phosphoprotein | (noun) containing chemically bound phosphoric acid | - |
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pleurothallis | (noun) any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers | - |
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protactinium | (noun) a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead | Synonyms: atomic number 91, Pa, protoactinium |
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protagonism | (noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something | Synonyms: advocacy |
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protagonist | (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, friend, supporter |
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(noun) the principal character in a work of fiction | Synonyms: agonist |
protamine | (noun) a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin | - |
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protanopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue | Synonyms: red-blindness |
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protea | (noun) any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones | - |
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protease | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Synonyms: peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme |
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protection | (noun) the activity of protecting someone or something | - |
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(noun) payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | Synonyms: tribute |
(noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: aegis, auspices |
(noun) the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition | Synonyms: trade protection |
(noun) a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury | Synonyms: protective cover, protective covering |
(noun) defense against financial failure; financial independence | Synonyms: security |
(noun) the condition of being protected | Synonyms: shelter |
protectionism | (noun) the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition | - |
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protectionist | (noun) an advocate of protectionism | - |
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protectiveness | (noun) the quality of providing protection | - |
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(noun) a feeling of protective affection | - |
protector | (noun) a person who cares for persons or property | Synonyms: defender, guardian, shielder |
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protectorate | (noun) a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty | Synonyms: associated state |
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protectorship | (noun) the position of protector | - |
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protege | (noun) a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career | - |
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protegee | (noun) a woman protege | - |
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protein | (noun) any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes | - |
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proteinase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Synonyms: peptidase, protease, proteolytic enzyme |
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proteinuria | (noun) the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder | Synonyms: albuminuria |
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proteolysis | (noun) the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds | - |
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proteome | (noun) the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome | - |
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proteomics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome | - |
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proteosome | (noun) a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler | Synonyms: proteosome vaccine |
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protest | (noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | Synonyms: dissent, objection |
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(noun) a formal and solemn declaration of objection | Synonyms: protestation |
(noun) the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval | - |
protestation | (noun) a strong declaration of protest | - |
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(noun) a formal and solemn declaration of objection | Synonyms: protest |
protester | (noun) someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | Synonyms: demonstrator |
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(noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector |
prothalamion | (noun) a song in celebration of a marriage | Synonyms: prothalamium |
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prothalamium | (noun) a song in celebration of a marriage | Synonyms: prothalamion |
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prothorax | (noun) the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs | - |
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prothrombin | (noun) a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin | Synonyms: factor II |
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prothrombinase | (noun) coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors | Synonyms: factor X |
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protip | (noun) an insightful bit of advice | - |
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protirelin | (noun) hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary | Synonyms: thyrotropin-releasing factor, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRF, TRH |
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protist | (noun) free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes | Synonyms: protistan |
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protistan | (noun) free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes | Synonyms: protist |
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protoactinium | (noun) a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead | Synonyms: atomic number 91, Pa, protactinium |
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protoanthropology | (noun) the study of humans prior to the invention of writing | Synonyms: protohistory |
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protoarchaeology | (noun) the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils | Synonyms: protoarcheology |
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protoarcheology | (noun) the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils | Synonyms: protoarchaeology |
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protoavis | (noun) most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs | - |
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protoceratops | (noun) small horned dinosaur | - |
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protocol | (noun) code of correct conduct | - |
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(noun) forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state | - |
(noun) (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data | Synonyms: communications protocol |
protoctist | (noun) any of the unicellular protists | - |
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protoheme | (noun) a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds | Synonyms: haem, haemitin, hematin, heme |
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protohemin | (noun) a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood | Synonyms: hemin |
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protohippus | (noun) Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size | - |
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protohistory | (noun) the study of humans prior to the invention of writing | Synonyms: protoanthropology |
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protology | (noun) the study of origins and first things | - |
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protomammal | (noun) probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals | Synonyms: therapsid |
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proton | (noun) a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron | - |
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protoplasm | (noun) the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) | Synonyms: living substance |
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protoplast | (noun) a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts | Synonyms: energid |
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prototherian | (noun) primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea | - |
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prototype | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: epitome, image, paradigm |
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protozoan | (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoon |
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protozoologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies protozoans | - |
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protozoology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies protozoans | - |
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protozoon | (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoan |
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protraction | (noun) the act of prolonging something | Synonyms: lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation |
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(noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: continuation, lengthiness, prolongation |
protractor | (noun) drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles | - |
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protriptyline | (noun) tricyclic antidepressant used to treat clinical depression | - |
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protrusion | (noun) the act of projecting out from something | Synonyms: jut, jutting, projection |
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(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protuberance, swelling |
protuberance | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling |
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(noun) the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | - |
proturan | (noun) any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter | Synonyms: telsontail |
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psychoneurotic | (noun) a person suffering from neurosis | Synonyms: mental case, neurotic |
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pyrotechnic | (noun) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | Synonyms: firework |
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pyrotechnics | (noun) the craft of making fireworks | Synonyms: pyrotechny |
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(noun) (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) | - |
pyrotechny | (noun) the craft of making fireworks | Synonyms: pyrotechnics |
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radioprotection | (noun) protection against harmful effects of radiation | - |
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rot | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash |
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(noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, putrefaction, rotting |
(noun) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | Synonyms: putrefaction |
rota | (noun) a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties | - |
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rotary | (noun) a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | Synonyms: circle, roundabout, traffic circle |
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(noun) electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa | Synonyms: rotary converter, synchronous converter |
rotation | (noun) the act of rotating as if on an axis | Synonyms: rotary motion |
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(noun) a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) | - |
(noun) a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | Synonyms: gyration, revolution |
(noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin | - |
rotavirus | (noun) the reovirus causing infant enteritis | - |
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rote | (noun) memorization by repetition | Synonyms: rote learning |
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rotenone | (noun) a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube | - |
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rotgut | (noun) any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality | - |
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rotifer | (noun) minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton | - |
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rotisserie | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats | - |
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(noun) an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns | - |
rotl | (noun) a unit of weight used in some Muslim countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds | - |
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rotogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: photogravure |
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(noun) printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press | - |
(noun) printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press | - |
rotor | (noun) rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils | - |
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(noun) the rotating armature of a motor or generator | Synonyms: rotor coil |
(noun) the revolving bar of a distributor | - |
rottenness | (noun) the quality of rotting and becoming putrid | Synonyms: putrescence |
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(noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: corruption, putrescence, putridness |
rottenstone | (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing | Synonyms: tripoli |
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rotter | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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rotting | (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, putrefaction, rot |
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rotunda | (noun) a large circular room | - |
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(noun) a building having a circular plan and a dome | - |
rotundity | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, globularness, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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(noun) the fullness of a tone of voice | Synonyms: roundness |
rotundness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, globularness, rotundity, sphericalness, sphericity |
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scleroprotein | (noun) a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye | Synonyms: albuminoid |
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sclerotinia | (noun) any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants | - |
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sclerotium | (noun) compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth | - |
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sclerotomy | (noun) surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye | - |
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scrotum | (noun) the external pouch that contains the testes | - |
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serotine | (noun) common brown bat of Europe | Synonyms: Eptesicus serotinus, European brown bat |
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serotonin | (noun) a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory | Synonyms: 5-hydroxytryptamine |
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sporotrichosis | (noun) a chronic fungal infection of the skin and lymph nodes | - |
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stepbrother | (noun) a brother who has only one parent in common with you | Synonyms: half-brother, half brother |
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