| adverbial | (noun) a word or group of words function as an adverb | - |
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| advertorial | (noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report | - |
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| aerial | (noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer | Synonyms: forward pass |
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| (noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial |
| antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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| antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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| antimicrobial | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
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| bicentennial | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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| biennial | (noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season | - |
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| bilabial | (noun) a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/ | - |
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| binomial | (noun) (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms | - |
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| burial | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burying |
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| (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture |
| centennial | (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
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| ceremonial | (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
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| colonial | (noun) a resident of a colony | - |
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| commercial | (noun) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television | Synonyms: commercial message |
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| cordial | (noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | Synonyms: liqueur |
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| credential | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credentials |
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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 | - |
| 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 |
| editorial | (noun) an article giving opinions or perspectives | Synonyms: column, newspaper column |
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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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| 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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| essential | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite |
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| exponential | (noun) a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent | Synonyms: exponential function |
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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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| finial | (noun) an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis | - |
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| gavial | (noun) large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout | Synonyms: Gavialis gangeticus |
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| 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 |
| inessential | (noun) anything that is not essential | Synonyms: nonessential |
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| infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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| 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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| labial | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips | Synonyms: labial consonant |
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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| multinomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
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| nonessential | (noun) anything that is not essential | Synonyms: inessential |
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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 |
| 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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| patrial | (noun) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) | - |
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| perennial | (noun) (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more | - |
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| phial | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, ampule, vial |
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| pictorial | (noun) a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures | - |
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| polynomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: multinomial |
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| potential | (noun) the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | Synonyms: electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage |
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| (noun) the inherent capacity for coming into being | Synonyms: potency, potentiality |
| pretrial | (noun) (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases | Synonyms: pretrial conference |
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| provincial | (noun) a country person | Synonyms: bucolic, peasant |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order | - |
| quatercentennial | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentenary |
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| quincentennial | (noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quincentenary |
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| radial | (noun) pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing | Synonyms: radial-ply tire, radial tire |
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| reburial | (noun) the act of burying again | Synonyms: reburying |
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| retrial | (noun) a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors | - |
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| rial | (noun) the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils | Synonyms: Yemeni rial |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Iran | Synonyms: Iranian rial |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Oman | Synonyms: Omani rial, riyal-omani |
| semicentennial | (noun) the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: semicentenary |
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| serial | (noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: series |
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| (noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial publication, series |
| sesquicentennial | (noun) the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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| sial | (noun) the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum | - |
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| social | (noun) a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity | Synonyms: mixer, sociable |
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| special | (noun) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising | - |
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| (noun) a television production that features a particular person or work or topic | - |
| (noun) a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant | - |
| sundial | (noun) timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial | - |
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| tercentennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, triennial |
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| territorial | (noun) a territorial military unit | Synonyms: territorial reserve |
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| (noun) nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit | - |
| testimonial | (noun) something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable | Synonyms: good word, recommendation |
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| (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | Synonyms: tribute |
| (noun) something that serves as evidence | Synonyms: testimony |
| trial | (noun) the act of testing something | Synonyms: run, test |
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| (noun) (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law | - |
| (noun) the act of undergoing testing | Synonyms: test |
| (noun) trying something to find out about it | Synonyms: test, trial run, tryout |
| (noun) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | Synonyms: tribulation, visitation |
| (noun) (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications | - |
| triennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, tercentennial |
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| tutorial | (noun) a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students | - |
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| uncial | (noun) a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries | - |
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| urial | (noun) bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia | Synonyms: Ovis vignei |
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| vial | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial |
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