| aeciospore | (noun) spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium | - |
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| archespore | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archesporium |
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| archesporium | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archespore |
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| arthrospore | (noun) one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi | - |
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| (noun) a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria | - |
| ascospore | (noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus | - |
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| basidiospore | (noun) a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium | - |
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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| cephalosporin | (noun) one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity | Synonyms: Mefoxin |
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| cesspool | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, sink, sump |
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| chlamydospore | (noun) thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae | - |
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| conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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| corespondent | (noun) the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding | Synonyms: co-respondent |
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| correspondence | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: parallelism |
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| (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | Synonyms: balance, symmetricalness, symmetry |
| (noun) communication by the exchange of letters | - |
| (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness |
| correspondent | (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
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| (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
| despoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| despoiler | (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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| despoilment | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| despoliation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| despondence | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness |
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| despondency | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, disconsolateness, heartsickness |
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| despot | (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator | Synonyms: autocrat, tyrant |
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| despotism | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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| (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: absolutism, tyranny |
| dessertspoon | (noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold | Synonyms: dessertspoonful |
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| dessertspoonful | (noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold | Synonyms: dessertspoon |
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| diaspora | (noun) the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) | - |
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| (noun) the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | - |
| disposable | (noun) an item that can be disposed of after it has been used | - |
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| disposal | (noun) the act or means of getting rid of something | Synonyms: disposition |
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| (noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: administration |
| (noun) a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage | Synonyms: electric pig, garbage disposal |
| (noun) the power to use something or someone | - |
| disposition | (noun) the act or means of getting rid of something | Synonyms: disposal |
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| (noun) your usual mood | Synonyms: temperament |
| (noun) a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing | - |
| (noun) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others | Synonyms: inclination, tendency |
| dispossession | (noun) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | Synonyms: eviction, legal ouster |
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| (noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: exorcism |
| endospore | (noun) a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae | - |
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| esports | (noun) electronic sports | - |
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| espousal | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, acceptation, adoption |
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| (noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: bridal |
| (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: betrothal |
| eusporangium | (noun) a sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells | - |
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| eyespot | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: ocellus |
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| fitspo | (noun) an image of promoting proper exercise and diet | - |
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| fusspot | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart |
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| haemosporidian | (noun) minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens | - |
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| haplosporidian | (noun) parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance | - |
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| heterospory | (noun) the development of both microspores and megaspores | - |
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| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| hotspot | (noun) a lively entertainment spot | Synonyms: hot spot |
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| (noun) a point of relatively intense heat or radiation | Synonyms: hot spot |
| (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: flashpoint, hot spot, trouble spot |
| indisposition | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance |
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| (noun) a slight illness | - |
| irresponsibility | (noun) a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions | Synonyms: irresponsibleness |
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| irresponsibleness | (noun) a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions | Synonyms: irresponsibility |
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| leptosporangium | (noun) a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns | - |
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| macrosporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: megasporangium |
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| macrospore | (noun) larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte | Synonyms: megaspore |
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| megasporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: macrosporangium |
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| megaspore | (noun) larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte | Synonyms: macrospore |
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| megasporophyll | (noun) in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia | - |
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| microsporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces microspores | - |
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| microspore | (noun) smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte | - |
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| microsporidian | (noun) parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells | - |
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| microsporophyll | (noun) in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia | - |
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| myxosporidian | (noun) mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens | - |
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| nightspot | (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, club, night club, nightclub |
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| oospore | (noun) a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi | - |
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| outspokenness | (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: frankness |
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| passport | (noun) any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission | Synonyms: recommendation |
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| (noun) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country | - |
| (noun) any authorization to pass or go somewhere | Synonyms: pass |
| predisposition | (noun) a disposition in advance to react in a particular way | - |
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| (noun) an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way | - |
| (noun) susceptibility to a pathogen | Synonyms: sensitivity |
| redisposition | (noun) the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively | Synonyms: redeployment |
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| respondent | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: answerer, responder |
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| (noun) the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent | - |
| responder | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: answerer, respondent |
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| response | (noun) a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent | Synonyms: reaction |
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| (noun) the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals | - |
| (noun) the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange | Synonyms: reply |
| (noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | Synonyms: answer, reply |
| (noun) the manner in which something is greeted | Synonyms: reception |
| (noun) a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister | - |
| (noun) a result | - |
| responsibility | (noun) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force | Synonyms: duty, obligation |
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| (noun) a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct | Synonyms: responsibleness |
| (noun) the proper sphere or extent of your activities | Synonyms: province |
| responsibleness | (noun) a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct | Synonyms: responsibility |
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| responsiveness | (noun) the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events | - |
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| (noun) responsive to stimulation | Synonyms: reactivity |
| rhinosporidiosis | (noun) fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming | - |
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| sarcosporidian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian |
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| silverspot | (noun) butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings | - |
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| soupspoon | (noun) a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup | Synonyms: soup spoon |
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| spodumene | (noun) a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium | - |
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| spoil | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation |
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| (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoilage, spoiling |
| (noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) | - |
| spoilable | (noun) food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | Synonyms: perishable |
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| spoilage | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoiling |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoiling |
| (noun) the amount that has spoiled | - |
| spoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoliation |
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| spoiler | (noun) a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | - |
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| (noun) an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | - |
| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider |
| (noun) a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | - |
| (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer |
| spoiling | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoilage |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoilage |
| spoilsport | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: killjoy, party pooper, wet blanket |
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| spoke | (noun) support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim | Synonyms: radius, wheel spoke |
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| (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rundle, rung |
| spokeshave | (noun) a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes) | - |
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| spokesman | (noun) a male spokesperson | - |
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| spokesperson | (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: interpreter, representative, voice |
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| spokeswoman | (noun) a female spokesperson | - |
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| spoliation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation |
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| (noun) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence | - |
| spondee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | - |
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| spondylarthritis | (noun) arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | - |
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| spondylitis | (noun) inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness | - |
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| spondylolisthesis | (noun) a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | - |
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| sponge | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: parazoan, poriferan |
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| (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponger |
| (noun) someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily | Synonyms: quick study |
| (noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used | - |
| spongefly | (noun) hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | Synonyms: spongillafly |
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| sponger | (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponge |
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| (noun) a workman employed to collect sponges | - |
| spongillafly | (noun) hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | Synonyms: spongefly |
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| sponginess | (noun) the porosity of a sponge | - |
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| (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: compressibility, squeezability |
| spongioblast | (noun) any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia | - |
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| spongioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: glioblastoma |
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| sponsor | (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, supporter |
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| (noun) an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) | Synonyms: presenter |
| sponsorship | (noun) the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially) | - |
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| spontaneity | (noun) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint | Synonyms: spontaneousness |
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| spontaneousness | (noun) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint | Synonyms: spontaneity |
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