| androgyny | (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: bisexuality, hermaphroditism |
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| android | (noun) an automaton that resembles a human being | Synonyms: humanoid, mechanical man |
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| (noun) An operating system from Google for mobile devices | - |
| andromeda | (noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers | - |
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| (noun) broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers | Synonyms: Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica |
| androphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of men | - |
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| androsterone | (noun) an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone | - |
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| andryala | (noun) any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers | - |
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| anecdotal | (adjective) having the character of an anecdote | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotic, anecdotical |
| anecdotalism | (noun) The property of being related to short accounts of real incidents or persons, often humorous or interesting. | - |
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| anecdote | (noun) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | - |
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| anecdotic | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotical |
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| anecdotical | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotic |
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| anecdotist | (noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes | Synonyms: raconteur |
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| aneroid | (adjective) containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid | - |
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| (noun) a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids | Synonyms: aneroid barometer |
| aneuploid | (adjective) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number | - |
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| aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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| angered | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened |
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| angiocardiogram | (noun) a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angioedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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| angled | (adjective) forming or set at an angle | - |
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| angledozer | (noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
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| anguished | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: tormented, tortured |
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| anhedonia | (noun) an inability to experience pleasure | - |
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| anhidrosis | (noun) failure of the sweat glands | Synonyms: anhydrosis |
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| anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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| anhydrosis | (noun) failure of the sweat glands | Synonyms: anhidrosis |
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| anhydrous | (adjective) without water; especially without water of crystallization | - |
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| animadversion | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: censure |
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| animadvert | (verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: opine, sound off, speak out, speak up |
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| (verb) express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark | - |
| animated | (adjective) having life or vigor or spirit | Synonyms: alive |
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| (adjective) made to appear to move as living creatures do | - |
| animatedly | (adverb) in an animated manner | - |
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| aniseed | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise, anise seed |
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| annelid | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelidan |
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| (noun) worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally | Synonyms: annelid worm, segmented worm |
| annelidan | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelid |
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| annihilated | (adjective) destroyed completely | Synonyms: exterminated, wiped out |
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| announced | (adjective) declared publicly; made widely known | Synonyms: proclaimed |
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| annoyed | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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| (adjective) troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | Synonyms: harassed, harried, pestered, vexed |
| annulated | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| anodal | (adjective) of or at or relating to an anode | Synonyms: anodic |
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| anode | (noun) a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device | - |
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| (noun) the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | - |
| anodic | (adjective) of or at or relating to an anode | Synonyms: anodal |
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| anodise | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodize |
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| anodize | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodise |
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| anodyne | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, analgetic |
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| (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: analgesic, pain pill, painkiller |
| anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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| antacid | (adjective) acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) | - |
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| (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antiacid, gastric antacid |
| antbird | (noun) any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms | Synonyms: ant bird |
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| antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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| antecedence | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedent | (adjective) preceding in time or order | - |
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| (noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
| (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
| antecedently | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: previously |
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| antedate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: foredate, predate |
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| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
| antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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| antediluvian | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvial |
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| (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antiquated, archaic |
| (noun) a very old person | Synonyms: ancient |
| (noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge | Synonyms: antediluvian patriarch |
| antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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| anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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| antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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| antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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| antheridium | (noun) the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers | - |
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| antherozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: spermatozoid |
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| anthropoid | (adjective) resembling human beings | Synonyms: manlike |
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| (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoidal, apelike |
| (noun) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids | - |
| (noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate | Synonyms: ape |
| anthropoidal | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, apelike |
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| antiacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, gastric antacid |
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| antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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| antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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| antibody | (noun) any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response | - |
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| anticipated | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: awaited, hoped-for |
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| antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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| antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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| antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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| antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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| antidotal | (adjective) counteracting the effects of a poison | - |
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| antidote | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: counterpoison |
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| antidromic | (adjective) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
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| antinode | (noun) (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system | - |
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| antioxidant | (noun) substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides | - |
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| antipodal | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodean |
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| (noun) the relation of opposition along a diameter | Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition |
| antipode | (noun) direct opposite | - |
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| antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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| antipodes | (noun) any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | - |
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| antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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| antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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| antiredeposition | (noun) the process of preventing redeposition | - |
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| antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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| antithyroid | (adjective) having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity | - |
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| antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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| antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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| antlered | (adjective) having antlers | - |
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| aoudad | (noun) wild sheep of northern Africa | Synonyms: Ammotragus lervia, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep |
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| apadana | (noun) the great hall in ancient Persian palaces | - |
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| apartheid | (noun) a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa | - |
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| aperiodic | (adjective) not recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: nonperiodic |
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| aphid | (noun) any of various small plant-sucking insects | - |
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| aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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| aphrodisiac | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiacal, sexy |
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| (noun) a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | - |
| aphrodisiacal | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiac, sexy |
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| apodal | (adjective) (of snakes and eels) naturally footless | Synonyms: apodous |
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| apodeictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodictic |
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| apodeme | (noun) ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles | - |
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| apodictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodeictic |
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