| complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
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| (noun) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | - |
| (noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face | - |
| (noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination | - |
| (noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking | - |
| connexion | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connection |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connector |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connection |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, link |
| crucifixion | (noun) the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross | - |
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| (noun) the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering | Synonyms: excruciation |
| deflexion | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflection |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflection, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflection |
| dorsiflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part) | - |
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| flexion | (noun) act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | Synonyms: flexure |
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| (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flection, inflection |
| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flection, flexure |
| fluxion | (noun) a flow or discharge | Synonyms: flux |
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| genuflexion | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflection |
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| inflexion | (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflection |
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| reflexion | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflection |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflectivity |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflection |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflection |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflection |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflection |
| retroflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward | Synonyms: retroflection |
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| (noun) an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth | Synonyms: retroflection |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflection, retroversion |