| acatalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
| adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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| alecost | (noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, costmary, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita |
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| analecta | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analects |
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| analects | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analecta |
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| caleche | (noun) the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage | Synonyms: calash, calash top |
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| (noun) a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century | Synonyms: calash |
| catalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
| dialect | (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | Synonyms: accent, idiom |
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| dialectal | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a dialect | - |
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| dialectic | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectical |
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| (noun) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | - |
| (noun) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction | - |
| dialectical | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectic |
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| dialectically | (adverb) in a dialectic manner | - |
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| dialectician | (noun) a logician skilled in dialectic | - |
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| dialectics | (noun) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces | - |
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| dialectology | (noun) the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects | - |
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| hypercatalectic | (adjective) (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot | - |
| suprarenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: adrenalectomy |
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