| cataleptic | (noun) a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
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| cathartic | (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: aperient, physic, purgative |
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| caustic | (noun) the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object | - |
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| (noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue | - |
| ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
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| characteristic | (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
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| (noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
| (noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| chiropractic | (noun) a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure | - |
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| chopstick | (noun) one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with | - |
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| chromaticity | (noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | Synonyms: hue |
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| cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
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| clitic | (noun) a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted. | - |
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| conventicle | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: meetinghouse |
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| (noun) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship | - |
| corticoid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticosteroid |
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| corticosteroid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid |
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| corticosterone | (noun) secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body | - |
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| corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| cosmetic | (noun) a toiletry designed to beautify the body | - |
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| cosmetician | (noun) someone who sells or applies cosmetics | - |
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| (noun) someone who works in a beauty parlor | Synonyms: beautician |
| critic | (noun) a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art | - |
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| (noun) anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something | - |
| (noun) someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments | - |
| criticality | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticalness, cruciality |
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| (noun) a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining | - |
| criticalness | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, cruciality |
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| criticism | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: critique |
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| (noun) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | Synonyms: unfavorable judgment |
| (noun) a written evaluation of a work of literature | Synonyms: literary criticism |
| cryptanalytics | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cuticle | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, shell, shield |
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| (noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: epidermis |
| (noun) the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail | - |
| cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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| cybernetics | (noun) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) | - |
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| cytogeneticist | (noun) a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity | - |
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| cytogenetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) | - |
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| decortication | (noun) removal of the outer covering of an organ or part | - |
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| deictic | (noun) a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs | Synonyms: deictic word |
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| denticle | (noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod | - |
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| diabetic | (noun) someone who has diabetes | - |
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| diacritic | (noun) a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation | Synonyms: diacritical mark |
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| diagnostician | (noun) a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | Synonyms: pathologist |
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| diagnostics | (noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease | Synonyms: nosology |
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| dialectic | (noun) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | - |
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| (noun) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction | - |
| dialectician | (noun) a logician skilled in dialectic | - |
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| dialectics | (noun) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces | - |
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| diaphoretic | (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
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| didacticism | (noun) communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive | - |
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| didactics | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
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| dietetics | (noun) the scientific study of food preparation and intake | - |
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| dietician | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietitian |
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| dipstick | (noun) a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level | - |
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| distich | (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
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| diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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| diverticulitis | (noun) inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation | - |
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| diverticulosis | (noun) presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon | - |
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| diverticulum | (noun) a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) | - |
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| domestic | (noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | Synonyms: domestic help, house servant |
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| domestication | (noun) accommodation to domestic life | - |
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| (noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: tameness |
| (noun) adaptation to intimate association with human beings | - |
| domesticity | (noun) domestic activities or life | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being domestic or domesticated | - |
| downtick | (noun) a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction | - |
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| dramatics | (noun) participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity | - |
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| (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
| drumstick | (noun) a stick used for playing a drum | - |
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| (noun) the lower joint of the leg of a fowl | - |
| dyslectic | (noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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| dyspeptic | (noun) a person suffering from indigestion | - |
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| ecclesiastic | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
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| ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
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| (noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
| eclectic | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclecticist |
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| eclecticism | (noun) making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style | Synonyms: eclectic method |
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| eclecticist | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclectic |
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| ecliptic | (noun) the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator | - |
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| elastic | (noun) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material | - |
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| (noun) a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together | Synonyms: elastic band, rubber band |
| elasticity | (noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | Synonyms: snap |
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| electrolytic | (noun) a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte | Synonyms: electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic condenser |
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| electromagnetics | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | Synonyms: electromagnetism |
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| electrostatics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity | - |
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| ellipticity | (noun) the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles | Synonyms: oblateness |
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| emetic | (noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: nauseant, vomit, vomitive |
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| emoticon | (noun) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email | - |
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| encaustic | (noun) a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application | - |
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| endodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp | Synonyms: endodontia |
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| enigmaticness | (noun) Mysteriousness, complexity; the property of being puzzling or inexplicable. | - |
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| (noun) The quality of a person of puzzling, secretive or contradictory character. | - |
| enticement | (noun) the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | Synonyms: temptation |
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| (noun) qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward | Synonyms: come-on, lure |
| (noun) something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | Synonyms: temptation |
| epileptic | (noun) a person who has epilepsy | - |
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| eristic | (noun) the art of logical disputation (especially if specious) | - |
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| (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, disputant |
| erotic | (noun) an erotic person | - |
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| erotica | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: porn, porno, pornography, smut |
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| eroticism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness |
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| (noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: erotism |
| esthetic | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: aesthetic |
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| esthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: aesthetician |
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| (noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: aesthetician |
| esthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: aesthetics |
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| eutectic | (noun) a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point | - |
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| exodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth | Synonyms: exodontia |
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| exoticism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticness, exotism |
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| exoticness | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exotism |
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| fanatic | (noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fiend |
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| fanaticism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanatism, zealotry |
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| fantasticalness | (noun) The state or condition of pertaining to fantasy; of being fanciful or whimsical. | - |
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| fetich | (noun) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | Synonyms: fetish |
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| (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo |
| fetichism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetishism |
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| (noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetishism |
| feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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| fiberoptics | (noun) the transmission of light signals via glass fibers | Synonyms: fiber optics, fibre optics, fibreoptics |
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| fibreoptics | (noun) the transmission of light signals via glass fibers | Synonyms: fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics |
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| fiddlestick | (noun) a bow used in playing the violin | Synonyms: violin bow |
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| fisticuffs | (noun) fighting with the fists | Synonyms: boxing, pugilism |
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| (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fistfight, slugfest |
| futuristics | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futurology |
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| gearstick | (noun) a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears | Synonyms: gear lever, gearshift, shifter |
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