abelia | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
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aboulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: abulia |
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abulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: aboulia |
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acephalia | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalism, acephaly |
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acholia | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: cholestasis |
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achylia | (noun) absence of gastric juices (partial or complete) | Synonyms: achylia gastrica |
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acromegalia | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegaly |
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adactylia | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylism, adactyly |
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alalia | (noun) paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak | - |
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algophilia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algolagnia |
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amelia | (noun) congenital absence of an arm or leg | - |
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anencephalia | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephaly |
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angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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aralia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers | - |
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astroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: macroglia |
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bacchanalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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basophilia | (noun) the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes | - |
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borrelia | (noun) cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever | - |
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brachydactylia | (noun) abnormal shortness of fingers and toes | Synonyms: brachydactyly |
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browallia | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers | Synonyms: bush violet |
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camelia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camellia |
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camellia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camelia |
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coprolalia | (noun) an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders | - |
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dahlia | (noun) any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia | Synonyms: Dahlia pinnata |
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davallia | (noun) any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes | - |
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dyscalculia | (noun) impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics | - |
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echolalia | (noun) (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) | - |
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(noun) an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others | - |
eosinophilia | (noun) a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood | - |
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europhilia | (noun) admiration for Europe, Europeans, or the European Union. | - |
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genitalia | (noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: crotch, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates |
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glia | (noun) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | Synonyms: neuroglia |
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glossolalia | (noun) repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) | - |
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haemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, hemophilia |
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hamelia | (noun) any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia | - |
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harpullia | (noun) any of various tree of the genus Harpullia | - |
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hemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, haemophilia |
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laelia | (noun) any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors | - |
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lobelia | (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia | - |
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macroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: astroglia |
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magnolia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms | - |
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(noun) dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine | - |
marginalia | (noun) notes written in the margin | - |
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masdevallia | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia; tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube | - |
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melancholia | (noun) extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | - |
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memorabilia | (noun) a record of things worth remembering | - |
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meromelia | (noun) congenital absence of part of an arm or leg | - |
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microglia | (noun) neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic | - |
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monilia | (noun) any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia | - |
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myelatelia | (noun) any developmental defect of the spinal cord | - |
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mysophilia | (noun) abnormal attraction to filth | - |
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necrophilia | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necromania, necrophilism |
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neuroglia | (noun) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | Synonyms: glia |
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oligodendroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers | Synonyms: oligodendria |
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pachycheilia | (noun) an abnormal thickness of the lips | - |
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paedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: pedophilia |
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palilalia | (noun) a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated | - |
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paraphernalia | (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, gear |
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paraphilia | (noun) abnormal sexual activity | - |
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pedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: paedophilia |
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phacelia | (noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia | Synonyms: scorpion weed, scorpionweed |
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philia | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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phocomelia | (noun) an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy | Synonyms: seal limbs |
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pignolia | (noun) edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America | Synonyms: pine nut, pinon nut |
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psychedelia | (noun) the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs | - |
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regalia | (noun) paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office) | - |
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(noun) especially fine or decorative clothing | Synonyms: array, raiment |
saturnalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot |
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scholia | (noun) a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) | Synonyms: scholium |
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sesquipedalia | (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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sobralia | (noun) any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya | - |
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stapelia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers | Synonyms: carrion flower, starfish flower |
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sterculia | (noun) any tree of the genus Sterculia | - |
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technophilia | (noun) enthusiasm for new technology | - |
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vedalia | (noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects | Synonyms: Rodolia cardinalis |
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zoophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to animals | Synonyms: zoophilism |
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