abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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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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adrenal | (noun) either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney | Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland |
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ammonal | (noun) Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. | - |
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antiphonal | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
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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 |
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 |
canal | (noun) long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | - |
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(noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | Synonyms: channel, duct, epithelial duct |
(noun) (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion | - |
cardinal | (noun) crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | Synonyms: cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, Richmondena Cardinalis |
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(noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: carmine |
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes | - |
(noun) the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order | Synonyms: cardinal number |
chanal | (noun) thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries | Synonyms: chanar, Geoffroea decorticans |
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confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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constitutional | (noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
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consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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coronal | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, garland, lei, wreath |
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criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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devotional | (noun) a short religious service | - |
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diagonal | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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(noun) an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard | - |
(noun) (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry | - |
(noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | Synonyms: bias |
(noun) (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent | - |
ethanal | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: acetaldehyde |
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external | (noun) outward features | - |
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final | (noun) an examination administered at the end of an academic term | Synonyms: final exam, final examination |
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(noun) the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament | - |
fogsignal | (noun) a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | Synonyms: foghorn |
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hymnal | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnary, hymnbook |
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infernal | (noun) an inhabitant of Hell | - |
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irrational | (noun) a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number | Synonyms: irrational number |
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isoclinal | (noun) an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination | Synonyms: isoclinic line |
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journal | (noun) the part of the axle contained by a bearing | - |
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(noun) a record book as a physical object | - |
(noun) a periodical dedicated to a particular subject | - |
(noun) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations | Synonyms: diary |
(noun) a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred | Synonyms: daybook |
methanal | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: formaldehyde |
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monal | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monaul |
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monoclonal | (noun) any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules | Synonyms: monoclonal antibody |
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national | (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: subject |
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nominal | (noun) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb | Synonyms: nominal phrase, noun phrase |
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ordinal | (noun) the number designating place in an ordered sequence | Synonyms: no., ordinal number |
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original | (noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master, master copy |
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(noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, pilot |
paraprofessional | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional | - |
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personal | (noun) a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
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processional | (noun) religious music used in a procession | Synonyms: prosodion |
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professional | (noun) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | Synonyms: professional person |
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(noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: master |
(noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: pro |
pronominal | (noun) a phrase that functions as a pronoun | Synonyms: pronominal phrase |
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propanal | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propionaldehyde |
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propenal | (noun) a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene | Synonyms: acrolein |
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proportional | (noun) one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion | - |
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quarterfinal | (noun) one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals | - |
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rational | (noun) an integer or a fraction | Synonyms: rational number |
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recessional | (noun) a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw | - |
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(noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | Synonyms: recession |
retinal | (noun) either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | Synonyms: retinene |
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seasonal | (noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
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sectional | (noun) a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together | - |
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semifinal | (noun) one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | Synonyms: semi |
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semiprofessional | (noun) an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis | Synonyms: semipro |
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signal | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signaling, signalling |
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(noun) any incitement to action | - |
(noun) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | - |
spinal | (noun) anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord | Synonyms: spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia |
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terminal | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminus |
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(noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: pole |
(noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | - |
(noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: end |
tribunal | (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: court, judicature |
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trigeminal | (noun) the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication | Synonyms: fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus |
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turbinal | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinate, turbinate bone |
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urinal | (noun) a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate | - |
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veronal | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea |
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virginal | (noun) a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pair of virginals |
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