acanthion | (noun) the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture | - |
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airworthiness | (noun) fitness to fly | - |
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anacoluthia | (noun) an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | Synonyms: anacoluthon |
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anorthite | (noun) rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks | - |
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anthelminthic | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge |
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anthill | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: formicary |
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anthropopathism | (noun) Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. | - |
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architeuthis | (noun) largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long) | Synonyms: giant squid |
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azathioprine | (noun) an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ | Synonyms: Imuran |
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balanoposthitis | (noun) inflammation of both the head of the penis and the foreskin | - |
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bathing | (noun) immersing the body in water or sunshine | - |
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(noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: washup |
bioethics | (noun) the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences | - |
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birthing | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, giving birth, parturition |
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blameworthiness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: culpability, culpableness |
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bloodthirstiness | (noun) a disposition to shed blood | Synonyms: bloodiness |
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breathing | (noun) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | Synonyms: external respiration, respiration, ventilation |
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cephalothin | (noun) a semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin | - |
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chalcanthite | (noun) hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate | Synonyms: blue copperas, blue stone, blue vitriol |
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chlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension | Synonyms: Diuril |
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cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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chondrichthian | (noun) fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified | Synonyms: cartilaginous fish |
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clothier | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: haberdasher |
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clothing | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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doublethink | (noun) believing two contradictory ideas at the same time | - |
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earthing | (noun) fastening electrical equipment to earth | Synonyms: grounding |
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enterolithiasis | (noun) the presence of calculi in the intestines | - |
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epimythium | (noun) a moral at the end of a story. | - |
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erethism | (noun) an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part | - |
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ethic | (noun) the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group | Synonyms: moral principle, value-system, value orientation |
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(noun) a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct | Synonyms: ethical code |
ethicality | (noun) The state, quality or manner of conforming to accepted standards of conduct. | - |
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ethician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in ethics | Synonyms: ethicist |
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ethicism | (noun) a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important | - |
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ethicist | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in ethics | Synonyms: ethician |
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ethics | (noun) the philosophical study of moral values and rules | Synonyms: moral philosophy |
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(noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, morality, morals |
everything | (noun) all things that are of importance to a person | - |
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farthing | (noun) a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny | - |
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farthingale | (noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
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filthiness | (noun) moral corruption or pollution | - |
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(noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse | Synonyms: filth, foulness, nastiness |
foothill | (noun) a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain | - |
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forsythia | (noun) any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers | - |
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freethinker | (noun) a person who rejects religion | - |
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freethinking | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: rationalism |
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frothiness | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, effervescence |
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glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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gnathion | (noun) the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | - |
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goethite | (noun) a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust | Synonyms: gothite |
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gothite | (noun) a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust | Synonyms: goethite |
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groupthink | (noun) decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) | - |
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healthiness | (noun) the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease | Synonyms: good health |
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helminthiasis | (noun) infestation of the body with parasitic worms | - |
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helminthic | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, vermifuge |
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hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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hydroflumethiazide | (noun) diuretic used to treat hypertension and edema | - |
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hypanthium | (noun) the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae) | Synonyms: calyx tube, floral cup |
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isothiocyanate | (noun) a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations | - |
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labyrinthitis | (noun) inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting | Synonyms: otitis interna |
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lathi | (noun) club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India | Synonyms: lathee |
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lecithin | (noun) a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier | - |
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lengthiness | (noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends | Synonyms: extension, prolongation |
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(noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: continuation, prolongation, protraction |
lithiasis | (noun) the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ | - |
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lithium | (noun) a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals | Synonyms: atomic number 3, Li |
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loathing | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, odium |
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luthier | (noun) a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins) | - |
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malathion | (noun) a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites | - |
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methicillin | (noun) antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections | - |
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methionine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition | - |
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naupathia | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling on water | Synonyms: mal de mer, seasickness |
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nephrolithiasis | (noun) the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney | Synonyms: renal lithiasis |
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neuroethics | (noun) the study of ethical implications of treatments for neurological diseases | - |
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newsworthiness | (noun) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | Synonyms: news |
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norethindrone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethandrolone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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nothing | (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
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nothingness | (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, wind |
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(noun) the state of nonexistence | Synonyms: nihility, nullity, void |
nothings | (noun) inconsequential conversation | - |
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ornithine | (noun) an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea | - |
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ornithischian | (noun) herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird | Synonyms: ornithischian dinosaur |
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orthicon | (noun) a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons | Synonyms: image orthicon |
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osteopathist | (noun) a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles | Synonyms: osteopath |
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parathion | (noun) a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide | - |
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phenothiazine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: thiodiphenylamine |
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phthisis | (noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | Synonyms: consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
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pithiness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, succinctness |
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plaything | (noun) an artifact designed to be played with | Synonyms: toy |
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posthitis | (noun) inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection | - |
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praiseworthiness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of praise | Synonyms: laudability, laudableness |
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praisworthiness | (noun) the property of deserving praise | - |
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prognathism | (noun) the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw | - |
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promethium | (noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium | Synonyms: atomic number 61, Pm |
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promythium | (noun) A section of text that comes before the story. | - |
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propylthiouracil | (noun) a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter | - |
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prosthion | (noun) craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla | Synonyms: alveolar point, prostheon |
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pythium | (noun) any fungus of the genus Pythium | - |
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rethink | (noun) thinking again about a choice previously made | Synonyms: afterthought, reconsideration, second thought |
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roadworthiness | (noun) (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road | - |
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seaworthiness | (noun) fitness to traverse the seas | - |
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sheathing | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlay, overlayer |
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sleuthing | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detecting, detection, detective work |
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smoothie | (noun) a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk | - |
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(noun) someone with an assured and ingratiating manner | Synonyms: charmer, smoothy, sweet talker |
spathiphyllum | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: peace lily, spathe flower |
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