actinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) | - |
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actinometry | (noun) measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) | - |
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actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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actinomycete | (noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales | - |
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actinomycin | (noun) any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria | - |
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actinomycosis | (noun) disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses | - |
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actinomyxidian | (noun) of or relating to parasites of worms | - |
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adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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adenomyosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: endometriosis |
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agnomen | (noun) an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great') | - |
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agronomist | (noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production | - |
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agronomy | (noun) the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production | Synonyms: scientific agriculture |
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aminomethane | (noun) a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical | - |
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anemoclinometer | (noun) A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. | - |
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anomalist | (noun) someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases | - |
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anomalops | (noun) fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico | Synonyms: flashlight fish |
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anomalopteryx | (noun) the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey | Synonyms: Anomalopteryx oweni |
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anomalousness | (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomaly |
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anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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(noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
(noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
anomia | (noun) inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects | Synonyms: amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, anomic aphasia, nominal aphasia |
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anomie | (noun) lack of moral standards in a society | Synonyms: anomy |
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(noun) personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation | Synonyms: anomy |
anomy | (noun) lack of moral standards in a society | Synonyms: anomie |
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(noun) personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation | Synonyms: anomie |
antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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antinomian | (noun) a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism | - |
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antinomianism | (noun) the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture) | - |
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antinomy | (noun) a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable | - |
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astronomer | (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: stargazer, uranologist |
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astronomy | (noun) the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | Synonyms: uranology |
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autonomy | (noun) immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | Synonyms: liberty |
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(noun) personal independence | Synonyms: self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency |
binomial | (noun) (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms | - |
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bionomics | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment | Synonyms: ecology, environmental science |
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carcinoma | (noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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clinometer | (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: inclinometer |
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cognomen | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | Synonyms: family name, last name, surname |
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(noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet |
declinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring magnetic declination | Synonyms: transit declinometer |
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denomination | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, designation |
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(noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | - |
(noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | - |
denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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(noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
denominator | (noun) the divisor of a fraction | - |
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econometrician | (noun) an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods | Synonyms: econometrist |
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econometrics | (noun) the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data | - |
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econometrist | (noun) an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods | Synonyms: econometrician |
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economics | (noun) the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management | Synonyms: economic science, political economy |
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economiser | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economizer |
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economist | (noun) an expert in the science of economics | Synonyms: economic expert |
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economizer | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economiser |
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economy | (noun) an act of economizing; reduction in cost | Synonyms: saving |
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(noun) frugality in the expenditure of money or resources | Synonyms: thriftiness |
(noun) the efficient use of resources | - |
(noun) the system of production and distribution and consumption | Synonyms: economic system |
epiphenomenon | (noun) a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon | - |
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ergonomics | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: bioengineering, biotechnology |
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fibroadenoma | (noun) benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen | - |
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galvanometer | (noun) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents | - |
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gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
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gastronomy | (noun) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food | - |
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(noun) a particular style of cookery (as of a region) | - |
genome | (noun) the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism | - |
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genomics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) | - |
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gnome | (noun) a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | - |
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(noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure | Synonyms: dwarf |
gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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ignominiousness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: disgracefulness, shamefulness |
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ignominy | (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: disgrace, shame |
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inclinometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) | Synonyms: dip circle |
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(noun) an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon | - |
(noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: clinometer |
leflunomide | (noun) an anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally; can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium | Synonyms: Arava |
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lymphadenoma | (noun) an abnormally enlarged lymph node | - |
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macroeconomics | (noun) the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy | - |
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macroeconomist | (noun) an economist who specializes in macroeconomics | Synonyms: macroeconomic expert |
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manometer | (noun) a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas | - |
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melanoma | (noun) any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | Synonyms: malignant melanoma |
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metronome | (noun) clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music | - |
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microeconomics | (noun) the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms | - |
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microeconomist | (noun) an economist who specializes in microeconomics | Synonyms: microeconomic expert |
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misnomer | (noun) an incorrect or unsuitable name | - |
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monomania | (noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea | Synonyms: possession |
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monomaniac | (noun) a person suffering from monomania | - |
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monomer | (noun) a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | - |
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monometallism | (noun) the use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value. | - |
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multinomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
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nanomachine | (noun) a machine of the size of close to one nanometre | - |
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nanometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometre, nm |
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nanometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nm |
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nanomia | (noun) small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey | - |
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neurinoma | (noun) tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve | - |
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noma | (noun) acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children | - |
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nomad | (noun) a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | - |
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nomadism | (noun) The way of life of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc. | - |
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nombril | (noun) the center point on a shield | - |
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nomenclature | (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: language, terminology |
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nomenklatura | (noun) the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party | - |
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nomia | (noun) a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes | Synonyms: genus Nomia |
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nominal | (noun) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb | Synonyms: nominal phrase, noun phrase |
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nominalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name | - |
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nominalist | (noun) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism | - |
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nomination | (noun) the act of officially naming a candidate | - |
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(noun) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election | Synonyms: nominating address, nominating speech |
(noun) the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election | - |
nominative | (noun) the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb | Synonyms: nominative case, subject case |
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nominator | (noun) someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election | - |
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nominee | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, candidate |
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nomogram | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomograph |
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nomograph | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomogram |
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