| abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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| abolition | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolishment |
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| abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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| abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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| acetylcholine | (noun) a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems | - |
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| acholia | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: cholestasis |
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| acropolis | (noun) the citadel in ancient Greek towns | - |
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| actinolite | (noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate | - |
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| aeroembolism | (noun) obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving | Synonyms: air embolism, gas embolism |
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| (noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
| aerolite | (noun) a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals | - |
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| aioli | (noun) garlic mayonnaise | Synonyms: aioli sauce, garlic sauce |
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| alcoholic | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse |
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| alcoholism | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: dipsomania, potomania |
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| (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation |
| alveolitis | (noun) inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic | - |
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| (noun) inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form | Synonyms: dry socket |
| amphibolite | (noun) a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase | - |
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| anabolism | (noun) the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy | Synonyms: constructive metabolism |
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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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| antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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| apoliticism | (noun) Apathy and/or antipathy towards all political affiliations. | - |
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| ascolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete | - |
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| bandolier | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandoleer |
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| basidiolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete | - |
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| batholite | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholith, pluton, plutonic rock |
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| batholith | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholite, pluton, plutonic rock |
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| befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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| bibliopolist | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopole |
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| bobolink | (noun) migratory American songbird | Synonyms: Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird |
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| bolide | (noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: fireball |
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| bolivar | (noun) the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos | - |
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| bolivia | (noun) a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded | - |
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| boliviano | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| broccoli | (noun) branched green undeveloped flower heads | - |
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| (noun) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea italica |
| bronchiolitis | (noun) inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles | - |
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| bucolic | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: eclogue, idyl, idyll |
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| (noun) a country person | Synonyms: peasant, provincial |
| caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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| caroling | (noun) singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
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| catabolism | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism |
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| catholicity | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: universality |
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| catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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| choline | (noun) a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat | - |
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| cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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| chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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| chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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| chrysolite | (noun) a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone | - |
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| colic | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: gripes, griping, intestinal colic |
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| colicroot | (noun) any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic | Synonyms: colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root |
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| coliphage | (noun) a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli | - |
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| coliseum | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, amphitheatre |
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| colitis | (noun) inflammation of the colon | Synonyms: inflammatory bowel disease |
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| consolidation | (noun) the act of combining into an integral whole | Synonyms: integration |
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| (noun) combining into a solid mass | - |
| (noun) something that has consolidated into a compact mass | - |
| coolie | (noun) (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer | Synonyms: cooly |
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| cooling | (noun) a mechanism for keeping something cool | Synonyms: cooling system |
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| (noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: chilling, temperature reduction |
| coprolite | (noun) fossil excrement; petrified dung | - |
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| coprolith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: faecalith, fecalith, stercolith |
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| cosmopolitan | (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolite |
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| cosmopolitanity | (noun) a state or quality of being cosmopolitan | - |
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| cosmopolite | (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolitan |
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| crinoline | (noun) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing | - |
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| (noun) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric | - |
| (noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: hoopskirt |
| crocolite | (noun) a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals | - |
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| cryolite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine | Synonyms: Greenland spar |
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| cystolith | (noun) a calculus formed in the bladder | Synonyms: bladder stone |
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| defoliant | (noun) a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off | - |
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| defoliation | (noun) causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals) | - |
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| (noun) the loss of foliage | - |
| defoliator | (noun) an insect that strips the leaves from plants | - |
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| demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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| demolition | (noun) the act of demolishing | - |
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| (noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: destruction, wipeout |
| despoliation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| diabolism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: demonism, Satanism |
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| diabolist | (noun) an adherent of Satan or Satanism | Synonyms: Satanist |
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| dolichocephalic | (noun) an adult with a long narrow head | - |
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| dolichocephalism | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephaly |
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| dolichocephaly | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephalism |
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| doliolum | (noun) free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body | - |
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| embolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | - |
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| (noun) an insertion into a calendar | Synonyms: intercalation |
| enterolith | (noun) a calculus occurring in the intestines | - |
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| enterolithiasis | (noun) the presence of calculi in the intestines | - |
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| eolith | (noun) a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools | - |
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| exaltolide | (noun) the macrocyclic lactone having fifteen carbon atoms; it has a musky scent, similar to exaltone. | - |
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| exfoliation | (noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: scale, scurf |
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| (noun) the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin | - |
| fascioliasis | (noun) infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot | Synonyms: fasciolosis |
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| foliage | (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | Synonyms: foliation |
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| (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: leaf, leafage |
| foliation | (noun) the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves | - |
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| (noun) the work of coating glass with metal foil | - |
| (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | Synonyms: foliage |
| (noun) (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock | - |
| (noun) (botany) the process of forming leaves | Synonyms: leafing |
| folie | (noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: disturbance, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
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| folio | (noun) a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages | - |
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| (noun) a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) | Synonyms: leaf |
| (noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: page number, pagination, paging |
| folium | (noun) a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock | - |
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| foolishness | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity |
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| (noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: folly, unwiseness |
| (noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: craziness, folly, madness |
| frijolillo | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| frijolito | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolillo, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| frivolity | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| (noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, fluff, frippery |
| (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible | Synonyms: frivolousness |
| frolic | (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | Synonyms: caper, gambol, play, romp |
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| frolicsomeness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: friskiness, sportiveness |
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| gadolinite | (noun) a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium | Synonyms: ytterbite |
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| gadolinium | (noun) a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 64, Gd |
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| gasoline | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasolene, petrol |
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| geopolitics | (noun) the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state | - |
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| goliard | (noun) a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs | - |
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| goliath | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, monster |
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| gondolier | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondoliere |
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| gondoliere | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondolier |
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