amanuensis | (noun) someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) | Synonyms: shorthand typist, stenographer |
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angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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apprehensible | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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apprehension | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding |
(noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: misgiving |
(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread |
apprehensive | (adjective) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | - |
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(adjective) quick to understand | Synonyms: discerning |
(adjective) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | Synonyms: worried |
apprehensively | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: anxiously, uneasily |
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apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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ascension | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascent, rise |
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(noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascent, rise, rising |
(noun) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon | - |
ascensional | (adjective) tending to rise | - |
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ascensive | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent |
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coextension | (noun) equality of extension or duration | - |
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coextensive | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: conterminous, coterminous |
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commonsensible | (adjective) exhibiting native good judgment | Synonyms: commonsense, commonsensical |
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commonsensical | (adjective) exhibiting native good judgment | Synonyms: commonsense, commonsensible |
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comprehensibility | (noun) the quality of comprehensible language or thought | Synonyms: understandability |
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comprehensible | (adjective) capable of being comprehended or understood | Synonyms: comprehendible |
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comprehension | (noun) an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) | - |
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(noun) the relation of comprising something | Synonyms: inclusion |
comprehensive | (adjective) including all or everything | - |
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(adjective) broad in scope | - |
(noun) an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | Synonyms: comp, comprehensive examination |
comprehensively | (adverb) in an all-inclusive manner | - |
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comprehensiveness | (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, largeness |
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(noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: fullness |
condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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condescension | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: disdainfulness, superciliousness |
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(noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescendingness |
(noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: disdain, patronage |
counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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declension | (noun) a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms | - |
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(noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
(noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: decline in quality, deterioration, worsening |
(noun) the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages | - |
defensibility | (noun) capability of being defended | - |
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defensible | (adjective) capable of being defended | Synonyms: defendable |
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defensive | (adjective) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack | - |
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(adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: justificative, justificatory |
(noun) an attitude of defensiveness | Synonyms: defensive attitude |
defensively | (adverb) in a defensive manner | - |
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(adverb) in an apologetic and defensive manner | - |
defensiveness | (noun) excessive sensitivity to criticism | - |
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densification | (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, concretion |
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densimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densitometer |
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densitometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density | - |
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(noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densimeter |
densitometry | (noun) measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission | - |
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density | (noun) the amount per unit size | Synonyms: denseness |
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(noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, denseness, tightness |
desensitisation | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitization |
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desensitise | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitize |
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(verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitize |
desensitising | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitizing |
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desensitization | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitisation |
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desensitize | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
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(verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
desensitizing | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitising |
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diapensia | (noun) any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia | - |
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dimension | (noun) the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) | - |
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(noun) magnitude or extent | Synonyms: proportion |
(noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: attribute, property |
(noun) one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space | - |
(verb) shape or form to required dimensions | - |
(verb) indicate the dimensions on | - |
dimensional | (adjective) of or relating to dimensions | - |
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(adjective) having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person | - |
dimensionality | (noun) the spatial property of having dimensions | - |
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dimensioning | (adjective) indicating or determining size and position in space | - |
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dissension | (noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate | Synonyms: discord |
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(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissonance |
distensible | (adjective) capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand | - |
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distension | (noun) the act of expanding by pressure from within | Synonyms: distention |
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(noun) the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions | Synonyms: dilatation, distention |
ensiform | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: bladelike, sword-shaped, swordlike |
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ensign | (noun) colors flown by a ship to show its nationality | - |
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(noun) an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality | Synonyms: national flag |
(noun) a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade | - |
