| acumen | (noun) shrewdness shown by keen insight | Synonyms: insightfulness |
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| (noun) a tapering point | - |
| albumen | (noun) the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | Synonyms: egg white, ovalbumin, white |
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| (noun) a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids | Synonyms: albumin |
| argument | (noun) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable | - |
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| (noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
| (noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argumentation, debate |
| (noun) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie | Synonyms: literary argument |
| (noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: statement |
| (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
| (noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: parameter |
| argumentation | (noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argument, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
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| (noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, debate |
| bitumen | (noun) any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons | - |
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| catechumen | (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: neophyte |
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| cerumen | (noun) a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal | Synonyms: earwax |
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| counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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| document | (noun) anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks | - |
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| (noun) writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | Synonyms: papers, written document |
| (noun) (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters | Synonyms: text file |
| (noun) a written account of ownership or obligation | - |
| documentary | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary film, infotainment |
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| documentation | (noun) documentary validation | Synonyms: support |
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| (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, corroboration |
| (noun) program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs | Synonyms: software documentation |
| ecumenicalism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicism, ecumenism |
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| ecumenicism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenism |
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| ecumenism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenicism |
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| (noun) a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) | Synonyms: oecumenism |
| emolument | (noun) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) | - |
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| frumenty | (noun) sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat | - |
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| indument | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indumentum |
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| indumentum | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indument |
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| instrument | (noun) the means whereby some act is accomplished | Synonyms: tool |
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| (noun) a device that requires skill for proper use | - |
| (noun) any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds | Synonyms: musical instrument |
| (noun) (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | Synonyms: legal document, legal instrument, official document |
| (noun) the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process | Synonyms: instrumental role |
| (noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, pawn |
| instrumentalism | (noun) a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success | - |
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| instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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| instrumentality | (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentation, means |
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| (noun) the quality of being instrumental for some purpose | - |
| (noun) a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose | - |
| instrumentation | (noun) the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: orchestration |
| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentality, means |
| (noun) the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra | - |
| integument | (noun) an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell | - |
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| jument | (noun) an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work | Synonyms: beast of burden |
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| lumen | (noun) a cavity or passage in a tubular organ | - |
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| (noun) a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions | Synonyms: lm |
| monument | (noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | Synonyms: memorial |
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| (noun) a burial vault (usually for some famous person) | Synonyms: repository |
| (noun) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property | - |
| noumenon | (noun) the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception | Synonyms: thing-in-itself |
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| numen | (noun) a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) | - |
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| oecumenism | (noun) a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) | Synonyms: ecumenism |
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| rumen | (noun) the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing | Synonyms: first stomach |
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| spodumene | (noun) a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium | - |
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| tegument | (noun) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch | Synonyms: cutis, skin |
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