addendum | (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: postscript, supplement |
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agendum | (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agenda, order of business |
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alundum | (noun) a substance made of fused alumina | - |
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baranduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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baronduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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barunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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bonduc | (noun) tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries | Synonyms: bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella |
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(noun) handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute | Synonyms: chicot, Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree |
burunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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calendula | (noun) any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
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carborundum | (noun) an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals | - |
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conduct | (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, doings |
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(noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, demeanor, demeanour, deportment |
conductance | (noun) a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance | - |
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conducting | (noun) the way of administering a business | - |
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(noun) the direction of an orchestra or choir | - |
conduction | (noun) the transmission of heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: conductivity |
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conductivity | (noun) the transmission of heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: conduction |
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conductor | (noun) a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. | - |
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(noun) the person who leads a musical group | Synonyms: director, music director |
(noun) the person who collects fares on a public conveyance | - |
(noun) a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat | - |
conductress | (noun) a woman conductor | - |
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conduit | (noun) a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | - |
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corrigendum | (noun) a printer's error; to be corrected | - |
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corundum | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundom |
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credendum | (noun) (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided | Synonyms: article of faith |
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endurance | (noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress | - |
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(noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: survival |
enduringness | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: durability, lastingness, strength |
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explanandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explicandum |
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explicandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explanandum |
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fondu | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondue |
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(noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondue |
fondue | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondu |
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(noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondu |
fundus | (noun) (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening | - |
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granduncle | (noun) an uncle of your father or mother | Synonyms: great-uncle |
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indubitability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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inducement | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducing |
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(noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, motivator |
inducer | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: persuader |
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(noun) an agent capable of activating specific genes | - |
inducing | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducement |
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inductance | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductor |
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(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: induction |
inductee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, draftee |
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(noun) a person inducted into an organization or social group | - |
induction | (noun) the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time) | - |
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(noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events | Synonyms: initiation, trigger |
(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization, inductive reasoning |
(noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: elicitation, evocation |
(noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: initiation, installation |
(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: inductance |
inductionism | (noun) the scientific philosophy where laws are "induced" from sets of data. | - |
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inductor | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductance |
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indulgence | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulging, pampering |
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(noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, lunacy, tomfoolery |
(noun) the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution | - |
(noun) an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires | Synonyms: self-indulgence |
(noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: lenience, leniency |
indulging | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, pampering |
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indument | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indumentum |
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indumentum | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indument |
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induration | (noun) any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | Synonyms: sclerosis |
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indusium | (noun) a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern | - |
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industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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industriousness | (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industry |
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industry | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: manufacture |
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(noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
(noun) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | - |
manduction | (noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | Synonyms: chew, chewing, mastication |
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(noun) the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist | Synonyms: Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction |
memorandum | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memoranda |
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misconduct | (noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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(noun) bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf | - |
nandu | (noun) smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan | Synonyms: Pterocnemia pennata, rhea |
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nonconductor | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | Synonyms: dielectric, insulator |
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nonindulgence | (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: asceticism, austerity |
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overindulgence | (noun) excessive indulgence | Synonyms: excess |
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pendulum | (noun) an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity | - |
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photoconduction | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconductivity |
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photoconductivity | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconduction |
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pudendum | (noun) human external genital organs collectively especially of a female | - |
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referendum | (noun) a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate | - |
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roundup | (noun) the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police | - |
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(noun) the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold | - |
(noun) a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup" | - |
semiconductor | (noun) a conductor made with semiconducting material | Synonyms: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit |
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(noun) a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities | Synonyms: semiconducting material |
sendup | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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superconductivity | (noun) the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures | - |
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tamandu | (noun) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America | Synonyms: lesser anteater, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla |
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tamandua | (noun) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America | Synonyms: lesser anteater, tamandu, Tamandua tetradactyla |
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undulation | (noun) (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | Synonyms: wave |
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(noun) wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves | - |
(noun) an undulating curve | Synonyms: wave |
undutifulness | (noun) impiety characterized by lack of devotion to duty | - |
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vendue | (noun) the public sale of something to the highest bidder | Synonyms: auction, auction sale |
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windup | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up |
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