aecial | (adjective) of or belonging to an aecium | - |
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altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
apothecial | (adjective) of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi | - |
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artificial | (adjective) contrived by art rather than nature | Synonyms: unreal |
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(adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: contrived, hokey, stilted |
(adjective) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes | - |
artificialism | (noun) Czech surrealism founded in 1928 by Jindrich Styrsky and Toyen (Marie Cerminova). | - |
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artificiality | (noun) the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally | - |
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artificially | (adverb) not according to nature; not by natural means | Synonyms: by artificial means, unnaturally |
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asocial | (adjective) given to avoiding association with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: antisocial |
beneficial | (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being | Synonyms: good |
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beneficially | (adverb) in a beneficial manner | - |
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bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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biracial | (adjective) consisting of or combining two races | - |
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commercial | (adjective) connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to commercialism | - |
(adjective) of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior | Synonyms: commercial-grade |
(adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking |
(noun) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television | Synonyms: commercial message |
commercialisation | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialization |
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commercialise | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialize, market |
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commercialised | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialized |
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commercialism | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commerce, mercantilism |
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commercialization | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialisation |
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commercialize | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialise, market |
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(verb) exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality | - |
commercialized | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialised |
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commercially | (adverb) in a commercial manner | - |
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crucial | (adjective) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | Synonyms: important |
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(adjective) of the greatest importance | Synonyms: all-important, all important, essential, of the essence |
(adjective) having crucial relevance | - |
cruciality | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, criticalness |
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crucially | (adverb) to a crucial degree | - |
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especial | (adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: exceptional, particular, special |
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especially | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: particularly, peculiarly, specially |
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(adverb) in a special manner | Synonyms: specially |
extrajudicial | (adjective) beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted | - |
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facial | (adjective) of or concerning the face | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object | - |
(noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams | - |
(noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve |
facially | (adverb) with respect to the face | - |
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fiducial | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another) | Synonyms: fiduciary |
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(adjective) used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement | - |
(adjective) based on trust | - |
financial | (adjective) involving financial matters | Synonyms: fiscal |
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financially | (adverb) from a financial point of view | - |
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glacial | (adjective) relating to or derived from a glacier | - |
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(adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar |
(adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | Synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry |
glacially | (adverb) by a glacier | - |
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infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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informercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: infomercial |
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interfacial | (adjective) relating to or situated at an interface | - |
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interracial | (adjective) involving or composed of different races | Synonyms: mixed |
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(adjective) between races | - |
interracially | (adverb) by race | - |
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judicial | (adjective) relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge | Synonyms: juridic, juridical |
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(adjective) belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge | - |
(adjective) expressing careful judgment | Synonyms: discriminative |
(adjective) decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice | - |
judicially | (adverb) in a judicial manner | - |
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(adverb) as ordered by a court | - |
mandibulofacial | (adjective) of or relating to the lower jaw and face | - |
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maxillofacial | (adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla) | - |
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multiracial | (adjective) made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races | - |
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noncommercial | (adjective) not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises | - |
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noncrucial | (adjective) of little importance; not decisive | - |
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(adjective) not in a state of crisis or emergency | Synonyms: noncritical |
nonfinancial | (adjective) not involving financial matters | - |
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nonracial | (adjective) not racial; having nothing to do with race or races | - |
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nonsocial | (adjective) of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies | Synonyms: nongregarious, solitary |
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official | (adjective) having official authority or sanction | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to an office | - |
(adjective) verified officially | - |
(adjective) (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution | - |
(adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | Synonyms: prescribed |
(noun) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport | - |
(noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: functionary |
officialdom | (noun) people elected or appointed to administer a government | Synonyms: government officials |
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officialese | (noun) the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure | - |
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officialise | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialize |
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officialize | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialise |
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officially | (adverb) in an official role | - |
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(adverb) with official authorization | Synonyms: formally |
overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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postglacial | (adjective) relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period | - |
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precocial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days | - |
