| abruption | (noun) an instance of sudden interruption | Synonyms: breaking off |
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| abruptness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
| (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
| acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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| acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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| aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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| avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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| (noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
| backup | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, championship, patronage |
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| (noun) (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device | Synonyms: computer backup |
| (noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | Synonyms: accompaniment, musical accompaniment, support |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage | - |
| ballup | (noun) something badly botched or muddled | Synonyms: balls-up, cockup, mess-up |
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| bankrupt | (noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: insolvent |
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| bankruptcy | (noun) a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent | - |
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| (noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: failure |
| (noun) a state of complete lack of some abstract property | - |
| blowup | (noun) a photographic print that has been enlarged | Synonyms: enlargement, magnification |
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| (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: ebullition, effusion, gush, outburst |
| (noun) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | Synonyms: detonation, explosion |
| breakup | (noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | Synonyms: dissolution |
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| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: detachment, separation |
| brushup | (noun) practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory | Synonyms: review |
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| buildup | (noun) the act of building up an accumulation | - |
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| (noun) highly favorable publicity and praise | - |
| (noun) the result of the process of accumulation | - |
| burnup | (noun) the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) | - |
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| (noun) a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road | - |
| buttercup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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| cantaloup | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloupe |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| catsup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: cetchup, ketchup, tomato ketchup |
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| cetchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, ketchup, tomato ketchup |
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| checkup | (noun) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | Synonyms: health check, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination |
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| chirrup | (noun) a series of chirps | Synonyms: twitter |
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| cleanup | (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleansing |
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| (noun) (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team) | Synonyms: cleanup position, cleanup spot |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: killing |
| closeup | (noun) a photograph taken at close range | - |
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| clupeid | (noun) any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | Synonyms: clupeid fish |
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| cockup | (noun) something badly botched or muddled | Synonyms: balls-up, ballup, mess-up |
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| comeupance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeuppance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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| comeuppance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeupance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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| concupiscence | (noun) a desire for sexual intimacy | Synonyms: eros, physical attraction, sexual desire |
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| corruptibility | (noun) the capability of being corrupted | - |
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| corruption | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: subversion |
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| (noun) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | - |
| (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruptness |
| (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
| (noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | - |
| (noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
| corruptness | (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruption |
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| (noun) the state of being corrupt | - |
| countercoup | (noun) a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat | - |
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| coup | (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup d'etat, putsch, takeover |
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| (noun) a brilliant and notable success | - |
| coupe | (noun) a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment | - |
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| couple | (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: duet, duo, twosome |
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| (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: match, mates |
| (noun) (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines | - |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| (noun) a small indefinite number | - |
| coupler | (noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupling |
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| couplet | (noun) a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed | - |
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| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| coupling | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupler |
| (noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: yoke |
| coupon | (noun) a test sample of some substance | - |
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| (noun) a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed | Synonyms: voucher |
| creamcups | (noun) California plant with small pale yellow flowers | Synonyms: Platystemon californicus |
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| croup | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croupe, hindquarters, rump |
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| (noun) a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing | Synonyms: spasmodic laryngitis |
| croupe | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, hindquarters, rump |
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| croupier | (noun) someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table | - |
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| crupper | (noun) a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward | - |
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| cup | (noun) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle | - |
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| (noun) a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition | Synonyms: loving cup |
| (noun) the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green | - |
| (noun) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl | - |
| (noun) cup-shaped plant organ | - |
| (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cupful |
| (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces | - |
| (noun) any cup-shaped concavity | - |
| cupbearer | (noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine | - |
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| cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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| cupcake | (noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
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| cupel | (noun) a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | Synonyms: bone-ash cup, refractory pot |
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| cupflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: nierembergia |
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| (noun) Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat | Synonyms: chalice vine, Solandra guttata, trumpet flower |
| cupful | (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cup |
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| cupid | (noun) a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow | - |
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| cupidity | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness |
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| cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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| (noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
| cuppa | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cupper |
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| cupper | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cuppa |
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| cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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| cuprite | (noun) a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper | - |
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| cupronickel | (noun) a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel | - |
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| cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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| (noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
| dauphin | (noun) formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne | - |
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| decoupage | (noun) the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer | - |
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| (noun) art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer | - |
| disruption | (noun) the act of causing disorder | Synonyms: perturbation |
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| (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, gap, interruption |
| (noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity | Synonyms: dislocation |
| (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
| drupe | (noun) fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube | Synonyms: stone fruit |
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| drupelet | (noun) a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe | - |
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| dupe | (noun) a person who is tricked or swindled | Synonyms: victim |
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| dupery | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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| duplex | (noun) an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase | Synonyms: duplex apartment |
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| (noun) a house with two units sharing a common wall | Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house |
| duplicability | (noun) the quality of being reproducible | Synonyms: reproducibility |
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| duplicate | (noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplication |
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| (noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: extra |
| duplication | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: gemination |
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| (noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplicate |
| duplicator | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: copier |
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| duplicity | (noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: double-dealing |
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| (noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: fraudulence |
| dustup | (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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| eggcup | (noun) dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg | Synonyms: egg cup |
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| eruption | (noun) the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material | Synonyms: volcanic eruption |
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| (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, clap |
| (noun) the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum | - |
| (noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: irruption, outbreak |
| (noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, extravasation |
| (noun) symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible | - |
| euphemism | (noun) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
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| euphonium | (noun) a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family | - |
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| euphony | (noun) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | Synonyms: music |
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| euphorbium | (noun) an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: gum eurphorbium |
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| euphoria | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | Synonyms: euphory |
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| euphoriant | (noun) a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria | - |
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| euphory | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | Synonyms: euphoria |
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| euphuism | (noun) an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | - |
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| (noun) any artificially elegant style of language | - |
| eupnea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnoea |
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| eupnoea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnea |
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| eyecup | (noun) (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina | Synonyms: optic cup |
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| (noun) a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball | Synonyms: eye cup, eyebath |
| fluphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders | - |
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| followup | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, reexamination, review |
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| (noun) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done | Synonyms: follow-up |
| (noun) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work | Synonyms: follow-up |
| fuckup | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall |
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| (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
| getup | (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: outfit, rig, turnout |
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| goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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| group | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: grouping |
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| (noun) a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse | Synonyms: mathematical group |
| (noun) (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule | Synonyms: chemical group, radical |
| grouper | (noun) usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass | - |
| groupie | (noun) an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around) | - |
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| grouping | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: group |
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| (noun) the activity of putting things together in groups | - |
| (noun) a system for classifying things into groups | Synonyms: pigeonholing |
| groupthink | (noun) decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) | - |
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| groupware | (noun) software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space | - |
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| grownup | (noun) a fully developed person from maturity onward | Synonyms: adult |
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