| adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| affenpinscher | (noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle | Synonyms: monkey dog, monkey pinscher |
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| alpinist | (noun) a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs | - |
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| atropine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides | - |
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| backspin | (noun) spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion | - |
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| beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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| benzodiazepine | (noun) any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency | - |
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| blacktopping | (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | Synonyms: blacktop |
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| bookkeeping | (noun) the activity of recording business transactions | Synonyms: clerking |
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| breastpin | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: broach, brooch |
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| bumpiness | (noun) the texture of a surface that has many bumps | - |
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| burping | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, eructation |
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| camping | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, encampment, tenting |
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| candlepin | (noun) a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin | - |
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| candlepins | (noun) a bowling game using slender bowling pins | Synonyms: candlepin bowling |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| chincapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chinkapin, chinquapin |
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| chinkapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinquapin |
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| chinquapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinkapin |
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| (noun) shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts | Synonyms: Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin |
| (noun) shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States | Synonyms: Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin |
| chipping | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, splintering |
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| chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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| chomping | (noun) the act of chewing noisily | - |
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| chopine | (noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: platform |
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| choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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| clapping | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: applause, hand clapping |
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| clipping | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clip, snip |
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| (noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
| (noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting |
| clopping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking |
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| clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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| clozapine | (noun) an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; known to have few side effects | Synonyms: Clozaril |
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| clumping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking |
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| coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| creepiness | (noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin | - |
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| creeping | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep |
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| crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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| cuckoopint | (noun) common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum | Synonyms: Arum maculatum, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies |
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| cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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| developing | (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: development |
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| downspin | (noun) a swift and dangerous downturn | - |
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| doxepin | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances) | Synonyms: Adapin, doxepin hydrochloride, Sinequan |
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| drippiness | (noun) the physical property of being soft and drippy | - |
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| (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
| dripping | (noun) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) | Synonyms: drippage |
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| (noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop | Synonyms: drip |
| drippings | (noun) fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried | - |
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| droppings | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: dung, muck |
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| duckpin | (noun) a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin | - |
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| duckpins | (noun) a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider | - |
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| dumpiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: squattiness |
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| dumping | (noun) selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market | - |
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| epinephrin | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrine |
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| epinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin |
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| equipping | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, arming |
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| flapping | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering |
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| gimpiness | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimp, lameness, limping |
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| glamping | (noun) Camping glamorously, i.e., with expensive equipment | - |
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| gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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| gossiping | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossipmongering |
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| grasping | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: prehension, seizing, taking hold |
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| (noun) understanding with difficulty | - |
| griping | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: colic, gripes, intestinal colic |
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| grouping | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: group |
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| (noun) the activity of putting things together in groups | - |
| (noun) a system for classifying things into groups | Synonyms: pigeonholing |
| grumpiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness |
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| gulping | (noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | Synonyms: guzzling, swilling |
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| (noun) a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing | Synonyms: gulp |
| hairpin | (noun) a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place | - |
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| happiness | (noun) emotions experienced when in a state of well-being | - |
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| (noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: felicity |
| hatpin | (noun) a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair | - |
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| headpin | (noun) the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins | Synonyms: kingpin |
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| helping | (noun) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | Synonyms: portion, serving |
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| horsewhipping | (noun) the act of whipping with a horsewhip | - |
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| housekeeping | (noun) the work of cleaning and running a house | Synonyms: housework |
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| hysterosalpingogram | (noun) X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages) | - |
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| impingement | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impact |
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| (noun) a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something | Synonyms: impaction |
| impinging | (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: contact, striking |
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| jumpiness | (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, nervousness, restiveness |
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| jumping | (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump | - |
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| (noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | Synonyms: jump |
| keeping | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: guardianship, safekeeping |
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| (noun) conformity or harmony | - |
| (noun) the act of retaining something | Synonyms: holding, retention |
| kidnapping | (noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: snatch |
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| kingpin | (noun) bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | Synonyms: kingbolt, swivel pin |
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| (noun) the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins | Synonyms: headpin |
| (noun) the most important person in a group or undertaking | Synonyms: bigwig, top banana |
| landscaping | (noun) working as a landscape gardener | Synonyms: landscape gardening |
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| (noun) a garden laid out for esthetic effect | - |
| lapin | (noun) castrated male rabbit | - |
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| (noun) the fur of a rabbit | Synonyms: rabbit |
| lapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, overlapping |
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| leaping | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, saltation, spring |
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| limping | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness |
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| linchpin | (noun) pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on | Synonyms: lynchpin |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, lynchpin, mainstay |
| looping | (noun) (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained | Synonyms: iteration |
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| loxapine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia | Synonyms: Loxitane |
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| lumpiness | (noun) The property of being full of lumps, not being smooth. | - |
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| lupin | (noun) any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | Synonyms: lupine |
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| lupine | (noun) any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | Synonyms: lupin |
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| luteotropin | (noun) gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | Synonyms: lactogenic hormone, prolactin |
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| lynchpin | (noun) pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on | Synonyms: linchpin |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, mainstay |
| mapinguari | (noun) supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest | - |
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| mapping | (noun) (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome | Synonyms: chromosome mapping |
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| (noun) the process of making maps | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, map, mathematical function, single-valued function |
| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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| mopping | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: swabbing |
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| nevirapine | (noun) a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: Viramune |
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| nifedipine | (noun) calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks | Synonyms: Procardia |
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| ninepin | (noun) a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles | Synonyms: skittle, skittle pin |
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| ninepins | (noun) a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins | Synonyms: skittles |
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| norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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| oophorosalpingectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes | - |
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| opinion | (noun) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | Synonyms: ruling |
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| (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: persuasion, sentiment, thought, view |
| (noun) a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people | Synonyms: popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi |
| (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, feeling, impression, notion |
| (noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, legal opinion |
| (noun) a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof | Synonyms: view |