accretion | (noun) (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) | - |
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(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accumulation |
(noun) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment | - |
(noun) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles | - |
(noun) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases | - |
(noun) something contributing to growth or increase | - |
aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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allegretto | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
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(noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
amaretto | (noun) an Italian almond liqueur | - |
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antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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antipyretic | (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
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arboretum | (noun) a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | Synonyms: botanical garden |
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arete | (noun) a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | - |
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arethusa | (noun) any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers | - |
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bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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barrette | (noun) a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
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barretter | (noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | Synonyms: ballast, ballast resistor |
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beret | (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
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berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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biretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, birretta |
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birretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, biretta |
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brethren | (noun) (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
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buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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burette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: buret |
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cabaret | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: floor show, floorshow |
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(noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: club, night club, nightclub, nightspot |
carburetor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburettor |
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carburettor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburetor |
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caret | (noun) a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
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caretaker | (noun) a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
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(noun) an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily | - |
cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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cigaret | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigarette, coffin nail, fag |
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cigarette | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigaret, coffin nail, fag |
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claret | (noun) a dark purplish-red color | - |
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(noun) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | Synonyms: red Bordeaux |
combretum | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers | - |
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concrete | (noun) a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water | - |
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concreteness | (noun) the quality of being concrete (not abstract) | - |
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concretion | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, conglutination |
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(noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, densification |
(noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: calculus |
(noun) the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) | - |
concretism | (noun) a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms | Synonyms: concrete representation |
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contretemps | (noun) an awkward clash | - |
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cretin | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
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cretinism | (noun) severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting | - |
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cretonne | (noun) an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies | - |
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curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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curette | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curet |
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curettement | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettage |
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dehydroretinol | (noun) a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1 | Synonyms: vitamin A2 |
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diaphoretic | (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
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discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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(noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
(noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
(noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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egret | (noun) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
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electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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entirety | (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, integrality, totality |
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eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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erethism | (noun) an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part | - |
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excreta | (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excretion, excretory product |
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excreting | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding |
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excretion | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding |
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(noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product |
farmerette | (noun) a woman working on a farm | - |
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ferret | (noun) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits | - |
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(noun) musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct | Synonyms: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes |
ferroconcrete | (noun) concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses | Synonyms: reinforced concrete |
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firethorn | (noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | Synonyms: fire thorn, pyracanth, Pyracantha |
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firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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floret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floweret |
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floweret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floret |
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foretaste | (noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
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foretelling | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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(noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, prediction, prognostication |
forethought | (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, precaution |
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(noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: premeditation |
foretoken | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, preindication, sign |
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foretop | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: forelock |
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(noun) a platform at the head of a foremast | - |
fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch | - |
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(noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) | Synonyms: Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern |
(noun) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | Synonyms: worn spot |
(noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: lather, stew, sweat, swither |
fretfulness | (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
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fretsaw | (noun) fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines | Synonyms: jigsaw, scroll saw |
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fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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garret | (noun) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage | Synonyms: attic, loft |
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heretic | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: misbeliever, religious outcast |
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(noun) a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) | - |
homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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(noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
hypersecretion | (noun) excessive secretion | - |
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imaret | (noun) a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
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indiscretion | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: peccadillo |
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(noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
interpretation | (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: rendering, rendition |
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(noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpreting, rendering, rendition |
(noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: reading, version |
(noun) an explanation that results from interpreting something | - |
interpreter | (noun) (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time | Synonyms: interpretive program |
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(noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: representative, spokesperson, voice |
(noun) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages | Synonyms: translator |
(noun) someone who uses art to represent something | - |
interpreting | (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering, rendition |
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launderette | (noun) a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers | Synonyms: Laundromat |
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lazaret | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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lazarette | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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lazaretto | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, pesthouse |
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(noun) a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship | Synonyms: glory hole |
leatherette | (noun) fabric made to look like leather | Synonyms: imitation leather |
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leveret | (noun) a young hare especially one in its first year | - |
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librettist | (noun) author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta | - |
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libretto | (noun) the words of an opera or musical play | - |
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majorette | (noun) a female drum major | Synonyms: drum majorette |
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(noun) a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band | Synonyms: drum majorette |
meretriciousness | (noun) an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility | Synonyms: speciousness |
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(noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, tawdriness |
minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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misinterpretation | (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: mistaking, misunderstanding |
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norethandrolone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethindrone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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norethindrone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethandrolone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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norethynodrel | (noun) a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding | - |
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operetta | (noun) a short amusing opera | Synonyms: light opera |
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overinterpretation | (noun) Excessive interpretation. | - |
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paretic | (noun) a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) | - |
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