acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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adjunct | (noun) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence | - |
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(noun) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it | - |
(noun) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another | - |
adjunction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: junction |
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cincture | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
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compunction | (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach |
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conjunction | (noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: junction |
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(noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence |
(noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunctive, connective, continuative |
(noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | Synonyms: alignment |
(noun) the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction | - |
(noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, junction |
conjunctiva | (noun) a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid | - |
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conjunctive | (noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunction, connective, continuative |
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conjunctivitis | (noun) inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye | Synonyms: pinkeye |
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conjuncture | (noun) a critical combination of events or circumstances | - |
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contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
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cunctation | (noun) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time | Synonyms: procrastination, shillyshally |
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cunctator | (noun) someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | Synonyms: postponer, procrastinator |
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cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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defunctness | (noun) no longer in existence | Synonyms: extinction |
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disfunction | (noun) (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group | Synonyms: dysfunction |
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disjunction | (noun) the act of breaking a connection | Synonyms: disconnection |
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(noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjuncture |
disjuncture | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction |
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distinction | (noun) a distinguishing difference between similar things or people | - |
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(noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | Synonyms: differentiation |
(noun) an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority | - |
(noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: eminence, note, preeminence |
distinctiveness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: disparateness |
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(noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty |
distinctness | (noun) the quality of being sharp and clear | Synonyms: sharpness |
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(noun) the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | Synonyms: otherness, separateness |
(noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, separateness, severalty |
dysfunction | (noun) (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group | Synonyms: disfunction |
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dysfunctionality | (noun) The condition of functioning incorrectly or abnormally. | - |
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emunctorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: purificator, purificatorium |
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expunction | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: erasure, expunging |
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extinction | (noun) the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning | Synonyms: extinguishing, quenching |
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(noun) a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus | Synonyms: experimental extinction |
(noun) complete annihilation | Synonyms: extermination |
(noun) the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation | - |
(noun) no longer in existence | Synonyms: defunctness |
(noun) no longer active; extinguished | - |
function | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: office, part, role |
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(noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: purpose, role, use |
(noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine |
(noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people | Synonyms: affair, occasion, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion |
(noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony | - |
(noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function |
(noun) a relation such that one thing is dependent on another | - |
functionalism | (noun) a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment | - |
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(noun) any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose | - |
functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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functionality | (noun) capable of serving a purpose well | - |
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functionary | (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: official |
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functioning | (noun) process or manner of functioning or operating | Synonyms: operation, performance |
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indistinctness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, softness |
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injunction | (noun) a formal command or admonition | - |
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(noun) (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity | Synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment |
instinct | (noun) inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli | Synonyms: inherent aptitude |
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inunction | (noun) anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual | Synonyms: unction |
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junction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: adjunction |
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(noun) the place where two or more things come together | - |
(noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: conjunction |
(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, juncture |
(noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, conjunction |
juncture | (noun) an event that occurs at a critical time | Synonyms: occasion |
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(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, junction |
(noun) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made | Synonyms: critical point, crossroads |
keratoconjunctivitis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva | - |
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malfunction | (noun) a failure to function normally | - |
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multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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nondisjunction | (noun) meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells | - |
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precinct | (noun) a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
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punctilio | (noun) strict observance of formalities | - |
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(noun) a fine point of etiquette or petty formality | - |
punctiliousness | (noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulosity, meticulousness, scrupulousness |
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punctuality | (noun) the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time | Synonyms: promptness |
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punctuation | (noun) the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases | - |
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(noun) the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | Synonyms: punctuation mark |
(noun) something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions | - |
punctum | (noun) (anatomy) a point or small area | - |
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puncture | (noun) the act of puncturing or perforating | - |
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(noun) a small hole made by a sharp object | - |
(noun) loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object | - |
sanctification | (noun) a religious ceremony in which something is made holy | - |
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sanctimoniousness | (noun) the quality of being hypocritically devout | Synonyms: sanctimony |
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sanctimony | (noun) the quality of being hypocritically devout | Synonyms: sanctimoniousness |
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sanction | (noun) the act of final authorization | - |
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(noun) a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards | - |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization |
(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, warrant |
sanctitude | (noun) the quality of being holy | Synonyms: holiness, sanctity |
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sanctity | (noun) the quality of being holy | Synonyms: holiness, sanctitude |
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sanctuary | (noun) area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | Synonyms: bema, chancel |
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(noun) a shelter from danger or hardship | Synonyms: asylum, refuge |
(noun) a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept | - |
sanctum | (noun) a place of inviolable privacy | Synonyms: sanctum sanctorum |
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(noun) a sacred place of pilgrimage | Synonyms: holy, holy place |
sphincter | (noun) a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening | Synonyms: anatomical sphincter, sphincter muscle |
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subjunction | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjoining, supplementation |
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subjunctive | (noun) a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible | Synonyms: subjunctive mood |
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succinctness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, pithiness |
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thermojunction | (noun) a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears | - |
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tincture | (noun) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution | - |
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(noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tint, tone |
(noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, trace, vestige |
(noun) a substance that colors or dyes | - |
unction | (noun) anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual | Synonyms: inunction |
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(noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | Synonyms: balm, ointment, salve, unguent |
(noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness |
(noun) excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm | Synonyms: fulsomeness, smarm |
unctuousness | (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction |
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unsanctification | (noun) unholiness by virtue of being profane | Synonyms: profaneness |
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venipuncture | (noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye | - |
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