| adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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| andesite | (noun) a dark grey volcanic rock | - |
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| arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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| desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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| desiccate | (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccated |
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| (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate |
| (verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
| (verb) remove water from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
| desiccated | (adjective) thoroughly dried out | Synonyms: dried-out |
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| (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccate |
| (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, dried |
| desiccation | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: dehydration, drying up, evaporation |
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| (noun) dryness resulting from the removal of water | Synonyms: dehydration |
| desideratum | (noun) something desired as a necessity | - |
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| design | (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: designing |
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| (noun) a decorative or artistic work | Synonyms: figure, pattern |
| (noun) a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something | - |
| (noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: conception, excogitation, innovation, invention |
| (noun) an arrangement scheme | Synonyms: plan |
| (noun) something intended as a guide for making something else | Synonyms: blueprint, pattern |
| (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, intent, intention, purpose |
| (verb) plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect | - |
| (verb) intend or have as a purpose | - |
| (verb) create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner | - |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, plan, project |
| (verb) create designs | - |
| (verb) conceive or fashion in the mind; invent | - |
| designate | (adjective) appointed but not yet installed in office | - |
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| (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: destine, intend, specify |
| (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: denominate |
| (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: destine, doom, fate |
| (verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | Synonyms: indicate, point, show |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, depute |
| designation | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, assignment, naming |
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| (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: identification |
| (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, denomination |
| designative | (adjective) serving to designate | - |
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| designatum | (noun) something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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| designed | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | Synonyms: intentional, unintentional |
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| designedly | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, purposely |
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| designer | (noun) someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) | Synonyms: architect |
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| (noun) someone who designs clothing | Synonyms: clothes designer, couturier, fashion designer |
| (noun) a person who specializes in interior design | Synonyms: interior designer |
| (noun) a person who devises plots or intrigues | Synonyms: intriguer |
| (noun) someone who specializes in graphic design | Synonyms: graphic designer |
| designing | (adjective) concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | Synonyms: scheming |
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| (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: design |
| desipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system | - |
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| desirability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirableness |
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| (noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirableness, oomph, sex appeal |
| desirable | (adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving | - |
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| (adjective) worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse | Synonyms: suitable, worthy |
| desirableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirability |
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| (noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, oomph, sex appeal |
| desire | (noun) an inclination to want things | - |
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| (noun) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | - |
| (noun) something that is desired | - |
| (verb) feel or have a desire for; want strongly | Synonyms: want |
| (verb) express a desire for | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: hope, trust |
| desired | (adjective) wanted intensely | Synonyms: craved |
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| desirous | (adjective) having or expressing desire for something | Synonyms: wishful |
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| desist | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, refrain |
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| diapedesis | (noun) passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue | - |
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| geodesic | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesical, geodetic |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere) | Synonyms: geodesic line |
| geodesical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesic, geodetic |
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| idesia | (noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries | Synonyms: Idesia polycarpa |
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| pedesis | (noun) the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | Synonyms: Brownian motion, Brownian movement |
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| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| undesigned | (adjective) not done or made or performed with purpose or intent | - |
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| undesirability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that should be avoided | - |
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| undesirable | (adjective) not wanted | Synonyms: unwanted |
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| (adjective) not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse) | Synonyms: unsuitable |
| (noun) one whose presence is undesirable | - |
| undesirably | (adverb) in an undesirable manner | Synonyms: unwantedly |
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| undesired | (adjective) not desired | Synonyms: unsought |
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| undesiring | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesirous |
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| undesirous | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesiring |
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