absolute | (noun) something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative | - |
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absorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed | - |
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acanthocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm | - |
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acaryote | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: akaryocyte, akaryote |
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acetate | (noun) a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate | Synonyms: acetate rayon |
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(noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: ethanoate |
achondrite | (noun) a stony meteor lacking chondrules | - |
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acolyte | (noun) someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches | - |
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aconite | (noun) any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers | - |
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acrylate | (noun) a salt or ester of propenoic acid | Synonyms: propenoate |
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actinolite | (noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate | - |
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actinomycete | (noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales | - |
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acute | (noun) a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: acute accent, ague |
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adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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adsorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed | - |
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advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
aerolite | (noun) a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals | - |
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aerophyte | (noun) plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Synonyms: air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant |
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aesthete | (noun) one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | Synonyms: esthete |
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affiliate | (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization | - |
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(noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization | - |
affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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aftertaste | (noun) an afterimage of a taste | - |
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agamete | (noun) an asexual reproductive cell | - |
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agate | (noun) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | - |
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agglomerate | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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(noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together | - |
aggregate | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: sum, total, totality |
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(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: congeries, conglomeration |
(noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster | - |
agnate | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
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aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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akaryocyte | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: acaryote, akaryote |
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akaryote | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: acaryote, akaryocyte |
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albite | (noun) a widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks | Synonyms: white feldspar |
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alendronate | (noun) a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause | Synonyms: Fosamax |
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alexandrite | (noun) a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone | - |
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aliterate | (noun) a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources | Synonyms: aliterate person |
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alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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almandite | (noun) a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate | Synonyms: almandine |
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alternate | (noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: replacement, surrogate |
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aluminate | (noun) a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
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amblygonite | (noun) a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium | - |
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ammonite | (noun) one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks | Synonyms: ammonoid |
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amniote | (noun) any member of the Amniota | - |
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amphibolite | (noun) a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase | - |
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ampholyte | (noun) A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced. | Synonyms: amphoteric electrolyte |
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anchorite | (noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: hermit |
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andante | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow | - |
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(noun) a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) | - |
andesite | (noun) a dark grey volcanic rock | - |
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andradite | (noun) a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone | - |
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anecdote | (noun) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | - |
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anisette | (noun) liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | Synonyms: anisette de Bordeaux |
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anisogamete | (noun) either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size | - |
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anorthite | (noun) rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks | - |
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ante | (noun) (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot | - |
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antepenultimate | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
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anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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anthracite | (noun) a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat | Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal |
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anthropophagite | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater |
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antidote | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: counterpoison |
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antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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apatite | (noun) a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus | - |
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aphanite | (noun) fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye | - |
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aplite | (noun) light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars | - |
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apostate | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
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appetite | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetency |
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aragonite | (noun) a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite | - |
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archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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archimandrite | (noun) the superior of an abbey of monks | Synonyms: abbot |
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arcminute | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | Synonyms: minute, minute of arc |
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arete | (noun) a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | - |
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argentite | (noun) a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) | - |
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argillite | (noun) a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages | - |
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argyrodite | (noun) a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur | - |
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arriviste | (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |
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arsenate | (noun) a salt or ester of arsenic acid | - |
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arsenopyrite | (noun) a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic | Synonyms: mispickel |
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artiste | (noun) a public performer (a dancer or singer) | - |
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ascomycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus | Synonyms: ascomycetous fungus |
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aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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(noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
associate | (noun) a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies | Synonyms: associate degree |
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(noun) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another | - |
(noun) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor | - |
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow |
(noun) a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise | - |
astrocyte | (noun) comparatively large neuroglial cell | - |
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asymptote | (noun) a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity | - |
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athlete | (noun) a person trained to compete in sports | Synonyms: jock |
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attribute | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | - |
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(noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: dimension, property |
audiocassette | (noun) a cassette for audiotape | - |
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augite | (noun) dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium | - |
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austenite | (noun) a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite | - |
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autophyte | (noun) plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | Synonyms: autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism |
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azote | (noun) an obsolete name for nitrogen | - |
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azurite | (noun) blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite | - |
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baccalaureate | (noun) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies | Synonyms: bachelor's degree |
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(noun) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies | - |
bacchante | (noun) (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus | - |
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bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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backplate | (noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass | - |
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baddeleyite | (noun) a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide | - |
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baguette | (noun) narrow French stick loaf | Synonyms: baguet |
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baldpate | (noun) a widgeon the male of which has a white crown | Synonyms: American widgeon, Anas americana |
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(noun) a person whose head is bald or shaved | Synonyms: baldhead, baldy, skin, skinhead |
bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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banknote | (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
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banquette | (noun) an upholstered bench | - |
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barbette | (noun) (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet | - |
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