hyponatremia | (noun) abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration | - |
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impersonation | (noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person | Synonyms: personation |
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(noun) pretending to be another person | Synonyms: imposture |
(noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: caricature, imitation |
impersonator | (noun) someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another | Synonyms: imitator |
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intentionality | (noun) expressive of intentions | - |
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internationalisation | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalization |
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internationalism | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationality |
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(noun) the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences | - |
internationalist | (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
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(noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
internationality | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationalism |
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internationalization | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalisation |
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intonation | (noun) the act of singing in a monotonous tone | Synonyms: chanting |
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(noun) singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong | - |
(noun) the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations | - |
(noun) rise and fall of the voice pitch | Synonyms: modulation, pitch contour |
irrational | (noun) a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number | Synonyms: irrational number |
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irrationality | (noun) the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding | Synonyms: unreason |
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itraconazole | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Sporanox |
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jonah | (noun) a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him | Synonyms: jinx |
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krona | (noun) the basic unit of money in Iceland | Synonyms: Icelandic krona |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Sweden | Synonyms: Swedish krona |
legionary | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionnaire |
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lemonade | (noun) sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice | - |
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madrona | (noun) evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning | Synonyms: Arbutus menziesii, madrono, manzanita |
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miconazole | (noun) an antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat) | Synonyms: Monistat |
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millionaire | (noun) a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars | - |
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millionairess | (noun) a woman millionaire | - |
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missionary | (noun) someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | - |
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(noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country | Synonyms: missioner |
monad | (noun) (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan) | - |
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(noun) a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive | Synonyms: monas |
(noun) (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one | - |
monal | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monaul |
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monandry | (noun) the state of having only one husband at a time | - |
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monarch | (noun) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed | Synonyms: Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly |
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(noun) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | Synonyms: crowned head, sovereign |
monarchism | (noun) a belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system | - |
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monarchist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of monarchy | Synonyms: royalist |
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monarchy | (noun) an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | - |
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monarda | (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda | Synonyms: wild bergamot |
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monas | (noun) a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive | Synonyms: monad |
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monastery | (noun) the residence of a religious community | - |
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monastic | (noun) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | Synonyms: monk |
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monasticism | (noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience | - |
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monaul | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monal |
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monazite | (noun) a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium | - |
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monoclonal | (noun) any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules | Synonyms: monoclonal antibody |
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multidimensionality | (noun) The property of having many aspects or facets. | - |
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multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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national | (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: subject |
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nationalisation | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalization |
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(noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalization |
(noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalization |
nationalism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: patriotism |
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(noun) the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other | - |
(noun) the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals | - |
(noun) the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination | - |
nationalist | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: patriot |
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(noun) an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government | - |
nationality | (noun) people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | - |
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(noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization | - |
nationalization | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalisation |
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(noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalisation |
(noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalisation |
neonate | (noun) a baby from birth to four weeks | Synonyms: newborn |
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neonatology | (noun) that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates | - |
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nonabsorbency | (noun) the property of not being absorbent | - |
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nonacceptance | (noun) the act of refusing an offer | Synonyms: turndown |
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nonaccomplishment | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonachievement |
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nonachievement | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonaccomplishment |
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nonachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: underachiever, underperformer |
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nonage | (noun) any age prior to the legal age | Synonyms: minority |
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nonagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the nineties | - |
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nonaggression | (noun) a policy of not initiating hostilities | - |
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nonagon | (noun) a nine-sided polygon | - |
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nonalignment | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalinement |
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nonalinement | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalignment |
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nonallele | (noun) genes that are not competitors at the same locus | - |
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nonappearance | (noun) failure to appear (especially as at court) | - |
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nonattendance | (noun) the failure to attend | - |
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nonattender | (noun) someone who shirks duty | Synonyms: no-show, truant |
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noona | (noun) used by males to address an older female | Synonyms: nuna |
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objectionableness | (noun) the quality of being hateful | Synonyms: hatefulness, obnoxiousness |
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octonary | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | Synonyms: 8, eight, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, ogdoad, VIII |
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odonate | (noun) large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings | - |
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onager | (noun) Asiatic wild ass | Synonyms: Equus hemionus |
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(noun) small catapult used by the Romans | - |
onanism | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure | Synonyms: masturbation |
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(noun) a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation | Synonyms: coitus interruptus, pulling out, withdrawal, withdrawal method |
onanist | (noun) a person who practices masturbation | Synonyms: masturbator |
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operationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it | - |
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oppositionality | (noun) The quality of opposing or of being in conflict. | - |
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optionality | (noun) Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. | Synonyms: electiveness |
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orthogonality | (noun) the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, perpendicularity |
paraprofessional | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional | - |
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parsonage | (noun) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | Synonyms: rectory, vicarage |
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passionateness | (noun) a strong feeling or emotion | Synonyms: passion |
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patronage | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, championship |
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(noun) (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | - |
(noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: trade |
(noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, disdain |
(noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, clientele |
pensionary | (noun) a person who works only for money | Synonyms: hireling |
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(noun) the beneficiary of a pension fund | Synonyms: pensioner |
peonage | (noun) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged | - |
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(noun) the condition of a peon | - |
persona | (noun) (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world | Synonyms: image |
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(noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, part, role, theatrical role |
personableness | (noun) the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive | - |
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personage | (noun) another word for person; a person not meriting identification | - |
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(noun) a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Synonyms: important person, influential person |
personal | (noun) a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
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personality | (noun) the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual | - |
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(noun) a person of considerable prominence | - |
personalty | (noun) movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | Synonyms: personal estate, personal property, private property |
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personation | (noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person | Synonyms: impersonation |
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(noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: characterization, enactment, portrayal |
phonation | (noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | Synonyms: vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voice, vox |
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phytonadione | (noun) a form of vitamin K, based on 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, with a 3-phytyl substituent | Synonyms: phylloquinone, vitamin K1 |
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pleonasm | (noun) using more words than necessary | - |
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pleonaste | (noun) a dark-colored spinel containing iron | Synonyms: ceylonite |
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polonaise | (noun) a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt | - |
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polytonalism | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonality |
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polytonality | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonalism |
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processional | (noun) religious music used in a procession | Synonyms: prosodion |
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professional | (noun) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | Synonyms: professional person |
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(noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: master |
(noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: pro |
professionalisation | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalization |
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professionalism | (noun) the expertness characteristic of a professional person | - |
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professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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pronation | (noun) rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward | - |
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pronator | (noun) a muscle that produces or assists in pronation | - |
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