antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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autostrada | (noun) an expressway in an Italian-speaking country | - |
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balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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contradance | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance, country dancing |
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contradiction | (noun) the speech act of contradicting someone | - |
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(noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily false | Synonyms: contradiction in terms |
(noun) opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas | - |
contradictoriness | (noun) the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | - |
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contradictory | (noun) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time | - |
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contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
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estradiol | (noun) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer | Synonyms: oestradiol |
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extradition | (noun) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) | - |
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extrados | (noun) the exterior curve of an arch | - |
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intrados | (noun) the interior curve of an arch | - |
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oestradiol | (noun) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer | Synonyms: estradiol |
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straddle | (noun) the act of sitting or standing astride | Synonyms: span |
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(noun) the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options | - |
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars | - |
(noun) a noncommittal or equivocal position | - |
tetrad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity |
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trad | (noun) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s | - |
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trade | (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation | Synonyms: craft |
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(noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: patronage |
(noun) a particular instance of buying or selling | Synonyms: business deal, deal |
(noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swap, swop |
(noun) the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services | - |
(noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work | Synonyms: craft |
(noun) steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator | Synonyms: trade wind |
tradecraft | (noun) skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage | - |
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trademark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: earmark, hallmark, stylemark |
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(noun) a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product | - |
tradeoff | (noun) an exchange that occurs as a compromise | Synonyms: trade-off |
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trader | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | Synonyms: bargainer, dealer, monger |
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tradesman | (noun) a merchant who owns or manages a shop | Synonyms: market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper |
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tradespeople | (noun) people engaged in trade | - |
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trading | (noun) buying or selling securities or commodities | - |
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tradition | (noun) an inherited pattern of thought or action | - |
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(noun) a specific practice of long standing | Synonyms: custom |
traditionalism | (noun) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters) | - |
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(noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionality |
(noun) the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions | - |
traditionalist | (noun) one who adheres to traditional views | Synonyms: diehard |
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traditionality | (noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionalism |
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traducement | (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy |
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traducer | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, vilifier |
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