| lascar | (noun) an East Indian sailor | - |
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| lettercard | (noun) a postcard that folds so the message is inside | - |
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| macaron | (noun) a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food colouring. | - |
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| macaroni | (noun) pasta in the form of slender tubes | - |
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| (noun) a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms | - |
| macaronic | (adjective) of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together | - |
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| macaroon | (noun) chewy cookie usually containing almond paste | - |
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| mascara | (noun) makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes | - |
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| mascarpone | (noun) soft mild Italian cream cheese | - |
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| megacardia | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart | Synonyms: cardiomegaly, enlarged heart, megalocardia |
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| megalocardia | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart | Synonyms: cardiomegaly, enlarged heart, megacardia |
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| mericarp | (noun) a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity | - |
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| mesocarp | (noun) the middle layer of a pericarp | - |
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| metacarpal | (adjective) of or relating to the metacarpus | - |
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| (noun) any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers | Synonyms: metacarpal bone |
| metacarpus | (noun) the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges | - |
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| methocarbamol | (noun) muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms | Synonyms: Robaxin |
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| minicar | (noun) a car that is even smaller than a subcompact car | - |
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| miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
| miscarry | (verb) suffer a miscarriage | - |
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| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: fail, go wrong |
| monocarboxylic | (adjective) containing one carboxyl group | - |
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| monocarp | (noun) a plant that bears fruit once and dies | Synonyms: monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant |
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| monocarpic | (adjective) dying after bearing fruit only once | - |
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| motorcar | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, machine |
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| myocardial | (adjective) of or relating to the myocardium | - |
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| myocardiopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: cardiomyopathy |
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| myocarditis | (noun) inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart) | Synonyms: myocardial inflammation |
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| myocardium | (noun) the middle muscular layer of the heart wall | - |
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| noncarbonated | (adjective) not having carbonation | Synonyms: uncarbonated |
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| ocarina | (noun) egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes | Synonyms: sweet potato |
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| overcareful | (adjective) excessively or unduly careful | Synonyms: too-careful |
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| oxcart | (noun) a cart that is drawn by an ox | - |
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| pancarditis | (noun) inflammation of the entire heart (the epicardium and the myocardium and the endocardium) | - |
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| parthenocarpy | (noun) (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds | - |
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| peccary | (noun) nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America | Synonyms: musk hog |
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| perfluorocarbon | (noun) a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum | Synonyms: PFC |
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| pericardiac | (adjective) located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium | Synonyms: pericardial |
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| pericardial | (adjective) located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium | Synonyms: pericardiac |
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| pericarditis | (noun) inflammation of the pericardium | - |
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| pericardium | (noun) a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart | - |
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| pericarp | (noun) the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary | Synonyms: seed vessel |
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| picaresque | (adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction | - |
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| pilocarpine | (noun) cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma | - |
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| piscary | (noun) a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold | Synonyms: fishery |
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| placard | (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, poster, posting |
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| (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
| (verb) post in a public place | - |
| pleurocarp | (noun) a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk | Synonyms: pleurocarpous moss |
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| pleurocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches | - |
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| podocarp | (noun) any evergreen in the Southern Hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed | - |
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| ponycart | (noun) a cart with an underslung axle and two seats | Synonyms: donkey cart, pony cart, tub-cart |
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| postcard | (noun) a card for sending messages by post without an envelope | Synonyms: mailing-card, post card, postal card |
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| precarious | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go |
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| (adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties | Synonyms: shaky |
| (adjective) affording no ease or reassurance | Synonyms: unstable |
| precariously | (adverb) in a precarious manner | - |
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| precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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| (noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
| procarbazine | (noun) an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease | - |
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| procaryote | (noun) a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma | Synonyms: prokaryote |
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| procaryotic | (adjective) having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: prokaryotic |
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| pseudocarp | (noun) fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry | Synonyms: accessory fruit |
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| pushcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, handcart |
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| racecard | (noun) a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses | - |
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| radiocarbon | (noun) a radioactive isotope of carbon | Synonyms: carbon 14 |
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| railcar | (noun) a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad | Synonyms: car, railroad car, railway car |
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| reincarnate | (adjective) having a new body | - |
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| (verb) cause to appear in a new form | Synonyms: renew |
| (verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: transmigrate |
| reincarnation | (noun) the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions | - |
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| (noun) a second or new birth | Synonyms: rebirth, renascence |
| (noun) embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) | - |
| reincarnationism | (noun) a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body | - |
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| scar | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scrape, scratch |
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| (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrice, cicatrix |
| (verb) mark with a scar | Synonyms: mark, pit, pock |
| scarab | (noun) scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians | Synonyms: scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer |
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| scarabaean | (noun) any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes | Synonyms: scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle |
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| scarabaeid | (noun) any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes | Synonyms: scarabaean, scarabaeid beetle |
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| scarabaeus | (noun) scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians | Synonyms: scarab, Scarabaeus sacer |
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| scarce | (adjective) deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand | - |
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| (adverb) only a very short time before | Synonyms: barely, hardly, just, scarcely |
| (adverb) almost not | Synonyms: barely, hardly, scarcely |
| scarcely | (adverb) only a very short time before | Synonyms: barely, hardly, just, scarce |
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| (adverb) almost not | Synonyms: barely, hardly, scarce |
| scarceness | (noun) a small and inadequate amount | Synonyms: scarcity |
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| scarcity | (noun) a small and inadequate amount | Synonyms: scarceness |
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| scare | (noun) a sudden attack of fear | Synonyms: panic attack |
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| (noun) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | Synonyms: panic |
| (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: affright, fright, frighten |
| (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off |
| scarecrow | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarer, straw man, strawman |
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| scarecrowish | (adjective) resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged | - |
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| scared | (adjective) made afraid | Synonyms: frightened |
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| scaremonger | (noun) a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble | Synonyms: stirrer |
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| scarer | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarecrow, straw man, strawman |
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| scarf | (noun) a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration | - |
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| (noun) a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end | Synonyms: scarf joint |
| (verb) wrap in or adorn with a scarf | - |
| (verb) masturbate while strangling oneself | - |
| (verb) unite by a scarf joint | - |
| scarfpin | (noun) a pin used to hold the tie in place | Synonyms: tie tack, tiepin |
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| scarify | (verb) puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals | - |
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| (verb) break up | - |
| (verb) scratch the surface of | - |
| scarily | (adverb) in a terrifying manner | Synonyms: frighteningly |
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| scarlatina | (noun) an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash | Synonyms: scarlet fever |
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| scarlet | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy |
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| (noun) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge | Synonyms: orange red, vermilion |
| scarp | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarp, escarpment, protective embankment |
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| (noun) a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion | Synonyms: escarpment |
| scarper | (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
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| scarred | (adjective) blemished by injury or rough wear | Synonyms: marred |
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| (adjective) deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury | - |
| scary | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: chilling, shivery, shuddery |
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| schizocarp | (noun) a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed | - |
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| scorecard | (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: card |
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| sidecar | (noun) conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle | - |
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| (noun) a cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy | - |
| skincare | (noun) care for the skin | Synonyms: skin care |
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| sporocarp | (noun) specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia | Synonyms: spore case |
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| stockcar | (noun) boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock | - |
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| streetcar | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | Synonyms: tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car |
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| streptocarpus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses | - |
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| supercargo | (noun) an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase | - |
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| syncarp | (noun) fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple | Synonyms: aggregate fruit, multiple fruit |
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| syncarpous | (adjective) (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels | - |
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| tachycardia | (noun) abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) | - |
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| teacart | (noun) serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments | Synonyms: tea cart, tea trolley, tea wagon |
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