| matrix | (noun) mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface | - |
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| (noun) the formative tissue at the base of a nail | - |
| (noun) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded | Synonyms: ground substance, intercellular substance |
| (noun) (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules | - |
| (noun) an enclosure within which something originates or develops | - |
| (noun) (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded | - |
| matron | (noun) a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified | - |
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| (noun) a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution | - |
| (noun) a wardress in a prison | - |
| matronly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman | - |
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| matronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: metronymic |
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| mediatrix | (noun) a woman who is a mediator | - |
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| monolatry | (noun) the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god | - |
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| natriuresis | (noun) the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine | - |
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| natriuretic | (adjective) of or relating to natriuresis | - |
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| natrolite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum | - |
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| necrolatry | (noun) superstitious worship or veneration of the dead. | - |
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| negatron | (noun) an elementary particle with negative charge | Synonyms: electron |
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| negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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| negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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| neuropsychiatric | (adjective) of or relating to neuropsychiatry | - |
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| neuropsychiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system | - |
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| ophiolatry | (noun) the worship of snakes | Synonyms: serpent-worship |
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| paediatric | (adjective) of or relating to the medical care of children | Synonyms: pediatric |
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| paediatrician | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, pediatrician, pediatrist |
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| paediatrics | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: pediatric medicine, pediatrics, pedology |
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| paratrooper | (noun) a soldier in the paratroops | Synonyms: para |
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| paratroops | (noun) infantry trained and equipped to parachute | - |
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| patrial | (noun) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) | - |
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| patriarch | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: paterfamilias |
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| (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | - |
| (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | - |
| (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | - |
| patriarchal | (adjective) characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank | - |
| patriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchy |
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| (noun) the jurisdiction of a patriarch | - |
| patriarchic | (adjective) (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line | - |
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| patriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchate |
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| patricentric | (adjective) centered upon the father | - |
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| patrician | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, gentle |
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| (adjective) befitting a person of noble origin | - |
| (noun) a member of the aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocrat, blue blood |
| (noun) a person of refined upbringing and manners | - |
| patriciate | (noun) members of the patrician class. | - |
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| patricide | (noun) the murder of your father | - |
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| (noun) a person who murders their father | - |
| patrikin | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
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| patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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| patrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilinear |
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| patrilineally | (adverb) by descent through the male line | - |
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| patrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilineal |
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| patrimonial | (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: ancestral, hereditary, transmissible |
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| patrimony | (noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: birthright |
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| (noun) a church endowment | - |
| patriot | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: nationalist |
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| patrioteer | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist |
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| patriotic | (adjective) inspired by love for your country | Synonyms: loyal |
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| patriotically | (adverb) in a patriotic manner | - |
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| patriotism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: nationalism |
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| patrisib | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib |
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| patristic | (adjective) of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers | Synonyms: patristical |
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| patristical | (adjective) of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers | Synonyms: patristic |
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| patristics | (noun) the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers | Synonyms: patrology |
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| (noun) the writings of the early Church Fathers | Synonyms: patrology |
| patrol | (noun) the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes | - |
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| (noun) a detachment used for security or reconnaissance | - |
| (noun) a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security | - |
| (verb) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | Synonyms: police |
| patroller | (noun) someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area | - |
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| patrolman | (noun) a policeman who patrols a given region | Synonyms: flatfoot |
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| patrology | (noun) the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers | Synonyms: patristics |
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| (noun) the writings of the early Church Fathers | Synonyms: patristics |
| patron | (noun) a regular customer | Synonyms: frequenter |
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| (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: sponsor, supporter |
| (noun) the proprietor of an inn | - |
| patronage | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, championship |
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| (noun) (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | - |
| (noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: trade |
| (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, disdain |
| (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, clientele |
| (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronise, patronize, support |
| (verb) support by being a patron of | - |
| patroness | (noun) a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron | Synonyms: patronne |
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| patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronised | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronized |
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| patronising | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronizing |
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| patronisingly | (adverb) with condescension; in a patronizing manner | Synonyms: condescendingly, patronizingly |
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| patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronized | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronised |
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| patronizing | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronising |
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| patronizingly | (adverb) with condescension; in a patronizing manner | Synonyms: condescendingly, patronisingly |
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| patronless | (adjective) having little patronage or few clients | Synonyms: unpatronised, unpatronized |
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| patronne | (noun) a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron | Synonyms: patroness |
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| patronym | (noun) a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | Synonyms: patronymic |
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| patronymic | (adjective) of or derived from a personal or family name | - |
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| (noun) a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | Synonyms: patronym |
| pediatric | (adjective) of or relating to the medical care of children | Synonyms: paediatric |
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| pediatrician | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrist |
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| pediatrics | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology |
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| pediatrist | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician |
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| phratry | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept |
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| physiatrics | (noun) therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities | Synonyms: physical therapy, physiotherapy |
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| podiatrist | (noun) a specialist in care for the feet | Synonyms: chiropodist, foot doctor |
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| podiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | Synonyms: chiropody |
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| psychiatric | (adjective) relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry | Synonyms: psychiatrical |
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| psychiatrical | (adjective) relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry | Synonyms: psychiatric |
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| psychiatrist | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, shrink |
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| psychiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | Synonyms: psychological medicine, psychopathology |
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| pyrolatry | (noun) the worship of fire | Synonyms: fire-worship |
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| quatrain | (noun) a stanza of four lines | - |
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| repatriate | (noun) a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored | - |
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| (verb) admit back into the country | - |
| (verb) send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees | - |
| repatriation | (noun) the act of returning to the country of origin | - |
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| satrap | (noun) a governor of a province in ancient Persia | - |
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| selenolatry | (noun) the worship of the moon | Synonyms: moon-worship |
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| separatrix | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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| superpatriotic | (adjective) fanatically patriotic | Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic |
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| superpatriotism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, ultranationalism |
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| symbolatry | (noun) the worship of symbols | Synonyms: symbol-worship, symbololatry |
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| symbololatry | (noun) the worship of symbols | Synonyms: symbol-worship, symbolatry |
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| sympatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas | - |
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| sympatry | (noun) the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding | - |
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| testatrix | (noun) a female testator | - |
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| thaumatolatry | (noun) the worship of miracles | Synonyms: miracle-worship |
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| theatre | (noun) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented | Synonyms: house, theater |
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| (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater |
| (noun) a region in which active military operations are in progress | Synonyms: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre of operations |
| theatregoer | (noun) someone who attends the theater | Synonyms: playgoer, theatergoer |
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| theatrical | (adjective) suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the theater | - |
| (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: histrionics, representation, theatrical performance |
| theatricality | (noun) an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: staginess |
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| theatrically | (adverb) in a stagy and theatrical manner | Synonyms: stagily |
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| (adverb) in a theatrical manner | - |
| theatrology | (noun) the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psycho-biological, sociological, and historical contexts. | Synonyms: theatre studies |
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| topolatry | (noun) the worship of places | Synonyms: place-worship |
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