| floriculture | (noun) the cultivation of flowering plants | Synonyms: flower gardening |
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| floridity | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridness, showiness |
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| floridness | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridity, showiness |
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| florilegium | (noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: garland, miscellany |
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| florin | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Dutch florin, guilder, gulden |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: guilder, gulden |
| florist | (noun) a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold | Synonyms: florist shop, flower store |
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| (noun) someone who grows and deals in flowers | - |
| fluoridation | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridisation, fluoridization |
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| fluoride | (noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
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| fluoridisation | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridation, fluoridization |
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| fluoridization | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridation, fluoridisation |
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| fluorine | (noun) a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite | Synonyms: atomic number 9, F |
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| fluorite | (noun) a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine | Synonyms: fluor, fluorspar |
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| fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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| folklorism | (noun) Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created. | - |
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| forint | (noun) the basic unit of money in Hungary | - |
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| glamorisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorization, glamourisation, glamourization |
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| glamorization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamourisation, glamourization |
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| glorification | (noun) the act of glorifying (as in worship) | - |
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| (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: idealisation, idealization |
| (noun) a state of high honor | Synonyms: glory |
| gloriole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| gloriosa | (noun) any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily |
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| gorilla | (noun) largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa | Synonyms: Gorilla gorilla |
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| haemosporidian | (noun) minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens | - |
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| haplosporidian | (noun) parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance | - |
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| haustorium | (noun) a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host | - |
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| helleborine | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera | - |
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| (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis | - |
| (noun) any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme | Synonyms: rattlesnake plantain |
| historian | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historiographer |
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| historicalness | (noun) significance owing to its history | - |
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| (noun) the state of having in fact existed in the past | - |
| historicism | (noun) a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history | - |
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| historiographer | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historian |
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| historiography | (noun) the writing of history | - |
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| (noun) a body of historical literature | - |
| honorific | (noun) an expression of respect | - |
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| honoring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honouring, observance |
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| horizon | (noun) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | Synonyms: purview, view |
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| (noun) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet | Synonyms: apparent horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon |
| (noun) a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land | - |
| (noun) the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth | Synonyms: celestial horizon |
| horizontal | (noun) something that is oriented horizontally | - |
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| horizontality | (noun) the quality of being parallel to the horizon | - |
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| humoring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humouring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| humorist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humourist |
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| hydrochloride | (noun) a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride | - |
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| hypochlorite | (noun) any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid | - |
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| hypocorism | (noun) a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix) | Synonyms: pet name |
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| illusoriness | (noun) The quality of resulting from an illusion; of being deceptive, imaginary, unreal. | - |
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| inferiority | (noun) an inferior quality | Synonyms: low quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being a competitive disadvantage | Synonyms: unfavorable position |
| (noun) the state of being inferior | Synonyms: lower rank, lower status |
| infusorian | (noun) any member of the subclass Infusoria | - |
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| introductoriness | (noun) The quality of being introducing; of giving a preview or idea of. | - |
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| kilocalorie | (noun) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | Synonyms: Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
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| laboriousness | (noun) the quality of requiring extended effort | Synonyms: operoseness, toilsomeness |
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| leporid | (noun) rabbits and hares | Synonyms: leporid mammal |
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| leporide | (noun) red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare | Synonyms: Belgian hare |
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| licorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: liquorice |
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| (noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice |
| liquorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: licorice |
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| (noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice |
| lorica | (noun) a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) | - |
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| lorikeet | (noun) any of various small lories | - |
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| majority | (noun) the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part | Synonyms: bulk |
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| (noun) (elections) more than half of the votes | Synonyms: absolute majority |
| (noun) the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs | Synonyms: legal age |
| meliorism | (noun) the belief that the world can be made better by human effort | - |
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| meliorist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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| memorial | (noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | Synonyms: monument |
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| (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: commemoration, remembrance |
| (noun) a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority | - |
| memorialisation | (noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: commemoration, memorialization |
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| memorialization | (noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: commemoration, memorialisation |
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| memorisation | (noun) learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | Synonyms: committal to memory, memorization |
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| memoriser | (noun) a person who learns by rote | Synonyms: memorizer |
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| memorization | (noun) learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | Synonyms: committal to memory, memorisation |
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| memorizer | (noun) a person who learns by rote | Synonyms: memoriser |
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| meritoriousness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, merit |
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| meteorite | (noun) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface | - |
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| micrometeorite | (noun) a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | Synonyms: micrometeor, micrometeoroid |
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| microsporidian | (noun) parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells | - |
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| minority | (noun) being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts | - |
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| (noun) a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part | - |
| (noun) any age prior to the legal age | Synonyms: nonage |
| monitoring | (noun) the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it) | - |
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| mooring | (noun) (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place | Synonyms: mooring line |
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| (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, moorage, slip |
| moratorium | (noun) suspension of an ongoing activity | - |
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| (noun) a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged | - |
| morion | (noun) a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century | Synonyms: cabasset |
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| motoring | (noun) the act of driving an automobile | - |
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| motorisation | (noun) the act of motorizing (equipping with motors or with motor vehicles) | Synonyms: motorization |
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| motorist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: automobilist |
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| motorization | (noun) the act of motorizing (equipping with motors or with motor vehicles) | Synonyms: motorisation |
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| myxosporidian | (noun) mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens | - |
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| narcoterrorism | (noun) the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade | - |
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| natatorium | (noun) pool that provides a facility for swimming | Synonyms: swimming bath, swimming pool |
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| neobehaviorism | (noun) a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality. | - |
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| noria | (noun) a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel | - |
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| notoriety | (noun) the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality | Synonyms: ill fame |
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| oophoritis | (noun) inflammation of one or both ovaries | - |
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| oratorio | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: cantata |
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| oriel | (noun) a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall | Synonyms: oriel window |
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| orient | (noun) the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia | Synonyms: eastern hemisphere |
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| orientalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations | - |
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| orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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| orientation | (noun) the act of orienting | - |
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| (noun) a course introducing a new situation or environment | Synonyms: orientation course |
| (noun) an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| (noun) a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships | - |
| (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: predilection, preference |
| (noun) position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions | - |
| orifice | (noun) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | Synonyms: opening, porta |
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| oriflamme | (noun) a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings | - |
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| (noun) an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle | - |
| origami | (noun) the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) | - |
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| origanum | (noun) any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings | - |
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| origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, extraction |
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| (noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | - |
| (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origination |
| (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
| (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source |
| (noun) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | - |
| original | (noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master, master copy |
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| (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, pilot |
| originalism | (noun) the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it | - |
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| originality | (noun) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | - |
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| (noun) the ability to think and act independently | - |
| origination | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction |
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| (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origin |
| originator | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, mastermind |
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| orinasal | (noun) a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) | Synonyms: orinasal phone |
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| oriole | (noun) American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow | Synonyms: American oriole, New World oriole |
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| (noun) mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black | Synonyms: Old World oriole |