| acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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| allopurinol | (noun) a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid | Synonyms: Zyloprim |
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| ampul | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampule, phial, vial |
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| ampule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, phial, vial |
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| ampulla | (noun) a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils | - |
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| (noun) the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear | - |
| amputation | (noun) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb | - |
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| (noun) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs | - |
| amputator | (noun) a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb | - |
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| amputee | (noun) someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
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| appurtenance | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, supplement |
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| (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: gear, paraphernalia |
| bellpull | (noun) a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc. | - |
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| brewpub | (noun) a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food | - |
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| campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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| cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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| capuchin | (noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | Synonyms: Cebus capucinus, ringtail |
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| (noun) a hooded cloak for women | - |
| capulin | (noun) Mexican black cherry | Synonyms: Mexican black cherry |
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| (noun) Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit | Synonyms: capulin tree, Prunus capuli |
| caput | (noun) the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure | - |
| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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| catapult | (noun) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles | - |
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| (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: sling, slingshot |
| (noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: launcher |
| cockspur | (noun) small spiny West Indian tree | Synonyms: Pisonia aculeata |
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| (noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass | Synonyms: cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grass |
| compulsion | (noun) using force to cause something to occur | Synonyms: coercion |
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| (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
| compulsive | (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
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| compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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| compulsivity | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsiveness |
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| compunction | (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach |
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| computation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computing |
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| (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, figuring, reckoning |
| computer | (noun) a machine for performing calculations automatically | Synonyms: computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
| computerization | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: cybernation |
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| computing | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computation |
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| (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | Synonyms: computer science |
| contrapuntist | (noun) a composer who specializes in counterpoint | - |
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| copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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| copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| copulative | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
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| corpulence | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, overweight, stoutness |
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| corpulency | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: fleshiness, obesity |
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| corpus | (noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure | - |
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| (noun) a collection of writings | - |
| (noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: principal, principal sum |
| corpuscle | (noun) either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | Synonyms: blood cell, blood corpuscle |
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| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck |
| counterpunch | (noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counter, parry |
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| cowpuncher | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, puncher |
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| coypu | (noun) aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur | Synonyms: Myocastor coypus, nutria |
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| crapulence | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness |
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| crepuscle | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| crepuscule | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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| (noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
| cutpurse | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: dip, pickpocket |
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| cyberpunk | (noun) a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies | - |
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| (noun) a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology | - |
| (noun) a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism | Synonyms: cyber-terrorist |
| depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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| deputation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, delegation, mission |
| deputy | (noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Synonyms: lieutenant |
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| (noun) someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies | Synonyms: deputy sheriff |
| (noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others | Synonyms: surrogate |
| (noun) a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) | - |
| disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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| disputation | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: debate, public debate |
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| (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt |
| dispute | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: contravention |
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| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion |
| disreputability | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputableness, unrespectability |
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| disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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| disrepute | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: discredit |
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| eohippus | (noun) earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal | Synonyms: dawn horse |
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| expulsion | (noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | Synonyms: ejection, forcing out, projection |
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| (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, riddance |
| (noun) squeezing out by applying pressure | Synonyms: extrusion |
| expunction | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: erasure, expunging |
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| expunging | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: erasure, expunction |
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| expurgation | (noun) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | Synonyms: castration |
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| expurgator | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdleriser, bowdlerizer |
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| grampus | (noun) slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas | Synonyms: Grampus griseus |
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| (noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
| harpulla | (noun) fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building | Synonyms: Harpullia cupanioides |
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| harpullia | (noun) any of various tree of the genus Harpullia | - |
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| hippocampus | (noun) a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories | - |
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| homespun | (noun) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home | - |
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| hotspur | (noun) a rash or impetuous person | - |
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| hushpuppy | (noun) deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) | Synonyms: hush puppy |
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| impudence | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, insolence |
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| (noun) an impudent statement | Synonyms: cheek, impertinence |
| impuissance | (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, weakness |
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| impulse | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impetus, impulsion |
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| (noun) an impelling force or strength | Synonyms: momentum |
| (noun) the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | Synonyms: nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse |
| (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: pulsation, pulse, pulsing |
| (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: caprice, whim |
| (noun) an instinctive motive | Synonyms: urge |
| impulsion | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impetus, impulse |
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| (noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: drift, impetus |
| impulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection | - |
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| impunity | (noun) exemption from punishment or loss | - |
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| impureness | (noun) the condition of being impure | Synonyms: impurity |
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| impurity | (noun) the condition of being impure | Synonyms: impureness |
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| (noun) worthless or dangerous material that should be removed | Synonyms: dross |
| imputation | (noun) the attribution to a source or cause | - |
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| (noun) a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense) | - |
| indisputability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness |
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| input | (noun) a component of production; something that goes into the production of output | - |
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| (noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | Synonyms: stimulant, stimulation, stimulus |
| (noun) signal going into an electronic system | Synonyms: input signal |
| (noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | Synonyms: comment, remark |
| jodhpur | (noun) a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side | Synonyms: jodhpur boot, jodhpur shoe |
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| jodhpurs | (noun) (used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots | Synonyms: jodhpur breeches, riding breeches |
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| kapuka | (noun) small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental | Synonyms: Griselinia littoralis |
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| larkspur | (noun) any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium | - |
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| lilliputian | (noun) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) | - |
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| lupulin | (noun) Lupulin is a powder separated from the strobiles of common hop. | - |
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| lupus | (noun) any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease | - |
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| manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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| manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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| (noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
| manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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| manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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| (noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
| mercaptopurine | (noun) a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia | Synonyms: Purinethol |
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| mesohippus | (noun) North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses | - |
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| metacarpus | (noun) the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges | - |
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| microcomputer | (noun) a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time | Synonyms: PC, personal computer |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| napu | (noun) chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya | Synonyms: Tragulus Javanicus |
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| occiput | (noun) back part of the head or skull | - |
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| octopus | (noun) bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles | Synonyms: devilfish |
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| (noun) tentacles of octopus prepared as food | - |
| opulence | (noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | Synonyms: luxuriousness, luxury, sumptuousness |
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| opus | (noun) a musical work that has been created | Synonyms: composition, musical composition, piece, piece of music |
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| output | (noun) production of a certain amount | Synonyms: yield |
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| (noun) final product; the things produced | Synonyms: end product |
| (noun) what is produced in a given time period | Synonyms: outturn, turnout |
| (noun) signal that comes out of an electronic system | Synonyms: output signal |
| (noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | Synonyms: production, yield |