carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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carver | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker |
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(noun) someone who carves the meat | Synonyms: cutter |
(noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: woodcarver |
conserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserves, preserve, preserves |
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conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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corvee | (noun) unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes | - |
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corvette | (noun) a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
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curve | (noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | Synonyms: bender, breaking ball, curve ball |
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(noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: bend |
(noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | Synonyms: curvature |
(noun) a line on a graph representing data | - |
(noun) the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | Synonyms: curved shape |
curvet | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: vaulting |
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defervescence | (noun) abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature | - |
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effervescence | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness |
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(noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes | - |
fervency | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
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harvest | (noun) the season for gathering crops | Synonyms: harvest time |
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(noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest home, harvesting |
(noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | - |
(noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season | Synonyms: crop |
harvester | (noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields | Synonyms: reaper |
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(noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest | Synonyms: reaper |
harvestfish | (noun) butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina | Synonyms: Paprilus alepidotus |
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harvesting | (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest, harvest home |
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harvestman | (noun) spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs | Synonyms: daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio |
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hypervelocity | (noun) excessive velocity | - |
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hyperventilation | (noun) an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued | - |
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intervenor | (noun) (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding | - |
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intervention | (noun) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | Synonyms: intercession |
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(noun) (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings | - |
(noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | Synonyms: treatment |
(noun) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | Synonyms: interposition |
(noun) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries | Synonyms: interference |
marvel | (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: wonder |
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marveller | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: wonderer |
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nerve | (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: heart, mettle, spunk |
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(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, face |
(noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nervus |
nervelessness | (noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: coolness |
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nerveroot | (noun) once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America | Synonyms: Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower |
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nerves | (noun) control of your emotions | - |
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(noun) an uneasy psychological state | Synonyms: nervousness |
nonintervention | (noun) a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes | Synonyms: noninterference |
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observer | (noun) a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | Synonyms: beholder, perceiver, percipient |
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(noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: commentator |
parvenu | (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart |
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perve | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, pervert |
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perverseness | (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perversity |
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(noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perversity |
perversion | (noun) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use) | - |
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(noun) an aberrant sexual practice | Synonyms: sexual perversion |
(noun) a curve that reverses the direction of something | - |
perversity | (noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perverseness |
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(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness |
pervert | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, perve |
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preserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserves |
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(noun) a reservation where animals are protected | - |
(noun) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone | - |
preserver | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning | Synonyms: flotation device, life preserver |
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(noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: refinisher, renovator, restorer |
(noun) someone who keeps safe from harm or danger | - |
(noun) a cook who preserves fruits or meat | - |
preserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserve |
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purveyance | (noun) the act of supplying something | - |
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purveyor | (noun) someone who supplies provisions (especially food) | - |
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reserve | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | Synonyms: reticence, taciturnity |
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(noun) formality and propriety of manner | Synonyms: modesty |
(noun) armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency | Synonyms: military reserve |
(noun) a district that is reserved for particular purpose | Synonyms: reservation |
(noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: second-stringer, substitute |
(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: backlog, stockpile |
(noun) (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions | - |
reserves | (noun) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | Synonyms: militia |
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resurvey | (noun) a new survey or study | - |
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serve | (noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | Synonyms: service |
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server | (noun) utensil used in serving food or drink | - |
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(noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: host |
(noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: waiter |
(noun) (court games) the player who serves to start a point | - |
starveling | (noun) someone who is starving (or being starved) | - |
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supervention | (noun) a following on in addition | - |
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surveillance | (noun) close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | - |
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survey | (noun) the act of looking or seeing or observing | Synonyms: sight, view |
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(noun) a detailed critical inspection | Synonyms: study |
(noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, sketch |
surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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surveyor | (noun) an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures | - |
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(noun) someone who conducts a statistical survey | - |
swerve | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerving, veering |
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(noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course | Synonyms: yaw |
timeserver | (noun) one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage | - |
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twitterverse | (noun) the social sphere of the Twitter service | - |
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verve | (noun) an energetic style | Synonyms: vitality |
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vervet | (noun) South African monkey with black face and hands | Synonyms: Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet monkey |
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woodcarver | (noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: carver |
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