pageantry | (noun) an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes | Synonyms: pageant |
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(noun) a rich and spectacular ceremony | Synonyms: pageant |
palmistry | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, chiromancy, palm reading |
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pantry | (noun) a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | Synonyms: buttery, larder |
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pantryman | (noun) a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table | Synonyms: butler |
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pargetry | (noun) ornamental plasterwork | Synonyms: pargeting, pargetting |
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parquetry | (noun) a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor | Synonyms: parqueterie |
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pastry | (noun) any of various baked foods made of dough or batter | - |
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(noun) a dough of flour and water and shortening | Synonyms: pastry dough |
peasantry | (noun) the class of peasants | - |
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pedantry | (noun) an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | - |
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pelvimetry | (noun) measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible) | - |
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photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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photometry | (noun) measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity) | - |
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phratry | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept |
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phytochemistry | (noun) the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants | - |
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pleasantry | (noun) an agreeable or amusing remark | - |
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pleximetry | (noun) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: percussion |
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podiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | Synonyms: chiropody |
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poetry | (noun) literature in metrical form | Synonyms: poesy, verse |
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(noun) any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling | - |
polymetry | (noun) The combining of different metres simultaneously. | - |
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poultry | (noun) a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | Synonyms: domestic fowl, fowl |
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(noun) flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | - |
poultryman | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poulterer |
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psychiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | Synonyms: psychological medicine, psychopathology |
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psychometry | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrics, psychometrika |
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puppetry | (noun) a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) | - |
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(noun) the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows | - |
pycnometry | (noun) The determination of liquid density by weighing the liquid in a container (pycnometer) of known volume. | - |
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pyrochemistry | (noun) processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures | Synonyms: pyrochemical process |
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pyrolatry | (noun) the worship of fire | Synonyms: fire-worship |
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radiochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of radioactive substances | Synonyms: nuclear chemistry |
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reentry | (noun) the act of entering again | - |
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registry | (noun) an official written record of names or events or transactions | Synonyms: register |
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rocketry | (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation | - |
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selenolatry | (noun) the worship of the moon | Synonyms: moon-worship |
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sentry | (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, spotter, watch |
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sociometry | (noun) the quantitative study of social relationships | - |
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sophistry | (noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | Synonyms: sophism, sophistication |
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spectrometry | (noun) the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra | Synonyms: spectrographic analysis, spectroscopic analysis, spectroscopy, spectrum analysis |
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spirometry | (noun) the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity | - |
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stoichiometry | (noun) (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers) | - |
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strychnine | (noun) an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant | - |
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subentry | (noun) An entry, such as one in an account or reference work, that is included within a main entry. | - |
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supersymmetry | (noun) (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces | - |
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symbolatry | (noun) the worship of symbols | Synonyms: symbol-worship, symbololatry |
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symbololatry | (noun) the worship of symbols | Synonyms: symbol-worship, symbolatry |
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symmetry | (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | Synonyms: balance, correspondence, symmetricalness |
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(noun) (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions | Synonyms: isotropy |
(noun) balance among the parts of something | Synonyms: proportion |
sympatry | (noun) the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding | - |
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tapestry | (noun) a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | Synonyms: arras |
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(noun) a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery | Synonyms: tapis |
(noun) something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy | - |
telemetry | (noun) automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means | - |
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tenantry | (noun) tenants of an estate considered as a group | - |
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tetryl | (noun) a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators | Synonyms: nitramine |
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thaumatolatry | (noun) the worship of miracles | Synonyms: miracle-worship |
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thermochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated | - |
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thermogravimetry | (noun) the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances | - |
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thermometry | (noun) the measurement of temperature | - |
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toiletry | (noun) artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) | Synonyms: toilet articles |
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tonometry | (noun) the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea | - |
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topolatry | (noun) the worship of places | Synonyms: place-worship |
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touristry | (noun) the business of providing services to tourists | Synonyms: tourism |
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trigonometry | (noun) the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions | Synonyms: trig |
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trinketry | (noun) trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively | - |
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try | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour |
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tryout | (noun) a test of the suitability of a performer | Synonyms: audition |
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(noun) trying something to find out about it | Synonyms: test, trial, trial run |
trypsin | (noun) an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units | - |
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trypsinogen | (noun) inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine | - |
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tryptophan | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophane |
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tryptophane | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophan |
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tryst | (noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) | Synonyms: assignation |
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(noun) a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex | Synonyms: rendezvous |
verbolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: grammatolatry, word-worship |
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vestry | (noun) a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held | Synonyms: sacristy |
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(noun) in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church | - |
vestryman | (noun) a man who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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vestrywoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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viscometry | (noun) the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscosimetry |
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viscosimetry | (noun) the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscometry |
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zealotry | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanaticism, fanatism |
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zoolatry | (noun) the worship of animals | Synonyms: animal-worship |
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