| electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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| electroscope | (noun) measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign | - |
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| electroshock | (noun) the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma | Synonyms: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy |
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| electrosleep | (noun) unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain | - |
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| electrostatic | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: static |
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| electrostatically | (adverb) in an electrostatic manner | - |
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| electrostatics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity | - |
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| electrosurgery | (noun) surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) | - |
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| electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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| electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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| electrum | (noun) an alloy of gold and silver | - |
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| embolectomy | (noun) surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery) | - |
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| endarterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis | - |
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| erect | (adjective) upright in position or posture | Synonyms: upright, vertical |
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| (adjective) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid | Synonyms: tumid |
| (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: put up, raise, rear, set up |
| (verb) cause to rise up | Synonyms: rear |
| erectile | (adjective) capable of being raised to an upright position | - |
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| (adjective) filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | Synonyms: cavernous |
| erecting | (noun) the act of building or putting up | Synonyms: erection |
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| erection | (noun) the act of building or putting up | Synonyms: erecting |
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| (noun) a structure that has been erected | - |
| (noun) an erect penis | Synonyms: hard-on |
| erectly | (adverb) in a straight-backed manner | Synonyms: straight-backed |
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| erectness | (noun) the property of being upright in posture | Synonyms: uprightness |
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| (noun) position at right angles to the horizon | Synonyms: uprightness, verticality, verticalness |
| eutectic | (noun) a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point | - |
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| expect | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) look forward to the birth of a child | - |
| (verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: anticipate |
| (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, look, wait |
| (verb) consider reasonable or due | - |
| (verb) consider obligatory; request and expect | Synonyms: ask, require |
| 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 |
| expected | (adjective) considered likely or probable to happen or arrive | - |
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| expectedness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising | - |
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| (noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: commonness |
| expectorant | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorator |
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| expectorate | (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | Synonyms: cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up |
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| (verb) clear out the chest and lungs | Synonyms: clear out, drive out |
| expectoration | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: spit, spitting |
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| (noun) the process of coughing up and spitting out | - |
| expectorator | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorant |
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| (noun) a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) | Synonyms: spitter |
| extrospection | (noun) examination or observation of what is outside oneself, as opposed to introspection. | - |
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| extrospective | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extroverted |
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| flection | (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flexion, inflection |
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| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flexion, flexure |
| gastrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of the stomach | - |
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| genuflect | (verb) bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image | - |
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| (verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | Synonyms: kowtow, scrape |
| genuflection | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflexion |
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| haemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: hemorrhoidectomy |
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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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| hectic | (adjective) marked by intense agitation or emotion | Synonyms: feverish |
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| hectically | (adverb) in a frenzied manner | Synonyms: frenziedly |
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| hectogram | (noun) 100 grams | Synonyms: hg |
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| hectograph | (noun) duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy | Synonyms: heliotype |
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| (verb) copy on a duplicator | - |
| hectoliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters | Synonyms: hectolitre, hl |
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| hectolitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters | Synonyms: hectoliter, hl |
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| hectometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometre, hm |
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| hectometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometer, hm |
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| hector | (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, push around, strong-arm |
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| hemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: haemorrhoidectomy |
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| humectant | (noun) any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
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| hydroelectric | (adjective) of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower | - |
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| hydroelectricity | (noun) electricity produced by water power | - |
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| hypercatalectic | (adjective) (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot | - |
| hypophysectomise | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomize |
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| hypophysectomised | (adjective) having the pituitary gland removed by surgery | Synonyms: hypophysectomized |
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| hypophysectomize | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomise |
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| hypophysectomized | (adjective) having the pituitary gland removed by surgery | Synonyms: hypophysectomised |
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| hypophysectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the pituitary gland | - |
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| hysterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the uterus | - |
