| acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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| 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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| anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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| avulsion | (noun) a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another | - |
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| (noun) an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another | - |
| convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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| convulsion | (noun) a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval | - |
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| (noun) violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles | - |
| (noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: fit, paroxysm |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: turmoil, upheaval |
| divulgement | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgence |
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| divulgence | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgement |
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| invulnerability | (noun) the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally) | - |
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| (noun) having the strength to withstand attack | Synonyms: impregnability |
| laevulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, levulose |
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| levulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, laevulose |
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| ovulation | (noun) the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) | - |
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| ovule | (noun) a small or immature ovum | - |
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| (noun) a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization | - |
| revulsion | (noun) intense aversion | Synonyms: horror, repugnance, repulsion |
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| rivulet | (noun) a small stream | Synonyms: rill, run, runnel, streamlet |
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| rivulus | (noun) found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic | - |
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| uvula | (noun) a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate | - |
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| uvulitis | (noun) inflammation of the uvula | - |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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| valvula | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvule |
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| valvule | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvula |
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| valvulitis | (noun) inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever) | - |
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| valvulotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvotomy |
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| volvulus | (noun) abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction | - |
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| vulcanisation | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanization |
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| vulcaniser | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
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| (noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
| vulcanite | (noun) a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber | Synonyms: ebonite, hard rubber |
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| vulcanization | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanisation |
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| vulcanizer | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcaniser |
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| (noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcaniser |
| vulcanology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies volcanoes | Synonyms: volcanology |
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| vulgarian | (noun) a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) | - |
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| vulgarisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarization |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarization |
| vulgariser | (noun) someone who makes something vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarizer |
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| (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, popularizer, vulgarizer |
| vulgarism | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarity |
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| (noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut |
| vulgarity | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism |
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| vulgarization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarisation |
| vulgarizer | (noun) someone who makes something vulgar | Synonyms: vulgariser |
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| (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, popularizer, vulgariser |
| vulnerability | (noun) susceptibility to injury or attack | - |
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| (noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | Synonyms: exposure |
| vulture | (noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion | - |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, predator |
| vulva | (noun) external parts of the female genitalia | - |
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| vulvectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the vulva | - |
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| vulvitis | (noun) inflammation of the vulva | - |
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| vulvovaginitis | (noun) inflammation of the vulva and the vagina | - |
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