| informercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: infomercial |
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| initial | (noun) the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) | - |
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| integral | (noun) the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x) | - |
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| intellectual | (noun) a person who uses the mind creatively | Synonyms: intellect |
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| intercostal | (noun) muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration | Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis |
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| interspersal | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersion |
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| interval | (noun) the distance between things | Synonyms: separation |
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| (noun) a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints | - |
| (noun) the difference in pitch between two notes | Synonyms: musical interval |
| (noun) a definite length of time marked off by two instants | Synonyms: time interval |
| irrational | (noun) a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number | Synonyms: irrational number |
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| isoclinal | (noun) an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination | Synonyms: isoclinic line |
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| isoseismal | (noun) a line on a map connecting points at which earthquake shocks are of equal intensity. | - |
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| jackal | (noun) Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair | - |
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| (noun) a jackal native to Europe and Asia with a golden coat | Synonyms: Canis aureus, golden jackal |
| (noun) a jackal native to Africa with a black back | Synonyms: black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas |
| (noun) a jackal native to Southern Africa with a stripe down its side | Synonyms: Canis adustus, side-striped jackal |
| (noun) a canid living in the deserts of Northern Africa related to the goldn jackal and the grey wolf | Synonyms: African golden wolf, Canis anthus, Egyptian jackal, grey jackal |
| journal | (noun) the part of the axle contained by a bearing | - |
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| (noun) a record book as a physical object | - |
| (noun) a periodical dedicated to a particular subject | - |
| (noun) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations | Synonyms: diary |
| (noun) a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred | Synonyms: daybook |
| jumbal | (noun) small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | Synonyms: jumble |
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| kindjal | (noun) a kind of short sword or dagger with a slightly curved blade, probably originated in Chechnya. | - |
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| kraal | (noun) a pen for livestock in southern Africa | - |
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| (noun) a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade | - |
| labial | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips | Synonyms: labial consonant |
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| labiodental | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth | Synonyms: labiodental consonant |
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| lacteal | (noun) any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct | - |
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| lateral | (noun) a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer | Synonyms: lateral pass |
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| liberal | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberalist, progressive |
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| (noun) a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets | - |
| lingual | (noun) a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs | - |
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| literal | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error |
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| litoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: littoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| littoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: litoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| local | (noun) public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops | - |
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| (noun) anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body | Synonyms: local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic |
| madrigal | (noun) an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form | - |
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| mammal | (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | Synonyms: mammalian |
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| manual | (noun) (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle | Synonyms: manual of arms |
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| (noun) a small handbook | - |
| marshal | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshall |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshall |
| marsupial | (noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
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| mastoidal | (noun) process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull | Synonyms: mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process |
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| material | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, textile |
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| (noun) things needed for doing or making something | - |
| (noun) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form | - |
| (noun) a person judged suitable for admission or employment | - |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: stuff |
| meal | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time | Synonyms: repast |
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| (noun) coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse | - |
| (noun) any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times | - |
| medal | (noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medallion, palm, ribbon |
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| medical | (noun) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | Synonyms: checkup, health check, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination |
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| memorial | (noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | Synonyms: monument |
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| (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: commemoration, remembrance |
| (noun) a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority | - |
| menial | (noun) a domestic servant | - |
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| mephobarbital | (noun) a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy | Synonyms: Mebaral |
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| mescal | (noun) a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) | - |
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| (noun) a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons | Synonyms: Lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote |
| metacarpal | (noun) any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers | Synonyms: metacarpal bone |
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| metal | (noun) any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | Synonyms: metallic element |
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| (noun) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten | Synonyms: alloy |
| metatarsal | (noun) any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes | - |
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| methanal | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: formaldehyde |
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| metharbital | (noun) anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy | Synonyms: Gemonil |
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| metical | (noun) the basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| mezcal | (noun) a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons | Synonyms: Lophophora williamsii, mescal, peyote |
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| microcrystal | (noun) any crystal of microscopic size. | - |
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| mineral | (noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | - |
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| misconstrual | (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstruction |
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| misdeal | (noun) an incorrect deal | - |
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| missal | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year | - |
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| mistral | (noun) a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter | - |
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| mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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| modal | (noun) an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality | Synonyms: modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb |
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| monal | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monaul |
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| monoclonal | (noun) any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules | Synonyms: monoclonal antibody |
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| monolingual | (noun) a person who knows only one language | - |
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| moral | (noun) the significance of a story or event | Synonyms: lesson |
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| mortal | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| multinomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
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| mural | (noun) a painting that is applied to a wall surface | Synonyms: wall painting |
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| musical | (noun) a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing | Synonyms: musical comedy, musical theater |
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| narwal | (noun) small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk | Synonyms: Monodon monoceros, narwhal, narwhale |
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| narwhal | (noun) small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk | Synonyms: Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhale |
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| nasal | (noun) an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose | Synonyms: nasal bone, os nasale |
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| (noun) a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed | Synonyms: nasal consonant |
| national | (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: subject |
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| natural | (noun) (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake | - |
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| (noun) a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat | Synonyms: cancel |
| (noun) someone regarded as certain to succeed | - |
| neoliberal | (noun) a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism | - |
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| neurochemical | (noun) any organic substance that occurs in neural activity | - |
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| neutral | (noun) one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute | - |
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| nominal | (noun) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb | Synonyms: nominal phrase, noun phrase |
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| nonessential | (noun) anything that is not essential | Synonyms: inessential |
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| nonmetal | (noun) a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties | - |
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| nonremittal | (noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: default, nonpayment |
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| (noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: default, nonpayment |
| nonsteroidal | (noun) an organic compound that does no contain a steroid | Synonyms: nonsteroid |
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| nopal | (noun) any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears | - |
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| (noun) cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits | Synonyms: Opuntia lindheimeri |
| normal | (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, formula, pattern, rule |
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| numeral | (noun) a symbol used to represent a number | Synonyms: number |
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| (noun) a word expressing a number. | - |
| oatmeal | (noun) porridge made of rolled oats | Synonyms: burgoo |
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| (noun) meal made from rolled or ground oats | Synonyms: rolled oats |
| offal | (noun) viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans | - |
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| official | (noun) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport | - |
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| (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: functionary |
| opal | (noun) a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones | - |
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| oral | (noun) an examination conducted by spoken communication | Synonyms: oral exam, oral examination, viva, viva voce |
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| ordeal | (noun) a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence | Synonyms: trial by ordeal |
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| (noun) a severe or trying experience | - |
| ordinal | (noun) the number designating place in an ordered sequence | Synonyms: no., ordinal number |
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| original | (noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master, master copy |
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| (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, pilot |
| orinasal | (noun) a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) | Synonyms: orinasal phone |
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| ornamental | (noun) any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value | - |
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| oval | (noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it | Synonyms: ellipse |
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| overappraisal | (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation |
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| overzeal | (noun) The quality of being excessively zealous. | Synonyms: overzealousness |
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| pal | (noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: brother, buddy, chum, crony, sidekick |
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| palatal | (noun) a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') | - |
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| pansexual | (noun) a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds | - |
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| paralegal | (noun) a person with specialized training who assists lawyers | Synonyms: legal assistant |
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| paramedical | (noun) a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | Synonyms: paramedic |
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| paraprofessional | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional | - |
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| parenthetical | (noun) an expression in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical expression |
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| partial | (noun) the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant | Synonyms: partial derivative |
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| (noun) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | Synonyms: overtone, partial tone |
| participial | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participle |
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