| diplotene | (noun) the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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| discotheque | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: disco |
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| dishcloth | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishrag |
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| divot | (noun) a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) | - |
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| (noun) (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke | - |
| dogtooth | (noun) a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England | - |
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| (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth |
| (noun) perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated | Synonyms: dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth violet |
| dogtrot | (noun) a steady trot like that of a dog | - |
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| dot | (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
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| (noun) the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | Synonyms: dit |
| (noun) a very small circular shape | Synonyms: point |
| dotage | (noun) mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations | Synonyms: second childhood, senility |
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| dotard | (noun) an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect | - |
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| dotrel | (noun) rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia | Synonyms: Charadrius morinellus, dotterel, Eudromias morinellus |
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| dotterel | (noun) rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia | Synonyms: Charadrius morinellus, dotrel, Eudromias morinellus |
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| dottle | (noun) the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking | - |
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| dovecote | (noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbarium, columbary |
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| dustcloth | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: duster, dustrag |
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| earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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| ecoterrorism | (noun) violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists | Synonyms: eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare |
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| ecotourism | (noun) tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature | - |
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| ectotherm | (noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals | Synonyms: poikilotherm |
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| egotism | (noun) an exaggerated opinion of your own importance | Synonyms: self-importance, swelled head |
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| (noun) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | Synonyms: ego, self-importance |
| egotist | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egoist, swellhead |
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| electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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| electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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| emoticon | (noun) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email | - |
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| emotion | (noun) any strong feeling | - |
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| emotionalism | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionality |
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| emotionality | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionalism |
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| emotionlessness | (noun) absence of emotion | Synonyms: unemotionality |
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| (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
| endothelium | (noun) an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities | - |
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| endotoxin | (noun) a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die | - |
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| enterotomy | (noun) surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine | Synonyms: enterostomy |
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| enterotoxemia | (noun) a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines | - |
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| enterotoxin | (noun) a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa | - |
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| entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
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| entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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| (noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
| epiglottis | (noun) a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing | - |
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| epiglottitis | (noun) inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing | - |
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| episiotomy | (noun) surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth | - |
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| ergot | (noun) a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid | Synonyms: Claviceps purpurea |
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| (noun) a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus | - |
| ergotamine | (noun) an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine | - |
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| ergotine | (noun) a powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance, used to produce contraction of the uterus. | - |
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| ergotism | (noun) poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs | - |
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| ergotropism | (noun) an affinity for work | - |
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| erotic | (noun) an erotic person | - |
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| erotica | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: porn, porno, pornography, smut |
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| eroticism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness |
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| (noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: erotism |
| erotism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, sexiness |
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| (noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: eroticism |
| escargot | (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: snail |
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| eschalot | (noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | Synonyms: Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, multiplier onion, shallot |
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| esoterica | (noun) secrets known only to an initiated minority | - |
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| esotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose | Synonyms: convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye |
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| eucaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eukaryote |
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| eukaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eucaryote |
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| excitotoxin | (noun) any of a group of neurologically active compounds, such as glutamate and aspartame, that have detrimental excitatory effects on the central nervous system when taken in high concentrations. | - |
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| exotherm | (noun) a compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition | - |
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| exoticism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticness, exotism |
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| exoticness | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exotism |
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| exotism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exoticness |
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| exotoxin | (noun) a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium | - |
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| exotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, walleye |
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| eyeshot | (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: view |
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| eyespot | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: ocellus |
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| eyetooth | (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth |
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| factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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| faggot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: fagot |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| faggoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: fagoting |
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| fagot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: faggot |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| fagoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: faggoting |
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| famotidine | (noun) a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux | Synonyms: Pepcid |
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| feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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| fetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: foetoprotein |
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| feverroot | (noun) coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers | Synonyms: horse gentian, tinker's root, Triostium perfoliatum, wild coffee |
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| fingerroot | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower |
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| flagroot | (noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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| flatfoot | (noun) a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out | Synonyms: pes planus, splayfoot |
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| (noun) a policeman who patrols a given region | Synonyms: patrolman |
| flotation | (noun) financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares | Synonyms: floatation |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) | Synonyms: floatation |
| flotilla | (noun) a fleet of small craft | - |
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| (noun) a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships | - |
| flotsam | (noun) the floating wreckage of a ship | Synonyms: jetsam |
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| flowerpot | (noun) a container in which plants are cultivated | Synonyms: pot |
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| foetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: fetoprotein |
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| foot | (noun) travel by walking | - |
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| (noun) any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates | Synonyms: invertebrate foot |
| (noun) the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings | Synonyms: animal foot |
| (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
| (noun) a support resembling a pedal extremity | - |
| (noun) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint | Synonyms: human foot, pes |
| (noun) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | Synonyms: metrical foot, metrical unit |
| (noun) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | Synonyms: infantry |
| (noun) the lower part of anything | - |
| (noun) a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger | - |
| (noun) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard | Synonyms: ft |
| footage | (noun) film that has been shot | - |
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| (noun) a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
| football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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| (noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
| footballer | (noun) an athlete who plays American football | Synonyms: football player |
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| footbath | (noun) a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet | - |
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| footboard | (noun) a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead | - |
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| (noun) a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet | - |
| footbridge | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: overcrossing, pedestrian bridge |
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| footcandle | (noun) a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle | - |
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| footedness | (noun) the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball) | - |
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| footer | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footnote |
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| (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: pedestrian, walker |
| (noun) (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet | - |
| footfall | (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footstep, step |
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| footfault | (noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline | - |
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| footgear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footwear |
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| foothill | (noun) a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain | - |
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| foothold | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: beachhead |
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| (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: footing |
| (noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: bridgehead |
| footing | (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: foothold |
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| (noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: basis, ground |
| (noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups | Synonyms: terms |
| footlights | (noun) theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors | - |
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| footlocker | (noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: locker |
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| footman | (noun) a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores | - |
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| footmark | (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footprint, step |
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| footnote | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footer |
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