abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
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 |
betaine | (noun) a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets | - |
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bloodstain | (noun) a discoloration caused by blood | - |
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captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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(noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
(noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
(noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
(noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
(noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
(noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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(noun) the state of being certain | - |
chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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(noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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container | (noun) any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | - |
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containerful | (noun) the quantity that a container will hold | - |
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containership | (noun) a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes | Synonyms: container ship, container vessel |
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containment | (noun) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading | - |
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(noun) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | - |
(noun) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully | - |
counterstain | (noun) a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly | - |
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curtain | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: drape, drapery, mantle, pall |
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(noun) any barrier to communication or vision | - |
detainee | (noun) some held in custody | Synonyms: political detainee |
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detainment | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detention, hold |
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edutainment | (noun) entertainment that is intended to be educational | - |
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entertainer | (noun) a person who tries to please or amuse | - |
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entertainment | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: amusement |
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fountain | (noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water | Synonyms: fount |
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(noun) an artificially produced flow of water | Synonyms: jet |
(noun) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises | - |
(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring |
fountainhead | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: well, wellspring |
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(noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: head, headspring |
infotainment | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary, documentary film |
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maintainer | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: sustainer, upholder |
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militainment | (noun) entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated | - |
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mountain | (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mount |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
mountaineer | (noun) someone who climbs mountains | Synonyms: mountain climber |
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mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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mountainside | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: versant |
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obtainment | (noun) the act of obtaining | Synonyms: obtention |
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pertainym | (noun) meaning relating to or pertaining to | - |
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plantain | (noun) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics | - |
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(noun) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | Synonyms: Musa paradisiaca, plantain tree |
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally | - |
retainer | (noun) a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment | - |
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(noun) a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | Synonyms: servant |
(noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: consideration |
stain | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, spot |
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(noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, discolouration |
(noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigma |
(noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grime, grunge, soil |
(noun) (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible | - |
stainability | (noun) (cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes | - |
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stainer | (noun) a worker who stains (wood or fabric) | - |
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staining | (noun) (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study | - |
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(noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: maculation, spotting |
stainless | (noun) steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion | Synonyms: chromium steel, stainless steel |
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sustainability | (noun) the property of being sustainable | - |
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sustainer | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: maintainer, upholder |
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sustainment | (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep |
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taint | (noun) the state of being contaminated | Synonyms: contamination |
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unattainability | (noun) The fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired. | - |
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unattainableness | (noun) the state of being unattainable | - |
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uncertainness | (noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: precariousness, uncertainty |
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uncertainty | (noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: precariousness, uncertainness |
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(noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude |