abeam | (adverb) at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane | - |
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abreact | (verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
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abreaction | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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abreast | (adjective) being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge | Synonyms: au courant, au fait, up on |
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(adverb) alongside each other, facing in the same direction | - |
achillea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads | - |
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acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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acorea | (noun) absence of the pupil in an eye | - |
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acreage | (noun) an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming) | Synonyms: land area |
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activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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aculea | (noun) small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects | - |
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aculeate | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeated |
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aculeated | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeate |
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addlehead | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, birdbrain, loon |
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admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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afeard | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeared |
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afeared | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeard |
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agleam | (adjective) bright with a steady but subdued shining | Synonyms: gleaming, nitid |
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agreeability | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeableness |
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agreeable | (adjective) conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature | - |
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(adjective) prepared to agree or consent | - |
(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, concordant, conformable, consonant |
agreeableness | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeability |
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(noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: amenity |
agreeably | (adverb) in an enjoyable manner | Synonyms: enjoyably, pleasantly |
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ahead | (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: in the lead, leading |
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(adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: before, in front |
(adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: beforehand, in advance |
(adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards |
(adverb) leading or ahead in a competition | Synonyms: in the lead, out front |
(adverb) to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future) | - |
(adverb) to a more advanced or advantageous position | - |
(adverb) toward the future; forward in time | Synonyms: forward |
airhead | (noun) a bridgehead seized by airborne troops | - |
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(noun) a flighty scatterbrained simpleton | - |
airheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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airstream | (noun) a relatively well-defined prevailing wind | - |
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(noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: backwash, race, slipstream, wash |
albuginea | (noun) whitish tunic | - |
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aleatory | (adjective) dependent on chance | - |
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already | (adverb) prior to a specified or implied time | - |
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althaea | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | Synonyms: althea, hollyhock |
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althea | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | Synonyms: althaea, hollyhock |
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amenorrhea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhoea |
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amenorrheal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhea |
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amenorrhoeal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic |
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amphitheater | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheatre, coliseum |
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(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheatre |
amphitheatre | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, coliseum |
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(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheater |
amphitheatric | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatrical |
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amphitheatrical | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatric |
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anneal | (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: normalize, temper |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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anteater | (noun) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | Synonyms: New World anteater |
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(noun) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | Synonyms: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer |
(noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
(noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea | Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
(noun) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites | Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater |
(noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | Synonyms: banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat |
antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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aperea | (noun) South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig | Synonyms: Cavia porcellus, wild cavy |
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apnea | (noun) transient cessation of respiration | - |
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apogean | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of an apogee | - |
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apophyseal | (adjective) of or relating to an apophysis | - |
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appeal | (noun) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | - |
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(noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
(noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
(noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
(verb) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | Synonyms: invoke |
(verb) cite as an authority; resort to | Synonyms: invoke |
(verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: attract |
(verb) take a court case to a higher court for review | - |
(verb) challenge (a decision) | - |
appealable | (adjective) capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal | - |
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appealing | (adjective) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention | - |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic |
appealingly | (adverb) in an appealing manner | - |
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appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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(verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
(verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
(verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
(verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
(verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
(verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
appearance | (noun) the act of appearing in public view | - |
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(noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearing, coming into court |
(noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: show |
(noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | Synonyms: visual aspect |
(noun) a mental representation | - |
(noun) the event of coming into sight | - |
appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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appeasable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: conciliable |
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appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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appeaser | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands | - |
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appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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arboreal | (adjective) inhabiting or frequenting trees | Synonyms: arboreous, tree-living |
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(adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arborary, arborical, arborous |
(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
archaean | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon | Synonyms: archean |
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archdeacon | (noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop | - |
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archdeaconry | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon | - |
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archean | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon | Synonyms: archaean |
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area | (noun) a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function | - |
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(noun) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | Synonyms: expanse, surface area |
(noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve | Synonyms: region |
(noun) a subject of study | - |
(noun) a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) | Synonyms: country |
(noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
areal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving an area | - |
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areaway | (noun) a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement | - |
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arrears | (noun) an unpaid overdue debt | - |
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(noun) the state of being behind in payments | - |
arrowhead | (noun) the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow | - |
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asea | (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: seaward, seawards |
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aureate | (adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | Synonyms: gilded, gilt, gold, golden |
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(adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: flamboyant, florid |
aurorean | (adjective) characteristic of the dawn | Synonyms: auroral |
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aweary | (adjective) physically and mentally fatigued | Synonyms: weary |
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azalea | (noun) any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors | - |
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baccalaureate | (noun) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies | Synonyms: bachelor's degree |
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(noun) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies | - |
backbeat | (noun) a loud steady beat | - |
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backbreaking | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome |
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backseat | (noun) a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile) | - |
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(noun) a secondary or inferior position or status | - |
bakeapple | (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus, salmonberry |
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baldhead | (noun) a person whose head is bald or shaved | Synonyms: baldpate, baldy, skin, skinhead |
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bandeau | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bra, brassiere |
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bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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bareheaded | (adjective) having the head uncovered | Synonyms: bared |
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basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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beach | (noun) an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake | - |
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(verb) land on a beach | - |
beachball | (noun) large and light ball; for play at the seaside | Synonyms: beach ball |
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beachcomber | (noun) a vagrant living on a beach | - |
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beachfront | (noun) a strip of land running along a beach | - |
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beachhead | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: foothold |
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(noun) a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation | - |
beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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beacon | (noun) a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes | Synonyms: radio beacon |
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(noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon light, lighthouse, pharos |
(noun) a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance | Synonyms: beacon fire |
(verb) guide with a beacon | - |
(verb) shine like a beacon | - |
bead | (noun) a small ball with a hole through the middle | - |
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(noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, beading, beadwork |
(noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: drop, pearl |
(verb) string together like beads | - |
(verb) decorate by sewing beads onto | - |
(verb) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example | - |
beaded | (adjective) covered with beads of liquid | - |
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beading | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beadwork |
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(noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beadwork |
beadle | (noun) a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function | - |
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beadlike | (adjective) small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button | Synonyms: beady, buttonlike, buttony |
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beads | (noun) several beads threaded together on a string | Synonyms: string of beads |
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beadsman | (noun) a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another | Synonyms: bedesman |
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