abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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accumulation | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accrual, accruement |
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(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: aggregation, assemblage, collection |
(noun) (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation | - |
(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accretion |
accumulator | (noun) a voltaic battery that stores electric charge | Synonyms: storage battery |
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(noun) (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register | Synonyms: accumulator register |
(noun) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | Synonyms: collector, gatherer |
acicula | (noun) a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | - |
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adulation | (noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise | - |
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adulator | (noun) a person who uses flattery | Synonyms: flatterer |
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alula | (noun) tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing | Synonyms: bastard wing, spurious wing |
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(noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: calypter |
ambulacrum | (noun) one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located | - |
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ambulance | (noun) a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals | - |
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ambulation | (noun) walking about | - |
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ambulatory | (noun) a covered walkway (as in a cloister) | - |
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angularity | (noun) the property possessed by a shape that has angles | - |
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(noun) a shape having one or more sharp angles | Synonyms: angular shape |
angulation | (noun) the act of making angulate (having corners) | - |
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(noun) the precise measurement of angles | - |
anovulant | (noun) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | Synonyms: anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill |
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anovulation | (noun) the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary | - |
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anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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articulateness | (noun) the quality of being facile in speech and writing | Synonyms: fluency, volubility |
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articulatio | (noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | Synonyms: articulation, joint |
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articulation | (noun) the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible | - |
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(noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | Synonyms: articulatio, joint |
(noun) the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech | - |
(noun) expressing in coherent verbal form | Synonyms: voice |
(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: join, joint, junction, juncture |
articulator | (noun) a movable speech organ | - |
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(noun) someone who pronounces words | - |
arugula | (noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | Synonyms: Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette |
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auricula | (noun) a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart | Synonyms: auricular appendage, auricular appendix |
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(noun) yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated | Synonyms: bear's ear, Primula auricula |
auriculare | (noun) the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus | Synonyms: auricular point |
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autoregulation | (noun) (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism | - |
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binoculars | (noun) (plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes | Synonyms: field glasses, opera glasses |
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blastula | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastosphere |
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brotula | (noun) deep-sea fishes | - |
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buccula | (noun) a fold of fatty tissue under the chin | Synonyms: double chin |
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calculability | (noun) The quality of being subject to or ascertainable by calculation. | - |
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calculation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: computation, computing |
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(noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: computation, figuring, reckoning |
(noun) planning something carefully and intentionally | Synonyms: deliberation |
calculator | (noun) a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic | Synonyms: calculating machine |
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(noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
calendula | (noun) any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
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campanula | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: bellflower |
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canafistula | (noun) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | Synonyms: canafistola, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia |
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cannula | (noun) a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication | - |
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cannulation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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canulation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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capitula | (noun) a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | - |
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capitulation | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: fall, surrender |
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(noun) a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic | - |
(noun) a document containing the terms of surrender | - |
caruncula | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncle |
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cellularity | (noun) the state of having cells | - |
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circular | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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circularisation | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularization |
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circularity | (noun) the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure | Synonyms: disk shape |
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circularization | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularisation |
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circulation | (noun) the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area | - |
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(noun) the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) | - |
(noun) free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) | - |
(noun) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels | - |
(noun) number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold | - |
(noun) (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period | - |
coagulant | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulator |
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coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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coagulation | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, curdling |
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coagulator | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulant |
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confabulation | (noun) (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered | - |
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(noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
congratulation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: felicitation |
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(noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: felicitation |
congratulations | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: extolment, kudos, praise |
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constabulary | (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: law, police, police force |
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consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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copulative | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
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cumulation | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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decoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication |
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demodulation | (noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave | - |
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demodulator | (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: detector |
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depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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deregulation | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulating |
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discombobulation | (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: confusion |
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dissimulation | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissembling |
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dissimulator | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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doula | (noun) an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes | Synonyms: birthing coach, labor coach, monitrice |
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ejaculate | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: come, cum, seed, semen, seminal fluid |
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ejaculation | (noun) an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion | Synonyms: interjection |
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(noun) the discharge of semen in males | - |
ejaculator | (noun) a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation | - |
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(noun) a man who ejaculates semen | - |
emasculation | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: castration |
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(noun) loss of power and masculinity | - |
emulation | (noun) effort to equal or surpass another | - |
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(noun) (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another | - |
(noun) ambition to equal or excel | - |
emulator | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, aper, copycat, imitator |
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encapsulation | (noun) the process of enclosing (as in a capsule) | - |
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(noun) the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule) | - |
expostulation | (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: objection, remonstrance, remonstration |
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(noun) an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof | - |
facula | (noun) a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | Synonyms: solar facula |
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(noun) a bright spot on a planet | - |
fasciculation | (noun) muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | - |
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fecula | (noun) excreta (especially of insects) | - |
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fibula | (noun) the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | Synonyms: calf bone |
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fistula | (noun) an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface | Synonyms: sinus |
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(noun) a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse | Synonyms: fistulous withers |
flocculation | (noun) the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations | - |
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flocculator | (noun) An apparatus used in the process of flocculation. | - |
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formula | (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, normal, pattern, rule |
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(noun) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | Synonyms: rule |
(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: expression |
(noun) a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle | - |
(noun) directions for making something | Synonyms: recipe |
(noun) a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements | Synonyms: chemical formula |
(noun) a liquid food for infants | - |
formulary | (noun) (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation | Synonyms: pharmacopeia |
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formulation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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(noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: expression |
(noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: preparation |
foulard | (noun) a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design) | - |
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funicular | (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
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furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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gastrula | (noun) double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm | - |
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gastrulation | (noun) the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells | - |
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gesticulation | (noun) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion | - |
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globularness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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goulash | (noun) a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika | Synonyms: gulyas, Hungarian goulash |
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granularity | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, graininess |
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granulation | (noun) the act of forming something into granules or grains | - |
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(noun) new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process | Synonyms: granulation tissue |