| abasement | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: humiliation |
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| (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abjection, degradation |
| abatement | (noun) the act of abating | - |
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| (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension |
| abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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| abridgement | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation |
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| abstemious | (adjective) sparing in consumption of especially food and drink | - |
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| (adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence | Synonyms: light |
| abstemiously | (adverb) in a sparing manner; without overindulgence | Synonyms: temperately |
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| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| academe | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academia |
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| academia | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academe |
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| academic | (adjective) associated with academia or an academy | - |
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| (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: donnish, pedantic |
| (adjective) hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result | - |
| (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
| academically | (adverb) in regard to academic matters | - |
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| academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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| (noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
| (noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
| academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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| academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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| (noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
| (noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
| academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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| (noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
| academy | (noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a secondary school (usually private) | - |
| (noun) a school for special training | - |
| (noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | Synonyms: honorary society |
| accouchement | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth |
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| accoutrement | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accouterment |
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| accruement | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accrual, accumulation |
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| acetonemia | (noun) an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: ketonemia, ketosis |
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| achievement | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: accomplishment |
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| acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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| acknowledgement | (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone | Synonyms: acknowledgment |
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| (noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged | Synonyms: acknowledgment, recognition |
| acquirement | (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, attainment, skill |
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| advancement | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
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| (noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: progress |
| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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| advertizement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing |
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| advisement | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: deliberation, weighing |
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| aeroembolism | (noun) obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving | Synonyms: air embolism, gas embolism |
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| (noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
| afibrinogenemia | (noun) the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding | - |
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| aforementioned | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforesaid, said |
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| agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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| aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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| aggrandizement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandisement, elevation |
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| agreement | (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: correspondence |
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| (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: arrangement |
| (noun) the verbal act of agreeing | - |
| (noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: understanding |
| (noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: concord |
| (noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: accord |
| ahem | (noun) the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. | Synonyms: hem |
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| alchemic | (adjective) related to or concerned with alchemy | Synonyms: alchemical |
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| alchemical | (adjective) related to or concerned with alchemy | Synonyms: alchemic |
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| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| alchemist | (noun) one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone | - |
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| alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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| alchemistical | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistic |
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| alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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| alchemy | (noun) a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times | - |
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| (noun) the way two individuals relate to each other | Synonyms: chemistry, interpersonal chemistry |
| alembic | (noun) an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube | - |
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| alinement | (noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: alignment, alliance, coalition |
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| alkalemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) | - |
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| allegement | (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegation |
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| allemande | (noun) egg-thickened veloute | Synonyms: allemande sauce |
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| allurement | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: solicitation |
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| (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allure, temptingness |
| (noun) attractiveness | - |
| alstroemeria | (noun) any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers | - |
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| amazement | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: astonishment |
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| amercement | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: fine, mulct |
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| amusement | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: entertainment |
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| (noun) a feeling of delight at being entertained | - |
| anaemia | (noun) a deficiency of red blood cells | Synonyms: anemia |
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| (noun) a lack of vitality | Synonyms: anemia |
| anaemic | (adjective) relating to anemia or suffering from anemia | Synonyms: anemic |
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| (adjective) lacking vigor or energy | Synonyms: anemic |
| analbuminemia | (noun) an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | - |
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| anathema | (noun) a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication | - |
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| (noun) a detested person | Synonyms: bete noire |
| anathematisation | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematization |
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| anathematise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| anathematization | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematisation |
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| anathematize | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
| anathemize | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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| (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, comminate, execrate |
| anemia | (noun) a deficiency of red blood cells | Synonyms: anaemia |
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| (noun) a lack of vitality | Synonyms: anaemia |
| anemic | (adjective) relating to anemia or suffering from anemia | Synonyms: anaemic |
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| (adjective) lacking vigor or energy | Synonyms: anaemic |
| anemoclinometer | (noun) A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. | - |
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| anemograph | (noun) An instrument which records wind velocities. | - |
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| anemographic | (adjective) pertaining to the recording of wind measurements | - |
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| anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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| anemometer | (noun) a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind | Synonyms: wind gage, wind gauge |
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| anemometric | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometrical |
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| anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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| anemometry | (noun) measuring wind speed and direction | - |
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| anemone | (noun) marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton | Synonyms: sea anemone |
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| (noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: windflower |
| anemophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind | - |
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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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| angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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| announcement | (noun) a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen | Synonyms: promulgation |
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| (noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: annunciation, declaration, proclamation |
| anoxemia | (noun) abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood | - |
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| anoxemic | (adjective) relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood | - |
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| antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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| antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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| anthem | (noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | Synonyms: hymn |
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| (noun) a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school) | - |
| antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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| antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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| antifeminist | (noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women | - |
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| antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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| antisemitism | (noun) the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | Synonyms: anti-Semitism |
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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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| apolemia | (noun) large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long | - |
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| apopemptic | (adjective) addressed to one who is departing | - |
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| appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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| applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
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| arbitrement | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitrament, arbitration |
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| argemone | (noun) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America | Synonyms: devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle |
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| arrangement | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arranging, transcription |
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| (noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: placement |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: organisation, organization, system |
| (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | Synonyms: musical arrangement |
| (noun) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging | - |
| artemisia | (noun) any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage | - |
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| assemblage | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assembly, gathering |
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| (noun) a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose | Synonyms: hookup |
| (noun) a group of persons together in one place | Synonyms: gathering |
| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, aggregation, collection |
| assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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| (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
| (verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |