| abode
|
(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily |
Synonyms:
residence |
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| (noun) housing that someone is living in |
Synonyms:
habitation,
home,
domicile,
dwelling,
dwelling house |
| aborticide
|
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
Synonyms:
abortifacient,
abortion-inducing drug |
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| (noun) the act of destroying a fetus |
Synonyms:
feticide |
| acaracide
|
(noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites |
Synonyms:
acaricide |
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| acaricide
|
(noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites |
Synonyms:
acaracide |
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| accolade
|
(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction |
Synonyms:
award,
honor,
honour,
laurels |
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| acetaldehyde
|
(noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs |
Synonyms:
ethanal |
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| acetamide
|
(noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds |
Synonyms:
ethanamide |
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| acetanilide
|
(noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) |
Synonyms:
phenylacetamide,
acetanilid |
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| acrylamide
|
(noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals |
- |
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| actinide
|
(noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
Synonyms:
actinoid,
actinon |
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| ade
|
(noun) a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
Synonyms:
fruit drink |
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| aide
|
(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer |
Synonyms:
adjutant,
aide-de-camp |
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| (noun) someone who acts as assistant |
Synonyms:
auxiliary |
| alcalde
|
(noun) a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town |
- |
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| aldehyde
|
(noun) any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids |
- |
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| alidade
|
(noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments |
Synonyms:
alidad |
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| (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles |
Synonyms:
alidad |
| allemande
|
(noun) egg-thickened veloute |
Synonyms:
allemande sauce |
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| altitude
|
(noun) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface |
Synonyms:
height |
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| (noun) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) |
- |
| (noun) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) |
Synonyms:
elevation,
EL,
ALT |
| ambuscade
|
(noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
Synonyms:
ambush,
trap,
lying in wait |
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| amide
|
(noun) any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 |
- |
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| amplitude
|
(noun) (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave |
- |
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| (noun) the property of copious abundance |
Synonyms:
bounty,
bountifulness |
| (noun) greatness of magnitude |
- |
| anhydride
|
(noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water |
- |
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| anode
|
(noun) a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device |
- |
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| (noun) the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
- |
| antinode
|
(noun) (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system |
- |
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| antipode
|
(noun) direct opposite |
- |
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| antitrade
|
(noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics |
Synonyms:
antitrade wind |
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| aptitude
|
(noun) inherent ability |
- |
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| arcade
|
(noun) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side |
- |
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| (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns |
Synonyms:
colonnade |
| arsenide
|
(noun) a compound of arsenic with a more positive element |
- |
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| aside
|
(noun) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
- |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject |
Synonyms:
digression,
divagation,
parenthesis,
excursus |
| atherodyde
|
(noun) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed |
Synonyms:
ramjet,
ramjet engine,
athodyd,
flying drainpipe |
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| attitude
|
(noun) a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways |
Synonyms:
mental attitude |
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| (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs |
Synonyms:
position,
posture |
| (noun) a theatrical pose created for effect |
- |
| (noun) position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) |
- |
| azide
|
(noun) a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical |
- |
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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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| backside
|
(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front |
Synonyms:
rear,
back end |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
Synonyms:
rear,
seat,
bottom,
ass,
fundament,
stern,
can,
butt,
tail,
rear end,
rump,
nates,
hind end,
hindquarters,
derriere,
posterior,
prat,
keister,
arse,
behind,
bum,
buns,
buttocks,
fanny,
tail end,
tooshie,
tush |
| bacteriacide
|
(noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria |
Synonyms:
bactericide |
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| bactericide
|
(noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacteriacide |
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| (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth |
Synonyms:
antibacterial,
antibacterial drug |
| ballade
|
(noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy |
- |
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| balustrade
|
(noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling |
Synonyms:
handrail,
balusters,
banister,
bannister |
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| barricade
|
(noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. |
Synonyms:
roadblock |
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| (noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy |
- |
| beatitude
|
(noun) a state of supreme happiness |
Synonyms:
beatification,
blessedness |
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| bedside
|
(noun) space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person) |
- |
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| bichloride
|
(noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule |
Synonyms:
dichloride |
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| bigarade
|
(noun) any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock |
Synonyms:
Seville orange,
sour orange,
bitter orange,
marmalade orange,
Citrus aurantium,
bitter orange tree |
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| blade
|
(noun) especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole |
Synonyms:
leaf blade |
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| (noun) a dashing young man |
- |
| (noun) something long and thin resembling a blade of grass |
- |
| (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
Synonyms:
brand,
steel,
sword |
| (noun) a cut of beef from the shoulder blade |
- |
| (noun) a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) |
- |
| (noun) the part of the skate that slides on the ice |
- |
| (noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water |
Synonyms:
vane |
| (noun) the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge |
- |
| blende
|
(noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form |
Synonyms:
zinc blende,
sphalerite |
