adulterer | (noun) someone who commits adultery or fornication | Synonyms: fornicator |
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adulteress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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(noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
astereognosis | (noun) a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them | Synonyms: tactile agnosia |
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austereness | (noun) extreme plainness | Synonyms: severeness, severity |
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autostereotype | (noun) the standardized mental picture held in common by members of a cultural group depicting an oversimplified image of themselves and their behaviour. | - |
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bacteremia | (noun) transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | Synonyms: bacteriaemia, bacteriemia |
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barterer | (noun) a trader who exchanges goods and not money | - |
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blusterer | (noun) a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly | Synonyms: loudmouth |
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caterer | (noun) someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
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chanterelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle |
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chatterer | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: cotinga |
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(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, magpie, prater, spouter |
counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
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disinterest | (noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: neutrality |
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(noun) lack of interest | - |
disinterestedness | (noun) freedom from bias or from selfish motives | - |
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dotterel | (noun) rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia | Synonyms: Charadrius morinellus, dotrel, Eudromias morinellus |
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endarterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis | - |
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filibusterer | (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibuster |
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flatterer | (noun) a person who uses flattery | Synonyms: adulator |
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fruiterer | (noun) a person who sells fruit | - |
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haltere | (noun) either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | Synonyms: balancer, halter |
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hypercholesteremia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesterolemia |
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hysterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the uterus | - |
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hysteresis | (noun) the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field | - |
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interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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(noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
(noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
(noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
(noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
(noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
(noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
interestedness | (noun) the state of being interested | - |
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interestingness | (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interest |
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isoproterenol | (noun) drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart | Synonyms: Isuprel |
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letterer | (noun) a painter of letters | - |
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litterer | (noun) a person who litters public places with refuse | Synonyms: litter lout, litterbug |
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loiterer | (noun) someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place | Synonyms: lingerer |
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metaproterenol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Alupent |
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mutterer | (noun) a person who speaks softly and indistinctly | Synonyms: mumbler, murmurer |
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panhysterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes | Synonyms: radical hysterectomy |
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pesterer | (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest |
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plasterer | (noun) a worker skilled in applying plaster | - |
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potterer | (noun) a person who putters about | Synonyms: putterer |
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poulterer | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poultryman |
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putterer | (noun) a person who putters about | Synonyms: potterer |
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roisterer | (noun) an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker | - |
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saunterer | (noun) someone who walks at a leisurely pace | Synonyms: ambler, stroller |
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slaughterer | (noun) a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market | Synonyms: butcher |
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stereo | (noun) reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound | Synonyms: stereo system, stereophonic system, stereophony |
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(noun) two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together | Synonyms: stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture |
stereochromy | (noun) a process of mural painting in which the pigment is fixed by a series of reactions between the lime, fluosilicic acid, and water glass. | - |
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stereoisomer | (noun) any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement. | - |
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stereophony | (noun) reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound | Synonyms: stereo, stereo system, stereophonic system |
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stereophotography | (noun) photography producing images that appear to have depth and solidness and that are created by using a special device (called a stereoscope) to look at two slightly different photographs of something at the same time. | Synonyms: stereo photography, stereoscopic photography |
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stereoscope | (noun) an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs | - |
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stereoscopy | (noun) three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina | Synonyms: stereoscopic vision |
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stereotype | (noun) a conventional or formulaic conception or image | - |
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stutterer | (noun) someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions | Synonyms: stammerer |
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terebinth | (noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus |
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teredinid | (noun) wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells | Synonyms: shipworm |
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teredo | (noun) typical shipworm | - |
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teres | (noun) either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: teres muscle |
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titterer | (noun) a person who laughs nervously | Synonyms: giggler |
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totterer | (noun) someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | Synonyms: reeler, staggerer |
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twitterer | (noun) a bird that twitters | - |
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uninterestingness | (noun) inability to capture or hold one's interest | - |
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upholsterer | (noun) a craftsman who upholsters furniture | - |
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utterer | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer |
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(noun) someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins | - |
(noun) an organism that can utter vocal sounds | Synonyms: vocaliser, vocalizer |
waterer | (noun) an assistant who supplies drinking water | Synonyms: water boy |
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(noun) someone who waters plants or crops | - |