| cringe | (noun) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | - |
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| (noun) some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame | - |
| cringle | (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop |
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| crinion | (noun) point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead | Synonyms: trichion |
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| crinkle | (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
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| crinkleroot | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort |
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| crinoid | (noun) primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk | - |
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| crinoline | (noun) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing | - |
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| (noun) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric | - |
| (noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: hoopskirt |
| culverin | (noun) a medieval musket | - |
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| (noun) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
| curing | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: hardening, set, solidification, solidifying |
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| customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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| cyanohydrin | (noun) any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom | - |
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| cyclobenzaprine | (noun) muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury | Synonyms: Flexeril |
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| cycloserine | (noun) an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus | - |
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| cyprinid | (noun) soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales | Synonyms: cyprinid fish |
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| cyprinodont | (noun) any member of the family Cyprinodontidae | - |
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| czarina | (noun) the wife or widow of a czar | Synonyms: czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina |
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| daring | (noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | Synonyms: boldness, hardihood, hardiness |
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| (noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | Synonyms: dare |
| dayspring | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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| decentering | (noun) Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others. | Synonyms: decentration |
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| deoxyephedrine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| derringer | (noun) a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel | - |
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| dextrin | (noun) any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements | - |
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| dilatoriness | (noun) slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | Synonyms: procrastination |
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| dimenhydrinate | (noun) antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Dramamine |
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| disappearing | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearance |
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| dithering | (noun) the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color | - |
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| doctrinaire | (noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions | Synonyms: dogmatist |
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| doctrine | (noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | Synonyms: ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought |
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| domineeringness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: imperiousness, overbearingness |
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| drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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| dreariness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, insipidity, insipidness |
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| drink | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drinking, drunkenness |
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| (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, swallow |
| (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drinkable, potable |
| (noun) a single serving of a beverage | - |
| (noun) any large deep body of water | - |
| drinkable | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, potable |
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| drinker | (noun) a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | Synonyms: imbiber, juicer, toper |
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| (noun) a person who drinks liquids | - |
| drinking | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | Synonyms: imbibing, imbibition |
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| (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness |
| earring | (noun) jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe | - |
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| eeriness | (noun) strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear | Synonyms: ghostliness |
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| electioneering | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, political campaign |
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| (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, canvassing |
| endocrine | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Synonyms: hormone, internal secretion |
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| (noun) any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: ductless gland, endocrine gland |
| endocrinologist | (noun) physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system | - |
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| endocrinology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions | - |
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| enduringness | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: durability, lastingness, strength |
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| engineering | (noun) the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry | - |
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| (noun) a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located | Synonyms: engine room |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering science, technology |
| entering | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entrance, entry, incoming, ingress |
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| (noun) a movement into or inward | Synonyms: entrance |
| ephedrine | (noun) white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma | - |
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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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| eringo | (noun) any plant of the genus Eryngium | Synonyms: eryngo |
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| erythrina | (noun) any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: coral tree |
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| exemplariness | (noun) The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example. | - |
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| exocrine | (noun) a gland that secretes externally through a duct | Synonyms: duct gland, exocrine gland |
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| extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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| factoring | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factorisation, factorization |
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| faltering | (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: falter, hesitation, waver |
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| farina | (noun) fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings | - |
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| featheriness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, fluffiness |
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| feathering | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feather |
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| festering | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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| (noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | Synonyms: maturation, suppuration |
| fibrin | (noun) a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets | - |
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| fibrinase | (noun) in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot | Synonyms: factor XIII |
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| fibrinogen | (noun) a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots | Synonyms: factor I |
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| fibrinolysin | (noun) an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots | Synonyms: plasmin |
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| fibrinolysis | (noun) a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots | - |
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| fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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| fieriness | (noun) the heat or the color of fire | Synonyms: red heat |
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| (noun) a passionate and quick-tempered nature | - |
| figurine | (noun) a small carved or molded figure | Synonyms: statuette |
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| figuring | (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, computation, reckoning |
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| filaggrin | (noun) the main protein of the keratohyalin granules | - |
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| fingering | (noun) touching something with the fingers | - |
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| (noun) the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument | - |
| fingerprint | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingermark |
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| (noun) a generic term for any identifying characteristic | - |
| (noun) a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations | - |
| fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
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| firing | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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| (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
| (noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
| (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: fire |
| flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flooring | (noun) the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) | Synonyms: floor |
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| (noun) building material used in laying floors | - |
| florin | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Dutch florin, guilder, gulden |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: guilder, gulden |
| flouriness | (noun) The state or condition of resembling flour, of being a fine soft powder. | - |
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| flowering | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence |
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| (noun) a developmental process | Synonyms: unfolding |
| fluorine | (noun) a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite | Synonyms: atomic number 9, F |
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| fluttering | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flapping, flutter |
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| footprint | (noun) the area taken up by some object | - |
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| (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footmark, step |
| (noun) a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important | - |
| forint | (noun) the basic unit of money in Hungary | - |
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| forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
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| fostering | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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| (noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fosterage |
| foundering | (noun) (of a ship) sinking | Synonyms: going under |
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| fringe | (noun) an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels | - |
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| (noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: bang |
| (noun) a social group holding marginal or extreme views | - |
| (noun) a part of the city far removed from the center | Synonyms: outskirt |
| (noun) one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light | Synonyms: interference fringe |
| (noun) the outside boundary or surface of something | Synonyms: outer boundary, periphery |
| fringepod | (noun) annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles | Synonyms: lacepod |
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| furring | (noun) strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard | Synonyms: furring strip |
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| (noun) a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue | - |
| gastrin | (noun) polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated | - |
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| gathering | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assemblage, assembly |
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| (noun) the act of gathering something | Synonyms: gather |
| (noun) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching | Synonyms: gather |
| (noun) a group of persons together in one place | Synonyms: assemblage |
| gearing | (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gear, geartrain, power train, train |
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| glimmering | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, inkling, intimation |
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| globigerina | (noun) marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes | - |
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| glycerin | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerine, glycerol |
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| glycerine | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerin, glycerol |
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| gorgerin | (noun) the molding at the top of a column | Synonyms: necking |
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| gossipmongering | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossiping |
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| gregarine | (noun) vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates | - |
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| grin | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grinning, smile, smiling |
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| grind | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: mill, pulverisation, pulverization |
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| (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, plodding |
| (noun) the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground | - |
| (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, swot, wonk |