| homecoming | (noun) a coming to or returning home | Synonyms: return |
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| (noun) an annual school or university reunion for graduates | - |
| hominid | (noun) a primate of the family Hominidae | - |
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| hominoid | (noun) a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea | - |
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| hominy | (noun) hulled corn with the bran and germ removed | - |
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| horsemint | (noun) a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States | Synonyms: Mentha longifolia |
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| (noun) tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico | Synonyms: Monarda punctata |
| (noun) an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico | Synonyms: lemon mint, Monarda citriodora |
| housewarming | (noun) a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home | - |
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| humin | (noun) a black humic substance that is not soluble in water | - |
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| humming | (noun) the act of singing with closed lips | - |
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| (noun) a humming noise | Synonyms: hum |
| hummingbird | (noun) tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight | - |
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| hyoscyamine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| hypervitaminosis | (noun) an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K | - |
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| hypovitaminosis | (noun) any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | Synonyms: avitaminosis |
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| ignominiousness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: disgracefulness, shamefulness |
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| ignominy | (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: disgrace, shame |
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| illuminance | (noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illumination |
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| illuminant | (noun) something that can serve as a source of light | - |
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| illumination | (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: miniature |
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| (noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illuminance |
| (noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | Synonyms: clarification, elucidation |
| (noun) the degree of visibility of your environment | - |
| (noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | Synonyms: light |
| iminazole | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: glyoxaline, imidazole |
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| imipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression | Synonyms: Imavate, impramine hydrochloride, Tofranil |
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| imminence | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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| imminency | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminence, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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| imminentness | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, impendence, impendency |
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| incoming | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, ingress |
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| incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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| indeterminacy | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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| indetermination | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness |
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| inflaming | (noun) arousal to violent emotion | Synonyms: inflammation |
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| informing | (noun) a speech act that conveys information | Synonyms: making known |
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| (noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: ratting |
| insemination | (noun) the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female | - |
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| (noun) the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) | - |
| iridosmine | (noun) a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. | Synonyms: osmiridium |
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| jamming | (noun) deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems | Synonyms: electronic jamming, jam |
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| jasmine | (noun) any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia | - |
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| jessamine | (noun) a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea | Synonyms: common jasmine, Jasminum officinale, true jasmine |
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| ketamine | (noun) a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP | Synonyms: Ketalar, ketamine hydrochloride |
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| lactalbumin | (noun) albumin occurring in milk | - |
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| lamina | (noun) a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) | - |
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| laminate | (noun) a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers | - |
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| lamination | (noun) bonding thin sheets together | - |
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| (noun) a layered structure | - |
| laminator | (noun) Any of a range of machines used for lamination. | Synonyms: laminating machine |
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| (noun) a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) | - |
| laminectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae | - |
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| laminitis | (noun) inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse | Synonyms: founder |
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| lemming | (noun) any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution | - |
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| luminaire | (noun) an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp; all light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement | Synonyms: light fitting, light fixture |
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| luminance | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminosity, luminousness |
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| luminary | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, notability, notable |
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| luminescence | (noun) light from nonthermal sources | Synonyms: glow |
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| (noun) light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures | - |
| luminism | (noun) an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective | - |
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| luminosity | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminousness |
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| luminousness | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity |
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| mastermind | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, originator |
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| (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius |
| melamine | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: cyanuramide |
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| merbromine | (noun) a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark | Synonyms: Mercurochrome |
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| metformin | (noun) an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes | Synonyms: Glucophage |
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| methamphetamine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| methenamine | (noun) antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections | Synonyms: Mandelamine, Urex |
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| methylenedioxymethamphetamine | (noun) a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States | Synonyms: MDMA |
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| min | (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | Synonyms: minute |
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| mina | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minah | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: mina, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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| mince | (noun) food chopped into small bits | - |
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| mincemeat | (noun) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat | - |
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| mincer | (noun) a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces | Synonyms: mincing machine |
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| mind | (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: brain, head, nous, psyche |
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| (noun) recall or remembrance | - |
| (noun) attention | - |
| (noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
| (noun) knowledge and intellectual ability | Synonyms: intellect |
| (noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: idea |
| (noun) an important intellectual | Synonyms: creative thinker, thinker |
| minder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, babyminder |
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| (noun) someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors | - |
| mindfuck | (noun) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person | - |
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| mindfulness | (noun) the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities | Synonyms: heedfulness |
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| mindlessness | (noun) the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | Synonyms: heedlessness, rashness |
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| (noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: inanity, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuity |
| mindset | (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, outlook |
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| mine | (noun) explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel | - |
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| (noun) excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted | - |
| minefield | (noun) a region in which explosives mines have been placed | - |
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| minelayer | (noun) ship equipped for laying marine mines | - |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| miner | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: mineworker |
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| mineral | (noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | - |
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| mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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| mineralogist | (noun) a scientist trained in mineralogy | - |
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| mineralogy | (noun) the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them | - |
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| mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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| minestrone | (noun) soup made with a variety of vegetables | Synonyms: petite marmite, vegetable soup |
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| minesweeper | (noun) ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines | - |
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| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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| mineworker | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: miner |
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| minge | (noun) vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals | - |
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| minginess | (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
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| mingling | (noun) the action of people mingling and coming into contact | - |
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| mini | (noun) a very short skirt | Synonyms: miniskirt |
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| miniature | (noun) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | Synonyms: toy |
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| (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: illumination |
| miniaturisation | (noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale | Synonyms: miniaturization |
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| miniaturist | (noun) someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail | - |
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| miniaturization | (noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale | Synonyms: miniaturisation |
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| minibar | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: cellaret |
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| minibike | (noun) small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | Synonyms: motorbike |
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| minibus | (noun) a light bus (4 to 10 passengers) | - |
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| minicab | (noun) a minicar used as a taxicab | - |
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| minicalculator | (noun) (old-fashioned) a very small handheld calculator. | - |
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| minicar | (noun) a car that is even smaller than a subcompact car | - |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| minim | (noun) a musical note having the time value of half a whole note | Synonyms: half note |
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| (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram | - |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters | - |