agiotage | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agio, exchange premium, premium |
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(noun) speculative dealing in stock exchange securities or foreign exchange. | - |
anecdotalism | (noun) The property of being related to short accounts of real incidents or persons, often humorous or interesting. | - |
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annotating | (noun) the act of adding notes | Synonyms: annotation |
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annotation | (noun) the act of adding notes | Synonyms: annotating |
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(noun) a comment or instruction (usually added) | Synonyms: notation, note |
annotator | (noun) a commentator who writes notes to a text | - |
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arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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audiotape | (noun) magnetic tape for use in recording sound | - |
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(noun) a tape recording of sound | - |
azotaemia | (noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | Synonyms: azotemia, uraemia, uremia |
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biota | (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region | Synonyms: biology |
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bota | (noun) a wine bottle made of leather | - |
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botanical | (noun) a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves) | - |
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botanist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: phytologist, plant scientist |
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botany | (noun) the branch of biology that studies plants | Synonyms: phytology |
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(noun) all the plant life in a particular region or period | Synonyms: flora, vegetation |
cabotage | (noun) navigation in coastal waters | - |
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(noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders | - |
cefotaxime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Claforan |
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cenotaph | (noun) a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | Synonyms: empty tomb |
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chemotaxis | (noun) movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus | - |
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chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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connotation | (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested | - |
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(noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: intension |
cotan | (noun) ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cotangent |
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cotangent | (noun) ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cotan |
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crotal | (noun) any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made | Synonyms: crottal, crottle |
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crotalaria | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | Synonyms: rattlebox |
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crotaphion | (noun) the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone | - |
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denotation | (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: extension, reference |
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(noun) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | Synonyms: indication |
denotatum | (noun) an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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dextrorotation | (noun) rotation to the right | Synonyms: clockwise rotation |
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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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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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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 |
footage | (noun) film that has been shot | - |
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(noun) a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
heterotaxy | (noun) any abnormal position of the organs of the body | Synonyms: transposition |
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hippopotamus | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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infotainment | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary, documentary film |
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iota | (noun) the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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(noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
isotach | (noun) a line joining points with constant wind speed. | - |
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leotard | (noun) a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance | Synonyms: body suit, cat suit, unitard |
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leotards | (noun) skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | Synonyms: tights |
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lepiota | (noun) any fungus of the genus Lepiota | - |
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levorotation | (noun) rotation to the left | Synonyms: counterclockwise rotation |
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lota | (noun) a globular water bottle used in Asia | - |
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misquotation | (noun) an incorrect quotation | Synonyms: misquote |
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notability | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, luminary, notable |
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notable | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, luminary, notability |
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notary | (noun) someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions | Synonyms: notary public |
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notation | (noun) the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters | - |
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(noun) a technical system of symbols used to represent special things | Synonyms: notational system |
(noun) a comment or instruction (usually added) | Synonyms: annotation, note |
otalgia | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: earache |
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palaeobotany | (noun) the study of fossil plants | Synonyms: paleobotany |
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paleobotany | (noun) the study of fossil plants | Synonyms: palaeobotany |
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pelota | (noun) a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket | Synonyms: jai alai |
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photalgia | (noun) pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | Synonyms: photophobia |
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pilotage | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, piloting |
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(noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: piloting |
pollotarianism | (noun) the practice of following a diet that includes chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals. | - |
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potable | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, drinkable |
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potage | (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: pottage |
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potamogale | (noun) amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter | Synonyms: otter shrew, Potamogale velox |
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potamoplankton | (noun) plankton that inhabit rivers | - |
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potash | (noun) a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry | Synonyms: caustic potash, potassium hydroxide |
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potassium | (noun) a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | Synonyms: atomic number 19, K |
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potation | (noun) the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink) | - |
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(noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draft, draught, tipple |
potato | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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(noun) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Synonyms: Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
protactinium | (noun) a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead | Synonyms: atomic number 91, Pa, protoactinium |
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protagonism | (noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something | Synonyms: advocacy |
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protagonist | (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, friend, supporter |
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(noun) the principal character in a work of fiction | Synonyms: agonist |
protamine | (noun) a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin | - |
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protanopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue | Synonyms: red-blindness |
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quota | (noun) a limitation on imports | - |
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(noun) a proportional share assigned to each participant | - |
(noun) a prescribed number | - |
quotability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of being quoted | - |
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quotation | (noun) the practice of quoting from books or plays etc. | - |
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(noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | Synonyms: citation, quote |
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, reference |
(noun) a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity | - |
rambotan | (noun) pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines | Synonyms: rambutan |
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(noun) Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit | Synonyms: Nephelium lappaceum, rambutan, rambutan tree |
rootage | (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, source |
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(noun) a developed system of roots | Synonyms: root system |
(noun) fixedness by or as if by roots | - |
rota | (noun) a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties | - |
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rotary | (noun) a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | Synonyms: circle, roundabout, traffic circle |
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(noun) electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa | Synonyms: rotary converter, synchronous converter |
rotation | (noun) the act of rotating as if on an axis | Synonyms: rotary motion |
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(noun) a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) | - |
(noun) a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | Synonyms: gyration, revolution |
(noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin | - |
rotavirus | (noun) the reovirus causing infant enteritis | - |
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sabotage | (noun) a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged | - |
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sacerdotalism | (noun) a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God | - |
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sapota | (noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp | Synonyms: sapodilla, sapodilla plum |
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subtotal | (noun) the sum of part of a group of numbers | - |
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succotash | (noun) fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream | - |
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teetotaler | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotalist, teetotaller |
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teetotaling | (noun) abstaining from alcohol | Synonyms: teetotalism |
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teetotalism | (noun) abstaining from alcohol | Synonyms: teetotaling |
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teetotalist | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotaler, teetotaller |
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teetotaller | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotaler, teetotalist |
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total | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: aggregate, sum, totality |
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(noun) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers | Synonyms: amount, sum |
totalisator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totaliser, totalizator, totalizer |
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totaliser | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totalizer |
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(noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totalizator, totalizer |
totalism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalitarianism |
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totalitarian | (noun) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government | - |
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totalitarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalism |
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(noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny |
totality | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: aggregate, sum, total |
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(noun) the quality of being complete and indiscriminate | - |
(noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, entirety, integrality |
totalizator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizer |
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totalizer | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totaliser |
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(noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizator |
totara | (noun) valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves | Synonyms: Podocarpus totara |
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videotape | (noun) a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound | - |
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(noun) a video recording made on magnetic tape | - |
votary | (noun) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service | - |
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(noun) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult | - |
(noun) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity | - |