| alcahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alkahest, universal solvent |
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| alcalde | (noun) a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town | - |
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| alcalescent | (adjective) tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline | Synonyms: alkalescent |
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| alcapton | (noun) an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine | Synonyms: alkapton, homogentisic acid |
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| alcaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alkaptonuria |
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| alcazar | (noun) any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors | - |
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| calcaneal | (adjective) relating to the heel bone or heel | - |
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| calcaneus | (noun) the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | Synonyms: heelbone, os tarsi fibulare |
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| calcareous | (adjective) composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | Synonyms: chalky |
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| cavalcade | (noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
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| chalcanthite | (noun) hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate | Synonyms: blue copperas, blue stone, blue vitriol |
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| defalcate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate |
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| defalcation | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation |
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| (noun) the sum of money that is misappropriated | - |
| defalcator | (noun) someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | Synonyms: embezzler, peculator |
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| falcate | (adjective) curved like a sickle | Synonyms: falciform, sickle-shaped |
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| hypercalcaemia | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease | Synonyms: hypercalcemia |
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| hypocalcaemia | (noun) abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency | Synonyms: hypocalcemia |
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