anomalousness | (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomaly |
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anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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(noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
(noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
anomia | (noun) inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects | Synonyms: amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, anomic aphasia, nominal aphasia |
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anomic | (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, disoriented |
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anomie | (noun) lack of moral standards in a society | Synonyms: anomy |
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(noun) personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation | Synonyms: anomy |
anomy | (noun) lack of moral standards in a society | Synonyms: anomie |
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(noun) personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation | Synonyms: anomie |
anon | (adverb) (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while | - |
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(adverb) at another time | - |
anonym | (noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | Synonyms: nom de guerre, pseudonym |
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anonymity | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: namelessness |
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anonymous | (adjective) having no known name or identity or known source | Synonyms: anon. |
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(adjective) not known or lacking marked individuality | - |
anonymously | (adverb) without giving a name | - |
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anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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(noun) any mosquito of the genus Anopheles | - |
anopia | (noun) sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye) | - |
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anorak | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: parka, windbreaker, windcheater |
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anorchia | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchidism, anorchism |
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anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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anorchism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchidism |
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anorectal | (adjective) pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
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anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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(adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
(noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorexic |
anorexia | (noun) a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite | - |
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anorexic | (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorectic |
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(noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorectic |
anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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anorgasmia | (noun) absence of an orgasm in sexual relations | - |
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anorthic | (adjective) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles | Synonyms: triclinic |
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anorthite | (noun) rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks | - |
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anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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anosmatic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmic |
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anosmia | (noun) absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) | - |
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anosmic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmatic |
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(adjective) having impaired sense of smell | - |
another | (adjective) any of various alternatives; some other; entity, singular, other pronoun; quantifier, singular, another | Synonyms: some other |
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anovulant | (noun) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | Synonyms: anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill |
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anovulation | (noun) the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary | - |
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anoxemia | (noun) abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood | - |
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anoxemic | (adjective) relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood | - |
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anoxia | (noun) severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues | - |
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anoxic | (adjective) relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs | - |
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anserine | (adjective) of or resembling a goose | - |
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(adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
answer | (noun) a nonverbal reaction | - |
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(noun) the speech act of replying to a question | - |
(noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | Synonyms: reply, response |
(noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | Synonyms: resolution, result, solution, solvent |
(noun) the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims | - |
(verb) give the correct answer or solution to | - |
(verb) respond to a signal | - |
(verb) understand the meaning of | Synonyms: resolve |
(verb) react to a stimulus or command | - |
(verb) react verbally | Synonyms: reply, respond |
(verb) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) | - |
(verb) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of | - |
(verb) match or correspond | - |
(verb) be liable or accountable | - |
(verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: do, serve, suffice |
answerability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerableness |
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answerable | (adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority | - |
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(adjective) capable of being answered | - |
(adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: accountable |
answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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answerer | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: respondent, responder |
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answering | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: respondent |
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ant | (noun) social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | Synonyms: emmet, pismire |
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antacid | (adjective) acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) | - |
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(noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antiacid, gastric antacid |
antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
antagonism | (noun) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure | - |
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(noun) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility | - |
(noun) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors | - |
(noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will | Synonyms: enmity, hostility |
antagonist | (noun) a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug | - |
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(noun) a muscle that relaxes while another contracts | - |
(noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, opponent, opposer, resister |
antagonistic | (adjective) arousing animosity or hostility | - |
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(adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: incompatible |
(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical |
(adjective) incapable of harmonious association | - |
(adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: counter |
antagonistically | (adverb) in an antagonistic manner | - |
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antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
antapex | (noun) the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from | - |
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antbird | (noun) any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms | Synonyms: ant bird |
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ante | (noun) (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot | - |
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(verb) place one's stake | - |
anteater | (noun) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | Synonyms: New World anteater |
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(noun) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | Synonyms: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer |
(noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
(noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea | Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
(noun) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites | Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater |
(noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | Synonyms: banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat |
antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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antecedence | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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antecedent | (adjective) preceding in time or order | - |
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(noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
(noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
antecedently | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: previously |
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antechamber | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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antecubital | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow | - |
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antedate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: foredate, predate |
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(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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antediluvian | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvial |
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(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antiquated, archaic |
(noun) a very old person | Synonyms: ancient |
(noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge | Synonyms: antediluvian patriarch |
antefix | (noun) carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles | - |
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antelope | (noun) graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles, springboks, impalas, addax, gerenuks, blackbucks, dik-diks | - |
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antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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antenna | (noun) one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | Synonyms: feeler |
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(noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: aerial, transmitting aerial |
(noun) sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ | Synonyms: feeler |
antennal | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennary |
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antennary | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennal |
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antenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: premarital, prenuptial |
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antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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antepenult | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenultima, antepenultimate |
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antepenultima | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultimate |
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antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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(noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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(adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
(noun) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | Synonyms: front tooth |
anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
anteriorly | (adverb) in an anterior direction | - |
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anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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anteroom | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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anthelminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge |
anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, vermifuge |
anthem | (noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | Synonyms: hymn |
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(noun) a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school) | - |
anther | (noun) the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk | - |
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antheral | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: staminate |
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antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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antheridium | (noun) the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers | - |
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antherozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: spermatozoid |
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anthesis | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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anthill | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: formicary |
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anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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anthologist | (noun) an editor who makes selections for an anthology | - |
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