anatotitan | (noun) one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs | - |
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anecdotist | (noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes | Synonyms: raconteur |
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antibiotic | (noun) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | Synonyms: antibiotic drug |
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antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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antipsychotic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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autoeroticism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoerotism |
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autoerotism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoeroticism |
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balloting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, vote, voting |
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bibliotics | (noun) the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity | - |
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bibliotist | (noun) someone who engages in bibliotics | - |
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biotin | (noun) a B vitamin that aids in body growth | Synonyms: vitamin H |
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biotite | (noun) dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
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bootie | (noun) a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | Synonyms: bootee |
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carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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carotin | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotene, provitamin A |
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chrysotile | (noun) a grey or green fibrous mineral; an important source of commercial asbestos | - |
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commotion | (noun) the act of making a noisy disturbance | Synonyms: din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult |
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(noun) confused movement | Synonyms: whirl |
(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
cootie | (noun) a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings | Synonyms: body louse, Pediculus corporis |
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cotilion | (noun) a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century | Synonyms: cotillion |
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(noun) a ball at which young ladies are presented to society | Synonyms: cotillion |
cotillion | (noun) a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century | Synonyms: cotilion |
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(noun) a ball at which young ladies are presented to society | Synonyms: cotilion |
cotinga | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: chatterer |
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demotion | (noun) act of lowering in rank or position | - |
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deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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despotism | (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, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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(noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: absolutism, tyranny |
devotion | (noun) (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently) | - |
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(noun) commitment to some purpose | - |
(noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: cultism, veneration |
(noun) feelings of ardent love | Synonyms: devotedness |
devotional | (noun) a short religious service | - |
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dhoti | (noun) a long loincloth worn by Hindu men | - |
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diablotin | (noun) a thin round slice of bread usually served with soup, especially consomme. | - |
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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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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 |
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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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 |
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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faggoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: fagoting |
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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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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 | - |
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 |
guillotine | (noun) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people | - |
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(noun) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill | Synonyms: closure by compartment |
homoeroticism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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hypermotility | (noun) excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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hypnotic | (noun) a drug that induces sleep | Synonyms: soporific |
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hypnotiser | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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hypnotism | (noun) the act of inducing hypnosis | Synonyms: mesmerism, suggestion |
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hypnotist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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hypnotizer | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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immotility | (noun) lacking an ability to move | - |
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indigotin | (noun) a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically | Synonyms: anil, indigo |
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jaboticaba | (noun) tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil | - |
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(noun) small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches | Synonyms: jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora |
leitmotif | (noun) a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | Synonyms: leitmotiv |
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leitmotiv | (noun) a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | Synonyms: leitmotif |
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locomotion | (noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: travel |
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(noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: motive power, motivity |
locomotive | (noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
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looting | (noun) plundering during riots or in wartime | Synonyms: robbery |
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loti | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lesotho | - |
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lotion | (noun) any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin | - |
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(noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: application |
macrobiotics | (noun) the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
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massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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mezzotint | (noun) print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade | - |
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miotic | (noun) a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye) | Synonyms: miotic drug, myotic, myotic drug |
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motif | (noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | Synonyms: motive |
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(noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work | Synonyms: theme |
(noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | Synonyms: motive |
motile | (noun) one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action | - |
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motilin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine | - |
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motility | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | Synonyms: motion, move, movement |
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(noun) ability to move spontaneously and independently | - |
motion | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | Synonyms: motility, move, movement |
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(noun) the act of changing location from one place to another | Synonyms: move, movement |
(noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: gesture |
(noun) a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote | Synonyms: question |
(noun) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | Synonyms: movement |
(noun) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object | Synonyms: apparent motion, apparent movement, movement |
(noun) a state of change | - |
motionlessness | (noun) a state of no motion or movement | Synonyms: lifelessness, stillness |
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motivating | (noun) the act of motivating; providing incentive | Synonyms: motivation |
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motivation | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | Synonyms: motive, need |
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(noun) the act of motivating; providing incentive | Synonyms: motivating |
(noun) the condition of being motivated | - |
motivator | (noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, inducement |
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motive | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | Synonyms: motivation, need |
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(noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | Synonyms: motif |
(noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | Synonyms: motif |
motivity | (noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: locomotion, motive power |
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myotic | (noun) a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye) | Synonyms: miotic, miotic drug, myotic drug |
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narcotic | (noun) a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction | - |
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negotiant | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiator, treater |
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negotiation | (noun) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms | - |
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(noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: dialogue, talks |
negotiator | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiant, treater |
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negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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nepotism | (noun) favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) | - |
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nepotist | (noun) a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends | - |
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neurotic | (noun) a person suffering from neurosis | Synonyms: mental case, psychoneurotic |
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neuroticism | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neurosis, psychoneurosis |
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nicotine | (noun) an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide | - |
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notice | (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: observance, observation |
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(noun) polite or favorable attention | - |
(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, placard, poster, posting |
(noun) an announcement containing information about an event | - |
(noun) a request for payment | Synonyms: notification |
(noun) advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract | - |
(noun) a short critical review | - |
noticeability | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeableness, obviousness, patency |
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noticeableness | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeability, obviousness, patency |
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noticer | (noun) someone who gives formal notice | - |
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(noun) someone who takes notice | - |
notification | (noun) an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative | Synonyms: presentment |
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(noun) informing by words | Synonyms: apprisal, telling |
(noun) a request for payment | Synonyms: notice |
notion | (noun) (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items | - |
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(noun) a general inclusive concept | - |
(noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea | Synonyms: whim, whimsey, whimsy |
(noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, feeling, impression, opinion |