| abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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| abettal | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abetment, instigation |
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| aboriginal | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
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| abseil | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: rappel |
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| accidental | (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
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| accrual | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accruement, accumulation |
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| accusal | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusation |
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| acebutolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension | Synonyms: Sectral |
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| acetal | (noun) any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules | - |
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| acetaldol | (noun) unsaturated aldol | - |
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| acetyl | (noun) the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) | Synonyms: acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical |
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| acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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| acquittal | (noun) a judgment of not guilty | - |
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| acyl | (noun) any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group | Synonyms: acyl group |
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| acylglycerol | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: glyceride |
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| admiral | (noun) any of several brightly colored butterflies | - |
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| (noun) the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral | Synonyms: full admiral |
| adrenal | (noun) either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney | Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland |
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| 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 |
| aerofoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: airfoil, control surface, surface |
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| aerosol | (noun) a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) | Synonyms: aerosol bomb, aerosol can, aerosol container, spray can |
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| (noun) a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas | - |
| agal | (noun) a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh | - |
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| agnail | (noun) a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected | Synonyms: hangnail |
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| ail | (noun) aromatic bulb used as seasoning | Synonyms: garlic |
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| airfoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: aerofoil, control surface, surface |
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| airmail | (noun) a system of conveying mail by aircraft | Synonyms: airpost |
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| (noun) letters and packages that are transported by aircraft | - |
| albuterol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Proventil, Ventolin |
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| alcohol | (noun) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent | Synonyms: alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant |
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| (noun) any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation | - |
| aldol | (noun) an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) | Synonyms: aldehyde-alcohol |
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| alkyl | (noun) any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons | Synonyms: alkyl group, alkyl radical |
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| allopurinol | (noun) a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid | Synonyms: Zyloprim |
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| allyl | (noun) the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene | Synonyms: allyl group, allyl radical |
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| amberbell | (noun) eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors | Synonyms: Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue |
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| ammonal | (noun) Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. | - |
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| amobarbital | (noun) a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant | - |
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| ampul | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampule, phial, vial |
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| amyl | (noun) a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds | - |
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| anatomical | (noun) an expression that relates to anatomy | Synonyms: anatomical reference |
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| anesthyl | (noun) a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic | - |
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| angel | (noun) spiritual being attendant upon God | - |
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| (noun) someone who provides financial support for some venture | Synonyms: backer |
| (noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: holy man, holy person, saint |
| anglophil | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophile |
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| anil | (noun) shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye | Synonyms: Indigofera anil, Indigofera suffruticosa |
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| (noun) a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically | Synonyms: indigo, indigotin |
| animal | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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| annual | (noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year | Synonyms: yearbook, yearly |
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| (noun) (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year | - |
| anthill | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: formicary |
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| antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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| antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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| antifungal | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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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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| antiphonal | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
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| antipodal | (noun) the relation of opposition along a diameter | Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition |
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| antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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| antiviral | (noun) any drug that destroys viruses | Synonyms: antiviral agent, antiviral drug |
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| anvil | (noun) a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | - |
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| (noun) a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes | Synonyms: incus |
| apparel | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: clothes, dress, wearing apparel |
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| appeal | (noun) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | - |
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| (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
| (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
| (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| apprisal | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: notification, telling |
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| approval | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approving, blessing |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: commendation |
| (noun) a feeling of liking something or someone good | - |
| (noun) acceptance as satisfactory | Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception |
| archangel | (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy | - |
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| (noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica |
| archil | (noun) any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil | Synonyms: orchil |
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| (noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: cudbear, orchil |
| argal | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argali, Ovis ammon |
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| argil | (noun) a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) | - |
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| argyll | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyle |
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| (noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyle |
| (noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyle |
| aril | (noun) fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed | - |
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| armful | (noun) the quantity that can be contained in the arms | - |
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| arousal | (noun) the act of arousing | Synonyms: rousing |
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| (noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: foreplay, stimulation |
| (noun) awakening from sleep | - |
| (noun) a state of heightened physiological activity | - |
| arrival | (noun) accomplishment of an objective | Synonyms: reaching |
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| (noun) the act of arriving at a certain place | - |
| (noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arriver, comer |
| arsenal | (noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
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| (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
| (noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
| arsenical | (noun) a pesticide or drug containing arsenic | - |
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| artiodactyl | (noun) placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot | Synonyms: artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate |
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| aspergill | (noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspersorium |
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| asphodel | (noun) any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers | - |
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| astragal | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: bead, beading, beadwork |
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| (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus, talus |
| atenolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.) | Synonyms: Tenormin |
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| atoll | (noun) an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon | - |
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| audiovisual | (noun) materials using sight or sound to present information | Synonyms: audiovisual aid |
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| austral | (noun) the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| avail | (noun) a means of serving | Synonyms: help, service |
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| aventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: camail, ventail |
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| avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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| awl | (noun) a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes | - |
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| axerophthol | (noun) any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes | Synonyms: A, antiophthalmic factor, vitamin A |
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| axil | (noun) the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk | - |
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| axolotl | (noun) larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing | Synonyms: Ambystoma mexicanum, mud puppy |
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| babel | (noun) a confusion of voices and other sounds | - |
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| bacchanal | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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| (noun) someone who engages in drinking bouts | Synonyms: bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller |
| (noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | Synonyms: bacchant |
| bacteriochlorophyll | (noun) a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants | - |
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| bagel | (noun) (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust | Synonyms: beigel |
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| bagful | (noun) the quantity that a bag will hold | Synonyms: bag |
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| bail | (noun) the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial) | - |
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| (noun) (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial | Synonyms: bail bond, bond |
| ball | (noun) a pitch that is not in the strike zone | - |
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| (noun) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | Synonyms: baseball, baseball game |
| (noun) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games | - |
| (noun) a spherical object used as a plaything | - |
| (noun) a solid projectile that is shot by a musket | Synonyms: musket ball |
| (noun) a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass | - |
| (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
| (noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | Synonyms: formal |
| (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump |
| (noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: globe, orb |
| balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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| bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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| bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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| bankroll | (noun) a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | Synonyms: roll |
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| barbel | (noun) slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | Synonyms: feeler |
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| barbell | (noun) a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting | - |
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