smut | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: erotica, porn, porno, pornography |
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(noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, vulgarism |
(noun) any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | Synonyms: smut fungus |
(noun) destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores | - |
(noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, lampblack, soot |
smuttiness | (noun) obscenity in speech or writing | Synonyms: dirtiness |
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(noun) the state of being dirty with soot | Synonyms: sootiness |
squamule | (noun) a minute scale | - |
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stimulant | (noun) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process | Synonyms: excitant, stimulant drug |
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(noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | Synonyms: input, stimulation, stimulus |
stimulation | (noun) the act of arousing an organism to action | - |
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(noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: arousal, foreplay |
(noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | Synonyms: input, stimulant, stimulus |
(noun) (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) | - |
stimulus | (noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | Synonyms: input, stimulant, stimulation |
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strabismus | (noun) abnormal alignment of one or both eyes | Synonyms: squint |
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struthiomimus | (noun) small light-boned toothless dinosaur resembling an ostrich in size and proportions | - |
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submucosa | (noun) the connective tissue beneath mucous membrane | - |
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subthalamus | (noun) the ventral part of the thalamus | - |
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sumpsimus | (noun) a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression | - |
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surmullet | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: goatfish, Mullus surmuletus, red mullet |
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telecommunication | (noun) (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance | - |
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(noun) (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically | Synonyms: telecom |
telecommuting | (noun) employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem | Synonyms: teleworking |
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tenesmus | (noun) painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome | - |
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thalamus | (noun) large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon | - |
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thymus | (noun) a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age | Synonyms: thymus gland |
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timucu | (noun) found in warm waters of western Atlantic | - |
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transmutability | (noun) the quality of being commutable | Synonyms: commutability |
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transmutation | (noun) an act that changes the form or character or substance of something | Synonyms: transubstantiation |
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(noun) a qualitative change | Synonyms: shift, transformation |
(noun) (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) | - |
trismus | (noun) prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles | - |
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tumult | (noun) the act of making a noisy disturbance | Synonyms: commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus |
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(noun) violent agitation | Synonyms: turmoil |
(noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion | Synonyms: garboil, tumultuousness, uproar |
tumultuousness | (noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion | Synonyms: garboil, tumult, uproar |
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tumulus | (noun) (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs | Synonyms: barrow, burial mound, grave mound |
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uncommunicativeness | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative | - |
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unmusicality | (noun) The state or condition of being lacking in musical ability. | - |
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vaginismus | (noun) muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination | - |
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xeranthemum | (noun) any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers | - |
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xerophthalmus | (noun) abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A | Synonyms: conjunctivitis arida, xeroma, xerophthalmia |
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yarmulka | (noun) a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) | Synonyms: yarmelke, yarmulke |
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yarmulke | (noun) a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) | Synonyms: yarmelke, yarmulka |
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zymurgy | (noun) the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling) | Synonyms: zymology |
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