| coronal | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, garland, lei, wreath |
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| corporal | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines | - |
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| corral | (noun) a pen for cattle | Synonyms: cattle pen, cow pen |
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| coucal | (noun) Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw | - |
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| counterproposal | (noun) a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal | - |
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| credential | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credentials |
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| criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| cristal | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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| crotal | (noun) any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made | Synonyms: crottal, crottle |
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| crottal | (noun) any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made | Synonyms: crotal, crottle |
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| crystal | (noun) a protective cover that protects the face of a watch | Synonyms: watch crystal, watch glass |
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| (noun) glassware made of quartz | - |
| (noun) a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices | - |
| (noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces | Synonyms: crystallization |
| (noun) a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure | - |
| (noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
| cymbal | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together | - |
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| dal | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl |
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| deal | (noun) the act of distributing playing cards | - |
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| (noun) the act of apportioning or distributing something | - |
| (noun) a particular instance of buying or selling | Synonyms: business deal, trade |
| (noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | Synonyms: bargain |
| (noun) the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement) | - |
| (noun) the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time | Synonyms: hand |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (noun) a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) | - |
| (noun) wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) | Synonyms: softwood |
| decal | (noun) either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface | Synonyms: decalcomania |
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| decimal | (noun) a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 | Synonyms: decimal fraction |
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| (noun) a number in the decimal system | - |
| deferral | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, postponement |
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| (noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business | Synonyms: recess |
| defrayal | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayment, payment |
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| demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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| denial | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, demurrer |
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| (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
| (noun) the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) | - |
| (noun) the act of asserting that something alleged is not true | Synonyms: disaffirmation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts | - |
| dental | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental consonant |
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| despisal | (noun) a feeling of scornful hatred | Synonyms: despising |
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| devisal | (noun) the act of devising something | Synonyms: contrivance |
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| devotional | (noun) a short religious service | - |
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| dhal | (noun) tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics | Synonyms: cajan pea, Cajanus cajan, catjang pea, dahl, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram |
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| diagonal | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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| (noun) an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry | - |
| (noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | Synonyms: bias |
| (noun) (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent | - |
| dial | (noun) the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours | - |
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| (noun) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | Synonyms: telephone dial |
| (noun) the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments | - |
| (noun) the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning | - |
| differential | (noun) a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves | Synonyms: differential gear |
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| (noun) a quality that differentiates between similar things | - |
| (noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative |
| diflunisal | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions | Synonyms: Dolobid |
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| disapproval | (noun) the act of disapproving or condemning | - |
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| (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour, dislike |
| (noun) the expression of disapproval | - |
| (noun) a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing | - |
| disavowal | (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disclaimer |
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| disbursal | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursement, outlay, spending |
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| (noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursement, expense |
| dismissal | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| (noun) a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial | Synonyms: judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal |
| (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job | Synonyms: dismission, pink slip |
| (noun) permission to go; the sending away of someone | - |
| dispersal | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersion, dissemination |
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| disposal | (noun) the act or means of getting rid of something | Synonyms: disposition |
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| (noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: administration |
| (noun) a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage | Synonyms: electric pig, garbage disposal |
| (noun) the power to use something or someone | - |
| dossal | (noun) an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel | Synonyms: dossel |
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| duodecimal | (noun) one part in twelve equal parts | Synonyms: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part |
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| editorial | (noun) an article giving opinions or perspectives | Synonyms: column, newspaper column |
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| encyclical | (noun) a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world | Synonyms: encyclical letter |
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| ephemeral | (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form | Synonyms: ephemeron |
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| epidural | (noun) regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery | Synonyms: epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia |
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| equal | (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, match, peer |
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| equatorial | (noun) a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it | - |
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| equilateral | (noun) a figure whose sides are all equal | - |
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| equinoctial | (noun) the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles | Synonyms: celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line |
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| espial | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, spotting, spying |
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| espousal | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, acceptation, adoption |
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| (noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: bridal |
| (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: betrothal |
| essential | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite |
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| ethanal | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: acetaldehyde |
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| exponential | (noun) a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent | Synonyms: exponential function |
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| external | (noun) outward features | - |
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| extraterrestrial | (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
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| facial | (noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams | - |
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| (noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve |
| factorial | (noun) the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer | - |
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| fallal | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| festival | (noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | Synonyms: fete |
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| (noun) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration | - |
| final | (noun) an examination administered at the end of an academic term | Synonyms: final exam, final examination |
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| (noun) the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament | - |
| finial | (noun) an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis | - |
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| foal | (noun) a young horse | - |
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| fogsignal | (noun) a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | Synonyms: foghorn |
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| folderal | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
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| formal | (noun) a gown for evening wear | Synonyms: dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown |
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| (noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | Synonyms: ball |
| fractal | (noun) (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry | - |
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| frontal | (noun) an adornment worn on the forehead | Synonyms: frontlet |
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| (noun) a drapery that covers the front of an altar | - |
| (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: facade, frontage |
| fundamental | (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | Synonyms: first harmonic, fundamental frequency |
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| (noun) any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business | - |
| funeral | (noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated | Synonyms: obsequy |
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| furfural | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfuraldehyde |
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| gal | (noun) alliterative term for girl (or woman) | - |
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| (noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | Synonyms: gallon |
| (noun) a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) | - |
| galangal | (noun) southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots | Synonyms: Alpinia galanga |
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| (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galingale |
| gavial | (noun) large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout | Synonyms: Gavialis gangeticus |
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| gayal | (noun) ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur | Synonyms: Bibos frontalis, mithan |
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| general | (noun) a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) | - |
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| (noun) a general officer of the highest rank | Synonyms: full general |
| (noun) the head of a religious order or congregation | Synonyms: superior general |
| gimbal | (noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | - |
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| goal | (noun) a successful attempt at scoring | - |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points | - |
| (noun) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | Synonyms: end |
| (noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: destination, finish |
| goldenseal | (noun) perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves | Synonyms: golden seal, Hydrastis Canadensis, turmeric root, yellow root |
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| goral | (noun) small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains | Synonyms: Naemorhedus goral |
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| gradual | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
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| gunmetal | (noun) a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water) | - |
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| guttural | (noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat | Synonyms: guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant |
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| halal | (noun) (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah | - |
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| hemiacetal | (noun) an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones | - |
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| herbal | (noun) tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs | Synonyms: herb tea, herbal tea |
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| heterosexual | (noun) a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexual person, straight, straight person |
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| homosexual | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homophile |
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| horizontal | (noun) something that is oriented horizontally | - |
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| hospital | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: infirmary |
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| (noun) a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care | - |
| hymeneal | (noun) a wedding hymn | - |
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| hymnal | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnary, hymnbook |
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| hypoglossal | (noun) supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles | Synonyms: hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve |
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| hypothetical | (noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. | - |
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| ideal | (noun) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain | - |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| immortal | (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: deity, divinity, god |
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| (noun) a person (such as an author) of enduring fame | - |
| imperial | (noun) a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach | - |
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| (noun) a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III | Synonyms: imperial beard |
| inaugural | (noun) the ceremonial induction into a position | Synonyms: inauguration |
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| (noun) an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) | Synonyms: inaugural address |
| incidental | (noun) an item that is incidental | - |
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| (noun) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | Synonyms: incidental expense, minor expense |
| individual | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| (noun) a single organism | - |
| inessential | (noun) anything that is not essential | Synonyms: nonessential |
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| infernal | (noun) an inhabitant of Hell | - |
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| infinitesimal | (noun) (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit | - |
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| infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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