| synaeresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: syneresis |
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| (noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: syneresis |
| synaesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synesthesia |
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| synagogue | (noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | Synonyms: tabernacle, temple |
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| synapse | (noun) the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | - |
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| synapsid | (noun) extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull | Synonyms: synapsid reptile |
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| synapsis | (noun) the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis | - |
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| syncarp | (noun) fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple | Synonyms: aggregate fruit, multiple fruit |
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| syncategorem | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategoreme |
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| syncategoreme | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategorem |
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| synchro | (noun) a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized | Synonyms: selsyn |
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| synchrocyclotron | (noun) cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field | - |
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| synchroflash | (noun) a device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter | - |
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| synchromesh | (noun) an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly | - |
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| synchroneity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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| synchronicity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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| synchronisation | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronization, synchronizing |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
| synchroniser | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchronizer, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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| synchronising | (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing |
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| synchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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| synchronization | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronizing, synchrony |
| synchronizer | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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| synchronizing | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchrony |
| synchronoscope | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronizer, synchroscope |
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| synchrony | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing |
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| synchroscope | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronizer, synchronoscope |
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| synchrotron | (noun) cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency | - |
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| syncopation | (noun) a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat | - |
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| (noun) (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') | Synonyms: syncope |
| (noun) music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm | - |
| syncopator | (noun) a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band) | - |
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| syncope | (noun) (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') | Synonyms: syncopation |
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| (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, faint, swoon |
| syncretism | (noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) | - |
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| (noun) the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | - |
| syncytium | (noun) a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) | - |
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| syndactylism | (noun) birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes | Synonyms: syndactyly |
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| syndactyly | (noun) birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes | Synonyms: syndactylism |
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| syndetikon | (noun) Syndetikon is an all-purpose adhesive manufactured from natural materials. | - |
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| syndic | (noun) one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions | - |
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| syndicalism | (noun) a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions | - |
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| syndicalist | (noun) an advocate of anarchism | Synonyms: anarchist, nihilist |
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| syndicate | (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: consortium, pool |
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| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, family, mob |
| (noun) a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication | - |
| syndication | (noun) organizing into or administering as a syndicate | - |
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| (noun) selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time | - |
| syndicator | (noun) a businessman who forms a syndicate | - |
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| syndrome | (noun) a complex of concurrent things | - |
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| (noun) a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | - |
| synecdoche | (noun) substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa | - |
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| synechia | (noun) adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness | - |
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| syneresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: synaeresis |
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| (noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: synaeresis |
| synergism | (noun) the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace | - |
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| (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergy |
| synergist | (noun) a drug that augments the activity of another drug | - |
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| synergy | (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergism |
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| synesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synaesthesia |
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| synezesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synizesis |
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| synizesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synezesis |
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| synod | (noun) a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business | - |
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| synonym | (noun) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context | Synonyms: equivalent word |
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| synonymist | (noun) a student of synonyms | - |
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| synonymity | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymousness, synonymy |
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| synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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| synonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymousness |
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| synopsis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, outline, precis |
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| synovia | (noun) viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. | Synonyms: synovial fluid |
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| synovitis | (noun) inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling | - |
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| synovium | (noun) a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid | Synonyms: synovial membrane |
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| synset | (noun) a set of one or more synonyms | - |
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| syntactician | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: grammarian |
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| syntagm | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagma |
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| syntagma | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagm |
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| syntax | (noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences | - |
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| (noun) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | Synonyms: phrase structure, sentence structure |
| (noun) a systematic orderly arrangement | - |
| synthesis | (noun) the combination of ideas into a complex whole | Synonyms: synthetic thinking |
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| (noun) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | Synonyms: deduction, deductive reasoning |
| (noun) the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) | - |
| synthesiser | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesizer |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesist, synthesizer |
| synthesist | (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesizer |
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| synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |
| synthetic | (noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions | Synonyms: synthetic substance |
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| synthetism | (noun) a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas | - |
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| syntony | (noun) the state of being normally responsive to and in harmony with the environment. | - |
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