benediction | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: blessing |
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(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: blessing |
benefaction | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benevolence |
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(noun) a contribution of money or assistance | - |
benefactor | (noun) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) | Synonyms: helper |
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benefactress | (noun) a woman benefactor | - |
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benefice | (noun) an endowed church office giving income to its holder | Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice |
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beneficence | (noun) the quality of being kind or helpful or generous | - |
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(noun) doing good; feeling beneficent | - |
beneficiary | (noun) the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: benefactive role |
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(noun) the recipient of funds or other benefits | Synonyms: donee |
beneficiation | (noun) crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques | Synonyms: mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing |
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benefit | (noun) something that aids or promotes well-being | Synonyms: welfare |
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(noun) a performance to raise money for a charitable cause | - |
(noun) financial assistance in time of need | - |
benevolence | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benefaction |
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(noun) an inclination to do kind or charitable acts | - |
(noun) disposition to do good | - |
benignancy | (noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignity, graciousness |
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benignity | (noun) a kind act | Synonyms: kindness |
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(noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, graciousness |
benison | (noun) a spoken blessing | - |
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benjamin | (noun) gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation | Synonyms: asa dulcis, benzoin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin |
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benne | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benni, benny, sesame, Sesamum indicum |
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bennet | (noun) North American white-flowered avens | Synonyms: Geum canadense, white avens |
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(noun) avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers | Synonyms: Geum virginianum, white avens |
benni | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benne, benny, sesame, Sesamum indicum |
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bennie | (noun) a form of amphetamine | Synonyms: Benzedrine |
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benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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benny | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benne, benni, sesame, Sesamum indicum |
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bent | (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: hang, knack |
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(noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: set |
(noun) an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges | - |
(noun) grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens | Synonyms: bent-grass, bent grass |
benthos | (noun) organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream | - |
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(noun) a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones | Synonyms: benthic division, benthonic zone |
bentonite | (noun) an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash | - |
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bentwood | (noun) wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture | - |
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benweed | (noun) widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity | Synonyms: ragweed, ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort |
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benzene | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | Synonyms: benzine, benzol |
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benzine | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | Synonyms: benzene, benzol |
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benzoate | (noun) any salt or ester of benzoic acid | - |
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benzocaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: ethyl aminobenzoate |
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benzodiazepine | (noun) any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency | - |
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benzofuran | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone |
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benzoin | (noun) gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation | Synonyms: asa dulcis, benjamin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin |
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benzol | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | Synonyms: benzene, benzine |
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benzoquinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: quinone |
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benzyl | (noun) the univalent radical derived from toluene | Synonyms: benzyl group, benzyl radical |
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benzylpenicillin | (noun) the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics | Synonyms: penicillin G |
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bequest | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will | Synonyms: legacy |
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berating | (noun) a severe rebuke | Synonyms: blowing up |
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berceuse | (noun) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: cradlesong, lullaby |
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bereaved | (noun) a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved | Synonyms: bereaved person |
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bereavement | (noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: mourning |
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beret | (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
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berg | (noun) a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier | Synonyms: iceberg |
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bergall | (noun) common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States | Synonyms: cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus |
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bergamot | (noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy | Synonyms: bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia |
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bergenia | (noun) any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms | - |
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beriberi | (noun) avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) | - |
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berk | (noun) a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of | - |
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berkelium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium | Synonyms: atomic number 97, Bk |
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berlin | (noun) a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats | - |
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berm | (noun) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | Synonyms: shoulder |
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(noun) a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope | - |
beroe | (noun) delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores | - |
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berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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berry | (noun) any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves | - |
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(noun) a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry) | - |
berserk | (noun) one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury | Synonyms: berserker |
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berserker | (noun) one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury | Synonyms: berserk |
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berth | (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: office, place, position, post, situation |
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(noun) a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers | Synonyms: built in bed, bunk |
(noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: moorage, mooring, slip |
beryl | (noun) the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems | - |
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beryllium | (noun) a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element | Synonyms: atomic number 4, Be, glucinium |
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beseechingness | (noun) The state or quality of one who begs or implores. | - |
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besieger | (noun) an enemy who lays siege to your position | - |
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(noun) an energetic petitioner | - |
besieging | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege |
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besom | (noun) a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle | - |
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best | (noun) the supreme effort one can make | - |
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(noun) the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others | Synonyms: topper |
bestiality | (noun) sexual activity between a person and an animal | Synonyms: sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty |
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(noun) the stupid brutal quality of a beast | - |
bestiary | (noun) a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals | - |
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bestowal | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowment, conferment, conferral |
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(noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowment |
bestower | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: conferrer, donor, giver, presenter |
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bestowment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, conferment, conferral |
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(noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowal |
bestseller | (noun) a book that has had a large and rapid sale | Synonyms: best seller |
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bet | (noun) the act of gambling | Synonyms: wager |
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(noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: stake, stakes, wager |
beta | (noun) the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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betaine | (noun) a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets | - |
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betatron | (noun) accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux | Synonyms: induction accelerator |
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betel | (noun) Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians | Synonyms: betel pepper, Piper betel |
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(noun) a leaf of a vine from the betel pepper | Synonyms: betel leaf |
beth | (noun) the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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bethel | (noun) a house of worship (especially one for sailors) | - |
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betise | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
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betrayal | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: perfidy, treachery, treason |
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(noun) the quality of aiding an enemy | - |
betrayer | (noun) a person who says one thing and does another | Synonyms: double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer |
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(noun) one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | Synonyms: blabber, informer, rat, squealer |
betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
betrothed | (noun) the person to whom you are engaged | - |
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better | (noun) something superior in quality or condition or effect | - |
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(noun) the superior one of two alternatives | - |
(noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: bettor, punter, wagerer |
(noun) a superior person having claim to precedence | - |
betterment | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, melioration |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, improvement |
(noun) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | - |
bettong | (noun) short-nosed rat kangaroo | - |
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bettor | (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, punter, wagerer |
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betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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bevatron | (noun) a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts | - |
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bevel | (noun) a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size | Synonyms: bevel square |
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(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: cant, chamfer |
beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
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bevy | (noun) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground) | - |
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(noun) a large gathering of people of a particular type | - |
bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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bewitchery | (noun) magnetic personal charm | Synonyms: animal magnetism, beguilement |
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bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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bey | (noun) the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire | - |
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(noun) (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt | - |
bezant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezzant, byzant, solidus |
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bezel | (noun) a sloping edge on a cutting tool | - |
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bezique | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: penuchle, pinochle, pinocle |
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bezzant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezant, byzant, solidus |
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bhakti | (noun) (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex | - |
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