accolade | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: award, honor, honour, laurels |
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acerola | (noun) acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C | Synonyms: barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
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(noun) tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries | Synonyms: barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
algolagnia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algophilia |
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alprazolam | (noun) an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class | Synonyms: Xanax |
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alveolar | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant |
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anthropolatry | (noun) the worship of human beings | Synonyms: worship of man |
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arborolatry | (noun) the worship of trees | Synonyms: tree-worship |
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areola | (noun) small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | Synonyms: ring of color |
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(noun) small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing | - |
arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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astrolabe | (noun) an early form of sextant | - |
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astrolatry | (noun) the worship of planets or stars | Synonyms: worship of heavenly bodies |
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autolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: idiolatry, self-worship |
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bardolatry | (noun) the idolization of William Shakespeare | - |
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bibliolatry | (noun) the worship of the Bible | Synonyms: Bible-worship |
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bola | (noun) a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin | - |
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(noun) a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | Synonyms: bola tie, bolo, bolo tie |
brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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bricolage | (noun) construction of something by whatever material are available | - |
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calceolaria | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: slipperwort |
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canafistola | (noun) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | Synonyms: canafistula, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia |
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canola | (noun) vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | Synonyms: canola oil |
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carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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(noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
catecholamine | (noun) any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland | - |
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chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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chocolate | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, coffee, deep brown, umber |
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(noun) a food made from roasted ground cacao beans | - |
(noun) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot | Synonyms: cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate |
cholangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected | - |
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cholangitis | (noun) inflammation of the bile ducts | - |
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cola | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts | Synonyms: dope |
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colander | (noun) bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods | Synonyms: cullender |
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collembolan | (noun) any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water | Synonyms: springtail |
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consolation | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: comfort, solace |
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(noun) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment | Synonyms: solace, solacement |
coolant | (noun) a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another | - |
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coprolalia | (noun) an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders | - |
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cosmolatry | (noun) the worship of the cosmos | - |
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cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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depolarisation | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarization |
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depolarization | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarisation |
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desolation | (noun) an event that results in total destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
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(noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | Synonyms: forlornness, loneliness |
(noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed | Synonyms: devastation |
(noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, bleakness, nakedness |
diabolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: demonolatry, devil-worship |
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disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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echolalia | (noun) (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) | - |
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(noun) an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others | - |
escolar | (noun) large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes | Synonyms: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum |
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estazolam | (noun) a frequently prescribed sleeping pill (trade name ProSom) | Synonyms: ProSom |
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etiolation | (noun) (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight | - |
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(noun) the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something | - |
(noun) a pale and sickly appearance | - |
etodolac | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine) | Synonyms: Lodine |
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extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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(noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
folacin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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folate | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folacin, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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fryolator | (noun) A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use. | Synonyms: deep fat fryer, deep fryer, frier, fryer |
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girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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glossolalia | (noun) repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) | - |
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gondola | (noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | - |
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(noun) a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof | Synonyms: gondola car |
(noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: car |
gorgonzola | (noun) Italian blue cheese | - |
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grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
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gynaeolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gyneolatry, woman-worship |
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gyneolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gynaeolatry, woman-worship |
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hagiolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hierolatry |
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heliolatry | (noun) the worship of the sun | Synonyms: sun-worship |
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hierolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hagiolatry |
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holometabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabola |
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hyperbola | (noun) an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone | - |
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hypervolaemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypervolemia |
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hypovolaemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypovolemia |
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ichthyolatry | (noun) the worship of fish | Synonyms: fish-worship |
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iconolatry | (noun) the worship of sacred images | - |
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idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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idolater | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer |
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idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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immolation | (noun) killing or offering as a sacrifice | - |
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insolation | (noun) therapeutic exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: heliotherapy |
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(noun) incident solar radiation | - |
(noun) sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat | Synonyms: siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever |
interpolation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpellation, interposition |
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(noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known | - |
(noun) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted | Synonyms: insertion |
isolation | (noun) the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others | Synonyms: closing off |
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(noun) a country's withdrawal from international politics | - |
(noun) a feeling of being disliked and alone | - |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it | - |
(noun) a state of separation between persons or groups | - |
isolationism | (noun) a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations | - |
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isolationist | (noun) an advocate of isolationism in international affairs | - |
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ketorolac | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally | Synonyms: Torodal |
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kola | (noun) tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract | Synonyms: Cola acuminata, goora nut, kola nut, kola nut tree |
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lordolatry | (noun) the worship of a lord because of his rank or title | - |
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machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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mandola | (noun) an early type of mandolin | - |
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metabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabola |
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midazolam | (noun) an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures | Synonyms: Versed |
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mola | (noun) among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: headfish, ocean sunfish, sunfish |
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molality | (noun) concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent | Synonyms: molal concentration |
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molar | (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | Synonyms: grinder |
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molarity | (noun) concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution | Synonyms: M, molar concentration |
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molasses | (noun) thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining | - |
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monolatry | (noun) the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god | - |
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moolah | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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necrolatry | (noun) superstitious worship or veneration of the dead. | - |
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ola | (noun) leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper | Synonyms: olla |
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ophiolatry | (noun) the worship of snakes | Synonyms: serpent-worship |
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ortolan | (noun) brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy | Synonyms: Emberiza hortulana, ortolan bunting |
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otolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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otolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otorhinolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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otorhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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parabola | (noun) a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve | - |
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