| allomerism | (noun) (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form | - |
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| alphanumerics | (noun) a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation | Synonyms: alphanumeric characters |
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| alstroemeria | (noun) any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers | - |
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| americium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms | Synonyms: Am, atomic number 95 |
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| consumerism | (noun) a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | - |
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| (noun) the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial | - |
| demerit | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: fault |
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| (noun) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces | - |
| eimeria | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: coccidium |
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| emeritus | (noun) a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties | - |
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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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| gendarmerie | (noun) French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively | Synonyms: gendarmery |
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| glimmering | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, inkling, intimation |
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| hammering | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, pound, pounding |
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| isomerisation | (noun) the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself | Synonyms: isomerization |
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| isomerism | (noun) the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers | - |
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| isomerization | (noun) the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself | Synonyms: isomerisation |
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| limerick | (noun) a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | - |
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| merica | (noun) A pejorative term for the United States | - |
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| mericarp | (noun) a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity | - |
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| meridian | (noun) an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator | Synonyms: line of longitude |
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| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
| meringue | (noun) sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar | - |
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| merino | (noun) white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality | Synonyms: merino sheep |
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| meristem | (noun) undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root | - |
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| merit | (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: virtue |
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| (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, meritoriousness |
| meritocracy | (noun) the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth | - |
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| (noun) a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects | - |
| meritoriousness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, merit |
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| mesmerism | (noun) the act of inducing hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotism, suggestion |
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| mesmerist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerizer |
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| mesmerizer | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist |
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| polymerisation | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerization |
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| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| simmering | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: boiling, stewing |
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| temerity | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity |
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| turmeric | (noun) ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning | - |
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| (noun) widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye | Synonyms: Curcuma domestica, Curcuma longa |