bismuth | (noun) a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals | Synonyms: atomic number 83, Bi |
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chiasmus | (noun) inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | - |
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cornsmut | (noun) a smut fungus attacking Indian corn | Synonyms: corn smut |
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laryngismus | (noun) laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles | - |
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marasmus | (noun) extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders | - |
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osmund | (noun) any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters | Synonyms: flowering fern |
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smudge | (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, spot |
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(noun) a smoky fire to drive away insects | - |
smuggler | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner |
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smuggling | (noun) secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due | - |
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smugness | (noun) an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction | - |
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smut | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: erotica, porn, porno, pornography |
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(noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, vulgarism |
(noun) any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | Synonyms: smut fungus |
(noun) destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores | - |
(noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, lampblack, soot |
smuttiness | (noun) obscenity in speech or writing | Synonyms: dirtiness |
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(noun) the state of being dirty with soot | Synonyms: sootiness |
strabismus | (noun) abnormal alignment of one or both eyes | Synonyms: squint |
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tenesmus | (noun) painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome | - |
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transmutability | (noun) the quality of being commutable | Synonyms: commutability |
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transmutation | (noun) an act that changes the form or character or substance of something | Synonyms: transubstantiation |
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(noun) a qualitative change | Synonyms: shift, transformation |
(noun) (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) | - |
trismus | (noun) prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles | - |
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vaginismus | (noun) muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination | - |
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