absolutization | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutisation |
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acclimatization | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatisation |
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actinozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: anthozoan |
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actualization | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, realisation, realization |
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advertizement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing |
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advertizer | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertiser |
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advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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adz | (noun) an edge tool used to cut and shape wood | Synonyms: adze |
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adze | (noun) an edge tool used to cut and shape wood | Synonyms: adz |
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affluenza | (noun) an inability to understand the consequences of one's actions because of financial privilege | - |
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aggrandizement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandisement, elevation |
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albizia | (noun) any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia | Synonyms: albizzia |
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albizzia | (noun) any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia | Synonyms: albizia |
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alcazar | (noun) any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors | - |
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alizarin | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarine |
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alizarine | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarin |
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alkalizer | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid |
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alkylbenzene | (noun) organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring | - |
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alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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allegorizer | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegoriser |
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alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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alphabetizer | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetiser |
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alprazolam | (noun) an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class | Synonyms: Xanax |
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altazimuth | (noun) an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation | - |
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amazement | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: astonishment |
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amazon | (noun) mainly green tropical American parrots | - |
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(noun) a large strong and aggressive woman | Synonyms: virago |
aminobenzine | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aniline, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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amortization | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortisation |
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(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortisation |
analyzer | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyser |
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anathematization | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematisation |
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angledozer | (noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
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animalization | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalisation, brutalisation, brutalization |
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(noun) a depiction in the form of an animal | - |
antherozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: spermatozoid |
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anthozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: actinozoan |
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antifertilizin | (noun) An immunologically specific substance produced by animal sperm to implement attraction by the egg before fertilization. | - |
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antifreeze | (noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point | - |
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antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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apicalization | (noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | - |
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apoenzyme | (noun) a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme | - |
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appetizer | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, starter |
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appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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assize | (noun) an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property | - |
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(noun) the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale | - |
assizes | (noun) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts) | Synonyms: court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius |
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atomization | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, fragmentation |
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(noun) annihilation by reducing something to atoms | Synonyms: atomisation |
atomizer | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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atrazine | (noun) a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide | - |
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authorization | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorisation, mandate |
authorizer | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authoriser |
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azadirachtin | (noun) insecticide | - |
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azalea | (noun) any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors | - |
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azathioprine | (noun) an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ | Synonyms: Imuran |
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azedarach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azederach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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azederach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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azide | (noun) a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical | - |
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azimuth | (noun) the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian | Synonyms: AZ |
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azithromycin | (noun) a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body | Synonyms: Zithromax |
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azoimide | (noun) a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling | Synonyms: HN, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide |
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azotaemia | (noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | Synonyms: azotemia, uraemia, uremia |
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azote | (noun) an obsolete name for nitrogen | - |
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azotemia | (noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | Synonyms: azotaemia, uraemia, uremia |
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azoturia | (noun) excess of urea in the urine | - |
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aztreonam | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects | Synonyms: Azactam |
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azure | (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue |
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azurite | (noun) blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite | - |
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azymia | (noun) absence of an enzyme | - |
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baiza | (noun) 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman | Synonyms: baisa |
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baize | (noun) a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables | - |
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banzai | (noun) a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph | - |
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barbarization | (noun) an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized | Synonyms: barbarisation |
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bastardization | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardisation |
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(noun) declaring or rendering bastard | - |
bazaar | (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: fair |
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(noun) a shop where a variety of goods are sold | Synonyms: bazar |
(noun) a street of small shops (especially in Orient) | Synonyms: bazar |
bazar | (noun) a shop where a variety of goods are sold | Synonyms: bazaar |
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(noun) a street of small shops (especially in Orient) | Synonyms: bazaar |
bazillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: billion, gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion |
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bazooka | (noun) a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
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benzene | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | Synonyms: benzine, benzol |
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benzine | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | Synonyms: benzene, benzol |
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benzoate | (noun) any salt or ester of benzoic acid | - |
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benzocaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: ethyl aminobenzoate |
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benzodiazepine | (noun) any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency | - |
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benzofuran | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone |
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benzoin | (noun) gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation | Synonyms: asa dulcis, benjamin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin |
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benzol | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | Synonyms: benzene, benzine |
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benzoquinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: quinone |
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benzyl | (noun) the univalent radical derived from toluene | Synonyms: benzyl group, benzyl radical |
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benzylpenicillin | (noun) the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics | Synonyms: penicillin G |
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bezant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezzant, byzant, solidus |
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bezel | (noun) a sloping edge on a cutting tool | - |
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bezique | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: penuchle, pinochle, pinocle |
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bezzant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezant, byzant, solidus |
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bilharzia | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharziasis, schistosomiasis |
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bilharziasis | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharzia, schistosomiasis |
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biohazard | (noun) any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare | Synonyms: biological agent |
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(noun) hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions | - |
biz | (noun) your occupation or line of work | Synonyms: game |
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bizarreness | (noun) strikingly out of the ordinary | Synonyms: outlandishness, weirdness |
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bize | (noun) a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | Synonyms: bise |
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blaze | (noun) noisy and unrestrained mischief | Synonyms: hell |
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(noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted | Synonyms: brilliance, glare |
(noun) a light-colored marking | - |
(noun) a cause of difficulty and suffering | Synonyms: hell |
(noun) a strong flame that burns brightly | Synonyms: blazing |
blazer | (noun) lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school | Synonyms: sport coat, sport jacket, sports coat, sports jacket |
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blazing | (noun) a strong flame that burns brightly | Synonyms: blaze |
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blazon | (noun) the official symbols of a family, state, etc. | Synonyms: arms, blazonry, coat of arms |
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blazonry | (noun) the official symbols of a family, state, etc. | Synonyms: arms, blazon, coat of arms |
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