anal | (adjective) a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. | Synonyms: anal retentive |
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(adjective) of or related to the anus | - |
analbuminemia | (noun) an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | - |
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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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analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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(noun) a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system | - |
analgesia | (noun) absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness | - |
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analgesic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgetic, anodyne |
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(noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: anodyne, pain pill, painkiller |
analgetic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne |
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analog | (adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analogue, linear |
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(noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else | Synonyms: analogue, parallel |
analogical | (adjective) expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy | - |
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analogise | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogize |
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analogist | (noun) someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy | - |
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analogize | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogise |
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analogous | (adjective) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin | - |
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(adjective) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | Synonyms: correspondent |
analogously | (adverb) in an analogous manner | - |
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analogue | (adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analog, linear |
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(noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else | Synonyms: analog, parallel |
analogy | (noun) drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect | - |
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(noun) an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others | - |
(noun) the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate | Synonyms: doctrine of analogy |
analphabet | (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabetic |
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analphabetic | (adjective) not alphabetic | - |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic | - |
(adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: unlettered |
(noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabet |
analphabetism | (noun) an inability to read | Synonyms: illiteracy |
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analysand | (noun) a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
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analyse | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyze, canvass, examine, study |
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(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze, break down, dissect, take apart |
(verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
(verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze |
analyser | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyzer |
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analysis | (noun) an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | - |
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(noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: depth psychology, psychoanalysis |
(noun) the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations | Synonyms: analytic thinking |
(noun) a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation | - |
(noun) a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed | - |
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' | - |
analyst | (noun) someone who is skilled at analyzing data | - |
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(noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: psychoanalyst |
(noun) an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions | - |
analytic | (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytical |
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(adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: uninflected |
(adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytical |
(adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | - |
analytical | (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytic |
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(adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytic |
analytically | (adverb) by virtue of analysis | - |
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analyticity | (noun) the property of being analytic | - |
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analyzable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: decomposable |
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analyze | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, canvass, examine, study |
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(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse, break down, dissect, take apart |
(verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
(verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse |
analyzed | (adjective) examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts | - |
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analyzer | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyser |
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bacchanal | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic |
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(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
(noun) someone who engages in drinking bouts | Synonyms: bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller |
(noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | Synonyms: bacchant |
bacchanalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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bacchanalian | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic |
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banal | (adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
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banality | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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canal | (noun) long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | - |
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(noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | Synonyms: channel, duct, epithelial duct |
(noun) (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion | - |
(verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canalise, canalize |
canalicular | (adjective) relating to or like or having a canaliculus | - |
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canaliculate | (adjective) having thin parallel channels | - |
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canaliculus | (noun) a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants | - |
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canalisation | (noun) the production of a canal or a conversion to canals | Synonyms: canalization |
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(noun) management through specified channels of communication | Synonyms: canalization, channelisation, channelization |
canalise | (verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canal, canalize |
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canalization | (noun) the production of a canal or a conversion to canals | Synonyms: canalisation |
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(noun) management through specified channels of communication | Synonyms: canalisation, channelisation, channelization |
canalize | (verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canal, canalise |
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chanal | (noun) thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries | Synonyms: chanar, Geoffroea decorticans |
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cryptanalysis | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology |
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cryptanalyst | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptographer, cryptologist |
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cryptanalytic | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological |
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cryptanalytics | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology |
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epanalepsis | (noun) repetition after intervening words | - |
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ethanal | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: acetaldehyde |
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fanaloka | (noun) civet of Madagascar | Synonyms: Fossa fossa |
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hypnoanalysis | (noun) the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis | - |
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methanal | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: formaldehyde |
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perianal | (adjective) around the anus | - |
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preanal | (adjective) situated in front of the anus | - |
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propanal | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propionaldehyde |
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psychoanalyse | (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, psychoanalyze |
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psychoanalysis | (noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: analysis, depth psychology |
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psychoanalyst | (noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: analyst |
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psychoanalytic | (adjective) of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: psychoanalytical |
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psychoanalytical | (adjective) of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: psychoanalytic |
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psychoanalyze | (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, psychoanalyse |
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unanalyzable | (adjective) representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts | Synonyms: undecomposable |
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unanalyzed | (adjective) not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination | - |
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uranalysis | (noun) (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis) | Synonyms: urinalysis |
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