abampere | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abamp |
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ampere | (noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: A, amp |
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(noun) a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) | Synonyms: international ampere |
aperea | (noun) South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig | Synonyms: Cavia porcellus, wild cavy |
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compere | (noun) British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc | - |
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hyperemesis | (noun) severe and excessive vomiting | - |
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hyperemia | (noun) increased blood in an organ or other body part | Synonyms: hyperaemia |
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hyperextension | (noun) greater than normal extension | - |
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milliampere | (noun) one thousandth of an ampere | Synonyms: mA |
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operetta | (noun) a short amusing opera | Synonyms: light opera |
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pamperer | (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, spoiler |
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paperer | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanger |
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peregrination | (noun) traveling or wandering around | - |
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peregrine | (noun) a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry | Synonyms: Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon |
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perennation | (noun) the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant) | - |
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perennial | (noun) (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more | - |
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perestroika | (noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
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simperer | (noun) a smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy | - |
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superego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | - |
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supererogation | (noun) an effort above and beyond the call of duty | - |
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wallpaperer | (noun) a worker who papers walls | Synonyms: wall-paperer |
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whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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