| intervening | (adjective) occurring or falling between events or points in time | - |
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| irenic | (adjective) conducive to peace | - |
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| juvenile | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people | - |
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| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, jejune, puerile |
| (noun) a young person, not fully developed | Synonyms: juvenile person |
| juvenility | (noun) the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person | Synonyms: youth, youthfulness |
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| (noun) lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life | Synonyms: callowness, jejuneness |
| kittenish | (adjective) playful like a lively kitten | Synonyms: frisky |
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| lactogenic | (adjective) inducing lactation | - |
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| larcenist | (noun) a person who commits larceny | Synonyms: larcener |
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| leavening | (noun) an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something | Synonyms: leaven |
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| (noun) a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid | Synonyms: leaven |
| lengthening | (noun) the act of prolonging something | Synonyms: perpetuation, prolongation, protraction |
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| lenience | (noun) lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | Synonyms: leniency |
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| (noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: leniency, lenity, mildness |
| (noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: indulgence, leniency |
| leniency | (noun) lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | Synonyms: lenience |
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| (noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: lenience, lenity, mildness |
| (noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: indulgence, lenience |
| lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
| (adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
| leniently | (adverb) in a permissively lenient manner | Synonyms: laxly |
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| lenify | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, mollify, pacify, placate |
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| lenitive | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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| (noun) remedy that eases pain and discomfort | - |
| lenity | (noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: lenience, leniency, mildness |
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| leptomeninges | (noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers | - |
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| leptomeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the leptomeninges | - |
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| lessening | (noun) a change downward | Synonyms: decrease, drop-off |
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| leucopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leukopenia |
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| leukopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leucopenia |
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| lightening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: whitening |
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| (noun) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped | - |
| likening | (noun) the act of comparing similarities | - |
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| lilangeni | (noun) the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents | - |
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| listening | (noun) the act of hearing attentively | Synonyms: hearing |
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| loosening | (noun) the act of making something less tight | Synonyms: laxation |
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| (noun) an occurrence of control or strength weakening | Synonyms: relaxation, slackening |
| lutenist | (noun) a musician who plays the lute | Synonyms: lutanist, lutist |
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| lycaenid | (noun) any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae | Synonyms: lycaenid butterfly |
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| lymphadenitis | (noun) inflammation of lymph nodes | - |
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| lymphocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | Synonyms: lymphopenia |
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| lymphopenia | (noun) an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | Synonyms: lymphocytopenia |
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| lysogenic | (adjective) capable of producing or undergoing lysis | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to lysogeny | - |
| lysogenicity | (noun) the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material | Synonyms: lysogeny |
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| lysogenisation | (noun) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome | Synonyms: lysogenization |
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| lysogenization | (noun) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome | Synonyms: lysogenisation |
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| lysogenize | (verb) become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) | - |
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| maddening | (adjective) extremely annoying or displeasing | Synonyms: exasperating, infuriating, vexing |
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| menial | (adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | Synonyms: humble, lowly |
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| (noun) a domestic servant | - |
| menially | (adverb) in a menial manner | - |
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| meningeal | (adjective) relating to the meninges | - |
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| meninges | (noun) a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord | Synonyms: meninx |
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| meningioma | (noun) a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant | - |
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| meningism | (noun) symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges | - |
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| meningitis | (noun) infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea | - |
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| meningocele | (noun) a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue) | - |
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| meningoencephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis |
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| meninx | (noun) a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord | Synonyms: meninges |
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| meniscectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the meniscus of the knee | - |
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| meniscus | (noun) (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube | - |
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| (noun) (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other | - |
| (noun) (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint | Synonyms: semilunar cartilage |
| methylphenidate | (noun) central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children | Synonyms: Ritalin |
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| micropenis | (noun) an abnormally small penis | Synonyms: microphallus |
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| moistening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: dampening |
