| anovulant | (noun) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | Synonyms: anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill |
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| anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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| appellant | (noun) the party who appeals a decision of a lower court | Synonyms: plaintiff in error |
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| assailant | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker |
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| coagulant | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulator |
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| coolant | (noun) a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another | - |
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| decoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication |
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| eggplant | (noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow | Synonyms: aubergine, mad apple |
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| (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
| flagellant | (noun) a person who whips himself as a religious penance | - |
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| (noun) a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification | - |
| gallant | (noun) a man who attends or escorts a woman | Synonyms: squire |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell |
| houseplant | (noun) any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - |
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| implant | (noun) a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue | - |
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| inhalant | (noun) a medication to be taken by inhaling it | Synonyms: inhalation |
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| (noun) something that is inhaled | - |
| inoculant | (noun) a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease | Synonyms: inoculum |
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| insulant | (noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulation |
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| leadplant | (noun) shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore | Synonyms: Amorpha canescens, lead plant |
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| pieplant | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: rhubarb |
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| plant | (noun) (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | Synonyms: flora, plant life |
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| (noun) buildings for carrying on industrial labor | Synonyms: industrial plant, works |
| (noun) something planted secretly for discovery by another | - |
| (noun) an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience | - |
| postulant | (noun) one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order | - |
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| propellant | (noun) any substance that propels | Synonyms: propellent |
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| repellant | (noun) the power to repel | Synonyms: repellent |
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| (noun) a chemical substance that repels animals | Synonyms: repellent |
| (noun) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water | Synonyms: repellent |
| sealant | (noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealer |
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| sibilant | (noun) a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) | Synonyms: sibilant consonant |
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| slant | (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: pitch, rake |
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| (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: angle |
| stimulant | (noun) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process | Synonyms: excitant, stimulant drug |
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| (noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | Synonyms: input, stimulation, stimulus |
| topgallant | (noun) a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel | Synonyms: topgallant mast |
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| (noun) a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast | Synonyms: topgallant sail |
| transplant | (noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location | Synonyms: transplantation, transplanting |
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| (noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) | Synonyms: organ transplant, transplantation |
| (noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: graft |
| xenotransplant | (noun) a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transferred from one species to another species | Synonyms: xenotransplantation |
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