airforce | (noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces | Synonyms: air force |
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anorchia | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchidism, anorchism |
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anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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anorchism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchidism |
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blowtorch | (noun) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame | Synonyms: blowlamp, torch |
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colorcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colourcast |
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corchorus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute | - |
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cryptorchidism | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidy, cryptorchism |
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cryptorchidy | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidism, cryptorchism |
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cryptorchism | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy |
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divorce | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorcement |
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divorcee | (noun) a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband | Synonyms: grass widow |
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divorcement | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorce |
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doorcase | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorframe |
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enforcement | (noun) the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to | - |
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enforcer | (noun) one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior | Synonyms: hatchet man |
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exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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exorcism | (noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: dispossession |
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exorcist | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorciser |
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(noun) one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
force | (noun) a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | Synonyms: force-out, force out, force play |
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(noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | Synonyms: violence |
(noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: forcefulness, strength |
(noun) a powerful effect or influence | - |
(noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: effect |
(noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: personnel |
(noun) a unit that is part of some military service | Synonyms: military force, military group, military unit |
(noun) a group of people having the power of effective action | - |
(noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: power |
(noun) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | - |
forcefulness | (noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: force, strength |
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forcemeat | (noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs | Synonyms: farce |
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forceps | (noun) an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies) | - |
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horchata | (noun) Spanish traditional beverage, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, tigernuts (chufas), or melon seeds | - |
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lorchel | (noun) a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae | - |
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monorchidism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchism |
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monorchism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchidism |
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moorcock | (noun) male red grouse | - |
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morceau | (noun) a short literary or musical composition | - |
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motorcade | (noun) a procession of people traveling in motor cars | - |
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motorcar | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, machine |
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motorcoach | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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motorcycle | (noun) a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame | Synonyms: bike |
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motorcycling | (noun) riding a motorcycle | - |
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motorcyclist | (noun) a traveler who rides a motorcycle | - |
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opisthorchiasis | (noun) infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia | - |
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orca | (noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: grampus, killer, killer whale, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
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orchard | (noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet |
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orchestra | (noun) seating on the main floor in a theater | - |
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(noun) a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players | - |
orchestration | (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: instrumentation |
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(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect | - |
(noun) an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band | - |
orchestrator | (noun) an arranger who writes for orchestras | - |
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orchid | (noun) any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors | Synonyms: orchidaceous plant |
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orchidalgia | (noun) pain in the testes | - |
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orchidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both testicles | Synonyms: orchiectomy |
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orchiectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both testicles | Synonyms: orchidectomy |
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orchil | (noun) any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil | Synonyms: archil |
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(noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: archil, cudbear |
orchiopexy | (noun) operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum | - |
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orchis | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, testicle, testis |
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(noun) any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes | - |
orchitis | (noun) inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling | - |
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orchotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) | - |
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porc | (noun) meat from a domestic hog or pig | Synonyms: pork |
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porcelain | (noun) ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic | - |
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porch | (noun) a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance | - |
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porcupine | (noun) relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | Synonyms: hedgehog |
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porcupinefish | (noun) spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish |
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porcupines | (noun) meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce | Synonyms: porcupine ball |
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reenforcement | (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reinforcement, support |
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(noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reinforcement |
reinforcement | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reward |
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(noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, support |
(noun) a device designed to provide additional strength | Synonyms: strengthener |
(noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus |
(noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reenforcement |
reinforcer | (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus |
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resorcinol | (noun) a crystalline phenol obtained from various resins; used in ointments for acne and in dandruff shampoos | - |
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resorcinolphthalein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye |
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schnorchel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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scorch | (noun) a discoloration caused by heat | - |
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(noun) a surface burn | Synonyms: singe |
(noun) a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues | - |
scorcher | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: screamer |
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(noun) an extremely hot day | - |
scorchingness | (noun) The quality of being scorching; extreme heat. | - |
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sorcerer | (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard |
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sorceress | (noun) a woman sorcerer | - |
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sorcery | (noun) the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world | Synonyms: black art, black magic, necromancy |
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sunporch | (noun) a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun | Synonyms: solarium, sun lounge, sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunroom |
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torch | (noun) a small portable battery-powered electric lamp | Synonyms: flashlight |
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(noun) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame | Synonyms: blowlamp, blowtorch |
(noun) a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance | - |
(noun) tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches | Synonyms: Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein |
torchbearer | (noun) a leader in a campaign or movement | - |
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torchlight | (noun) light from a torch or torches | - |
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workforce | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, manpower, men, work force |
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