anosmia | (noun) absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) | - |
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cosmea | (noun) any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals | Synonyms: cosmos |
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cosmetic | (noun) a toiletry designed to beautify the body | - |
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cosmetician | (noun) someone who sells or applies cosmetics | - |
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(noun) someone who works in a beauty parlor | Synonyms: beautician |
cosmetologist | (noun) an expert in the use of cosmetics | - |
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cosmetology | (noun) the practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin | - |
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cosmid | (noun) (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments | - |
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cosmogeny | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogony, cosmology |
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cosmogony | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogeny, cosmology |
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cosmographer | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographist |
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cosmographist | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographer |
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cosmography | (noun) a representation of the earth or the heavens | - |
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(noun) the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) | - |
cosmolatry | (noun) the worship of the cosmos | - |
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cosmologist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe | - |
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cosmology | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogeny, cosmogony |
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(noun) the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe | - |
cosmonaut | (noun) a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | Synonyms: astronaut, spaceman |
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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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cosmos | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world |
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(noun) any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals | Synonyms: cosmea |
cosmotron | (noun) a large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons | - |
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cytosmear | (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, smear |
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dysosmia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of smell | Synonyms: olfactory impairment, parosamia |
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gosmore | (noun) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears | Synonyms: California dandelion, capeweed, cat's-ear, Hypochaeris radicata |
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hyposmia | (noun) lessened sensitivity to odors | - |
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iridosmine | (noun) a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. | Synonyms: osmiridium |
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macrocosm | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, universe, world |
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microcosm | (noun) a miniature model of something | - |
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osmiridium | (noun) a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. | Synonyms: iridosmine |
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osmium | (noun) a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known | Synonyms: atomic number 76, Os |
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osmoreceptor | (noun) sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure | - |
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osmosis | (noun) (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal | - |
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osmund | (noun) any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters | Synonyms: flowering fern |
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paracosm | (noun) a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history | - |
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pseudosmallpox | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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xylosma | (noun) shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China | Synonyms: Xylosma congestum |
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