almandine | (noun) a purple variety of the ruby spinel | - |
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(noun) a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate | Synonyms: almandite |
almoner | (noun) an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients | Synonyms: medical social worker |
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aloneness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness |
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aloofness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness |
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(noun) indifference by personal withdrawal | Synonyms: distance |
amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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amativeness | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
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ambidextrousness | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidexterity |
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ambitiousness | (noun) a strong drive for success | Synonyms: ambition |
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amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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amenableness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, cooperativeness |
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amiableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality |
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amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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(noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
amidopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: aminopyrine |
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amine | (noun) a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals | Synonyms: aminoalkane |
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aminoalkane | (noun) a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals | Synonyms: amine |
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aminobenzine | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aniline, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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aminomethane | (noun) a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical | - |
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aminophylline | (noun) a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis | - |
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aminopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: amidopyrine |
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amiodarone | (noun) an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective | Synonyms: Cordarone |
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amitriptyline | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications | Synonyms: amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil |
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ammine | (noun) a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules | - |
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amnesia | (noun) partial or total loss of memory | Synonyms: blackout, memory loss |
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amnesiac | (noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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amnesic | (noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesiac |
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amnesty | (noun) the formal act of liberating someone | Synonyms: free pardon, pardon |
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(noun) a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense | Synonyms: pardon |
(noun) a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment | - |
amorousness | (noun) a feeling of love or fondness | Synonyms: enamoredness |
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(noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
amphetamine | (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: pep pill, speed, upper |
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ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
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(noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
amrinone | (noun) a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium | Synonyms: Inocor |
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analbuminemia | (noun) an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | - |
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anamnesis | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: recollection, remembrance |
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(noun) the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient | Synonyms: medical history, medical record |
ancientness | (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: antiquity |
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androgenesis | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgeny |
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androgyne | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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androsterone | (noun) an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone | - |
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anecdotalism | (noun) The property of being related to short accounts of real incidents or persons, often humorous or interesting. | - |
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anecdote | (noun) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | - |
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anecdotist | (noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes | Synonyms: raconteur |
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anemia | (noun) a deficiency of red blood cells | Synonyms: anaemia |
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(noun) a lack of vitality | Synonyms: anaemia |
anemoclinometer | (noun) A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. | - |
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anemograph | (noun) An instrument which records wind velocities. | - |
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anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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anemometer | (noun) a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind | Synonyms: wind gage, wind gauge |
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anemometry | (noun) measuring wind speed and direction | - |
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anemone | (noun) marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton | Synonyms: sea anemone |
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(noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: windflower |
anencephalia | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephaly |
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anencephaly | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephalia |
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anergy | (noun) reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen | - |
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(noun) inactivity and lack of energy | - |
aneroid | (noun) a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids | Synonyms: aneroid barometer |
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anesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anaesthesia |
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anesthesiologist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthetist |
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anesthesiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics | - |
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anesthetic | (noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent |
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anesthetist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthesiologist |
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anesthyl | (noun) a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic | - |
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anestrum | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus |
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anestrus | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrum, anoestrum, anoestrus |
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anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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aneurin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: antiberiberi factor, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1 |
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aneurism | (noun) a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall | Synonyms: aneurysm |
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aneurysm | (noun) a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall | Synonyms: aneurism |
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angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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aniline | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aminobenzine, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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animateness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: aliveness, liveness |
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anklebone | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: astragal, astragalus, talus |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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annelid | (noun) worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally | Synonyms: annelid worm, segmented worm |
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annex | (noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annexe, extension, wing |
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annexa | (noun) accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo) | Synonyms: adnexa |
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annexation | (noun) the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation | - |
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(noun) incorporation by joining or uniting | Synonyms: appropriation |
annexe | (noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annex, extension, wing |
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anodyne | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: analgesic, pain pill, painkiller |
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anomalousness | (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomaly |
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anopheline | (noun) any mosquito of the genus Anopheles | - |
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answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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anticholinergic | (noun) a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine | Synonyms: anticholinergic drug |
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anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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anticyclone | (noun) (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern | - |
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antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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antihistamine | (noun) a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site | - |
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antineoplastic | (noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
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antineutrino | (noun) the antiparticle of a neutrino | - |
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antineutron | (noun) the antiparticle of a neutron | - |
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antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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antiqueness | (noun) the quality or state of being in the style or fashion of former times. | - |
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antireligiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being opposed to religion. | - |
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antivenene | (noun) an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | Synonyms: antivenin |
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anxiousness | (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: disquiet |
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(noun) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | Synonyms: anxiety |
apnea | (noun) transient cessation of respiration | - |
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apocryphalness | (noun) The property of being of doubtful authenticity, of lacking authority, or of not being regarded as canonical. | - |
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(noun) The property of being of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness. | - |
apolune | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: aposelene |
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apomorphine | (noun) a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative | - |
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aponeurosis | (noun) any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons | - |
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aposelene | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: apolune |
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apparentness | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparency |
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