acephalia | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalism, acephaly |
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acromegalia | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegaly |
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alalia | (noun) paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak | - |
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anencephalia | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephaly |
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aralia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers | - |
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bacchanalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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coprolalia | (noun) an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders | - |
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echolalia | (noun) (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) | - |
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(noun) an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others | - |
genitalia | (noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: crotch, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates |
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glossolalia | (noun) repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) | - |
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marginalia | (noun) notes written in the margin | - |
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palilalia | (noun) a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated | - |
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paraphernalia | (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, gear |
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regalia | (noun) paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office) | - |
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(noun) especially fine or decorative clothing | Synonyms: array, raiment |
saturnalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot |
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sesquipedalia | (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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sobralia | (noun) any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya | - |
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vedalia | (noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects | Synonyms: Rodolia cardinalis |
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