aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
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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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: acetanilid, phenylacetamide |
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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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aide | (noun) someone who acts as assistant | Synonyms: auxiliary |
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(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer | Synonyms: adjutant, aide-de-camp |
amide | (noun) any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 | - |
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anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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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, excursus, parenthesis |
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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front | Synonyms: back end, rear |
bacteriacide | (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bactericide |
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bactericide | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial, antibacterial drug |
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(noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bacteriacide |
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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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 | - |
broadside | (noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | - |
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(noun) the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern | - |
(noun) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship | - |
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
(noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: philippic, tirade |
bromide | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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(noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs | - |
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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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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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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cetrimide | (noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant | - |
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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 | - |
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(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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countryside | (noun) rural regions | - |
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cowhide | (noun) a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow | - |
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(noun) leather made from the hide of a cow | Synonyms: cowskin |
(noun) the hide of a cow | - |
curbside | (noun) the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb | - |
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cyanamide | (noun) a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) | Synonyms: cyanamid |
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(noun) a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds | Synonyms: calcium-cyanamide |
cyanide | (noun) an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid | - |
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(noun) any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | Synonyms: nitril, nitrile |
cyanuramide | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: melamine |
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daminozide | (noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time | Synonyms: Alar |
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deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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diazoxide | (noun) vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension | Synonyms: Hyperstat |
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dichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: bichloride |
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dioxide | (noun) an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
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disaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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divide | (noun) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems | Synonyms: water parting, watershed |
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(noun) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) | - |
dockside | (noun) the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
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downside | (noun) a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | - |
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ebbtide | (noun) the tide while water is flowing out | - |
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encainide | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Enkaid |
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ethanamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: acetamide |
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ethosuximide | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: Emeside, Zarontin |
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eventide | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, evening |
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exaltolide | (noun) the macrocyclic lactone having fifteen carbon atoms; it has a musky scent, similar to exaltone. | - |
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ferricyanide | (noun) salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide | - |
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ferrocyanide | (noun) salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate | - |
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feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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filicide | (noun) the murder of your own son or daughter | - |
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(noun) a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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(noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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fluoride | (noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
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fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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(noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
(noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
fungicide | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent |
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furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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genocide | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | Synonyms: race murder, racial extermination |
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germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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glide | (noun) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | Synonyms: coast, slide |
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(noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring |
(noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: semivowel |
glipizide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: Glucotrol |
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glucoside | (noun) a glycoside derived from glucose | - |
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glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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glyburide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: DiaBeta, Micronase |
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glyceride | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: acylglycerol |
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glycoside | (noun) a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides | - |
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guide | (noun) a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something | - |
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(noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: template, templet |
(noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guidebook |
(noun) someone employed to conduct others | Synonyms: usher |
(noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: pathfinder, scout |
(noun) someone who shows the way by leading or advising | - |
halide | (noun) a salt of any halogen acid | - |
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herbicide | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: weed killer, weedkiller |
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hide | (noun) body covering of a living animal | Synonyms: pelt, skin |
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(noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | Synonyms: fell |
hillside | (noun) the side or slope of a hill | - |
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homicide | (noun) the killing of a human being by another human being | - |
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horsehide | (noun) leather from the hide of a horse | - |
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hydrazide | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds sharing a common functional group characterized by a nitrogen to nitrogen covalent bond with 4 substituents with at least one of them being an acyl group. | - |
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hydride | (noun) any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements | - |
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hydrochloride | (noun) a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride | - |
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hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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hydroflumethiazide | (noun) diuretic used to treat hypertension and edema | - |
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hydroxide | (noun) a compound of an oxide with water | Synonyms: hydrated oxide |
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(noun) a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group | - |
imide | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO- | - |
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indapamide | (noun) diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Lozal |
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infanticide | (noun) murdering an infant | - |
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(noun) a person who murders an infant | - |
insecticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill insects | Synonyms: insect powder |
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inside | (noun) the inner or enclosed surface of something | Synonyms: interior |
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(noun) the region that is inside of something | Synonyms: interior |
iodide | (noun) a salt or ester of hydriodic acid | - |
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iproclozide | (noun) an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor | - |
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ironside | (noun) a man of great strength or bravery | - |
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isosorbide | (noun) drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure | Synonyms: Isordil |
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joyride | (noun) a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure | - |
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lactide | (noun) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones. | - |
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lakeside | (noun) the shore of a lake | Synonyms: lakeshore |
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landside | (noun) component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard | - |
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