| attache | (noun) a shallow and rectangular briefcase | Synonyms: attache case |
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| (noun) a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission | - |
| attachment | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: fastening |
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| (noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: affixation |
| (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion |
| (noun) a supplementary part or accessory | - |
| (noun) a connection that fastens things together | Synonyms: bond |
| (noun) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | - |
| (noun) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | Synonyms: fond regard |
| attack | (noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) | Synonyms: onrush, onset, onslaught |
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| (noun) a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase | Synonyms: tone-beginning |
| (noun) the act of attacking | Synonyms: attempt |
| (noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | Synonyms: approach, plan of attack |
| (noun) an offensive move in a sport or game | - |
| (noun) strong criticism | - |
| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: blast, fire, flack, flak |
| (noun) the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) | - |
| (noun) a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition | - |
| attacker | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, assaulter |
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| attainability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainableness |
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| attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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| attainder | (noun) cancellation of civil rights | Synonyms: civil death |
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| attainment | (noun) the act of achieving an aim | - |
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| (noun) arrival at a new stage | - |
| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill |
| attar | (noun) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers | Synonyms: atar, athar, ottar |
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| attestant | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestator, attestor, witness |
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| (noun) someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something | Synonyms: attester |
| attestation | (noun) the action of bearing witness | - |
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| (noun) the evidence by which something is attested | - |
| attestator | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestant, attestor, witness |
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| audiotape | (noun) magnetic tape for use in recording sound | - |
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| (noun) a tape recording of sound | - |
| augmentation | (noun) the act of augmenting | - |
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| (noun) the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) | - |
| (noun) the amount by which something becomes greater | - |
| auscultation | (noun) listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) | - |
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| autacoid | (noun) any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification | Synonyms: autocoid |
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| autarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a single individual | Synonyms: autocracy |
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| (noun) economic independence as a national policy | Synonyms: autarky |
| autarky | (noun) economic independence as a national policy | Synonyms: autarchy |
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| authoritarian | (noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | Synonyms: dictator |
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| authoritarianism | (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, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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| autocatalysis | (noun) catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction | - |
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| avatar | (noun) the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form | - |
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| (noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: embodiment, incarnation |
| aventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: camail, ventail |
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| avitaminosis | (noun) any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | Synonyms: hypovitaminosis |
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| azotaemia | (noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | Synonyms: azotemia, uraemia, uremia |
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| babytalk | (noun) the developing speech of a young child | Synonyms: baby talk |
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| (noun) an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child | Synonyms: baby talk, motherese |
| backstage | (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: offstage, wing |
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| backstairs | (noun) a second staircase at the rear of a building | - |
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| backstay | (noun) a stay that supports the back of something | - |
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| backtalk | (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, lip, mouth, sass, sassing |
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| bacteriostasis | (noun) inhibition of the growth of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriostat | (noun) a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth | - |
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| balata | (noun) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber | Synonyms: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata |
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| (noun) when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls | Synonyms: gutta balata |
| ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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| bandstand | (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: outdoor stage, stand |
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| bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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| bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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| bantam | (noun) any of various small breeds of fowl | - |
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| bantamweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the flyweight division and lighter than those in the featherweight division. | - |
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| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs 115-126 pounds | - |
| barbital | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal |
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| baronetage | (noun) the state of a baronet | - |
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| (noun) the collective body of baronets | - |
| barracouta | (noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | Synonyms: snoek |
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| baryta | (noun) any of several compounds of barium | - |
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| bastard | (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: mongrel |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
| (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
| bastardisation | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardization |
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| bastardization | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardisation |
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| (noun) declaring or rendering bastard | - |
| bastardy | (noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, illegitimacy |
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| battalion | (noun) an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies | - |
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| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: large number, multitude, pack, plurality |
| beanstalk | (noun) stem of a bean plant | - |
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| berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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| beta | (noun) the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| betaine | (noun) a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets | - |
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| betatron | (noun) accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux | Synonyms: induction accelerator |
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| bimetal | (noun) material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals | - |
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| bimetallism | (noun) a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio | - |
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| bimetallist | (noun) an advocate of bimetallism | - |
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| bioattack | (noun) the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food | Synonyms: biologic attack, biological attack, biological warfare, BW |
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| biocatalyst | (noun) a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme | - |
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| biostatistics | (noun) a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis | Synonyms: biometrics, biometry |
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| biota | (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region | Synonyms: biology |
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| biretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, birretta |
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| birretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, biretta |
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| bitartrate | (noun) an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate | - |
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| blacktail | (noun) mule deer of western Rocky Mountains | Synonyms: black-tailed deer, blacktail deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus |
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| blatancy | (noun) the property of being both obvious and offensive | - |
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| blaxploitation | (noun) the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) | - |
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| bloodstain | (noun) a discoloration caused by blood | - |
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| bobtail | (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals | Synonyms: bob, dock |
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| (noun) large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain | Synonyms: Old English sheepdog |
| bookstall | (noun) a shop where books are sold | Synonyms: bookshop, bookstore |
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| borstal | (noun) formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | - |
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| bota | (noun) a wine bottle made of leather | - |
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| botanical | (noun) a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves) | - |
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| botanist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: phytologist, plant scientist |
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| botany | (noun) the branch of biology that studies plants | Synonyms: phytology |
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| (noun) all the plant life in a particular region or period | Synonyms: flora, vegetation |
| bristletail | (noun) small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail | - |
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| broadtail | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: caracul, karakul |
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| (noun) the fur of a very young karakul lamb | - |
| browntail | (noun) small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees | Synonyms: brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea |
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| brutalisation | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalisation, animalization, brutalization |
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| (noun) the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously | Synonyms: brutalization |
| (noun) the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner | Synonyms: brutalization |
| brutality | (noun) a brutal barbarous savage act | Synonyms: barbarism, barbarity, savagery |
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| (noun) the trait of extreme cruelty | Synonyms: ferociousness, savagery, viciousness |
| brutalization | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalisation, animalization, brutalisation |
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| (noun) the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously | Synonyms: brutalisation |
| (noun) the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner | Synonyms: brutalisation |
| buntal | (noun) fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats | - |
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| bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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| butacaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: butacaine sulfate |
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| butadiene | (noun) a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers | - |
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| butane | (noun) occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels | - |
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| butanol | (noun) a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents | Synonyms: butyl alcohol |
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| butanone | (noun) colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid | Synonyms: methyl ethyl ketone |
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| butat | (noun) 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia | Synonyms: butut |
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| bystander | (noun) a nonparticipant spectator | - |
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| cabotage | (noun) navigation in coastal waters | - |
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| (noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders | - |
| cabstand | (noun) a place where taxis park while awaiting customers | Synonyms: taxi rank, taxistand |
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| caftan | (noun) a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant | Synonyms: kaftan |
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| (noun) a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East | Synonyms: kaftan |
| canasta | (noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | Synonyms: basket rummy, meld |
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| cantala | (noun) Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine | Synonyms: Agave cantala, maguey |
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| (noun) hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants | Synonyms: Cebu maguey, manila maguey |
| cantaloup | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloupe |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| cantata | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: oratorio |
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| capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
| capital | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, chapiter |
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| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| (noun) a seat of government | - |
| (noun) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product | - |
| (noun) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | - |
| (noun) assets available for use in the production of further assets | Synonyms: working capital |
| capitalisation | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalization |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalization |