aeschynanthus | (noun) a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex | - |
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affenpinscher | (noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle | Synonyms: monkey dog, monkey pinscher |
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borsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borscht | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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bortsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht |
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cheiloschisis | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cleft lip, harelip |
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crosscheck | (noun) an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick) | - |
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(noun) an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources | - |
discharge | (noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: firing, firing off |
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(noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
(noun) a formal written statement of relinquishment | Synonyms: release, waiver |
(noun) the act of venting | Synonyms: venting |
(noun) the sudden giving off of energy | - |
(noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: outpouring, run |
(noun) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | Synonyms: arc, electric arc, electric discharge, spark |
(noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: emission, expelling |
(noun) a substance that is emitted or released | Synonyms: emission |
dyschezia | (noun) difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate) | - |
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eschalot | (noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | Synonyms: Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, multiplier onion, shallot |
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eschar | (noun) a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin | - |
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eschatologist | (noun) a theologian who specializes in eschatology | - |
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eschatology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind | - |
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eschaton | (noun) (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | Synonyms: crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, day of reckoning, Doomsday, doomsday, end of the world, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment |
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escheat | (noun) a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs | - |
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(noun) the property that reverts to the state | - |
escherichia | (noun) a genus of enteric bacteria | - |
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festschrift | (noun) a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar | - |
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gegenschein | (noun) a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space | Synonyms: counterglow |
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groschen | (noun) 100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria | - |
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haschisch | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: hash, hasheesh, hashish |
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highschool | (noun) a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 | Synonyms: high, high school, senior high, senior high school |
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ischaemia | (noun) local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism | Synonyms: ischemia |
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ischemia | (noun) local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism | Synonyms: ischaemia |
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ischium | (noun) one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium | Synonyms: ischial bone, os ischii |
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kirsch | (noun) from fermented juice of black morello cherries | - |
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kitsch | (noun) excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste | - |
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maraschino | (noun) cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: maraschino cherry |
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(noun) distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries | Synonyms: maraschino liqueur |
meerschaum | (noun) a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum | - |
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(noun) a white clayey mineral | Synonyms: sepiolite |
mensch | (noun) a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics | Synonyms: mensh |
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mischance | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mishap |
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(noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mishap |
mischief | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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(noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: balefulness, maleficence |
mischievousness | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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(noun) an attribute of mischievous children | Synonyms: badness, naughtiness |
(noun) the trait of behaving like an imp | Synonyms: impishness, puckishness, whimsicality |
mittelschmerz | (noun) pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) | - |
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ornithischian | (noun) herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird | Synonyms: ornithischian dinosaur |
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oscheocele | (noun) swelling of the scrotum | Synonyms: oscheocoele |
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oscheocoele | (noun) swelling of the scrotum | Synonyms: oscheocele |
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pinscher | (noun) any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped | - |
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playschool | (noun) a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions | Synonyms: play group |
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preschool | (noun) an educational institution for children too young for elementary school | - |
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preschooler | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, kindergartner |
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putsch | (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, takeover |
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rachischisis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: schistorrhachis, spina bifida |
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saurischian | (noun) herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile | Synonyms: saurischian dinosaur |
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schedule | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, docket |
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(noun) an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur | - |
scheduler | (noun) computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order | - |
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scheduling | (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programing, programming |
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scheelite | (noun) a mineral used as an ore of tungsten | - |
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schema | (noun) a schematic or preliminary plan | Synonyms: outline, scheme |
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(noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world | Synonyms: scheme |
schematic | (noun) diagram of an electrical or mechanical system | Synonyms: schematic drawing |
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schematisation | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: diagramming, schematization |
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(noun) the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | Synonyms: schematization |
schematization | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: diagramming, schematisation |
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(noun) the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | Synonyms: schematisation |
scheme | (noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Synonyms: strategy |
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(noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world | Synonyms: schema |
(noun) a schematic or preliminary plan | Synonyms: outline, schema |
(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | Synonyms: dodge, dodging |
(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | Synonyms: system |
schemer | (noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: plotter |
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schemozzle | (noun) (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | Synonyms: shemozzle |
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scherzo | (noun) a fast movement (usually in triple time) | - |
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schilling | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Austria | Synonyms: Austrian schilling |
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schipperke | (noun) breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium | - |
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schism | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions | Synonyms: split |
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(noun) the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences | - |
schist | (noun) any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers | - |
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schistorrhachis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: rachischisis, spina bifida |
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schistosome | (noun) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals | Synonyms: blood fluke |
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schistosomiasis | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis |
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schizanthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers | Synonyms: butterfly flower, poor man's orchid |
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schizocarp | (noun) a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed | - |
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schizogony | (noun) asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans | - |
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schizoid | (noun) characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia | Synonyms: schizotypal personality |
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schizopetalon | (noun) a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers | Synonyms: Schizopetalon walkeri |
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schizophrenia | (noun) any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | Synonyms: dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis |
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schizophrenic | (noun) someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia | - |
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schizothymia | (noun) resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality | - |
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schlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: shlemiel |
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schlep | (noun) a tedious or difficult journey | Synonyms: shlep |
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(noun) (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person | Synonyms: schlepper, shlep, shlepper |
schlepper | (noun) (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person | Synonyms: schlep, shlep, shlepper |
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schlimazel | (noun) (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | Synonyms: shlimazel |
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schlock | (noun) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | Synonyms: dreck, shlock |
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schlockmeister | (noun) (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise | Synonyms: shlockmeister |
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schmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmalz, shmaltz |
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schmalz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, shmaltz |
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schmear | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmeer, shmear |
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schmeer | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmear, shmear |
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schmegegge | (noun) (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense | Synonyms: shmegegge |
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schmo | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmuck, shmo, shmuck |
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schmoose | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze |
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schmooze | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose |
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schmoozer | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, conversationist |
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schmuck | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmo, shmo, shmuck |
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schnapps | (noun) any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes | Synonyms: schnaps |
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schnaps | (noun) any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes | Synonyms: schnapps |
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schnauzer | (noun) old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs | - |
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schnecken | (noun) rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom | Synonyms: caramel bun, honey bun, sticky bun |
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schnittlaugh | (noun) perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning | Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chive, chives, cive |
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schnitzel | (noun) deep-fried breaded veal cutlets | Synonyms: Wiener schnitzel |
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schnook | (noun) (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised | Synonyms: shnook |
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schnorchel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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schnorkel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorchel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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schnorrer | (noun) (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others | Synonyms: shnorrer |
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schnoz | (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnozzle, snoot, snout |
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schnozzle | (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, snoot, snout |
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scholar | (noun) a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | Synonyms: bookman, scholarly person |
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(noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: assimilator, learner, student |
(noun) a student who holds a scholarship | - |
scholarship | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning |
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(noun) financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit | - |