behemoth | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: colossus, giant, goliath, monster |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan |
chemotherapy | (noun) the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) | - |
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foremother | (noun) a female ancestor | - |
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godmother | (noun) any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
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grandmother | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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haemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: hemothorax |
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hawkmoth | (noun) any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | Synonyms: hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth |
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hemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: haemothorax |
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homothecy | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothety |
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homotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homoiotherm |
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homothety | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothecy |
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housemother | (noun) a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people | - |
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mammoth | (noun) any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks | - |
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mammothermography | (noun) the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots) | - |
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moth | (noun) typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | - |
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mothball | (noun) a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | Synonyms: camphor ball |
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mother | (noun) a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation | - |
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(noun) a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) | Synonyms: female parent |
(noun) a term of address for a mother superior | - |
(noun) a term of address for an elderly woman | - |
(noun) a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar | - |
motherese | (noun) an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child | Synonyms: baby talk, babytalk |
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motherfucker | (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
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motherhood | (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | Synonyms: maternity |
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motherland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, native land |
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motherliness | (noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternalism, maternity |
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motherwort | (noun) bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers | Synonyms: Leonurus cardiaca |
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normothermia | (noun) normal body temperature | - |
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pneumothorax | (noun) abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis) | - |
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smother | (noun) a stifling cloud of smoke | - |
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(noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, welter |
smotherer | (noun) a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses | Synonyms: stifler |
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stepmother | (noun) the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage | - |
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thermotherapy | (noun) the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles | - |
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timothy | (noun) a grass grown for hay | - |
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(noun) grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay | Synonyms: herd's grass, Phleum pratense |