| instrumentality | (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentation, means |
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| (noun) the quality of being instrumental for some purpose | - |
| (noun) a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose | - |
| instrumentation | (noun) the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: orchestration |
| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentality, means |
| (noun) the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra | - |
| insubordination | (noun) an insubordinate act | Synonyms: rebelliousness |
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| (noun) defiance of authority | - |
| insubstantiality | (noun) lacking substance or reality | - |
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| (noun) lack of solid substance and strength | - |
| insufficiency | (noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number | Synonyms: deficiency, inadequacy |
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| (noun) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally | - |
| (noun) a lack of competence | Synonyms: inadequacy |
| insufflation | (noun) an act of blowing or breathing on or into something | - |
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| (noun) (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) | - |
| insulant | (noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulation |
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| insularism | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularity, insulation |
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| insularity | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularism, insulation |
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| insulation | (noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity | - |
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| (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularism, insularity |
| (noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulant |
| insulator | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | Synonyms: dielectric, nonconductor |
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| insulin | (noun) hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells | - |
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| insult | (noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | Synonyms: affront |
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| (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, revilement, vilification |
| insurability | (noun) the quality of being insurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company) | - |
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| insurance | (noun) written contract or certificate of insurance | Synonyms: insurance policy, policy |
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| (noun) promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company | - |
| (noun) protection against future loss | Synonyms: indemnity |
| insured | (noun) a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc. | Synonyms: insured person |
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| insurer | (noun) a financial institution that sells insurance | Synonyms: insurance company, insurance firm, insurance underwriter, underwriter |
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| insurgence | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgency |
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| insurgency | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgence |
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| insurgent | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel |
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| (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, irregular |
| insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising |
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| insurrectionism | (noun) the principle of revolt against constituted authority | - |
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| insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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| intensification | (noun) action that makes something stronger or more extreme | - |
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| (noun) the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) | - |
| intensifier | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | Synonyms: intensive |
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| intension | (noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: connotation |
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| intensity | (noun) high level or degree; the property of being intense | Synonyms: intensiveness |
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| (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: chroma, saturation, vividness |
| (noun) the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) | Synonyms: loudness, volume |
| (noun) the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) | Synonyms: intensity level, strength |
| intensive | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | Synonyms: intensifier |
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| intensiveness | (noun) high level or degree; the property of being intense | Synonyms: intensity |
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| internship | (noun) the position of a medical intern | - |
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| interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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| intransigence | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigency |
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| intransigency | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigence |
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| intransitive | (noun) a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object | Synonyms: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form |
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| intransitiveness | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitivity |
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| intransitivity | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitiveness |
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| irons | (noun) metal shackles; for hands or legs | Synonyms: chains |
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| ironside | (noun) a man of great strength or bravery | - |
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| irresponsibility | (noun) a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions | Synonyms: irresponsibleness |
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| irresponsibleness | (noun) a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions | Synonyms: irresponsibility |
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| jeans | (noun) (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear | Synonyms: blue jeans, denim |
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| kalansuwa | (noun) a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders | - |
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| kinsfolk | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, phratry, sept |
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| kinship | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, relationship |
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| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: affinity |
| kinsman | (noun) a male relative | - |
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| kinsperson | (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: family, kin |
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| kinswoman | (noun) a female relative | - |
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| lansa | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansat, lanseh, lanset |
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| lansat | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lanseh, lanset |
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| lanseh | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lansat, lanset |
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| lanset | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lansat, lanseh |
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| lansoprazole | (noun) antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach | Synonyms: Prevacid |
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| lebensraum | (noun) space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding | Synonyms: living space |
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| lens | (noun) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images | Synonyms: lens system, lense |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons | Synonyms: electron lens |
| (noun) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina | Synonyms: crystalline lens, lens of the eye |
| (noun) (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood | - |
| lense | (noun) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images | Synonyms: lens, lens system |
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| lensman | (noun) someone who takes photographs professionally | Synonyms: photographer |
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| librarianship | (noun) the position of librarian | - |
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| license | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: permission, permit |
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| (noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something | Synonyms: licence, permit |
| (noun) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) | Synonyms: licence |
| (noun) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | Synonyms: licence |
| licensee | (noun) someone to whom a license is granted | - |
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| licenser | (noun) an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) | - |
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| linseed | (noun) the seed of flax used as a source of oil | Synonyms: flaxseed |
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| linstock | (noun) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons | - |
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| loins | (noun) the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs | Synonyms: pubes, pubic region |
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| (noun) the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen | - |
| mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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| mainsheet | (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet |
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| mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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| mainstay | (noun) the forestay that braces the mainmast | - |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin |
| (noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: pillar |
| mainstream | (noun) the prevailing current of thought | - |
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| mansard | (noun) a hip roof having two slopes on each side | Synonyms: mansard roof |
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| manse | (noun) the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman) | - |
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| (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, mansion, mansion house, residence |
| manservant | (noun) a man servant | - |
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| mansion | (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, manse, mansion house, residence |
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| (noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: house, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
| manslaughter | (noun) homicide without malice aforethought | - |
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| manslayer | (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: liquidator, murderer |
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| marksmanship | (noun) skill in shooting | - |
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| marlinspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike |
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| martensite | (noun) a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel | - |
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| matins | (noun) the first canonical hour; at daybreak | Synonyms: morning prayer |
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| mcmansion | (noun) a generic, mass-produced luxury home | - |
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| means | (noun) to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end | Synonyms: agency, way |
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| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentality, instrumentation |
| (noun) considerable capital (wealth or income) | Synonyms: substance |
| mensch | (noun) a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics | Synonyms: mensh |
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| menses | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menstruation, menstruum, period |
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| mensh | (noun) a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics | Synonyms: mensch |
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| menstruation | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruum, period |
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| menstruum | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, period |
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| (noun) (archaic) a solvent | - |
| mensuration | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, measuring |
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| merganser | (noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake |
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| microsensor | (noun) A submicrometer- to millimeter-size device that converts a nonelectrical physical or chemical quantity, such as pressure, acceleration, temperature, or gas concentration, into an electrical signal; it is generally able to offer better sensitivity, accuracy, dynamic range, and reliability, as well as lower power consumption, compared to larger counterparts. | - |
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| minster | (noun) any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery | - |
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| minstrel | (noun) a singer of folk songs | Synonyms: folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour |
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| (noun) a performer in a minstrel show | - |
| minstrelsy | (noun) the art of a minstrel | - |
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| (noun) ballads sung by minstrels | - |
| (noun) a troupe of minstrels | - |
| misapprehension | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: mistake, misunderstanding |
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| misconstrual | (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstruction |
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| misconstruction | (noun) an ungrammatical constituent | - |
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| (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstrual |
| mistranslation | (noun) an incorrect translation | - |
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| mons | (noun) a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women | Synonyms: mons pubis, mons veneris |
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| monsoon | (noun) a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter | - |
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| (noun) any wind that changes direction with the seasons | - |
| (noun) rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | - |
| monster | (noun) (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | Synonyms: teras |
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| (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, devil, fiend, ogre |
| (noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed | Synonyms: freak, lusus naturae, monstrosity |
| (noun) an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts | - |
| (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath |
| monstera | (noun) tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor | Synonyms: ceriman |
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| (noun) any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants | - |
| monstrance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: ostensorium |
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| (noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: demonstration |