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| molybdenite | (noun) a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds | - |
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| monogenic | (adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes | - |
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| mutagenic | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution) | - |
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| myasthenia | (noun) a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions | Synonyms: myasthenia gravis |
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| (noun) any muscular weakness | - |
| myelomeningocele | (noun) a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation | - |
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| neotenic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by neoteny | Synonyms: neotenous |
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| neurasthenia | (noun) nervous breakdown (not in technical use) | - |
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| neurasthenic | (adjective) of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia | - |
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| (noun) a person suffering a nervous breakdown | - |
| neurogenic | (adjective) arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues | - |
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| neutropenia | (noun) leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte) | - |
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| nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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| nitrogenize | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenise |
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| nonopening | (adjective) not open; not opening | - |
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| obscenity | (noun) an obscene act | - |
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| (noun) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | Synonyms: bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity |
| (noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, smut, vulgarism |
| oecumenic | (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical |
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| oecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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| (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenic |
| oecumenism | (noun) a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) | Synonyms: ecumenism |
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| olivenite | (noun) rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits | - |
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| opening | (adjective) first or beginning | - |
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| (noun) a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess | Synonyms: chess opening |
| (noun) the act of opening something | - |
| (noun) becoming open or being made open | - |
| (noun) the first of a series of actions | Synonyms: first step, initiative, opening move |
| (noun) a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made | - |
| (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: hatchway, scuttle |
| (noun) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | Synonyms: orifice, porta |
| (noun) a possible alternative | Synonyms: possibility, possible action |
| (noun) the initial part of the introduction | - |
| (noun) the first performance (as of a theatrical production) | Synonyms: curtain raising, opening night |
| (noun) a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise | - |
| (noun) an open or empty space in or between things | Synonyms: gap |
| (noun) opportunity especially for employment or promotion | - |
| overweening | (adjective) presumptuously arrogant | Synonyms: uppity |
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| (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, extravagant, exuberant |
| oxygenise | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenize |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| oxygenize | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| pancytopenia | (noun) an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia | - |
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| paraphrenia | (noun) a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner | Synonyms: paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia |
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| pathogenic | (adjective) able to cause disease | Synonyms: infective, morbific |
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| pathogenically | (adverb) in a pathogenic manner | - |
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| peacenik | (noun) someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | Synonyms: dove |
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| penial | (adjective) of or relating to the penis | Synonyms: penile |
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| penicillamine | (noun) a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis | Synonyms: Cuprimine |
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| penicillin | (noun) any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases | - |
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| penicillinase | (noun) enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic | Synonyms: beta-lactamase |
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| penile | (adjective) of or relating to the penis | Synonyms: penial |
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| peninsula | (noun) a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
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| peninsular | (adjective) of or forming or resembling a peninsula | - |
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| penis | (noun) the male sex organ | Synonyms: member, phallus |
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| penitence | (noun) remorse for your past conduct | Synonyms: penance, repentance |
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| penitent | (adjective) feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds | Synonyms: repentant |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) | - |
| penitential | (adjective) showing or constituting penance | Synonyms: penitentiary |
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| penitentially | (adverb) showing remorse | Synonyms: penitently, repentantly |
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| penitentiary | (adjective) showing or constituting penance | Synonyms: penitential |
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| (adjective) used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers | - |
| (noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | Synonyms: pen |
| penitently | (adverb) showing remorse | Synonyms: penitentially, repentantly |
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| pheniramine | (noun) an antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus | - |
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| philhellenic | (adjective) characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things | Synonyms: Graecophile, Graecophilic, philhellene |
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| philhellenism | (noun) admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs | - |
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| philhellenist | (noun) an admirer of Greece and everything Greek | Synonyms: Graecophile, philhellene |
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| phoenicophorium | (noun) latanier palm | Synonyms: genus Phoenicophorium |
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| phoenix | (noun) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years | - |
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| (noun) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa | Synonyms: genus Phoenix |
| photogenic | (adjective) looking attractive in photographs | - |
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