aftertaste | (noun) an afterimage of a taste | - |
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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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apostasy | (noun) the act of abandoning a party for cause | Synonyms: tergiversation |
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(noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | Synonyms: defection, renunciation |
arteriectasia | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasis |
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arteriectasis | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasia |
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astasia | (noun) inability to stand due to muscular incoordination | - |
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atelectasis | (noun) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth | - |
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bacteriostasis | (noun) inhibition of the growth of bacteria | - |
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catastrophe | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy |
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(noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | Synonyms: cataclysm |
(noun) a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | Synonyms: disaster |
centas | (noun) 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania | - |
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cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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convertase | (noun) any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds. | - |
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demitasse | (noun) small coffee cup; for serving black coffee | - |
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(noun) small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream | Synonyms: cafe noir |
diastasis | (noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | - |
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distaste | (noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: antipathy, aversion |
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distastefulness | (noun) the quality of being offensive | Synonyms: odiousness, offensiveness |
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(noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
ecstasy | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, cristal, disco biscuit, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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(noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport |
(noun) a state of elated bliss | Synonyms: rapture |
ectasia | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasis |
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ectasis | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasia |
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elastase | (noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin | - |
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entasis | (noun) a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight | - |
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epistasis | (noun) the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene | Synonyms: hypostasis |
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fantasia | (noun) a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes | - |
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fantasist | (noun) a creator of fantasies | - |
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fantasm | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
fantast | (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: futurist |
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fantasticalness | (noun) The state or condition of pertaining to fantasy; of being fanciful or whimsical. | - |
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fantasy | (noun) imagination unrestricted by reality | Synonyms: phantasy |
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(noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, illusion, phantasy |
(noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it | Synonyms: phantasy |
foretaste | (noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
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gravitas | (noun) formality in bearing and appearance | Synonyms: dignity, lordliness |
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haemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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haemostasis | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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hemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasis |
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hemostasis | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia |
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heptasyllable | (noun) a word or line of verse of seven syllables. | - |
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homeostasis | (noun) (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes | - |
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hypostasis | (noun) (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | - |
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(noun) any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united | Synonyms: hypostasis of Christ |
(noun) the accumulation of blood in an organ | - |
(noun) the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene | Synonyms: epistasis |
invertase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: saccharase, sucrase |
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isostasy | (noun) (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust | - |
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kalantas | (noun) Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood | Synonyms: Cedrela calantas, Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, Toona calantas |
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keratectasia | (noun) abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye | - |
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lactase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | Synonyms: Lactaid |
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litas | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lithuania | - |
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lymphangiectasia | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasis |
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lymphangiectasis | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasia |
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metasequoia | (noun) large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China | Synonyms: dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides |
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metastability | (noun) the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed | - |
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metastasis | (noun) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body | - |
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oxidoreductase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction | - |
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patas | (noun) reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa | Synonyms: Erythrocebus patas, hussar monkey |
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pentastomid | (noun) wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals | Synonyms: tongue worm |
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phantasm | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
phantasma | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, specter, spectre |
phantasmagoria | (noun) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) | - |
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phantasy | (noun) imagination unrestricted by reality | Synonyms: fantasy |
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(noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, fantasy, illusion |
(noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it | Synonyms: fantasy |
phosphatase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates | - |
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potash | (noun) a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry | Synonyms: caustic potash, potassium hydroxide |
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potassium | (noun) a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | Synonyms: atomic number 19, K |
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reductase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance | - |
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secretase | (noun) a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's) | - |
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stash | (noun) a secret store of valuables or money | Synonyms: cache, hoard |
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stasis | (noun) inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces | - |
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(noun) an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped | - |
succotash | (noun) fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream | - |
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task | (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: chore, job |
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(noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, labour, project, undertaking |
taskmaster | (noun) someone who imposes hard or continuous work | - |
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taskmistress | (noun) a woman taskmaster | - |
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tasse | (noun) one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | Synonyms: tasset |
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tassel | (noun) adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end | - |
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tasset | (noun) one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | Synonyms: tasse |
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taste | (noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | Synonyms: tasting |
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(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness |
(noun) the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus | Synonyms: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste perception, taste sensation |
(noun) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | Synonyms: gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste |
(noun) a brief experience of something | - |
(noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, predilection, preference |
(noun) a small amount eaten or drunk | Synonyms: mouthful |
tastebud | (noun) an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue | Synonyms: gustatory organ, taste bud |
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tastefulness | (noun) elegance indicated by good taste | - |
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tastelessness | (noun) inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste | - |
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(noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness |
taster | (noun) someone who samples food or drink for its quality | Synonyms: sampler, taste-tester, taste tester |
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tastiness | (noun) a pleasing palatability | - |
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tasting | (noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | Synonyms: taste |
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(noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring |
(noun) a small amount (especially of food or wine) | - |
transcriptase | (noun) the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA | Synonyms: RNA polymerase |
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