ensilage | (noun) fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo | Synonyms: silage |
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ensile | (verb) store in a silo | - |
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expensive | (adjective) high in price or charging high prices | - |
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expensively | (adverb) in an expensive manner | - |
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expensiveness | (noun) the quality of being high-priced | - |
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extensible | (adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out | Synonyms: extensile |
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extensile | (adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out | Synonyms: extensible |
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extension | (noun) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students | Synonyms: extension service, university extension |
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(noun) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb | - |
(noun) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available | - |
(noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annex, annexe, wing |
(noun) an addition to the length of something | Synonyms: elongation |
(noun) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line | Synonyms: extension phone, telephone extension |
(noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends | Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation |
(noun) the ability to raise the working leg high in the air | - |
(noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: denotation, reference |
(noun) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename | Synonyms: file name extension, filename extension |
(noun) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions | Synonyms: propagation |
(noun) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt | - |
extensional | (adjective) defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies | - |
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extensive | (adjective) of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor | - |
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(adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide |
(adjective) large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | Synonyms: extended |
extensively | (adverb) in a widespread way | - |
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extensiveness | (noun) large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness | Synonyms: largeness |
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forensic | (adjective) used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law | - |
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(adjective) of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument | - |
forensics | (noun) scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
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greensick | (adjective) of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis | Synonyms: chlorotic |
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greensickness | (noun) iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin | Synonyms: chlorosis |
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greenside | (adjective) adjacent to a putting green | - |
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hortensia | (noun) deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue | Synonyms: Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis |
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(noun) very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads | Synonyms: double gold, golden glow, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia |
hyperextension | (noun) greater than normal extension | - |
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hypersensitised | (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
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hypersensitive | (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
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hypersensitivity | (noun) extreme sensitivity | - |
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(noun) pathological sensitivity | - |
hypersensitized | (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
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hypertension | (noun) a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) | Synonyms: high blood pressure |
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hypertensive | (adjective) having abnormally high blood pressure | - |
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(noun) a person who has abnormally high blood pressure | - |
hypotension | (noun) abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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hypotensive | (adjective) having abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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(noun) a person who has abnormally low blood pressure | - |
immensity | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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incomprehensibility | (noun) the quality of being incomprehensible | - |
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incomprehensible | (adjective) difficult to understand | Synonyms: uncomprehensible |
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(adjective) incapable of being explained or accounted for | Synonyms: inexplicable |
incomprehension | (noun) an inability to understand | - |
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incomprehensive | (adjective) not comprehensive | Synonyms: noncomprehensive |
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indefensible | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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(adjective) (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified | Synonyms: untenable |
(adjective) not able to be protected against attack | - |
inexpensive | (adjective) relatively low in price or charging low prices | Synonyms: cheap |
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inexpensively | (adverb) with little expenditure of money | Synonyms: cheaply |
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(adverb) in a cheap manner | Synonyms: cheaply, tattily |
inexpensiveness | (noun) the quality of being affordable | - |
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inextensible | (adjective) not extensile | Synonyms: nonextensile, nonprotractile |
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inoffensive | (adjective) giving no offense | - |
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(adjective) not causing anger or annoyance | Synonyms: unoffending |
inoffensively | (adverb) in a not unpleasantly offensive manner | - |
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insensibility | (noun) devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness | Synonyms: callosity, callousness, hardness, unfeelingness |
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(noun) a lack of sensibility | - |
insensible | (adjective) incapable of physical sensation | - |
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(adjective) barely able to be perceived | Synonyms: indiscernible, undetectable |
(adjective) unresponsive to stimulation | Synonyms: out of it, senseless |
(adjective) unaware of or indifferent to | Synonyms: unaffected |
insensibly | (adverb) in a numb manner; without feeling | Synonyms: numbly |
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insensitive | (adjective) not responsive to physical stimuli | - |
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(adjective) deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive | - |
insensitively | (adverb) in an insensitive manner | - |
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insensitiveness | (noun) the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | Synonyms: insensitivity |
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insensitivity | (noun) the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | Synonyms: insensitiveness |
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intensification | (noun) action that makes something stronger or more extreme | - |
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(noun) the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) | - |
intensified | (adjective) made more intense | - |
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intensifier | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | Synonyms: intensive |
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