abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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antiproton | (noun) an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton | - |
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antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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autoeroticism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoerotism |
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autoerotism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoeroticism |
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betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
betrothed | (noun) the person to whom you are engaged | - |
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broth | (noun) a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock | - |
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(noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | Synonyms: stock |
brothel | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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brother | (noun) a male with the same parents as someone else | Synonyms: blood brother |
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(noun) a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) | - |
(noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick |
(noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: comrade |
brotherhood | (noun) the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers | - |
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(noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: fraternity, sodality |
(noun) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | Synonyms: labor union, trade union, trades union, union |
(noun) the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings | - |
brotula | (noun) deep-sea fishes | - |
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carotene | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotin, provitamin A |
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(noun) yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants | - |
carotenemia | (noun) excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color | Synonyms: xanthemia |
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carotenoid | (noun) any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals | - |
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carotin | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotene, provitamin A |
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carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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(noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
(noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
(noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
carrottop | (noun) someone who has red hair | Synonyms: red-header, redhead, redheader |
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chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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chlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension | Synonyms: Diuril |
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crotal | (noun) any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made | Synonyms: crottal, crottle |
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crotalaria | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | Synonyms: rattlebox |
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crotaphion | (noun) the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone | - |
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crotch | (noun) the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk | Synonyms: fork |
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(noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: genital organ, genitalia, genitals, private parts, privates |
(noun) the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches | Synonyms: fork |
crotchet | (noun) a small tool or hooklike implement | - |
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(noun) a strange attitude or habit | Synonyms: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness |
(noun) a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note | Synonyms: quarter note |
(noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook | Synonyms: hook |
crotchetiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crankiness, grumpiness |
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croton | (noun) tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil | Synonyms: Croton tiglium |
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(noun) grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant | Synonyms: Codiaeum variegatum |
crotonbug | (noun) small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest | Synonyms: Blattella germanica, Croton bug, German cockroach, water bug |
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crottal | (noun) any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made | Synonyms: crotal, crottle |
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crottle | (noun) any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made | Synonyms: crotal, crottal |
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dextrorotation | (noun) rotation to the right | Synonyms: clockwise rotation |
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dogtrot | (noun) a steady trot like that of a dog | - |
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electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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enterotomy | (noun) surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine | Synonyms: enterostomy |
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enterotoxemia | (noun) a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines | - |
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enterotoxin | (noun) a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa | - |
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erotic | (noun) an erotic person | - |
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erotica | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: porn, porno, pornography, smut |
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eroticism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness |
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(noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: erotism |
erotism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, sexiness |
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(noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: eroticism |
fetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: foetoprotein |
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foetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: fetoprotein |
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foxtrot | (noun) a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences | Synonyms: fox-trot |
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froth | (noun) a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | Synonyms: foam |
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frothiness | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, effervescence |
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frottage | (noun) masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) | - |
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frotteur | (noun) someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) | - |
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garotte | (noun) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation | Synonyms: garrote, garrotte, iron collar |
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garrote | (noun) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation | Synonyms: garotte, garrotte, iron collar |
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garroter | (noun) someone who kills by strangling | Synonyms: choker, garrotter, strangler, throttler |
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garrotte | (noun) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation | Synonyms: garotte, garrote, iron collar |
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garrotter | (noun) someone who kills by strangling | Synonyms: choker, garroter, strangler, throttler |
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globetrotter | (noun) someone who travels widely and often | Synonyms: world traveler |
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glycoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component | - |
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grot | (noun) a small cave (usually with attractive features) | Synonyms: grotto |
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grotesque | (noun) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants | - |
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grotesqueness | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesquerie, grotesquery |
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grotesquerie | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquery |
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grotesquery | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie |
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grotto | (noun) a small cave (usually with attractive features) | Synonyms: grot |
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haemoproteid | (noun) related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds | - |
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haemoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin | Synonyms: hemoprotein |
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heartrot | (noun) any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) | - |
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hemoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin | Synonyms: haemoprotein |
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heterotaxy | (noun) any abnormal position of the organs of the body | Synonyms: transposition |
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heterotroph | (noun) an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | - |
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homoeroticism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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hydrotherapy | (noun) the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: hydropathy |
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hydrothorax | (noun) accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys | - |
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hyperbetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age | - |
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hyperlipoproteinemia | (noun) any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood | - |
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hypobetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol | - |
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hypolipoproteinemia | (noun) any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood | - |
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hypoproteinemia | (noun) abnormally low level of protein in the blood; can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders | - |
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hysterotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section) | - |
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iodoprotein | (noun) a protein that contains iodine | Synonyms: iodinated protein |
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isoproterenol | (noun) drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart | Synonyms: Isuprel |
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laparotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs | - |
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lerot | (noun) dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa | - |
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levorotation | (noun) rotation to the left | Synonyms: counterclockwise rotation |
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lipoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood | - |
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macrotus | (noun) large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico | Synonyms: Macrotus californicus |
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metaproterenol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Alupent |
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microtome | (noun) scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination | - |
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microtoponym | (noun) a name of a "minor" or small natural feature (e.g., a field, path, bridge, ditch, etc.). | - |
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microtubule | (noun) a microscopically small tubule | - |
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nephrotomy | (noun) incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) | - |
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nephrotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects the kidneys | - |
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neurotic | (noun) a person suffering from neurosis | Synonyms: mental case, psychoneurotic |
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neuroticism | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neurosis, psychoneurosis |
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neurotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects neural tissues | Synonyms: neurolysin |
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neurotransmitter | (noun) a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse | - |
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neurotropism | (noun) an affinity for neural tissues | - |
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nucleoprotein | (noun) any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid | - |
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overprotection | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overshielding |
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parotitis | (noun) inflammation of one or both parotid glands | - |
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parrot | (noun) usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds | - |
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(noun) a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated | - |
parrotfish | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | Synonyms: polly fish, pollyfish |
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