astrolabe | (noun) an early form of sextant | - |
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astrolatry | (noun) the worship of planets or stars | Synonyms: worship of heavenly bodies |
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astrologer | (noun) someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon | Synonyms: astrologist |
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astrologist | (noun) someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon | Synonyms: astrologer |
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astrology | (noun) a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon | Synonyms: star divination |
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comptroller | (noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | Synonyms: accountant, controller |
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comptrollership | (noun) the position of comptroller | - |
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control | (noun) the activity of managing or exerting control over something | - |
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(noun) (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc | - |
(noun) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | Synonyms: controller |
(noun) power to direct or determine | - |
(noun) discipline in personal and social activities | Synonyms: restraint |
(noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: command, mastery |
(noun) a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment | Synonyms: control condition |
(noun) the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. | - |
(noun) a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance | - |
(noun) a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another | - |
(noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance |
controller | (noun) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | Synonyms: control |
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(noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | Synonyms: accountant, comptroller |
(noun) a person who directs and restrains | Synonyms: restrainer |
controllership | (noun) the position of controller | - |
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dielectrolysis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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diethylstilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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diethylstilboestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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electrolocation | (noun) The use of electroreception to locate surrounding objects. | - |
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electrologist | (noun) someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots | - |
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electrolysis | (noun) removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions | - |
electrolyte | (noun) a solution that conducts electricity | - |
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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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gastrolobium | (noun) any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | Synonyms: poison bush, poison pea |
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hexestrol | (noun) estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy | - |
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megestrol | (noun) a synthetic progestational compound used to treat endometrial carcinoma | Synonyms: megestrol acetate |
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metrology | (noun) the scientific study of measurement | - |
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natrolite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum | - |
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patrol | (noun) the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes | - |
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(noun) a detachment used for security or reconnaissance | - |
(noun) a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security | - |
patroller | (noun) someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area | - |
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patrolman | (noun) a policeman who patrols a given region | Synonyms: flatfoot |
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patrology | (noun) the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers | Synonyms: patristics |
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(noun) the writings of the early Church Fathers | Synonyms: patristics |
petrol | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasolene, gasoline |
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petrolatum | (noun) a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication | Synonyms: mineral jelly, petroleum jelly |
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petroleum | (noun) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | Synonyms: crude, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, rock oil |
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petrology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification | Synonyms: lithology |
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polyelectrolyte | (noun) an electrolyte of high molecular weight | - |
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stilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilboestrol |
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stilboestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol |
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stroll | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: amble, perambulation, promenade, saunter |
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stroller | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher |
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(noun) someone who walks at a leisurely pace | Synonyms: ambler, saunterer |
theatrology | (noun) the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psycho-biological, sociological, and historical contexts. | Synonyms: theatre studies |
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troll | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: trolling |
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(noun) a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling | - |
(noun) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | Synonyms: round |
(noun) (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains | - |
troller | (noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: angler |
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trolley | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | Synonyms: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley car |
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trolleybus | (noun) a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires | Synonyms: trackless trolley, trolley coach |
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trolling | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: troll |
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trollop | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet |
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(noun) a dirty untidy woman | Synonyms: slattern, slovenly woman, slut |
(noun) A sexually loose woman | Synonyms: ho, hoe, hussy, slut |