enuresis | (noun) inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination | Synonyms: urinary incontinence |
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espresso | (noun) strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans | - |
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excrescence | (noun) (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | - |
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(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
express | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: expressage |
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(noun) public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops | Synonyms: limited |
(noun) mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system | Synonyms: express mail |
expressage | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: express |
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expression | (noun) the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing | - |
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(noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, face, facial expression, look |
(noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: locution, saying |
(noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: formulation |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion |
(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: formula |
(noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions | Synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism |
(noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: construction, grammatical construction |
(noun) (genetics) the process of expressing a gene | - |
expressionism | (noun) an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
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expressionist | (noun) an artist who is an adherent of expressionism | - |
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expressiveness | (noun) the quality of being expressive | - |
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expressway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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extraterrestrial | (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
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fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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(noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
firestone | (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns | - |
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(noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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(noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
florescence | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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fluorescein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein |
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fluoresceine | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein |
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fluorescence | (noun) light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength | - |
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fluorescent | (noun) a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp | Synonyms: fluorescent fixture |
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footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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foreshadowing | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
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foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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foreshock | (noun) a tremor preceding an earthquake | - |
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foreshore | (noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | - |
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foresight | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresightedness, foresightfulness |
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(noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, prevision, prospicience |
foresightedness | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresight, foresightfulness |
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foresightfulness | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresight, foresightedness |
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foreskin | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: prepuce |
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(noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: prepuce |
forest | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: wood, woods |
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(noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland |
forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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forestay | (noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast | - |
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forester | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: arboriculturist, tree farmer |
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forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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forestry | (noun) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
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fornicatress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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fortress | (noun) a fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fort |
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foundress | (noun) a woman founder | - |
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fresco | (noun) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster | - |
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(noun) a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster | - |
freshener | (noun) anything that freshens | - |
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fresher | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: freshman |
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freshet | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: spate |
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freshman | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: fresher |
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(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
freshness | (noun) originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel | Synonyms: novelty |
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(noun) the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated | - |
(noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
(noun) originality by virtue of being new and surprising | Synonyms: novelty |
(noun) an alert and refreshed state | Synonyms: glow |
freshwater | (noun) water that is not salty | Synonyms: fresh water |
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goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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hairdresser | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairstylist, styler, stylist |
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hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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(noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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headdress | (noun) clothing for the head | Synonyms: headgear |
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headmistress | (noun) a woman headmaster | - |
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headmistressship | (noun) the position of headmistress | - |
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headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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(noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
heiress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: inheritress, inheritrix |
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heresy | (noun) a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | Synonyms: unorthodoxy |
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(noun) any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | Synonyms: heterodoxy, unorthodoxy |
huntress | (noun) a woman hunter | - |
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hysteresis | (noun) the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field | - |
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idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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immunoelectrophoresis | (noun) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies | - |
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immunofluorescence | (noun) (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue | - |
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immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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immunosuppression | (noun) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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immunosuppressive | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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impresario | (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: promoter, showman |
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impress | (noun) the act of coercing someone into government service | Synonyms: impressment |
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impression | (noun) an impressionistic portrayal of a person | - |
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(noun) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another | - |
(noun) (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster | - |
(noun) an outward appearance | Synonyms: effect |
(noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, feeling, notion, opinion |
(noun) a clear and telling mental image | Synonyms: mental picture, picture |
(noun) a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving | Synonyms: stamp |
(noun) all the copies of a work printed at one time | Synonyms: printing |
(noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: depression, imprint |
impressionist | (noun) an artist who follows the theories of Impressionism | - |
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impressiveness | (noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | Synonyms: grandness, magnificence, richness |
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(noun) the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind | - |
impressment | (noun) the act of coercing someone into government service | Synonyms: impress |
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incompressibility | (noun) the property of being incompressible | - |
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inflorescence | (noun) the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk | - |
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(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering |
ingress | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, incoming |
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(noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse | Synonyms: immersion |
ingressive | (noun) a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose. | - |
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inheritress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritrix |
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instructress | (noun) a woman instructor | - |
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interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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(noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
(noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
(noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
(noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
(noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
(noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
interestedness | (noun) the state of being interested | - |
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interestingness | (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interest |
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ionophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis |
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iontophoresis | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontotherapy |
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irrepressibility | (noun) irrepressible liveliness and good spirit | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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irresistibility | (noun) the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist | Synonyms: irresistibleness |
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irresistibleness | (noun) the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist | Synonyms: irresistibility |
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irresoluteness | (noun) the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose | Synonyms: irresolution |
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irresolution | (noun) the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose | Synonyms: irresoluteness |
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(noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecision, indecisiveness |
irresponsibility | (noun) a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions | Synonyms: irresponsibleness |
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irresponsibleness | (noun) a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions | Synonyms: irresponsibility |
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kaliuresis | (noun) the presence of excess potassium in the urine | Synonyms: kaluresis |
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kaluresis | (noun) the presence of excess potassium in the urine | Synonyms: kaliuresis |
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laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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lectureship | (noun) the post of lecturer | - |
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leresis | (noun) rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged) | - |
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letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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lithuresis | (noun) passing small stones with the urine | - |
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lypressin | (noun) an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus | - |
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manageress | (noun) a woman manager | - |
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mattress | (noun) a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed | - |
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mayoress | (noun) a woman mayor | - |
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(noun) the wife of a mayor | - |