apparel | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: clothes, dress, wearing apparel |
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apparency | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparentness |
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apparentness | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparency |
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compare | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, comparison, equivalence |
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godparent | (noun) a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism | - |
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grandparent | (noun) a parent of your father or mother | - |
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nonpareil | (noun) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies | - |
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(noun) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar | - |
(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
nonpareille | (noun) a 6-point printing type: a size smaller than minion. | - |
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paraparesis | (noun) a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs | - |
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paregmenon | (noun) juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility') | - |
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paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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parenchyma | (noun) animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels | - |
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(noun) the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | - |
parenesis | (noun) (rhetoric) exhortation; admonition. | - |
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parent | (noun) an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained | - |
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(noun) a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian | - |
parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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(noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
(noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
parenthesis | (noun) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material | - |
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(noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
parenthetical | (noun) an expression in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical expression |
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parenthood | (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parentage |
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parer | (noun) a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables | Synonyms: paring knife |
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(noun) a manicurist who trims the fingernails | - |
paresis | (noun) a slight or partial paralysis | - |
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paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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paretic | (noun) a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) | - |
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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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semitransparency | (noun) the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely | Synonyms: translucence, translucency |
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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 |
stepparent | (noun) the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage | - |
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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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