abrachia | (noun) the condition of having no arms | - |
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achievability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: attainability, attainableness |
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achievable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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achievement | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: accomplishment |
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achiever | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: succeeder, success, winner |
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achillea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads | - |
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achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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aching | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: achy |
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(noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: ache |
achira | (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: arrowroot, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
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approaching | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: coming, forthcoming, upcoming |
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(noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
baldachin | (noun) ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar) | - |
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batrachian | (adjective) relating to frogs and toads | Synonyms: anuran, salientian |
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(noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog |
batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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brachial | (adjective) of or relating to an arm | - |
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brachiate | (adjective) having arms or armlike appendages | - |
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(adjective) having widely spreading paired branches | - |
(verb) swing from one hold to the next | - |
brachiation | (noun) swinging by the arms from branch to branch | - |
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brachiopod | (adjective) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda | Synonyms: brachiopodous |
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(noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: lamp shell, lampshell |
brachiopodous | (adjective) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda | Synonyms: brachiopod |
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brachistochrone | (noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. | - |
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brachium | (noun) (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal | - |
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cachinnate | (verb) laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way | - |
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cachinnation | (noun) loud convulsive laughter | - |
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camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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coaching | (noun) the job of a professional coach | Synonyms: coaching job |
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encroaching | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: invasive, trespassing |
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hibachi | (noun) a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking | - |
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(verb) cook over a hibachi grill | - |
huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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kachina | (noun) a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift | - |
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(noun) a deified spirit of the Pueblo people | - |
(noun) a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit | - |
leaching | (noun) the process of leaching | Synonyms: leach |
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logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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machicolate | (verb) supply with projecting galleries | - |
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machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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machilid | (noun) wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed | Synonyms: jumping bristletail |
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machinate | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, conspire |
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(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare |
machination | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: intrigue |
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machinator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, plotter |
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machine | (noun) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks | - |
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(noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, motorcar |
(noun) a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point | Synonyms: simple machine |
(noun) a group that controls the activities of a political party | Synonyms: political machine |
(noun) an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently | - |
(noun) an efficient person | - |
(verb) make by machinery | - |
(verb) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery | - |
machinelike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, automatonlike, robotic, robotlike |
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machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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(noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
machinist | (noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | Synonyms: mechanic, shop mechanic |
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machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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malachite | (noun) a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects | - |
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mariachi | (noun) a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
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microbrachia | (noun) abnormally small arms | - |
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moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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mustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, moustachio |
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mustachioed | (adjective) having a moustache | Synonyms: mustached |
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nanomachine | (noun) a machine of the size of close to one nanometre | - |
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naumachia | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachy |
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nonachievement | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonaccomplishment |
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nonachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: underachiever, underperformer |
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overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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overreaching | (adjective) revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights | Synonyms: vaulting |
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pachinko | (noun) a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
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pachisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: parchesi, parchisi |
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peachick | (noun) a young peafowl | Synonyms: pea-chick |
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pistachio | (noun) nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | Synonyms: pistachio nut |
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(noun) small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts | Synonyms: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera |
poaching | (noun) cooking in simmering liquid | - |
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preachification | (noun) moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner | - |
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preachify | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, sermonise, sermonize |
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preaching | (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: discourse, sermon |
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(noun) a moralistic rebuke | Synonyms: sermon |
rachis | (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
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(noun) axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence | - |
rachischisis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: schistorrhachis, spina bifida |
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rachitic | (adjective) affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets | Synonyms: rickety |
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rachitis | (noun) childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | Synonyms: rickets |
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(noun) inflammation of the vertebral column | - |
reaching | (noun) accomplishment of an objective | Synonyms: arrival |
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(noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reach, stretch |
schistorrhachis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: rachischisis, spina bifida |
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selachian | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: elasmobranch |
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stomachic | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: gastric, stomachal |
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tachistoscope | (noun) scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures | Synonyms: t-scope |
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teaching | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: instruction, pedagogy |
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(noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy |
(noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, precept |
unachievable | (adjective) impossible to achieve | Synonyms: unattainable, undoable, unrealizable |
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unachievably | (adverb) in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree | Synonyms: unattainably |
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underachieve | (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underperform |
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underachievement | (noun) poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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underachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underperformer |
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