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| blockade
|
(noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy |
Synonyms:
encirclement |
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| (noun) prevents access or progress |
- |
| blonde
|
(noun) a person with fair skin and hair |
Synonyms:
blond |
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| (noun) a light grayish yellow to near white |
Synonyms:
blond |
| bolide
|
(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) |
Synonyms:
fireball |
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| bride
|
(noun) a woman who has recently been married |
- |
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| (noun) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony |
- |
| brigade
|
(noun) army unit smaller than a division, typically consisting of a small number of battalions |
- |
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| broadside
|
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution |
Synonyms:
bill,
flier,
flyer,
throwaway,
handbill,
circular,
broadsheet |
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| (noun) a speech of violent denunciation |
Synonyms:
philippic,
tirade |
| (noun) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship |
- |
| (noun) the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern |
- |
| (noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship |
- |
| brocade
|
(noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern |
- |
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| bromide
|
(noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs |
- |
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| (noun) a trite or obvious remark |
Synonyms:
platitude,
cliche,
commonplace,
banality |
| burnside
|
(noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
Synonyms:
mutton chop,
side-whiskers,
sideburn |
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| cannonade
|
(noun) intense and continuous artillery fire |
Synonyms:
drumfire |
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| canyonside
|
(noun) the steeply sloping side of a canyon |
- |
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| carbamide
|
(noun) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics |
Synonyms:
urea |
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| carbide
|
(noun) a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element |
- |
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| cascade
|
(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls |
- |
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| (noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units |
- |
| (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower |
Synonyms:
shower |
| cathode
|
(noun) a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
- |
| cavalcade
|
(noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback |
- |
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| centipede
|
(noun) chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors |
- |
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| cerebroside
|
(noun) A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of cerebrospinal neurons. |
- |
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| certitude
|
(noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant |
Synonyms:
overconfidence,
cocksureness |
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| cestode
|
(noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates |
Synonyms:
tapeworm |
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| cetrimide
|
(noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant |
- |
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| charade
|
(noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades |
- |
|---|
| (noun) making a false outward show |
Synonyms:
masquerade |
| chlordiazepoxide
|
(noun) a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism |
Synonyms:
Libritabs,
Librium |
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| chloride
|
(noun) any compound containing a chlorine atom |
- |
|---|
| (noun) any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
- |
| chlorothiazide
|
(noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension |
Synonyms:
Diuril |
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| cirripede
|
(noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces |
Synonyms:
cirriped,
barnacle |
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| clade
|
(noun) a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor |
- |
|---|
| cladode
|
(noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf |
Synonyms:
phylloclad,
phylloclade,
cladophyll |
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| cockade
|
(noun) an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat |
- |
|---|
| code
|
(noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) |
Synonyms:
codification |
|---|
| (noun) a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
- |
| (noun) (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
Synonyms:
computer code |
| colonnade
|
(noun) structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns |
Synonyms:
arcade |
| commode
|
(noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination |
Synonyms:
throne,
toilet,
stool,
pot,
potty,
can,
crapper |
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| (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers |
Synonyms:
chiffonier |
| comrade
|
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another |
Synonyms:
associate,
companion,
familiar,
fellow |
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| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement |
Synonyms:
brother |
| consuetude
|
(noun) a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law |
- |
|---|
| correctitude
|
(noun) correct or appropriate behavior |
Synonyms:
properness,
propriety |
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| countryside
|
(noun) rural regions |
- |
|---|
| couvade
|
(noun) a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child |
- |
|---|
| cowhide
|
(noun) leather made from the hide of a cow |
Synonyms:
cowskin |
|---|
| (noun) the hide of a cow |
- |
| (noun) a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow |
- |
| crassitude
|
(noun) the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement |
Synonyms:
crassness |
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| crude
|
(noun) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons |
Synonyms:
rock oil,
petroleum,
oil,
crude oil,
fossil oil |
|---|
| crusade
|
(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
Synonyms:
movement,
drive,
effort,
campaign,
cause |
|---|
| curbside
|
(noun) the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb |
- |
|---|
| cyanamide
|
(noun) a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) |
Synonyms:
cyanamid |
|---|
| (noun) a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds |
Synonyms:
calcium-cyanamide |
| cyanide
|
(noun) any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN |
Synonyms:
nitril,
nitrile |
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| (noun) an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid |
- |
| cyanuramide
|
(noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins |
Synonyms:
melamine |
|---|
| daminozide
|
(noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time |
Synonyms:
Alar |
|---|
| decade
|
(noun) a period of 10 years |
Synonyms:
decennary,
decennium |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system |
Synonyms:
X,
ten,
tenner,
10 |
| decrepitude
|
(noun) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use |
Synonyms:
dilapidation |
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| (noun) The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age. |
- |
| defilade
|
(noun) the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire |
- |
|---|
| demimonde
|
(noun) a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior |
- |
|---|
| deoxynucleotide
|
(noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. |
- |
|---|
| desuetude
|
(noun) a state of inactivity or disuse |
- |
|---|
| diazoxide
|
(noun) vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension |
Synonyms:
Hyperstat |
|---|
| dichloride
|
(noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule |
Synonyms:
bichloride |
|---|
| digitigrade
|
(noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
Synonyms:
digitigrade mammal |
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