diaphoresis | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating |
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diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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(noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
diaphragm | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: stop |
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(noun) electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | - |
(noun) a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary |
(noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: midriff |
diaphyseal | (adjective) relating to the diaphysis of a bone | Synonyms: diaphysial |
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diaphysial | (adjective) relating to the diaphysis of a bone | Synonyms: diaphyseal |
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diaphysis | (noun) the main (mid) section of a long bone | Synonyms: shaft |
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diapir | (noun) a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata | - |
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diapsid | (noun) reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye | Synonyms: diapsid reptile |
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digraph | (noun) two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') | Synonyms: digram |
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dilapidate | (verb) fall into decay or ruin | Synonyms: crumble, decay |
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(verb) bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse | - |
dilapidated | (adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down |
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dilapidation | (noun) the process of becoming dilapidated | Synonyms: ruin |
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(noun) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use | Synonyms: decrepitude |
disappear | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
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(verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: vanish |
(verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: evaporate, melt |
(verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
disappearance | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearing |
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(noun) gradually ceasing to be visible | Synonyms: fade |
(noun) the event of passing out of sight | - |
(noun) ceasing to exist | - |
disappearing | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearance |
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disappoint | (verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | Synonyms: let down |
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disappointed | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
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disappointedly | (adverb) in disappointment; in a disappointed manner | - |
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disappointing | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: dissatisfactory, unsatisfying |
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disappointingly | (adverb) in a disappointing manner | - |
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disappointment | (noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone | Synonyms: dashing hopes |
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(noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: letdown |
disapprobation | (noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable | Synonyms: condemnation |
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disapproval | (noun) the act of disapproving or condemning | - |
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(noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour, dislike |
(noun) the expression of disapproval | - |
(noun) a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing | - |
disapprove | (verb) consider bad or wrong | - |
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(verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: reject |
disapproving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting disapproval | - |
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disapprovingly | (adverb) showing disapproval | - |
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discography | (noun) a descriptive catalog of musical recordings | - |
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drape | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drapery, mantle, pall |
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(noun) a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination | - |
(noun) the manner in which fabric hangs or falls | - |
(verb) arrange in a particular way | - |
(verb) place casually | - |
(verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe |
(verb) cover or dress loosely with cloth | - |
draped | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped |
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(adjective) covered in folds of cloth | - |
draper | (noun) a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) | - |
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drapery | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drape, mantle, pall |
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(noun) cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds | - |
dysaphia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of touch | - |
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dysgraphia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to write | - |
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earflap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earlap |
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earlap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earflap |
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echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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echoencephalograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities | - |
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echoencephalography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain | - |
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echograph | (noun) An instrument used to record an echogram. | - |
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echography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound |
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edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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elaphure | (noun) large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds | Synonyms: Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer |
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elapid | (noun) any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres | Synonyms: elapid snake |
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elapse | (verb) for time to move forward | Synonyms: glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by |
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elapsed | (adjective) (of time) having passed or slipped by | - |
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electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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electroencephalograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain | - |
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electroencephalographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electroencephalograph | - |
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electrograph | (noun) electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means | - |
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(noun) an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures | - |
electromyograph | (noun) a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles | - |
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electromyography | (noun) diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph | - |
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electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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enalapril | (noun) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks | Synonyms: Vasotec |
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encapsulate | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule or other small container | - |
encapsulation | (noun) the process of enclosing (as in a capsule) | - |
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(noun) the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule) | - |
encephalograph | (noun) Any apparatus used to produce an encephalogram by recording electric currents generated by the brain. | - |
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encephalography | (noun) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram | - |
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enrapture | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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enraptured | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
entrapment | (noun) a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials | - |
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enwrap | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, wrap |
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enwrapped | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, engrossed, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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eoraptor | (noun) a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor | - |
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epanaphora | (noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: anaphora |
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epigraph | (noun) an engraved inscription | - |
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(noun) a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | - |
epigraphy | (noun) the study of ancient inscriptions | - |
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epitaph | (noun) an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there | - |
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(noun) a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person | - |
escapade | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: lark |
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(noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture |
escape | (noun) the act of escaping physically | Synonyms: flight |
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(noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: dodging, evasion |
(noun) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | Synonyms: escapism |
(noun) an avoidance of danger or difficulty | - |
(noun) a means or way of escaping | - |
(noun) a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level | Synonyms: escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve |
(noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow |
(noun) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | - |
(verb) issue or leak, as from a small opening | - |
(verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: miss |
(verb) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | Synonyms: get away, get by, get off, get out |
(verb) run away from confinement | Synonyms: break loose, get away |
(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
(verb) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | Synonyms: get away |
(verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: elude |
escaped | (adjective) having escaped, especially from confinement | Synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose |
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escapee | (noun) someone who escapes | - |
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escapement | (noun) mechanical device that regulates movement | - |
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escapism | (noun) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | Synonyms: escape |
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escapist | (noun) a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | Synonyms: dreamer, wishful thinker |
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escapologist | (noun) an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping | Synonyms: escape expert |
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escapology | (noun) the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment) | - |
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ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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ethnographic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographical |
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ethnographical | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographic |
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ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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evaporable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
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evaporate | (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: vaporise, vaporize |
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(verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: vaporise |
(verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: vaporise |
(verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: disappear, melt |
evaporated | (adjective) drawn off in the form of vapor | - |
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evaporation | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour |
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(noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: dehydration, desiccation, drying up |
evaporative | (adjective) relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation | - |
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evaporite | (noun) the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater | - |
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evaporometer | (noun) an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water | Synonyms: atmometer |
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extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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(verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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(noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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flap | (noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely | - |
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(noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | Synonyms: flaps |
(noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body | - |
(noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flapping, flutter, fluttering |
(noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy |
(verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | - |
(verb) make a fuss; be agitated | Synonyms: dither, pother |
(verb) to flutter noisily when moved by the wind | - |
(verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: roll, undulate, wave |
(verb) move with a flapping motion | Synonyms: beat |
(verb) move with a thrashing motion | Synonyms: beat |
flapcake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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flapjack | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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flapper | (noun) a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress | - |
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flapping | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering |
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