| acaricide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaracide |
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| agaric | (noun) a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside | - |
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| (noun) fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses | Synonyms: Fomes igniarius |
| avarice | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity |
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| (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity |
| avaricious | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| avariciously | (adverb) in a greedy manner | Synonyms: covetously, greedily |
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| avariciousness | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, covetousness, cupidity |
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| barbaric | (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild |
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| (adjective) unrestrained and crudely rich | - |
| baric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing barium | - |
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| caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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| (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
| caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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| divaricate | (verb) spread apart | - |
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| (verb) branch off | - |
| divarication | (noun) branching at a wide angle | - |
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| haricot | (noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried | Synonyms: flageolet |
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| (noun) a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans | - |
| prevaricate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, tergiversate |
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| prevarication | (noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | Synonyms: fabrication, lying |
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| (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: equivocation, evasiveness |
| (noun) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | Synonyms: lie |
| prevaricator | (noun) a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly | Synonyms: liar |
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| stearic | (adjective) of or relating to or composed of fat | - |
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| tartaric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or resembling tartar | - |
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| tovarich | (noun) a comrade (especially in Russian communism) | Synonyms: tovarisch |
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| varicella | (noun) an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body | Synonyms: chickenpox |
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| varicelliform | (adjective) resembling the rash of chickenpox | - |
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| varicocele | (noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes | - |
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| varicolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicoloured |
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| (adjective) having a variety of colors | Synonyms: varicoloured, variegated |
| varicoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored |
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| (adjective) having a variety of colors | Synonyms: varicolored, variegated |
| varicose | (adjective) abnormally swollen or knotty | - |
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| varicosis | (noun) pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins | - |
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| varicosity | (noun) varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous | - |
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