| foray | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: maraud, raid |
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| (noun) an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence) | - |
| goral | (noun) small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains | Synonyms: Naemorhedus goral |
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| haemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: hemothorax |
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| harborage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harbourage |
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| hemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: haemothorax |
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| honorableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honourableness |
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| honorarium | (noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service | - |
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| hooray | (noun) a victory cheer | Synonyms: hurrah |
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| hydrothorax | (noun) accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys | - |
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| ignoramus | (noun) an ignorant person | Synonyms: know nothing, uneducated person |
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| ignorance | (noun) the lack of knowledge or education | - |
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| ignorantness | (noun) ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) | Synonyms: nescience, unknowing, unknowingness |
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| immorality | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, iniquity, wickedness |
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| (noun) the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct | - |
| inamorata | (noun) a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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| inamorato | (noun) a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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| incorporation | (noun) including by incorporating | - |
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| (noun) consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body | - |
| (noun) learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself | Synonyms: internalisation, internalization |
| inexorability | (noun) mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up | Synonyms: inexorableness, relentlessness |
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| inexorableness | (noun) mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up | Synonyms: inexorability, relentlessness |
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| inspectorate | (noun) a body of inspectors | - |
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| invigoration | (noun) the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something | Synonyms: animation, vivification |
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| (noun) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous | Synonyms: animation, brio, spiritedness, vivification |
| invigorator | (noun) an agent that gives or restores life or vigor | Synonyms: enlivener, quickener |
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| laboratory | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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| (noun) a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation | Synonyms: testing ground |
| lecanora | (noun) any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food | - |
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| leptosporangium | (noun) a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns | - |
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| litoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: littoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| littoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: litoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| lorazepam | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia | Synonyms: Ativan |
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| macrosporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: megasporangium |
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| mantichora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: manticora, manticore, mantiger |
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| manticora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticore, mantiger |
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| maquiladora | (noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
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| marjoram | (noun) pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets | Synonyms: oregano |
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| (noun) aromatic Eurasian perennial | Synonyms: oregano, Origanum vulgare, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet |
| mastigophoran | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore |
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| mayoralty | (noun) the position of mayor | - |
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| megasporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: macrosporangium |
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| melioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, betterment |
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| (noun) the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning | - |
| (noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: improvement |
| memorabilia | (noun) a record of things worth remembering | - |
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| memorability | (noun) the quality of being worth remembering | - |
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| memoranda | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memorandum |
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| memorandum | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memoranda |
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| menorah | (noun) (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival | - |
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| microflora | (noun) microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora | - |
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| microradian | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian | - |
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| microsporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces microspores | - |
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| monorail | (noun) a railway having a single track | - |
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| moorage | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: dockage, docking, tying up |
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| (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, mooring, slip |
| (noun) a fee for mooring | - |
| moraine | (noun) accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier | - |
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| moral | (noun) the significance of a story or event | Synonyms: lesson |
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| morale | (noun) the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed | Synonyms: esprit de corps, team spirit |
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| (noun) a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose | - |
| moralisation | (noun) the act of making moral (or more moral) | Synonyms: moralization |
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| (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralization, moralizing |
| moralism | (noun) judgments about another person's morality | - |
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| (noun) a moral maxim | - |
| moralist | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems | - |
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| (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: disciplinarian, martinet |
| morality | (noun) concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct | - |
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| (noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, ethics, morals |
| moralization | (noun) the act of making moral (or more moral) | Synonyms: moralisation |
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| (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralisation, moralizing |
| moralizing | (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralisation, moralization |
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| morals | (noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, ethics, morality |
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| morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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| morass | (noun) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | Synonyms: mire, quag, quagmire, slack |
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| moratorium | (noun) suspension of an ongoing activity | - |
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| (noun) a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged | - |
| moray | (noun) family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked | Synonyms: moray eel |
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| multiflora | (noun) vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock | Synonyms: baby rose, Japanese rose, multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora |
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| noradrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: norepinephrine |
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| onychophoran | (noun) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | Synonyms: peripatus, velvet worm |
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| orach | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orache |
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| orache | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orach |
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| oracle | (noun) a shrine where an oracular god is consulted | - |
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| (noun) a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible | - |
| (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: prophesier, prophet, seer, vaticinator |
| oral | (noun) an examination conducted by spoken communication | Synonyms: oral exam, oral examination, viva, viva voce |
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| orang | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orangutan, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus |
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| orange | (noun) orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow | Synonyms: orangeness |
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| (noun) round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees | - |
| (noun) any citrus tree bearing oranges | Synonyms: orange tree |
| (noun) any pigment producing the orange color | - |
| orangeade | (noun) sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice | - |
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| orangeness | (noun) orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow | Synonyms: orange |
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| orangery | (noun) a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas | - |
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| orangewood | (noun) fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork | - |
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| orangutan | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus |
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| orangutang | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orang, orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus |
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| oration | (noun) an instance of oratory | - |
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| orator | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker |
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| oratorio | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: cantata |
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| oratory | (noun) addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) | - |
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| panorama | (noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene | Synonyms: cyclorama, diorama |
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| (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, prospect, scene, view, vista |
| pastoral | (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyl, idyll, pastorale |
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| (noun) a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | - |
| (noun) a letter from a pastor to the congregation | - |
| pastorale | (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyl, idyll, pastoral |
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| pastorate | (noun) the position of pastor | Synonyms: pastorship |
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| (noun) pastors collectively | - |
| pectoral | (noun) an adornment worn on the chest or breast | Synonyms: pectoral medallion |
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| (noun) either of two large muscles of the chest | Synonyms: musculus pectoralis, pecs, pectoral muscle, pectoralis |
| pectoralis | (noun) either of two large muscles of the chest | Synonyms: musculus pectoralis, pecs, pectoral, pectoral muscle |
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| perchlorate | (noun) a salt of perchloric acid | - |
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| perforation | (noun) the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation) | - |
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| (noun) a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place | - |
| (noun) a hole made in something | - |
| peroration | (noun) (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration | - |
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| (noun) a flowery and highly rhetorical oration | - |
| pervaporation | (noun) the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off | - |
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| plethora | (noun) extreme excess | Synonyms: embarrassment, overplus, superfluity |
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| pneumothorax | (noun) abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis) | - |
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| pogonophoran | (noun) slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom | Synonyms: beard worm |
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| postdoctoral | (noun) a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research | Synonyms: post doc, postdoc |
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| proration | (noun) the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer | - |
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| protectorate | (noun) a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty | Synonyms: associated state |
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| prothorax | (noun) the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs | - |
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| rariora | (noun) (plural) rare collector's items | - |
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| rectorate | (noun) the office or station of a rector | Synonyms: rectorship |
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| remora | (noun) marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects | Synonyms: suckerfish, sucking fish |
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| restoration | (noun) the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state | - |
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| (noun) getting something back again | Synonyms: regaining, restitution, return |
| (noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed | - |
| (noun) a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. | - |
| (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: refurbishment, renovation |