amperage | (noun) the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes | - |
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cefoperazone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections | Synonyms: Cefobid |
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cooperation | (noun) joint operation or action | - |
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(noun) the practice of cooperating | - |
cooperative | (noun) a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners | Synonyms: co-op |
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(noun) an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it | - |
cooperativeness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, amenableness |
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cooperator | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: collaborator, pardner, partner |
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desperado | (noun) a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) | Synonyms: desperate criminal |
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desperate | (noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help | - |
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desperation | (noun) desperate recklessness | - |
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(noun) a state in which all hope is lost or absent | Synonyms: despair |
exasperation | (noun) actions that cause great irritation (or even anger) | - |
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(noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: aggravation |
hyperacidity | (noun) excessive acidity | - |
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hyperactivity | (noun) a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement | - |
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hyperacusia | (noun) abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels | Synonyms: auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusis |
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hyperacusis | (noun) abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels | Synonyms: auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia |
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hyperadrenalism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity | Synonyms: Cushing's disease |
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hyperadrenocorticism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol | Synonyms: Cushing's syndrome |
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hyperaemia | (noun) increased blood in an organ or other body part | Synonyms: hyperemia |
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hyperaldosteronism | (noun) a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone | Synonyms: aldosteronism |
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hyperalimentation | (noun) administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes | Synonyms: total parenteral nutrition, TPN |
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imperative | (noun) some duty that is essential and urgent | - |
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(noun) a verb in the imperative mood. | Synonyms: imperative verb |
(noun) a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior | Synonyms: imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood |
imperativeness | (noun) the quality of being insistent | Synonyms: instancy |
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(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention | Synonyms: insistence, insistency, press, pressure |
intemperance | (noun) excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence | Synonyms: intemperateness, self-indulgence |
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(noun) consumption of alcoholic drinks | Synonyms: intemperateness |
(noun) the quality of being intemperate | - |
intemperateness | (noun) excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence | Synonyms: intemperance, self-indulgence |
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(noun) consumption of alcoholic drinks | Synonyms: intemperance |
interoperability | (noun) (computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks) | - |
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opera | (noun) a building where musical dramas are performed | Synonyms: opera house |
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(noun) a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes | - |
operagoer | (noun) a patron of the opera | - |
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operand | (noun) a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed | - |
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operation | (noun) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Synonyms: surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process |
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(noun) (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods | Synonyms: mathematical operation, mathematical process |
(noun) activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) | Synonyms: military operation |
(noun) a planned activity involving many people performing various actions | - |
(noun) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | Synonyms: procedure |
(noun) a business especially one run on a large scale | - |
(noun) the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) | - |
(noun) (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | Synonyms: cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, process |
(noun) (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) | - |
(noun) process or manner of functioning or operating | Synonyms: functioning, performance |
(noun) the state of being in effect or being operative | - |
operationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it | - |
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operations | (noun) financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records | Synonyms: trading operations |
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operative | (noun) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations | Synonyms: PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock |
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(noun) a person secretly employed in espionage for a government | Synonyms: intelligence agent, intelligence officer, secret agent |
operator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: manipulator |
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(noun) someone who owns or operates a business | - |
(noun) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Synonyms: hustler, wheeler dealer |
(noun) a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets | - |
(noun) (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation | - |
peradventure | (noun) doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case | - |
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perambulation | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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(noun) a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries | - |
perambulator | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
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piperacillin | (noun) a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections | Synonyms: Pipracil |
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piperazine | (noun) vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms | - |
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prochlorperazine | (noun) antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomiting | - |
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puerpera | (noun) a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter | - |
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recuperation | (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: convalescence, recovery |
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superabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness |
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superannuation | (noun) the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | - |
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(noun) the property of being out of date and not current | Synonyms: obsoleteness |
(noun) a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work | Synonyms: old-age pension, retirement benefit, retirement check, retirement fund, retirement pension |
tempera | (noun) pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk | Synonyms: poster color, poster colour, poster paint |
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temperament | (noun) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys | - |
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(noun) your usual mood | Synonyms: disposition |
(noun) excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly) | - |
temperance | (noun) abstaining from excess | Synonyms: sobriety |
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(noun) the act of tempering | - |
(noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: moderation |
temperateness | (noun) exhibiting restraint imposed on the self | Synonyms: self-restraint |
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(noun) moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities | Synonyms: fair weather, sunshine |
temperature | (noun) the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | - |
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(noun) the somatic sensation of cold or heat | - |
vituperation | (noun) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will | Synonyms: invective, vitriol |
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