| azederach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| caldera | (noun) a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression | - |
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| confederacy | (noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: conspiracy |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederation, federation |
| (noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspiracy |
| confederate | (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: allied, confederative |
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| (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: accomplice |
| (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime |
| (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
| (verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |
| confederation | (noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation | Synonyms: alliance |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, federation |
| (noun) the state of being allied or confederated | Synonyms: alliance |
| confederative | (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: allied, confederate |
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| considerable | (adjective) large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree | - |
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| considerably | (adverb) to a great extent or degree | Synonyms: substantially, well |
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| considerate | (adjective) showing concern for the rights and feelings of others | - |
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| considerately | (adverb) in a considerate manner | - |
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| considerateness | (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: consideration, thoughtfulness |
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| consideration | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: thoughtfulness |
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| (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) the process of giving careful thought to something | - |
| (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, condition |
| (noun) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting) | - |
| (noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: retainer |
| curandera | (noun) a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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| deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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| (verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
| deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
| derail | (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: jump |
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| (verb) cause to run off the tracks | - |
| derailment | (noun) an accident in which a train runs off its track | - |
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| derange | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: perturb, throw out of kilter |
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| (verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: unbalance |
| deranged | (adjective) driven insane | Synonyms: crazed, half-crazed |
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| derangement | (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: overthrow, upset |
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| (noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: mental unsoundness, unbalance |
| derate | (verb) lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus | - |
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| desideratum | (noun) something desired as a necessity | - |
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| federal | (adjective) characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the central government of a federation | - |
| (adjective) national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units | - |
| federalisation | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
| federalise | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalize, federate |
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| (verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government | Synonyms: federalize |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalize, federate |
| federalism | (noun) the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units | - |
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| federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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| federalization | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
| federalize | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalise, federate |
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| (verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government | Synonyms: federalise |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalise, federate |
| federally | (adverb) by federal government | - |
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| federate | (adjective) united under a central government | Synonyms: federated |
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| (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalise, federalize |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalise, federalize |
| federated | (adjective) united under a central government | Synonyms: federate |
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| federation | (noun) the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs | - |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, confederation |
| (noun) an organization formed by merging several groups or parties | - |
| folderal | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
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| hinderance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hindrance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment |
| immoderate | (adjective) beyond reasonable limits | - |
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| immoderately | (adverb) without moderation; in an immoderate manner | - |
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| (adverb) to a degree that exceeds the bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: unreasonably |
| immoderateness | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderation |
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| immoderation | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderateness |
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| imponderable | (adjective) difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision | - |
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| (noun) a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed | - |
| inconsiderable | (adjective) too small or unimportant to merit attention | - |
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| inconsiderate | (adjective) lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others | - |
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| (adjective) without proper consideration or reflection | Synonyms: unconsidered |
| inconsiderately | (adverb) without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner | - |
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| inconsiderateness | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsideration, thoughtlessness |
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| inconsideration | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness |
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| moderate | (adjective) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme | - |
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| (adjective) not extreme | Synonyms: temperate |
| (adjective) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | Synonyms: restrained |
| (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderationist |
| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: mollify, season, temper |
| (verb) make less fast or intense | - |
| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, lead |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: tame, tone down |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, soften |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in |
| moderately | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
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| (adverb) with moderation; in a moderate manner | - |
| moderateness | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderation |
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| (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: modestness, reasonableness |
| moderating | (adjective) lessening in intensity or strength | - |
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| moderation | (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity | Synonyms: mitigation |
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| (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderateness |
| (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: temperance |
| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, relief |
| moderationism | (noun) the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation | - |
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| moderationist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate |
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| (noun) a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) | - |
| moderatism | (noun) a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action | Synonyms: centrism |
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| moderato | (adjective) (of tempo) moderate | - |
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| moderator | (noun) someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence | - |
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| (noun) someone who presides over a forum or debate | - |
| (noun) in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly | - |
| (noun) any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors | - |
| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| paederast | (noun) a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner | Synonyms: child molester, pederast |
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| paederastic | (adjective) of homosexuality between a man and a boy | Synonyms: pederastic |
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| paederasty | (noun) sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | Synonyms: pederasty |
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| pederast | (noun) a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner | Synonyms: child molester, paederast |
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| pederastic | (adjective) of homosexuality between a man and a boy | Synonyms: paederastic |
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| pederasty | (noun) sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | Synonyms: paederasty |
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| plunderage | (noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) | - |
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| ponderable | (adjective) capable of being weighed or considered | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being thought about | Synonyms: cogitable |
| preponderance | (noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: prevalence |
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| (noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | - |
| (noun) superiority in power or influence | - |
| preponderant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating |
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| preponderantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: predominantly |
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| preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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| preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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| reconsideration | (noun) thinking again about a choice previously made | Synonyms: afterthought, rethink, second thought |
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| (noun) a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision | - |
| underachieve | (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underperform |
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| underachievement | (noun) poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| underachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underperformer |
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| underact | (verb) act (a role) with great restraint | Synonyms: underplay |
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| underactive | (adjective) abnormally inactive | Synonyms: hypoactive |
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| underage | (adjective) not of legal age | Synonyms: minor, nonaged |
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| (adjective) dependent by virtue of youth | - |
| underarm | (adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level | Synonyms: underhand, underhanded |
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| (adverb) with the hand swung below shoulder level | Synonyms: underhand |
| unmoderated | (adjective) not made less extreme | - |
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