amblyopia | (noun) visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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ametropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia | - |
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anisometropia | (noun) difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anopia | (noun) sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye) | - |
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anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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apiarist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiculturist, beekeeper |
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apiary | (noun) a shed containing a number of beehives | Synonyms: bee house |
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asclepiad | (noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | - |
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asthenopia | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: eyestrain |
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cecropia | (noun) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees | Synonyms: cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia |
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cornucopia | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant | Synonyms: profuseness, profusion, richness |
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(noun) a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity | Synonyms: horn of plenty |
cyclopia | (noun) a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye | - |
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deuteranopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red | Synonyms: Daltonism, green-blindness |
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diplopia | (noun) visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects | Synonyms: double vision |
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dystopia | (noun) a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
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(noun) state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
ectopia | (noun) abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth) | - |
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emmetropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina | - |
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esotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose | Synonyms: convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye |
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espial | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, spotting, spying |
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exotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, walleye |
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expiation | (noun) the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) | Synonyms: atonement, propitiation |
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(noun) compensation for a wrong | Synonyms: atonement, satisfaction |
hemeralopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in bright light | Synonyms: day blindness |
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hemianopia | (noun) blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes | Synonyms: hemianopsia |
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hypermetropia | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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hyperopia | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, longsightedness |
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isometropia | (noun) equality of refractive power in the two eyes | - |
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marsupial | (noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
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myopia | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness |
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nyctalopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder | Synonyms: moon blindness, night blindness |
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opiate | (noun) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative | - |
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oxyopia | (noun) unusually acute vision | - |
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participial | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participle |
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pia | (noun) perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch | Synonyms: Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida |
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piaffe | (noun) a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot | - |
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pianism | (noun) performance by or technique of a pianist | - |
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pianissimo | (noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: piano |
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pianist | (noun) a person who plays the piano | Synonyms: piano player |
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piano | (noun) a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | Synonyms: forte-piano, pianoforte |
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(noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: pianissimo |
pianoforte | (noun) a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | Synonyms: forte-piano, piano |
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piaster | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piastre |
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(noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piastre |
piastre | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piaster |
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(noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piaster |
piazza | (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: place, plaza |
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presbyopia | (noun) a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | Synonyms: farsightedness |
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protanopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue | Synonyms: red-blindness |
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quadrantanopia | (noun) blindness in one fourth of the visual field | - |
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rupiah | (noun) the basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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sepia | (noun) a shade of brown with a tinge of red | Synonyms: burnt sienna, mahogany, reddish brown, Venetian red |
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(noun) rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes | - |
sinopia | (noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | Synonyms: sinoper, sinopis |
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subtopia | (noun) monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings | - |
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tetartanopia | (noun) a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned | Synonyms: yellow-blindness |
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thespian | (noun) a theatrical performer | Synonyms: actor, histrion, player, role player |
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topiary | (noun) making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees | - |
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(noun) a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals | - |
tritanopia | (noun) rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow | Synonyms: blue-blindness |
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utopia | (noun) a work of fiction describing a utopia | - |
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(noun) ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects | - |