| effacement | (noun) withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | Synonyms: self-effacement |
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| (noun) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | - |
| effect | (noun) an outward appearance | Synonyms: impression |
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| (noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: force |
| (noun) an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) | - |
| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, essence, gist |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
| (noun) a symptom caused by an illness or a drug | - |
| effecter | (noun) one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose | Synonyms: effector |
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| effectiveness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectivity, effectuality, effectualness |
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| (noun) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects | Synonyms: potency, strength |
| effectivity | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness |
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| effector | (noun) an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses | - |
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| (noun) a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion | - |
| (noun) one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose | Synonyms: effecter |
| effects | (noun) property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business | Synonyms: personal effects |
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| effectuality | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness |
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| effectualness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality |
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| effectuation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: implementation |
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| effeminacy | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effeminateness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effendi | (noun) a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials | - |
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| efferent | (noun) a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands | Synonyms: efferent nerve, motor nerve |
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| effervescence | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness |
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| (noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes | - |
| efficaciousness | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | Synonyms: efficacy |
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| efficacy | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | Synonyms: efficaciousness |
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| efficiency | (noun) skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of the output to the input of any system | - |
| effigy | (noun) a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) | Synonyms: image, simulacrum |
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| effleurage | (noun) a rhythmic stroking | - |
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| efflorescence | (noun) a powdery deposit on a surface | Synonyms: bloom |
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| (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
| (noun) any red eruption of the skin | Synonyms: rash, roseola, skin rash |
| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
| effluence | (noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: efflux, outflow |
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| effluent | (noun) water mixed with waste matter | Synonyms: sewer water, wastewater |
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| effluvium | (noun) a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) | - |
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| efflux | (noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: effluence, outflow |
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| effort | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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| (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail |
| (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: exploit, feat |
| (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement |
| effortfulness | (noun) the quality of requiring deliberate effort | - |
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| effortlessness | (noun) the quality of requiring little effort | - |
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| effrontery | (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | Synonyms: assumption, presumption, presumptuousness |
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| effulgence | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | Synonyms: radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine |
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| effusion | (noun) flow under pressure | - |
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| (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, gush, outburst |
| effusiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: expansiveness, expansivity |
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| eft | (noun) a newt in its terrestrial stage of development | - |
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