albuginea | (noun) whitish tunic | - |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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apnea | (noun) transient cessation of respiration | - |
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cochineal | (noun) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | Synonyms: cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus |
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(noun) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects | - |
columnea | (noun) tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage | - |
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cornea | (noun) the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera | - |
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cotoneaster | (noun) any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | - |
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delineation | (noun) representation by drawing or painting etc | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal |
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(noun) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | Synonyms: depiction, limning, line drawing |
(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
dulcinea | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: ladylove |
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dyspnea | (noun) difficult or labored respiration | Synonyms: dyspnoea |
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ennead | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one | Synonyms: 9, IX, Nina from Carolina, nine, niner |
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eupnea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnoea |
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faineance | (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: idleness |
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genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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genealogy | (noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | - |
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(noun) successive generations of kin | Synonyms: family tree |
guinea | (noun) a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world | Synonyms: guinea fowl, Numida meleagris |
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(noun) a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings | - |
hirudinean | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: bloodsucker, leech |
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hymeneal | (noun) a wedding hymn | - |
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hymeneals | (noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony |
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hyperpnea | (noun) energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders | - |
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hypopnea | (noun) slow or shallow breathing | - |
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lineage | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: ancestry, derivation, filiation |
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(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | Synonyms: linage |
(noun) the number of lines in a piece of printed material | Synonyms: linage |
(noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | Synonyms: descent, filiation, line of descent |
lineament | (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: feature |
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(noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: character, quality |
linearity | (noun) the property of having one dimension | Synonyms: one-dimensionality |
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lineation | (noun) the act of marking or outlining with lines | - |
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(noun) the line that appears to bound an object | Synonyms: outline |
matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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matrilineality | (noun) a system in which a person's descent is traced through their mother and her maternal ancestors. | - |
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miscellanea | (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
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misocainea | (noun) hatred of new ideas | - |
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multicollinearity | (noun) a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated | - |
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neap | (noun) a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | Synonyms: neap tide |
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nearness | (noun) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | Synonyms: closeness |
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nearside | (noun) the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb | - |
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nearsightedness | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, shortsightedness |
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neatness | (noun) the trait of being neat and orderly | Synonyms: tidiness |
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(noun) the state of being neat and smart and trim | Synonyms: spruceness |
orthopnea | (noun) form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris | - |
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patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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pinealoma | (noun) tumor of the pineal gland | - |
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pineapple | (noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated | Synonyms: ananas |
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(noun) a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics | Synonyms: Ananas comosus, pineapple plant |
platyctenean | (noun) ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body | - |
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rectilinearity | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that is rectilinear, straight. | - |
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sneak | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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(noun) someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | Synonyms: prowler, stalker |
(noun) a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible | - |
sneaker | (noun) a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole | Synonyms: gym shoe, tennis shoe |
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(noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
sneakiness | (noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | Synonyms: furtiveness, stealthiness |
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tinea | (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: ringworm, roundworm |
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unease | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: disquiet, uneasiness |
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(noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: malaise, uneasiness |
uneasiness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: queasiness, restlessness |
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(noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: disquiet, unease |
(noun) embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you | Synonyms: self-consciousness, uncomfortableness |
(noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, inquietude |
(noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: malaise, unease |