anastalsis | (noun) muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis | - |
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astasia | (noun) inability to stand due to muscular incoordination | - |
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astatic | (adjective) not static or stable | - |
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astatine | (noun) a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium | Synonyms: At, atomic number 85 |
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atorvastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides; potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be given | Synonyms: Lipitor |
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bastard | (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: bogus, fake, phoney, phony |
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(noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: mongrel |
(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
(noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
bastardisation | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardization |
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bastardise | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardize |
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(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardize |
bastardised | (adjective) deriving from more than one source or style | Synonyms: bastardized |
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bastardization | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardisation |
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(noun) declaring or rendering bastard | - |
bastardize | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardise |
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(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardise |
bastardized | (adjective) deriving from more than one source or style | Synonyms: bastardised |
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bastardly | (adjective) of no value or worth | Synonyms: mean |
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(adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: misbegot, misbegotten, spurious |
bastardy | (noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, illegitimacy |
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canasta | (noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | Synonyms: basket rummy, meld |
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castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
cerivastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels | Synonyms: Baycol |
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coastal | (adjective) located on or near or bordering on a coast | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a coast | - |
(adjective) along or following a coast | Synonyms: coastwise |
dastard | (adjective) despicably cowardly | Synonyms: dastardly |
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(noun) a despicable coward | - |
dastardliness | (noun) despicable cowardice | - |
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dastardly | (adjective) despicably cowardly | Synonyms: dastard |
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devastate | (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
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(verb) overwhelm or overpower | - |
devastating | (adjective) physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | Synonyms: crushing |
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(adjective) making light of | Synonyms: annihilating, withering |
(adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction | Synonyms: annihilating, annihilative, withering |
devastation | (noun) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | Synonyms: destruction |
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(noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: ravaging |
(noun) an event that results in total destruction | Synonyms: desolation |
(noun) the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed | - |
(noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed | Synonyms: desolation |
diastasis | (noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | - |
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elastance | (noun) The capacity of a dielectric for opposing an electric charge | Synonyms: electrical elastance |
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elastase | (noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin | - |
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fluvastatin | (noun) least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime | Synonyms: Lescol |
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hastate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base | Synonyms: spearhead-shaped |
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intrastate | (adjective) relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state | - |
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lovastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate | Synonyms: Mevacor |
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mastaba | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastabah |
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mastabah | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastaba |
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mastalgia | (noun) pain in the breast | - |
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metastability | (noun) the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed | - |
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metastable | (adjective) (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium | - |
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metastasis | (noun) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body | - |
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metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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metastasize | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasise |
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metastatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by metastasis | - |
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pasta | (noun) shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | Synonyms: alimentary paste |
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(noun) a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient | - |
pravastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks | Synonyms: Pravachol |
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simvastatin | (noun) an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks | Synonyms: Zocor |
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wastage | (noun) anything lost by wear or waste | - |
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(noun) the process of wasting | - |