anti | (noun) a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.) | - |
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antiacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, gastric antacid |
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antiaircraft | (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom |
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antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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antiarrhythmic | (noun) a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm | Synonyms: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication |
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antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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antibaryon | (noun) the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1 | - |
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antibiosis | (noun) an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another | - |
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antibiotic | (noun) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | Synonyms: antibiotic drug |
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antibody | (noun) any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response | - |
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antic | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick |
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anticatalyst | (noun) (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst | - |
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anticholinergic | (noun) a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine | Synonyms: anticholinergic drug |
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anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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anticipant | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipator |
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anticipation | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: prediction, prevision |
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(noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) an expectation | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: expectation |
anticipator | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipant |
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anticlimax | (noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: bathos |
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(noun) a disappointing decline after a previous rise | - |
anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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anticyclone | (noun) (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern | - |
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antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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antidote | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: counterpoison |
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antielectron | (noun) an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation | Synonyms: positron |
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antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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antifeminist | (noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women | - |
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antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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antifertilizin | (noun) An immunologically specific substance produced by animal sperm to implement attraction by the egg before fertilization. | - |
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antiflatulent | (noun) any agent that reduces intestinal gas | - |
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antifreeze | (noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point | - |
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antifungal | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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antigen | (noun) any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) | - |
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antigram | (noun) an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase | - |
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antihero | (noun) a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) | - |
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antihistamine | (noun) a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site | - |
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antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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antiknock | (noun) any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking | - |
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antilepton | (noun) the antiparticle of a lepton | - |
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antilog | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilogarithm |
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antilogarithm | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilog |
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antilogism | (noun) an inconsistent triad of propositions in logic of which two are premises of a valid syllogism while the third is the contradictory of its conclusion. | - |
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antimacassar | (noun) a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils | - |
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antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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antimatter | (noun) matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances | - |
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antimeson | (noun) the antiparticle of a meson | - |
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antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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antimetathesis | (noun) A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem". | - |
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antimicrobial | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
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antimicrobic | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, disinfectant, germicide |
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antimony | (noun) a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite | Synonyms: atomic number 51, Sb |
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antimuon | (noun) the antiparticle of a muon; decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino | Synonyms: positive muon |
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antimycin | (noun) a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi | - |
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antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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antineoplastic | (noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
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antineutrino | (noun) the antiparticle of a neutrino | - |
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antineutron | (noun) the antiparticle of a neutron | - |
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antinode | (noun) (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system | - |
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antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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antinomian | (noun) a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism | - |
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antinomianism | (noun) the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture) | - |
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antinomy | (noun) a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable | - |
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antioxidant | (noun) substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides | - |
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antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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antipasto | (noun) a course of appetizers in an Italian meal | - |
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antipathy | (noun) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided | - |
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(noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: aversion, distaste |
antiperspirant | (noun) an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration | - |
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antiphon | (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphony |
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antiphonal | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
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antiphonary | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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antiphony | (noun) alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts | - |
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(noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphon |
antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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antipodal | (noun) the relation of opposition along a diameter | Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition |
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antipode | (noun) direct opposite | - |
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antipodes | (noun) any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | - |
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antipope | (noun) someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected | - |
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antiproton | (noun) an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton | - |
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antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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antipruritic | (noun) a substance that relieves or prevents itching | - |
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antipsychotic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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antipyretic | (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
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antiquarian | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquary, archaist |
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antiquark | (noun) the antiparticle of a quark | - |
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antiquary | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, archaist |
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antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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antique | (noun) any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity | - |
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(noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
antiqueness | (noun) the quality or state of being in the style or fashion of former times. | - |
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antiquity | (noun) an artifact surviving from the past | - |
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(noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: ancientness |
(noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe | - |
antiredeposition | (noun) the process of preventing redeposition | - |
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antireligiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being opposed to religion. | - |
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antisemitism | (noun) the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | Synonyms: anti-Semitism |
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