roominess | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: capaciousness, commodiousness, spaciousness |
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(noun) intellectual breadth | Synonyms: capaciousness |
ruminant | (noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | - |
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rumination | (noun) regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding | - |
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(noun) (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) | - |
(noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness |
ruminator | (noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muller, muser, ponderer |
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scopolamine | (noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures | Synonyms: hyoscine |
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screaming | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
seminar | (noun) a course offered for a small group of advanced students | - |
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(noun) any meeting for an exchange of ideas | - |
seminarian | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarist |
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seminarist | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarian |
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seminary | (noun) a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis | - |
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(noun) a private place of education for the young | - |
seminoma | (noun) malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men | Synonyms: testicular cancer |
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shortcoming | (noun) a failing or deficiency | Synonyms: defect |
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skimming | (noun) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid | - |
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(noun) failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it | - |
(noun) the act of brushing against while passing | Synonyms: grazing, shaving |
(noun) reading or glancing through quickly | Synonyms: skim |
sliminess | (noun) a property resembling or being covered with slime | - |
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(noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, vileness, wickedness |
smarminess | (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, unction, unctuousness |
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spearmint | (noun) common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring | Synonyms: Mentha spicata |
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stamina | (noun) enduring strength and energy | Synonyms: staying power, toughness |
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steaminess | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, vaporousness, vapourousness |
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storminess | (noun) violent passion in speech or action | - |
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(noun) the state of being stormy | - |
streaming | (noun) the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | Synonyms: cyclosis |
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subdominant | (noun) (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale | - |
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swimming | (noun) the act of swimming | Synonyms: swim |
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teemingness | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: abundance, copiousness |
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terminal | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminus |
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(noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: pole |
(noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | - |
(noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: end |
terminality | (noun) The quality or state of being fatal, of resulting in death. | - |
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termination | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: conclusion, ending |
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(noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | Synonyms: ending |
(noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, outcome, result, resultant |
(noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, endpoint, terminus |
(noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiration, expiry |
terminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, exterminator |
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terminology | (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: language, nomenclature |
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terminus | (noun) either end of a railroad or bus route | - |
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(noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminal |
(noun) (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome | Synonyms: term, terminal figure |
(noun) the ultimate goal for which something is done | Synonyms: destination |
(noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, endpoint, termination |
theremin | (noun) an electronic musical instrument; melodies can be played by moving the right hand between two rods that serve as antennas to control pitch; the left hand controls phrasing | - |
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thiamin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamine, vitamin B1 |
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thiamine | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamin, vitamin B1 |
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thiodiphenylamine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: phenothiazine |
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thymine | (noun) a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine | Synonyms: T |
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timing | (noun) the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics) | - |
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(noun) the time when something happens | - |
topminnow | (noun) small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control | Synonyms: live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish |
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(noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, swordtail, Xyphophorus helleri |
transaminase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, aminotransferase |
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transamination | (noun) the process of transferring an amino group from one compound to another | - |
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(noun) the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound | - |
tranylcypromine | (noun) an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate | - |
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trigeminal | (noun) the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication | Synonyms: fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus |
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trigeminus | (noun) the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication | Synonyms: fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve |
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trimipramine | (noun) tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia | Synonyms: Surmontil |
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trimming | (noun) the act of adding decoration | - |
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(noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: clipping, trim |
(noun) a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment | Synonyms: passementerie, trim |
trimmings | (noun) the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) | Synonyms: fixings |
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tyramine | (noun) amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer | - |
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unassumingness | (noun) a quality of naturalness and simplicity | Synonyms: sincerity |
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unbecomingness | (noun) the quality of being unbecoming | - |
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(noun) The state of not being flattering, attractive or appropriate. | - |
unmindfulness | (noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities | Synonyms: heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency |
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varmint | (noun) any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote | Synonyms: varment |
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(noun) an irritating or obnoxious person | Synonyms: vermin |
vermin | (noun) any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats | - |
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(noun) an irritating or obnoxious person | Synonyms: varmint |
vitamin | (noun) any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism | - |
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voluminosity | (noun) greatness of volume | Synonyms: fullness, voluminousness |
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voluminousness | (noun) greatness of volume | Synonyms: fullness, voluminosity |
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warming | (noun) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | Synonyms: thaw, thawing |
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(noun) the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature | Synonyms: heating |