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prejudicial | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicious |
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(adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicious |
prosociality | (noun) The quality of being beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores. | - |
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provincial | (adjective) characteristic of the provinces or their people | - |
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(adjective) of or associated with a province | - |
(noun) a country person | Synonyms: bucolic, peasant |
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order | - |
provincialism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, sectionalism |
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(noun) a lack of sophistication | - |
provincially | (adverb) by the province; through the province | - |
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racial | (adjective) of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups | - |
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(adjective) of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people | - |
racialism | (noun) discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race | Synonyms: racial discrimination, racism |
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racialist | (noun) a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others | Synonyms: racist |
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racially | (adverb) with respect to race | - |
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sacrificial | (adjective) used in or connected with a sacrifice | - |
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semiofficial | (adjective) having some official authority or sanction | - |
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social | (adjective) living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups | - |
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(adjective) relating to human society and its members | Synonyms: societal |
(adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society | - |
(adjective) marked by friendly companionship with others | - |
(adjective) tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind | - |
(adjective) composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability | - |
(noun) a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity | Synonyms: mixer, sociable |
socialisation | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: acculturation, enculturation, socialization |
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(noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialising, socialization, socializing |
(noun) the action of establishing on a socialist basis | Synonyms: socialization |
socialise | (verb) make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies | Synonyms: socialize |
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(verb) prepare for social life | Synonyms: socialize |
(verb) train for a social environment | Synonyms: socialize |
(verb) take part in social activities; interact with others | Synonyms: socialize |
socialised | (adjective) under group or government control | Synonyms: socialized |
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socialiser | (noun) a person who takes part in social activities | Synonyms: socializer |
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socialising | (noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialization, socializing |
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socialism | (noun) a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | - |
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(noun) an economic system based on state ownership of capital | Synonyms: socialist economy |
socialist | (adjective) advocating or following the socialist principles | Synonyms: socialistic |
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(noun) a political advocate of socialism | - |
socialistic | (adjective) advocating or following the socialist principles | Synonyms: socialist |
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socialite | (noun) a socially prominent person | - |
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sociality | (noun) the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups | - |
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socialization | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: acculturation, enculturation, socialisation |
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(noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialising, socializing |
(noun) the action of establishing on a socialist basis | Synonyms: socialisation |
socialize | (verb) make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies | Synonyms: socialise |
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(verb) prepare for social life | Synonyms: socialise |
(verb) train for a social environment | Synonyms: socialise |
(verb) take part in social activities; interact with others | Synonyms: socialise |
socialized | (adjective) under group or government control | Synonyms: socialised |
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socializer | (noun) a person who takes part in social activities | Synonyms: socialiser |
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socializing | (noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialising, socialization |
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socially | (adverb) by or with respect to society | - |
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(adverb) in a social manner | - |
spacial | (adjective) pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space | Synonyms: spatial |
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special | (adjective) for a special service or occasion | - |
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(adjective) first and most important | Synonyms: particular |
(adjective) adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose | - |
(adjective) having a specific function or scope | Synonyms: limited |
(adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, exceptional, particular |
(adjective) added to a regular schedule | Synonyms: extra |
(adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: particular, peculiar |
(noun) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising | - |
(noun) a television production that features a particular person or work or topic | - |
(noun) a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant | - |
specialisation | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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(noun) the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | Synonyms: specialization |
(noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: differentiation, specialization |
specialise | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialize |
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(verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialize |
(verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialize, speciate |
(verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialize, specify |
(verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialize |
specialised | (adjective) developed or designed for a special activity or function | Synonyms: specialized |
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specialiser | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialist, specializer |
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specialism | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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(noun) the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation | - |
specialist | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialiser, specializer |
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(noun) practices one branch of medicine | Synonyms: medical specialist |
specialistic | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of specialists | - |
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(adjective) showing focused training | - |
speciality | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, specialism, specialization, specialty |
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(noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: distinctiveness, peculiarity, specialness, specialty |
(noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: forte, long suit, metier, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit |
specialization | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialty |
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(noun) the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | Synonyms: specialisation |
(noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: differentiation, specialisation |
specialize | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialise |
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(verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialise |
(verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, speciate |
(verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specify |
(verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialise |