| almond | (noun) oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree | - |
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| (noun) small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California | Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus dulcis, sweet almond |
| almoner | (noun) an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients | Synonyms: medical social worker |
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| almost | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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| balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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| exophthalmos | (noun) protrusion of the eyeball from the socket | - |
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| goalmouth | (noun) (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | - |
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| lagophthalmos | (noun) abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely | - |
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| nanophthalmos | (noun) condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal | - |
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| ophthalmologist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, oculist |
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| ophthalmology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases | - |
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| ophthalmoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye | - |
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| ophthalmoscope | (noun) medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye | - |
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| ophthalmoscopy | (noun) examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope | - |
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| psalmody | (noun) the act of singing psalms or hymns | Synonyms: hymnody |
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| salmon | (adjective) of orange tinged with pink | Synonyms: pink-orange, pinkish-orange |
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| (noun) any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn | - |
| (noun) a pale pinkish orange color | - |
| (noun) flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae | - |
| salmonberry | (noun) large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries | Synonyms: Rubus spectabilis |
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| (noun) white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries | Synonyms: Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, thimbleberry |
| (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: bakeapple, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus |
| salmonella | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
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| salmonellosis | (noun) a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium | - |
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| salmonid | (noun) soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters | - |
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| scandalmonger | (noun) a person who spreads malicious gossip | - |
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| scandalmongering | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: sensationalistic, yellow |
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| (noun) spreading malicious gossip | - |