actinomycotic | (adjective) of or related to actinomycosis infection | - |
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adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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apricot | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
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(noun) downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach | - |
(noun) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach | Synonyms: apricot tree |
arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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ascot | (noun) a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin | - |
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blastomycotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis | - |
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boycott | (noun) a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies | - |
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(verb) refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with | - |
butterscotch | (noun) a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar | - |
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carrycot | (noun) box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) | - |
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chicot | (noun) handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute | Synonyms: bonduc, Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree |
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cocotte | (noun) a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served | - |
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(noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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cot | (noun) a small bed that folds up for storage or transport | Synonyms: camp bed |
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(noun) baby bed with high sides made of slats | Synonyms: crib |
(noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: fingerstall |
cotan | (noun) ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cotangent |
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cotangent | (noun) ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cotan |
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cote | (noun) a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) | - |
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cotenant | (noun) one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property | - |
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coterie | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
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coterminous | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: coextensive, conterminous |
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coterminously | (adverb) in a coterminous manner | - |
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cothromboplastin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor |
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cotilion | (noun) a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century | Synonyms: cotillion |
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(noun) a ball at which young ladies are presented to society | Synonyms: cotillion |
cotillion | (noun) a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century | Synonyms: cotilion |
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(noun) a ball at which young ladies are presented to society | Synonyms: cotilion |
cotinga | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: chatterer |
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cotoneaster | (noun) any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | - |
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cottage | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: bungalow |
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cottager | (noun) someone who lives in a cottage | Synonyms: cottage dweller |
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cottar | (noun) fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together | Synonyms: cotter |
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(noun) a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands | Synonyms: cotter |
cotter | (noun) fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together | Synonyms: cottar |
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(noun) a medieval English villein | Synonyms: cottier |
(noun) a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands | Synonyms: cottar |
cottier | (noun) a medieval English villein | Synonyms: cotter |
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cotton | (noun) fabric woven from cotton fibers | - |
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(noun) thread made of cotton fibers | - |
(noun) erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers | Synonyms: cotton plant |
(noun) soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state | Synonyms: cotton fiber, cotton wool |
(verb) take a liking to | - |
cottonmouth | (noun) venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States | Synonyms: Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin |
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cottonseed | (noun) seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil | - |
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cottontail | (noun) common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) | Synonyms: cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit |
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cottonweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers | - |
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(noun) an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts | Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting |
cottonwick | (noun) of warm Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Haemulon malanurum |
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cottonwood | (noun) any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed | - |
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(noun) American basswood of the Allegheny region | Synonyms: Tilia heterophylla, white basswood |
cottony | (adjective) resembling cotton; as soft as cotton | - |
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cotyledon | (noun) embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants | Synonyms: seed leaf |
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cotyloid | (adjective) of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone | Synonyms: acetabular, cotyloidal |
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cotyloidal | (adjective) of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone | Synonyms: acetabular, cotyloid |
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dicot | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid |
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dicotyledon | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, exogen, magnoliopsid |
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dicotyledonous | (adjective) (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed | - |
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discotheque | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: disco |
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dovecote | (noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbarium, columbary |
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ecoterrorism | (noun) violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists | Synonyms: eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare |
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ecotourism | (noun) tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature | - |
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entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
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guncotton | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton |
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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 | - |
hopscotch | (noun) a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone | - |
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jocote | (noun) common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit | Synonyms: mombin, mombin tree, Spondias purpurea |
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leucothoe | (noun) any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia | - |
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leucotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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manicotti | (noun) large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce | - |
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mascot | (noun) a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure | - |
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massicot | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicotite |
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massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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monocot | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: endogen, liliopsid, monocotyledon |
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monocotyledon | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: endogen, liliopsid, monocot |
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monocotyledonous | (adjective) (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies | - |
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mycotoxin | (noun) a toxin produced by a fungus | - |
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narcoterrorism | (noun) the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade | - |
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narcotic | (adjective) of or relating to or designating narcotics | - |
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(adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotising, narcotizing |
(adjective) inducing mental lethargy | Synonyms: soporiferous, soporific |
(noun) a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction | - |
narcotise | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotize |
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narcotised | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotized |
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narcotising | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotizing |
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narcotize | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotise |
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narcotized | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotised |
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narcotizing | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotising |
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narcotraffic | (noun) traffic in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug traffic, drug trafficking |
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nicotine | (noun) an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide | - |
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nitrocotton | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocellulose |
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ocotillo | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, vine cactus |
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persicot | (noun) a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit. | - |
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picot | (noun) an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon | - |
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plumcot | (noun) hybrid between plum and apricot | - |
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(noun) hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca | Synonyms: plumcot tree |
ricotta | (noun) soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese | - |
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scotch | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, sparing, stinting |
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(noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: score |
(verb) make a small cut or score into | - |
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, spoil, thwart |
scoter | (noun) large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: scooter |
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scotoma | (noun) an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field | - |
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scotomatous | (adjective) relating to scotoma | - |
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sheepcote | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepfold |
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succotash | (noun) fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream | - |
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terracotta | (noun) a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware | Synonyms: terra cotta |
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thoracotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity | - |
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tricot | (noun) a knitted fabric or one resembling knitting | - |
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wainscot | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscoting, wainscotting |
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(noun) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall | Synonyms: dado |
wainscoted | (adjective) fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting | Synonyms: paneled, panelled |
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wainscoting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscotting |
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(noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscotting |
wainscotting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscoting |
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(noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscoting |