| acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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| agrapha | (noun) sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels | - |
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| anaphase | (noun) the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
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| anaphasic | (adjective) of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase | - |
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| aphaeresis | (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: apheresis |
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| aphaeretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: apheretic |
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| aphagia | (noun) loss of the ability to swallow | - |
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| aphakia | (noun) absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts) | - |
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| aphakic | (adjective) of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia | - |
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| (noun) someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes | - |
| aphanite | (noun) fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye | - |
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| aphanitic | (adjective) of or relating to aphanite | - |
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| aphasia | (noun) inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
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| aphasic | (adjective) related to or affected by aphasia | - |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of a brain lesion | - |
| (noun) someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language | - |
| cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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| cataphatic | (adjective) of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively | - |
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| cataphatism | (noun) the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') | - |
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| diaphanoscope | (noun) An instrument for illuminating the interior of a cavity to determine the translucency of its walls. | - |
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| diaphanous | (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
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| haphazard | (adjective) marked by great carelessness | Synonyms: slapdash, slipshod, sloppy |
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| (adjective) dependent upon or characterized by chance | Synonyms: hit-or-miss |
| (adverb) without care; in a slapdash manner | Synonyms: haphazardly |
| haphazardly | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
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| (adverb) without care; in a slapdash manner | Synonyms: haphazard |
| haphazardness | (noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | Synonyms: noise, randomness, stochasticity |
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| metaphase | (noun) the second stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the second stage of meiosis | - |
| naphazoline | (noun) vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation | Synonyms: Privine, Sudafed |
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| slaphappy | (adjective) dazed from or as if from repeated blows | Synonyms: punch-drunk, silly |
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| (adjective) cheerfully irresponsible | Synonyms: carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum |
| straphanger | (noun) a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support | - |
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| (noun) a commuter who uses public transportation | - |