acanthocephalan | (noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines | Synonyms: spiny-headed worm |
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acanthocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm | - |
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acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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acantholysis | (noun) a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus) | - |
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acanthoma | (noun) a neoplasm originating in the epidermis | Synonyms: skin tumor |
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acanthopterygian | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | Synonyms: spiny-finned fish |
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acanthosis | (noun) an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis) | - |
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adulthood | (noun) the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity | - |
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(noun) the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed | Synonyms: maturity |
afterthought | (noun) an addition that was not included in the original plan | - |
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(noun) thinking again about a choice previously made | Synonyms: reconsideration, rethink, second thought |
amethopterin | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: methotrexate, methotrexate sodium |
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anacoluthon | (noun) an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | Synonyms: anacoluthia |
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anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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anthologist | (noun) an editor who makes selections for an anthology | - |
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anthology | (noun) a collection of selected literary passages | - |
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anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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anthozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: actinozoan |
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athodyd | (noun) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed | Synonyms: atherodyde, flying drainpipe, ramjet, ramjet engine |
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author | (noun) writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) | Synonyms: writer |
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(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: generator, source |
authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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authorisation | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorization, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authority, authorization, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorization, mandate |
authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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authoritarian | (noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | Synonyms: dictator |
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authoritarianism | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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authorities | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: government, regime |
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authority | (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
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(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, sanction |
(noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
(noun) an authoritative written work | - |
(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office |
(noun) an expert whose views are taken as definitive | - |
(noun) (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others | - |
authorization | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorisation, mandate |
authorizer | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authoriser |
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authorship | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: composition, penning, writing |
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(noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | Synonyms: paternity |
autochthon | (noun) the earliest known inhabitants of a region | - |
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autochthony | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: endemism, indigenousness |
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axerophthol | (noun) any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes | Synonyms: A, antiophthalmic factor, vitamin A |
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batholite | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholith, pluton, plutonic rock |
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batholith | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholite, pluton, plutonic rock |
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bathometer | (noun) an instrument that measures the depth of water | Synonyms: bathymeter |
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bathos | (noun) triteness or triviality of style | - |
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(noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: anticlimax |
(noun) insincere pathos | Synonyms: mawkishness |
benthos | (noun) organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream | - |
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(noun) a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones | Synonyms: benthic division, benthonic zone |
blackthorn | (noun) erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries | Synonyms: Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn |
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(noun) a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits | Synonyms: Prunus spinosa, sloe |
boathouse | (noun) a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats | - |
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boothose | (noun) protective stockings worn with or in place of boots | - |
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boxthorn | (noun) any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries | Synonyms: matrimony vine |
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buckthorn | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia | - |
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(noun) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments | - |
(noun) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions | Synonyms: English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass |
carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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cathode | (noun) a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | - |
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(noun) the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | - |
catholicity | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: universality |
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catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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cathouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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coauthor | (noun) a writer who collaborates with others in writing something | Synonyms: joint author |
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corythosaur | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaurus |
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corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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(noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
demythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologization |
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demythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologisation |
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diphthong | (noun) a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | - |
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epanorthosis | (noun) immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification | - |
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ethologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats | - |
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ethology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats | - |
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ethos | (noun) (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era | - |
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ethosuximide | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: Emeside, Zarontin |
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ethoxyethane | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | Synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ether, ethyl ether, vinyl ether |
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euronithopod | (noun) widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) | Synonyms: Euronithopoda, Ornithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda |
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fathom | (noun) a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth | Synonyms: fthm |
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(noun) (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore | Synonyms: fthm |
fathometer | (noun) depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves | Synonyms: sonic depth finder |
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firethorn | (noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | Synonyms: fire thorn, pyracanth, Pyracantha |
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foothold | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: beachhead |
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(noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: footing |
(noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: bridgehead |
forethought | (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, precaution |
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(noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: premeditation |
gnathopod | (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. | Synonyms: maxilliped |
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gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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guesthouse | (noun) a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
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hackathon | (noun) an event involving a marathon coding session | - |
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haemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: hemothorax |
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hawthorn | (noun) a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | Synonyms: haw |
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hemothorax | (noun) accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) | Synonyms: haemothorax |
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hothouse | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: conservatory, indoor garden |
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hydathode | (noun) a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants | Synonyms: water pore, water stoma |
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hydrothorax | (noun) accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys | - |
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immunopathology | (noun) the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system | - |
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keratoacanthoma | (noun) skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar | - |
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knighthood | (noun) aristocrats holding the rank of knight | - |
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knothole | (noun) a hole in a board where a knot came out | - |
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labyrinthodont | (noun) an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia | - |
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leucothoe | (noun) any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia | - |
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lighthouse | (noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon, beacon light, pharos |
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lithoglyptics | (noun) the art of engraving on precious stones | Synonyms: glyptics |
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lithograph | (noun) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern | Synonyms: lithograph machine |
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(noun) a print produced by lithography | - |
lithographer | (noun) a printmaker who uses lithography | - |
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lithography | (noun) the act of making a lithographic print | - |
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(noun) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | - |
lithology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification | Synonyms: petrology |
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lithomancer | (noun) one who practices lithomancy | - |
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lithomancy | (noun) divination by means of stones or stone talismans | - |
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lithophyte | (noun) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere | Synonyms: lithophytic plant |
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lithops | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant, stoneface |
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lithosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: geosphere |
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lithotomy | (noun) surgical removal of a stone (calculus) | - |
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marathon | (noun) any long and arduous undertaking | Synonyms: endurance contest |
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(noun) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards | - |
marathoner | (noun) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) | Synonyms: long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
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