| partygoer | (noun) someone who is attending a party | - |
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| parvenu | (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart |
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| parvis | (noun) a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral) | - |
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| parvo | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | Synonyms: parvovirus |
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| parvovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | Synonyms: parvo |
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| preparation | (noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | Synonyms: grooming, training |
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| (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: prep |
| (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: readying |
| (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, cooking |
| (noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: planning, provision |
| (noun) (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord | - |
| (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparedness, readiness |
| (noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: formulation |
| preparedness | (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, readiness |
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| primipara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time | Synonyms: para I |
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| proparoxytone | (noun) word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult | - |
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| quadripara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies | - |
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| quasiparticle | (noun) a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle | - |
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| quintipara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies | - |
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| rampart | (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, wall |
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| reparation | (noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong | Synonyms: amends |
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| (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair |
| (noun) (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors | - |
| (noun) compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | - |
| repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
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| sarsaparilla | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras | - |
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| (noun) any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves | - |
| secpar | (noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years | Synonyms: parsec |
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| semiparasite | (noun) a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis | Synonyms: hemiparasite |
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| semitransparency | (noun) the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely | Synonyms: translucence, translucency |
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| separability | (noun) the capability of being separated | - |
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| separate | (noun) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments | - |
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| (noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | Synonyms: offprint, reprint |
| separateness | (noun) the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | Synonyms: distinctness, otherness |
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| (noun) political independence | - |
| (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, distinctness, severalty |
| separation | (noun) the social act of separating or parting company | - |
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| (noun) the act of dividing or disconnecting | - |
| (noun) (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) | Synonyms: legal separation |
| (noun) sorting one thing from others | - |
| (noun) the distance between things | Synonyms: interval |
| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, detachment |
| (noun) the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) | - |
| (noun) the space where a division or parting occurs | - |
| (noun) the state of lacking unity | - |
| separationism | (noun) advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | Synonyms: separatism |
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| separationist | (noun) an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) | Synonyms: separatist |
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| separatism | (noun) advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | Synonyms: separationism |
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| (noun) a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists | - |
| (noun) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups | Synonyms: segregation |
| separatist | (noun) an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) | Synonyms: separationist |
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| separator | (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, extractor |
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| separatrix | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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| spar | (noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | Synonyms: sparring |
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| (noun) a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging | - |
| (noun) any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable | - |
| spare | (noun) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls | - |
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| (noun) an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | Synonyms: fifth wheel |
| (noun) an extra component of a machine or other apparatus | Synonyms: spare part |
| spareness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: sparseness, sparsity, thinness |
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| (noun) the property of having little body fat | Synonyms: leanness, thinness |
| sparer | (noun) someone who refrains from injuring or destroying | - |
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| sparerib | (noun) a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| spareribs | (noun) cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| (noun) baked or roasted with a spicy sauce | Synonyms: barbecued spareribs |
| sparge | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
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| sparid | (noun) spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth | Synonyms: sparid fish |
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| spark | (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, sparkle, twinkle |
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| (noun) a momentary flash of light | Synonyms: flicker, glint |
| (noun) a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction | - |
| (noun) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | Synonyms: arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge |
| (noun) a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger | - |
| sparker | (noun) a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack | Synonyms: spark arrester |
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| sparkle | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation |
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| (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, spark, twinkle |
| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: coruscation, glitter |
| sparkleberry | (noun) shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries | Synonyms: farkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum |
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| sparkler | (noun) a firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks | - |
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| (noun) diamonds | Synonyms: ice |
| sparkling | (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, twinkle |
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| sparling | (noun) the common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus |
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| (noun) common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt |
| sparring | (noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | Synonyms: spar |
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| (noun) an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage | - |
| sparrow | (noun) any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects | Synonyms: true sparrow |
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| (noun) small brownish European songbird | Synonyms: dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis |
| sparseness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparsity, thinness |
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| sparsity | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparseness, thinness |
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| stepparent | (noun) the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| subpart | (noun) a part of a part | - |
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| transparence | (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparency, transparentness |
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| (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: transparency |
| transparency | (noun) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | Synonyms: foil |
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| (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparence, transparentness |
| (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: transparence |
| transparentness | (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparence, transparency |
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| underpart | (noun) a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body | - |
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| wraparound | (noun) a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around | - |
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