armoire | (noun) a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons | - |
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bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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chamois | (noun) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips | Synonyms: Rupicapra rupicapra |
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(noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | Synonyms: chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather |
chemoimmunology | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: immunochemistry |
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damoiselle | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle |
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demoiselle | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: damselfish |
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(noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel |
ethmoid | (noun) one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity | Synonyms: ethmoid bone |
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grimoire | (noun) a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons) | - |
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homoiotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homotherm |
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mademoiselle | (noun) small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico | Synonyms: Bairdiella chrysoura, silver perch |
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memoir | (noun) an account of the author's personal experiences | - |
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(noun) an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic | - |
moiety | (noun) one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe | - |
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(noun) one of two (approximately) equal parts | Synonyms: mediety |
moire | (noun) silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern | Synonyms: watered-silk |
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moistener | (noun) a device that dampens or moistens something | Synonyms: dampener |
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moistening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: dampening |
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moistness | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: damp, dampness |
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moisture | (noun) wetness caused by water | Synonyms: wet |
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prismoid | (noun) a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms | - |
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sesamoid | (noun) any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint | Synonyms: os sesamoideum, sesamoid bone |
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sigmoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor) | - |
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sigmoidoscope | (noun) an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon | Synonyms: flexible sigmoidoscope |
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sigmoidoscopy | (noun) visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps | Synonyms: flexible sigmoidoscopy |
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turmoil | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, upheaval |
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(noun) violent agitation | Synonyms: tumult |
(noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, upheaval |