acarine | (noun) mite or tick | - |
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airiness | (noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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(noun) the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air | - |
(noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: delicacy |
alizarine | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarin |
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amidopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: aminopyrine |
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aminopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: amidopyrine |
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angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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aquamarine | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise |
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(noun) a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color | - |
arbitrariness | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
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aventurine | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: sunstone |
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azathioprine | (noun) an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ | Synonyms: Imuran |
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blurriness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness |
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brine | (noun) a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling | - |
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(noun) water containing salts | Synonyms: saltwater, seawater |
cadaverine | (noun) a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue | - |
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chariness | (noun) the trait of being cautious and watchful | Synonyms: wariness |
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chlorine | (noun) a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water) | Synonyms: atomic number 17, Cl |
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chorine | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorus girl, showgirl |
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citrine | (noun) semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz | - |
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clarinet | (noun) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube | - |
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clarinetist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinettist |
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clarinettist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinetist |
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complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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contemporariness | (noun) The state or quality of being contemporary, modern, of the present age. | - |
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contradictoriness | (noun) the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | - |
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contrariness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: perverseness, perversity |
customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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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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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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dilatoriness | (noun) slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | Synonyms: procrastination |
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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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dreariness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, insipidity, insipidness |
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eeriness | (noun) strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear | Synonyms: ghostliness |
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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 |
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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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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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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featheriness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, fluffiness |
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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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flouriness | (noun) The state or condition of resembling flour, of being a fine soft powder. | - |
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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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glycerine | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerin, glycerol |
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gregarine | (noun) vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates | - |
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hairiness | (noun) the quality of having hair | Synonyms: pilosity |
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helleborine | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera | - |
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(noun) any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis | - |
(noun) any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme | Synonyms: rattlesnake plantain |
hoariness | (noun) great age (especially grey or white with age) | - |
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(noun) a silvery-white color | Synonyms: frostiness |
hungriness | (noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink) | Synonyms: hunger, thirst, thirstiness |
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(noun) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | Synonyms: longing, yearning |
(noun) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | Synonyms: hunger |
illusoriness | (noun) The quality of resulting from an illusion; of being deceptive, imaginary, unreal. | - |
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introductoriness | (noun) The quality of being introducing; of giving a preview or idea of. | - |
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involuntariness | (noun) the trait of being unwilling | Synonyms: unwillingness |
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jitteriness | (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness |
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latrine | (noun) a public toilet in a military area | - |
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margarine | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, marge, oleo, oleomargarine |
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marine | (noun) a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land | - |
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mariner | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar |
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mepacrine | (noun) a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria | Synonyms: Atabrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride |
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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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mercenariness | (noun) The state or condition of being motivated by private gain. | - |
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merriness | (noun) the trait of merry joking | Synonyms: humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity |
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minisubmarine | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisub |
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miriness | (noun) The state or quality of being swampy or boggy. | - |
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murine | (noun) a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae | - |
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nectarine | (noun) a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin | - |
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(noun) variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh | Synonyms: nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina |
nitroglycerine | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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oleomargarine | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, marge, oleo |
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ordinariness | (noun) the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | Synonyms: mundaneness, mundanity |
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orneriness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: cussedness |
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orphenadrine | (noun) a skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism | Synonyms: Norflex |
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paltriness | (noun) worthlessness due to insignificance | Synonyms: sorriness |
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papaverine | (noun) an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive | Synonyms: Kavrin |
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passerine | (noun) perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless | Synonyms: passeriform bird |
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pepperiness | (noun) a hot spiciness | Synonyms: hotness |
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peregrine | (noun) a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry | Synonyms: Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon |
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perineotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the perineum | - |
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perineum | (noun) the general region between the anus and the genital organs | - |
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perineurium | (noun) the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers | - |
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phenylephrine | (noun) a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion | - |
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piperine | (noun) derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper | Synonyms: piperin |
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powderiness | (noun) having a very fine texture | Synonyms: fineness |
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pseudoephedrine | (noun) poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it | - |
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purine | (noun) a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances | - |
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(noun) any of several bases that are derivatives of purine | - |
quinacrine | (noun) a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria | Synonyms: Atabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride |
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radiochlorine | (noun) a radioactive isotope of chlorine | - |
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refractoriness | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, unmanageableness |
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revolutionariness | (noun) The state or quality of being revolutionary. | - |
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sanitariness | (noun) the state of being conducive to health | - |
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sapphirine | (noun) a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks | - |
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satisfactoriness | (noun) the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement | - |
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savoriness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, flavoursomeness |
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serine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine | - |
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shrine | (noun) a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person | - |
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slipperiness | (noun) a slippery smoothness | Synonyms: slick, slickness, slip |
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(noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal | Synonyms: rascality, shiftiness, trickiness |
solitariness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness |
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(noun) the state of being alone in solitary isolation | Synonyms: loneliness |
sorriness | (noun) worthlessness due to insignificance | Synonyms: paltriness |
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stationariness | (noun) remaining in place | Synonyms: fixedness, immobility |
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submarine | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: pigboat, sub |
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(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
submariner | (noun) a member of the crew of a submarine | - |
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