| eliminator | (noun) an agent that eliminates something | - |
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| emanation | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | Synonyms: emission |
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| (noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | Synonyms: procession, rise |
| (noun) something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) | - |
| enate | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
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| enation | (noun) a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ | Synonyms: plant process |
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| (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, matrilineage |
| examination | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | Synonyms: scrutiny |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: testing |
| (noun) a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) | Synonyms: examen |
| (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | Synonyms: exam, test |
| (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogatory |
| explanation | (noun) thought that makes something comprehensible | - |
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| (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | Synonyms: account |
| (noun) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible | - |
| extermination | (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) complete annihilation | Synonyms: extinction |
| exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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| fanatic | (noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fiend |
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| fanaticism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanatism, zealotry |
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| fanatism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanaticism, zealotry |
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| fascination | (noun) the capacity to attract intense interest | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment |
| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: captivation |
| festination | (noun) involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease) | - |
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| foreordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, preordination |
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| fractionation | (noun) separation into portions | - |
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| (noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components | Synonyms: fractional process |
| fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid | - |
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| fulmination | (noun) the act of exploding with noise and violence | - |
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| (noun) thunderous verbal attack | Synonyms: diatribe |
| geminate | (noun) a doubled or long consonant | - |
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| gemination | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: duplication |
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| (noun) the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) | - |
| germination | (noun) the origin of some development | - |
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| (noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: sprouting |
| gnat | (noun) any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies | - |
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| (noun) (British usage) mosquito | - |
| gnatcatcher | (noun) very small North American and South American warblers | - |
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| gnathion | (noun) the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | - |
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| gnathopod | (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. | Synonyms: maxilliped |
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| gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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| haemagglutination | (noun) agglutination of red blood cells | Synonyms: hemagglutination |
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| hallucination | (noun) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea | Synonyms: delusion |
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| (noun) an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode | - |
| (noun) illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder | - |
| hemagglutination | (noun) agglutination of red blood cells | Synonyms: haemagglutination |
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| hibernation | (noun) the act of retiring into inactivity | - |
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| (noun) the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter | - |
| (noun) cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals | - |
| homogenate | (noun) material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed) | - |
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| hydrogenation | (noun) a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil | - |
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| hypernatremia | (noun) excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus | - |
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| hyphenation | (noun) connecting syllables and words by hyphens | - |
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| (noun) division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page | Synonyms: word division |
| hyponatremia | (noun) abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration | - |
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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 |
| imagination | (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imaginativeness, vision |
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| (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagery, imaging, mental imagery |
| (noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: resource, resourcefulness |
| imaginativeness | (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imagination, vision |
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| impersonation | (noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person | Synonyms: personation |
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| (noun) pretending to be another person | Synonyms: imposture |
| (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: caricature, imitation |
| impersonator | (noun) someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another | Synonyms: imitator |
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| importunateness | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunity |
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| impregnation | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
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| (noun) the process of totally saturating something with a substance | Synonyms: saturation |
| (noun) material with which something is impregnated | - |
| inattention | (noun) lack of attention | - |
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| inattentiveness | (noun) the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others | - |
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| (noun) a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: heedlessness |
| incarnation | (noun) the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. | Synonyms: personification |
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| (noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: avatar, embodiment |
| (noun) time passed in a particular bodily form | - |
| inclination | (noun) the act of inclining; bending forward | Synonyms: inclining |
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| (noun) a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | Synonyms: tendency |
| (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | Synonyms: lean, leaning, list, tilt |
| (noun) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others | Synonyms: disposition, tendency |
| (noun) that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking | - |
| (noun) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | Synonyms: angle of dip, dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination |
| (noun) (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) | Synonyms: angle of inclination |
| (noun) (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees | Synonyms: inclination of an orbit |
| incoordination | (noun) a lack of coordination of movements | - |
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| incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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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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| indignation | (noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: outrage |
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| indoctrination | (noun) teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically | - |
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| innateness | (noun) the quality of being innate | - |
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| inordinateness | (noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excess, excessiveness |
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| 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.) | - |
| insubordination | (noun) an insubordinate act | Synonyms: rebelliousness |
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| (noun) defiance of authority | - |
| internationalisation | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalization |
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| internationalism | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationality |
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| (noun) the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences | - |
| internationalist | (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
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| (noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
| internationality | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationalism |
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| internationalization | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalisation |
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| intonation | (noun) the act of singing in a monotonous tone | Synonyms: chanting |
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| (noun) singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong | - |
| (noun) the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations | - |
| (noun) rise and fall of the voice pitch | Synonyms: modulation, pitch contour |
| invagination | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, intussusception |
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| (noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | Synonyms: introversion |
| iodination | (noun) the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds | - |
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| isoagglutination | (noun) agglutination of an agglutinogen of one individual by a serum from another individual of the same species | - |
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| isocyanate | (noun) a salt or ester of isocyanic acid | - |
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| isothiocyanate | (noun) a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations | - |
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| khanate | (noun) the position of a khan | - |
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| (noun) the realm of a khan | - |
| 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) | - |
| lunatic | (noun) an insane person | Synonyms: maniac |
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| (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, madcap, swashbuckler |
| lunation | (noun) the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) | Synonyms: lunar month, moon, synodic month |
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| machination | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: intrigue |
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| machinator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, plotter |
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| magnate | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
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| manat | (noun) the basic unit of money in Azerbaijan | - |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Turkmenistan | - |
| manatee | (noun) sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | Synonyms: Trichechus manatus |
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| manganate | (noun) a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion | - |
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| miscegenation | (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, interbreeding |
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| natality | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, birthrate, fertility, fertility rate |
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| natation | (noun) the act of someone who floats on the water | Synonyms: floating |
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| natator | (noun) a person who travels through the water by swimming | Synonyms: bather, swimmer |
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| natatorium | (noun) pool that provides a facility for swimming | Synonyms: swimming bath, swimming pool |
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| nates | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| nation | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state |
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| (noun) the people who live in a nation or country | Synonyms: country, land |
| (noun) a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) | - |
| national | (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: subject |
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| nationalisation | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalization |
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| (noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalization |
| (noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalization |
| nationalism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: patriotism |
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| (noun) the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other | - |
| (noun) the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals | - |
| (noun) the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination | - |
| nationalist | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: patriot |
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| (noun) an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government | - |
| nationality | (noun) people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | - |
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| (noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization | - |
| nationalization | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalisation |
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| (noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalisation |
| (noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalisation |
| nationhood | (noun) the state of being a nation | - |
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| native | (noun) indigenous plants and animals | - |
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| (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene |
| (noun) a person born in a particular place or country | - |
| nativeness | (noun) the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin | - |
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| nativism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate | - |
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| (noun) the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation) | - |
| nativist | (noun) a philosopher who subscribes to nativism | - |
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| nativity | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: birth, nascence, nascency |
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| natriuresis | (noun) the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine | - |
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| natrolite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum | - |
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| natterjack | (noun) common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops | Synonyms: Bufo calamita |
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