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| idiolect | (noun) the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life | - |
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| immunoelectrophoresis | (noun) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies | - |
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| imperfect | (adjective) not perfect; defective or inadequate | - |
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| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, frail, weak |
| (noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going | Synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense |
| imperfectibility | (noun) the capability of becoming imperfect | - |
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| imperfectible | (adjective) capable of being made imperfect | - |
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| imperfection | (noun) the state or an instance of being imperfect | Synonyms: imperfectness |
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| imperfective | (noun) aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb | Synonyms: imperfective aspect |
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| imperfectly | (adverb) in an imperfect or faulty way | Synonyms: amiss |
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| imperfectness | (noun) the state or an instance of being imperfect | Synonyms: imperfection |
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| incorrect | (adjective) not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth | Synonyms: wrong |
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| (adjective) not in accord with established usage or procedure | Synonyms: wrong |
| (adjective) characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules | Synonyms: faulty, wrong |
| (adjective) (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles | - |
| incorrectly | (adverb) in an incorrect manner | Synonyms: wrong, wrongly |
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| (adverb) in an incorrect manner | Synonyms: falsely |
| incorrectness | (noun) the quality of not conforming to fact or truth | Synonyms: wrongness |
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| (noun) lack of conformity to social expectations | - |
| indirect | (adjective) not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination | - |
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| (adjective) extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action | - |
| (adjective) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines | Synonyms: collateral |
| (adjective) having intervening factors or persons or influences | - |
| (adjective) not as a direct effect or consequence | - |
| indirection | (noun) indirect procedure or action | - |
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| (noun) deceitful action that is not straightforward | - |
| indirectly | (adverb) not in a forthright manner | - |
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| indirectness | (noun) having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal | - |
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| ineffective | (adjective) not producing an intended effect | Synonyms: ineffectual, uneffective |
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| (adjective) lacking in power or forcefulness | Synonyms: ineffectual, unable |
| (adjective) lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate | Synonyms: inefficient |
| ineffectively | (adverb) in an ineffective manner | Synonyms: inefficaciously |
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| ineffectiveness | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectuality, ineffectualness |
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| ineffectual | (adjective) not producing an intended effect | Synonyms: ineffective, uneffective |
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| (adjective) lacking in power or forcefulness | Synonyms: ineffective, unable |
| (adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: futile, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |
| ineffectuality | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness |
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| ineffectually | (adverb) in an ineffectual manner | - |
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| ineffectualness | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectuality |
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| infect | (verb) contaminate with a disease or microorganism | Synonyms: taint |
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| (verb) communicate a disease to | - |
| (verb) affect in a contagious way | - |
| (verb) corrupt with ideas or an ideology | - |
| infected | (adjective) containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms | Synonyms: septic |
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| infection | (noun) moral corruption or contamination | - |
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| (noun) (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure | - |
| (noun) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | Synonyms: contagion |
| (noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: contagion, transmission |
| (noun) (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease | - |
| (noun) (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound | - |
| (noun) the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | - |
| infectious | (adjective) easily spread | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to infection | - |
| (adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection | Synonyms: infective |
| infectiously | (adverb) in a contagious manner | Synonyms: contagiously |
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| infective | (adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection | Synonyms: infectious |
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| (adjective) able to cause disease | Synonyms: morbific, pathogenic |
| inflect | (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: modulate, tone |
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| (verb) change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language | - |
| inflected | (adjective) (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch | - |
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| (adjective) showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes) | - |
| inflection | (noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | Synonyms: prosody |
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| (noun) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | Synonyms: modulation |
| (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flection, flexion |
| (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflexion |
| inflectional | (adjective) characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions | - |
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| inject | (verb) give an injection to | Synonyms: shoot |
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| (verb) to introduce (a new aspect or element) | - |
| (verb) to insert between other elements | Synonyms: come in, interject, interpose, put in, throw in |
| (verb) feed intravenously | - |
| (verb) take by injection | - |
| (verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing | Synonyms: shoot |
| 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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| injection | (noun) the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure | - |
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| (noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe | Synonyms: shot |
| (noun) any solution that is injected (as into the skin) | Synonyms: injectant |
| injectiveness | (noun) (mathematics) The state or quality of relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain). | - |
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| injector | (noun) a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | - |
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| (noun) An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump. | Synonyms: eductor-jet pump, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, thermocompressor |
| insect | (noun) small air-breathing arthropod | - |
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| (noun) a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | Synonyms: dirt ball, louse, worm |