accentuation | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accenting, emphasizing |
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(noun) the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance | - |
actuation | (noun) the act of propelling | Synonyms: propulsion |
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actuator | (noun) a mechanism that puts something into automatic action | - |
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adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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aquatic | (noun) a plant that lives in or on water | - |
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aquatics | (noun) sports that involve bodies of water | Synonyms: water sport |
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aquatint | (noun) a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color | - |
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(noun) an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color | - |
attenuation | (noun) the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density | - |
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(noun) weakening in force or intensity | Synonyms: fading |
attenuator | (noun) an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal | - |
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continuation | (noun) the act of continuing an activity without interruption | Synonyms: continuance |
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(noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation, protraction |
(noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction | Synonyms: good continuation, law of continuation |
(noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | Synonyms: sequel |
continuative | (noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunction, conjunctive, connective |
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cumquat | (noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: kumquat, kumquat tree |
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devaluation | (noun) the reduction of something's value or worth | - |
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(noun) an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries | - |
diddlysquat | (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat |
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disambiguation | (noun) clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity | - |
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disambiguator | (noun) (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used | - |
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discontinuation | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuance |
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effectuation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: implementation |
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eluate | (noun) a liquid solution that results from elution | - |
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equatability | (noun) capability of being equated | - |
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equating | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equation |
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equation | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equating |
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(noun) a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal | - |
(noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equivalence, par |
equator | (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles | - |
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(noun) a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts | - |
equatorial | (noun) a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it | - |
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evacuation | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: emptying, voidance |
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(noun) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection | - |
(noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, excreting, excretion, voiding |
evaluation | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | Synonyms: rating |
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(noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: rating, valuation |
evaluator | (noun) an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | Synonyms: judge |
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extenuation | (noun) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious | Synonyms: mitigation, palliation |
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(noun) a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances | Synonyms: mitigation |
fluctuation | (noun) the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes | Synonyms: wavering |
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(noun) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change | Synonyms: variation |
(noun) a wave motion | - |
graduate | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
graduation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: gradation |
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(noun) the successful completion of a program of study | - |
(noun) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | - |
(noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise |
habituation | (noun) a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | - |
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(noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency |
inadequateness | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | Synonyms: inadequacy |
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individuation | (noun) the quality of being individual | Synonyms: individualism, individuality |
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(noun) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species | Synonyms: individualisation, individualization |
infatuation | (noun) an object of extravagant short-lived passion | - |
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(noun) a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration | - |
(noun) temporary love of an adolescent | Synonyms: calf love, crush, puppy love |
insinuation | (noun) the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments | Synonyms: ingratiation |
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(noun) an indirect (and usually malicious) implication | Synonyms: innuendo |
kumquat | (noun) small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp | - |
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(noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: cumquat, kumquat tree |
loquat | (noun) yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies | Synonyms: Japanese plum |
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(noun) evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan | Synonyms: Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, loquat tree |
menstruation | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruum, period |
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overvaluation | (noun) too high a value or price assigned to something | - |
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(noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overestimation |
paraquat | (noun) a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide | - |
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perpetuation | (noun) the act of prolonging something | Synonyms: lengthening, prolongation, protraction |
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postgraduate | (noun) a student who continues studies after graduation | Synonyms: grad student, graduate student |
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punctuation | (noun) the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases | - |
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(noun) the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | Synonyms: punctuation mark |
(noun) something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions | - |
quat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat |
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quatercentenary | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentennial |
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quatercentennial | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentenary |
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quatern | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
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quaternary | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
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quaternion | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternity, tetrad |
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quaternity | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, tetrad |
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quatrain | (noun) a stanza of four lines | - |
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quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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reevaluation | (noun) the evaluation of something a second time (or more) | - |
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revaluation | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, review |
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situation | (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, office, place, position, post |
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(noun) physical position in relation to the surroundings | Synonyms: site |
(noun) the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time | Synonyms: state of affairs |
(noun) a condition or position in which you find yourself | Synonyms: position |
(noun) a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | - |
squat | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squatting |
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(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squatting |
(noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit |
squatness | (noun) the property of being short and broad | Synonyms: stubbiness |
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squatter | (noun) someone who settles on land without right or title | - |
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(noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it | Synonyms: homesteader, nester |
squattiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: dumpiness |
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squatting | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squat |
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(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squat |
superannuation | (noun) the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | - |
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(noun) the property of being out of date and not current | Synonyms: obsoleteness |
(noun) a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work | Synonyms: old-age pension, retirement benefit, retirement check, retirement fund, retirement pension |
tuatara | (noun) only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand | Synonyms: Sphenodon punctatum |
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underevaluation | (noun) an appraisal that underestimates the value of something | - |
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undergraduate | (noun) a university student who has not yet received a first degree | Synonyms: undergrad |
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undervaluation | (noun) too low a value or price assigned to something | - |
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valuation | (noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, rating |
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(noun) assessed price | - |
valuator | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: appraiser |
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