ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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ablactation | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: weaning |
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(noun) the cessation of lactation | - |
actable | (adjective) capable of being acted; suitable for the stage | - |
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affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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analecta | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analects |
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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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anorectal | (adjective) pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
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arctan | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctangent, inverse tangent |
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arctangent | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent |
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arteriectasia | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasis |
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arteriectasis | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasia |
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atelectasis | (noun) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth | - |
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attractable | (adjective) capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet | - |
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bespectacled | (adjective) wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass | Synonyms: monocled, spectacled |
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chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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coarctate | (adjective) (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case | - |
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coarctation | (noun) (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta | - |
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(noun) tight or narrow compression | Synonyms: constriction |
collectable | (adjective) subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | Synonyms: collectible, payable |
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(noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectible |
colorectal | (adjective) relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum | - |
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conductance | (noun) a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance | - |
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contractable | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, communicable, contagious, transmissible, transmittable |
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correctable | (adjective) capable of being corrected by additions | Synonyms: amendable |
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(adjective) capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent | - |
cunctation | (noun) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time | Synonyms: procrastination, shillyshally |
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cunctator | (noun) someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | Synonyms: postponer, procrastinator |
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delectability | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: deliciousness, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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delectable | (adjective) capable of arousing sexual desire | Synonyms: sexually attractive |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy |
delectation | (noun) act of receiving pleasure from something | Synonyms: enjoyment |
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(noun) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | Synonyms: delight |
detectability | (noun) The state of being noticeable. | - |
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detectable | (adjective) easily seen or detected | Synonyms: perceptible |
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(adjective) capable of being detected | Synonyms: noticeable |
dialectal | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a dialect | - |
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dictate | (noun) a guiding principle | - |
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(noun) an authoritative rule | - |
(verb) say out loud for the purpose of recording | - |
(verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: order, prescribe |
(verb) rule as a dictator | - |
dictated | (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: determined, set |
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dictation | (noun) speech intended for reproduction in writing | - |
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(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, bidding, command |
(noun) matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage | - |
dictator | (noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law | Synonyms: potentate |
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(noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | Synonyms: authoritarian |
(noun) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine | - |
dictatorial | (adjective) of or characteristic of a dictator | - |
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(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, overbearing |
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical |
dictatorially | (adverb) in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator | Synonyms: autocratically, magisterially |
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dictatorship | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
ectasia | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasis |
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ectasis | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasia |
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eructation | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, burping |
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(noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eruption, extravasation |
exacta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | Synonyms: perfecta |
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expectable | (adjective) to be expected | - |
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expectancy | (noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: anticipation |
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(noun) an expectation | Synonyms: anticipation |
expectant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative |
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(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
expectantly | (adverb) in an expectant manner | - |
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expectation | (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: outlook, prospect |
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(noun) the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values | Synonyms: arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment |
(noun) the feeling that something is about to happen | - |
(noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: anticipation |
extractable | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractible |
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extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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fractal | (noun) (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry | - |
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galactagogue | (noun) agent that induces milk secretion | - |
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hectare | (noun) (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) | - |
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humectant | (noun) any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
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ictal | (adjective) of or relating to a seizure or convulsion | Synonyms: ictic |
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indictability | (noun) the state of being liable to impeachment | Synonyms: impeachability |
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indictable | (adjective) liable to be accused, or cause for such liability | Synonyms: chargeable |
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inductance | (noun) an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit | Synonyms: inductor |
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(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current | Synonyms: induction |
ineluctability | (noun) the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade | Synonyms: unavoidability |
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ineluctable | (adjective) impossible to avoid or evade | Synonyms: inescapable, unavoidable |
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ineluctably | (adverb) by necessity | Synonyms: inescapably, inevitably, unavoidably |
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injectable | (adjective) (used of drugs) capable of being injected | - |
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injectant | (noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injection |
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insectan | (adjective) of or relating to the class Insecta | - |
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intersectant | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersecting |
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intractability | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractableness |
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intractable | (adjective) not tractable; difficult to manage or mold | - |
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intractableness | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractability |
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intractably | (adverb) in an intractable manner | - |
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jactation | (noun) (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness | Synonyms: jactitation |
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keratectasia | (noun) abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye | - |
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lactalbumin | (noun) albumin occurring in milk | - |
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lactase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | Synonyms: Lactaid |
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lactate | (noun) a salt or ester of lactic acid | - |
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(verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
lactating | (adjective) producing or secreting milk | Synonyms: wet |
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lactation | (noun) feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | Synonyms: suckling |
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(noun) the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands | - |
(noun) the period following birth during which milk is secreted | - |
lymphangiectasia | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasis |
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lymphangiectasis | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasia |
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nectar | (noun) (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal | Synonyms: ambrosia |
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(noun) fruit juice especially when undiluted | - |
(noun) a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators | - |
nectariferous | (adjective) possessing nectaries | - |
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nectarine | (noun) a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin | - |
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(noun) variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh | Synonyms: nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina |
nectarous | (adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, ambrosian |
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nectary | (noun) a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar | Synonyms: honey gland |
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nictate | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictitate, wink |
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nictation | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictitation, wink, winking |
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noctambulation | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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noctambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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noctambulist | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalker, somnambulist |
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nonretractable | (adjective) not capable of being retracted | Synonyms: nonretractile |
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nonsectarian | (adjective) not restricted to one sect or school or party | Synonyms: unsectarian |
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nyctalopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder | Synonyms: moon blindness, night blindness |
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octad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | Synonyms: 8, eight, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octet, octonary, ogdoad, VIII |
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octagon | (noun) an eight-sided polygon | - |
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octagonal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like an octagon | Synonyms: octangular |
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octahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having eight plane faces | - |
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octal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base | - |
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octameter | (noun) a verse line having eight metrical feet | - |
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octane | (noun) any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent | - |
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octangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like an octagon | Synonyms: octagonal |
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octant | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration | - |
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octave | (noun) a musical interval of eight tones | Synonyms: musical octave |
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(noun) a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse | - |
(noun) a feast day and the seven days following it | - |