| context | (noun) discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | Synonyms: context of use, linguistic context |
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| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, setting |
| contextualism | (noun) any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms | - |
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| cortex | (noun) the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal | - |
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| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium |
| (noun) the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | Synonyms: lens cortex |
| hypertext | (noun) machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected | - |
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| latex | (noun) a water-base paint that has a latex binder | Synonyms: latex paint, rubber-base paint |
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| (noun) a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air | - |
| neocortex | (noun) the cortical part of the neencephalon | Synonyms: neopallium |
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| paleocortex | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: archipallium |
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| pretext | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: guise, pretence, pretense |
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| (noun) something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason | Synonyms: stalking-horse |
| suffrutex | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: subshrub |
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| text | (noun) the words of something written | Synonyms: textual matter |
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| (noun) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.) | - |
| (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook |
| (noun) a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon | - |
| textbook | (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text, text edition |
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| textile | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, material |
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| texting | (noun) the act of sending messages via SMS | - |
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| textolite | (noun) a laminated composite material used for electrotechnical components, inserts and bearings. | - |
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| texture | (noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality | - |
| (noun) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together | - |
| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: grain |
| (noun) the essential quality of something | - |
| vertex | (noun) the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure | - |
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| (noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, apex, peak |
| vortex | (noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | Synonyms: maelstrom, whirlpool |
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| (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, swirl, whirl |