) the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) | - |
(noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | Synonyms: drift, trend |
(noun) a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata | - |
(noun) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | Synonyms: motion |
(noun) a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals | Synonyms: front, social movement |
(noun) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object | Synonyms: apparent motion, apparent movement, motion |
(noun) a euphemism for defecation | Synonyms: bm, bowel movement |
muniments | (noun) deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land | - |
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nonaccomplishment | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonachievement |
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nonachievement | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonaccomplishment |
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nonalignment | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalinement |
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nonalinement | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalignment |
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nondevelopment | (noun) failure of normal development to occur | - |
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nonpayment | (noun) the deliberate act of failing to pay money | Synonyms: evasion |
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(noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: default, nonremittal |
(noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: default, nonremittal |
nourishment | (noun) the act of nourishing | - |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
nutriment | (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
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obtainment | (noun) the act of obtaining | Synonyms: obtention |
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oddment | (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: end, remainder, remnant |
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(noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity |
oddments | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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ointment | (noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | Synonyms: balm, salve, unction, unguent |
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(noun) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | Synonyms: cream, emollient |
omentum | (noun) a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera | - |
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ornament | (noun) something used to beautify | Synonyms: decoration, ornamentation |
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ornamental | (noun) any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value | - |
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ornamentalism | (noun) the practice of ornamental display | - |
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ornamentalist | (noun) someone who decorates | Synonyms: decorator |
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ornamentation | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: embellishment |
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(noun) something used to beautify | Synonyms: decoration, ornament |
(noun) the state of being ornamented | - |
orpiment | (noun) a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic | - |
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overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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overgarment | (noun) a garment worn over other garments | Synonyms: outer garment |
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overpayment | (noun) the act of paying too much | - |
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(noun) a payment larger than needed or expected | - |
overrefinement | (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, straining, torture, twisting |
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overstatement | (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification |
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parchment | (noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: lambskin, sheepskin |
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(noun) a superior paper resembling sheepskin | - |
parliament | (noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | Synonyms: fantan, sevens |
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(noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries | - |
parliamentarian | (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures | - |
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passementerie | (noun) a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
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pavement | (noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare | Synonyms: paving |
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(noun) walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | Synonyms: sidewalk |
(noun) material used to pave an area | Synonyms: paving, paving material |
payment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, defrayment |
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(noun) an act of requiting; returning in kind | Synonyms: requital |
(noun) a sum of money paid or a claim discharged | - |
pediment | (noun) a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof | - |
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pentimento | (noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) | - |
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pericementoclasia | (noun) pus pocket formation around a tooth | - |
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photopigment | (noun) a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina | - |
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pigment | (noun) a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating | Synonyms: paint |
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(noun) dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) | - |
(noun) any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color | - |
pigmentation | (noun) coloration of living tissues by pigment | - |
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(noun) the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings | - |
pimento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimiento |
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(noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
placement | (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, locating, location, position, positioning |
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(noun) contact established between applicants and prospective employees | - |
(noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: arrangement |
postponement | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, deferral |
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(noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, time lag, wait |
preachment | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: homily |
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prearrangement | (noun) something arranged in advance | - |
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predicament | (noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | Synonyms: plight, quandary |
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preferment | (noun) the act of preferring | - |
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(noun) the act of making accusations | - |
prejudgement | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgment |
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prejudgment | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgement |
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prepayment | (noun) payment in advance | - |
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presentiment | (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, foreboding, premonition |
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presentment | (noun) an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative | Synonyms: notification |
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(noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: demonstration, presentation |
(noun) a document that must be accepted and paid by another person | - |
procurement | (noun) the act of getting possession of something | Synonyms: procural, procurance |
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pronouncement | (noun) an authoritative declaration | Synonyms: dictum, say-so |
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pronunciamento | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: manifesto |
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punishment | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, penalty |
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puzzlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation |
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raiment | (noun) especially fine or decorative clothing | Synonyms: array, regalia |
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rapprochement | (noun) the reestablishing of cordial relations | Synonyms: reconciliation |
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ravishment | (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, rape, violation |
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(noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | Synonyms: entrancement |
readjustment | (noun) the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) | - |
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(noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: adjustment, registration |
reallotment | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallocation, reapportionment |
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reapportionment | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallocation, reallotment |
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rearmament | (noun) the act of arming again | - |
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rearrangement | (noun) changing an arrangement | - |
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reassessment | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, revaluation, review |
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reassignment | (noun) assignment to a different duty | - |
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recommencement | (noun) beginning again | Synonyms: resumption |
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recruitment | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: enlisting |
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redeployment | (noun) the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively | Synonyms: redisposition |
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redevelopment | (noun) the act of improving by renewing and restoring | Synonyms: overhaul, renovation |
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reenactment | (noun) performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time | - |
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reenforcement | (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reinforcement, support |
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(noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reinforcement |
reenlistment | (noun) a renewed enlistment | - |
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refinement | (noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
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(noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | Synonyms: nicety, nuance, shade, subtlety |
(noun) the result of improving something | Synonyms: elaboration |
(noun) the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) | Synonyms: purification, refining |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, polish |
refreshment | (noun) activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation | Synonyms: recreation |
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(noun) snacks and drinks served as a light meal | - |
refurbishment | (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: renovation, restoration |
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regiment | (noun) army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions. | - |
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regimentals | (noun) the military uniform and insignia of a regiment | - |
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regimentation | (noun) the imposition of order or discipline | - |
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reimbursement | (noun) compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. | - |
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reinforcement | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reward |
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(noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, support |
(noun) a device designed to provide additional strength | Synonyms: strengthener |
(noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus |
(noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reenforcement |
reinstatement | (noun) the act of restoring someone to a previous position | - |
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(noun) the condition of being reinstated | - |
reinvestment | (noun) a second or subsequent investment in the same thing. | - |
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relinquishment | (noun) the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. | Synonyms: relinquishing |
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(noun) a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. | Synonyms: relinquishing |
remitment | (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remission, remit |
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(noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remission, remittal, remittance |
renouncement | (noun) an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned | Synonyms: renunciation |
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repayment | (noun) the act of returning money received previously | Synonyms: refund |
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(noun) payment of a debt or obligation | Synonyms: quittance |
replacement | (noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | Synonyms: replacing |
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(noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: substitute |
(noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, substitution, switch, transposition |
(noun) a person who follows next in order | Synonyms: successor |
(noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: alternate, surrogate |
(noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: refilling, renewal, replenishment |
replenishment | (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: refilling, renewal, replacement |
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requirement | (noun) something that is required in advance | Synonyms: prerequisite |
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(noun) required activity | Synonyms: demand |
(noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessary, necessity, requisite |
resentment | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour |
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resettlement | (noun) the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) | Synonyms: relocation |
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reshipment | (noun) the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship) | - |
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restatement | (noun) a revised statement | - |
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retirement | (noun) withdrawal from your position or occupation | - |
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(noun) withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | Synonyms: retreat |
(noun) the state of being retired from one's business or occupation | - |
retrenchment | (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: curtailment, downsizing |
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(noun) entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense | - |