| campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| eohippus | (noun) earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal | Synonyms: dawn horse |
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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 |
| 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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| lupus | (noun) any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease | - |
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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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| 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 | - |
| opus | (noun) a musical work that has been created | Synonyms: composition, musical composition, piece, piece of music |
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| pappus | (noun) calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions | - |
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| penpusher | (noun) a clerk who does boring paperwork | Synonyms: pencil pusher |
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| picklepuss | (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, pouter, sourpuss |
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| platypus | (noun) small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
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| polypus | (noun) a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane | Synonyms: polyp |
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| protohippus | (noun) Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size | - |
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| pus | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, sanies, suppuration |
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| push | (noun) the act of applying force in order to move something away | Synonyms: pushing |
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| (noun) an effort to advance | - |
| (noun) an electrical switch operated by pressing | Synonyms: button, push button |
| (noun) enterprising or ambitious drive | Synonyms: energy, get-up-and-go |
| (noun) the force used in pushing | Synonyms: thrust |
| pushball | (noun) a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal | - |
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| pushcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, handcart |
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| pushchair | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pusher, stroller |
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| pusher | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, stroller |
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| (noun) a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | Synonyms: zori |
| (noun) someone who pushes | Synonyms: shover |
| (noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler |
| (noun) one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | Synonyms: thruster |
| pushiness | (noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness | Synonyms: bumptiousness, cockiness, forwardness |
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| pushing | (noun) the act of applying force in order to move something away | Synonyms: push |
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| pushover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, snap, walkover |
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| (noun) someone who is easily taken advantage of | - |
| pushpin | (noun) a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | Synonyms: drawing pin, thumbtack |
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| pushup | (noun) an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms | Synonyms: press-up |
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| pusillanimity | (noun) contemptible fearfulness | Synonyms: pusillanimousness |
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| pusillanimousness | (noun) contemptible fearfulness | Synonyms: pusillanimity |
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| puss | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, pussy, pussycat |
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| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, pussy, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussley | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussly, verdolagas |
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| pussly | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussley, verdolagas |
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| pussy | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussycat |
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| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussycat | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable | - |
| pussytoes | (noun) low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers | Synonyms: Antennaria dioica, cat's feet, cat's foot |
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| pustule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus | - |
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| rhizopus | (noun) any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus | - |
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| rumpus | (noun) the act of making a noisy disturbance | Synonyms: commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, tumult |
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| sourpuss | (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, pouter |
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| streptocarpus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses | - |
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