| anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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| (adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
| (noun) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | Synonyms: front tooth |
| anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
| anteriorly | (adverb) in an anterior direction | - |
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| aperiodic | (adjective) not recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: nonperiodic |
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| arteriogram | (noun) an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium | - |
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| arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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| arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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| arteriolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving arterioles | - |
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| arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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| arteriolosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterioles | - |
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| arteriosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterial walls | Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries |
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| arteriosclerotic | (adjective) affected by arteriosclerosis | - |
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| arteriovenous | (adjective) connecting an artery to a vein | - |
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| asterion | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture | - |
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| bacteriochlorophyll | (noun) a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants | - |
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| bacterioid | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioidal, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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| bacterioidal | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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| bacteriologic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriological |
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| bacteriological | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriologic |
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| bacteriologist | (noun) a biologist who studies bacteria | - |
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| bacteriology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease | - |
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| bacteriolysis | (noun) dissolution or destruction of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis | - |
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| bacteriophage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: phage |
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| bacteriophagic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagous |
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| bacteriophagous | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagic |
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| bacteriostasis | (noun) inhibition of the growth of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriostat | (noun) a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth | - |
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| bacteriostatic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis | - |
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| cheerio | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| criterion | (noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: standard |
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| (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: measure, standard, touchstone |
| criterional | (adjective) serving as a basis for evaluation | Synonyms: criterial |
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| deleterious | (adjective) harmful to living things | Synonyms: hurtful, injurious |
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| deteriorate | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, devolve, drop |
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| (verb) become worse or disintegrate | - |
| deterioration | (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, worsening |
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| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: impairment |
| eriogonum | (noun) any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers | - |
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| eriometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed. | - |
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| exterior | (adjective) situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building | - |
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| (noun) the outer side or surface of something | Synonyms: outside |
| (noun) the region that is outside of something | Synonyms: outside |
| exteriorisation | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorization, externalisation, externalization |
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| exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| exteriorization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, externalisation, externalization |
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| exteriorize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| (verb) bring outside the body for surgery, of organs | Synonyms: bring outside |
| imperious | (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
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| imperiously | (adverb) in an imperious manner | - |
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| imperiousness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, overbearingness |
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| inferior | (adjective) written or printed below and to one side of another character | Synonyms: subscript |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of low rank or importance | - |
| (adjective) of low or inferior quality | - |
| (adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit | - |
| (adjective) lower than a given reference point | - |
| (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: deficient, substandard |
| (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character | Synonyms: subscript |
| (noun) one of lesser rank or station or quality | - |
| inferiority | (noun) an inferior quality | Synonyms: low quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being a competitive disadvantage | Synonyms: unfavorable position |
| (noun) the state of being inferior | Synonyms: lower rank, lower status |
| interior | (adjective) situated within or suitable for inside a building | - |
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| (adjective) inside the country | Synonyms: home, internal, national |
| (adjective) of or coming from the middle of a region or country | Synonyms: midland, upcountry |
| (adjective) inside and toward a center | - |
| (adjective) located inward | Synonyms: inner, internal |
| (noun) the inner or enclosed surface of something | Synonyms: inside |
| (noun) the region that is inside of something | Synonyms: inside |
| interiorise | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorize, internalise, internalize |
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| interiorize | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorise, internalise, internalize |
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| kerion | (noun) ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard that usually results in a swelling that is covered with pustules and oozes fluid | - |
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| listeriosis | (noun) an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms | Synonyms: listeria meningitis |
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| mysterious | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret |
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| (adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mystifying |
| mysteriously | (adverb) in a cryptic manner | Synonyms: cryptically, enigmatically |
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| nonperiodic | (adjective) not recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: aperiodic |
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| overserious | (adjective) excessively serious | - |
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| period | (noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | Synonyms: full point, full stop, point, stop |
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| (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum |
| (noun) an amount of time | Synonyms: period of time, time period |
| (noun) the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon | - |
| (noun) a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed | Synonyms: geological period |
| (noun) the end or completion of something | - |
| (noun) (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games | - |
| periodic | (adjective) happening or recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: periodical |
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| (adjective) recurring or reappearing from time to time | Synonyms: occasional |
| periodical | (adjective) happening or recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: periodic |
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| (noun) a publication that appears at fixed intervals | - |
| periodically | (adverb) in a sporadic manner | Synonyms: sporadically |
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| periodicity | (noun) the quality of recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: cyclicity |
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| periodontal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics | Synonyms: periodontic |
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| periodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontics |
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| periodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics | Synonyms: periodontal |
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| periodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontia |
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| periodontist | (noun) a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth | - |
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| periodontitis | (noun) a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontal disease |
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| periosteum | (noun) a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone | - |
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| posterior | (adjective) located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure | - |
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| (adjective) coming at a subsequent time or stage | Synonyms: later, ulterior |
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) a tooth situated at the back of the mouth | Synonyms: back tooth |
| posteriority | (noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end | - |
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| (noun) following in time | Synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness |
| pterion | (noun) the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle | - |
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| seriocomedy | (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: tragicomedy |
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| seriocomic | (adjective) mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating | Synonyms: seriocomical |
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| seriocomical | (adjective) mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating | Synonyms: seriocomic |
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| serious | (adjective) concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities | - |
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| (adjective) completely lacking in playfulness | Synonyms: sober, unplayful |
| (adjective) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | Synonyms: dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, severe |
| (adjective) requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve | - |
| (adjective) of great consequence | - |
| (adjective) appealing to the mind | Synonyms: good |
| seriously | (adverb) in a serious manner | Synonyms: earnestly, in earnest |
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| (adverb) to a severe or serious degree | Synonyms: badly, gravely, severely |
| seriousness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity |
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| (noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress | Synonyms: distressfulness |
| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: earnestness, sincerity |
| soteriological | (adjective) of or relating to soteriology | - |
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| soteriology | (noun) the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency | - |
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| superior | (adjective) written or printed above and to one side of another character | Synonyms: superscript |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of high rank or importance | - |
| (adjective) of high or superior quality or performance | - |
| (adjective) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit | - |
| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by | - |
| (adjective) having a higher rank | Synonyms: higher-ranking, ranking |
| (adjective) (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by | - |
| (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character | Synonyms: superscript |
| (noun) one of greater rank or station or quality | Synonyms: higher-up, superordinate |
| (noun) the head of a religious community | - |
| (noun) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals | Synonyms: master, victor |
| superiority | (noun) the quality of being superior | Synonyms: high quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being at a competitive advantage | Synonyms: favorable position, favourable position |
| (noun) displaying a sense of being better than others | - |
| (noun) the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | Synonyms: transcendence, transcendency |
| ulterior | (adjective) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | Synonyms: subterranean, subterraneous |
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| (adjective) beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote | - |
| (adjective) coming at a subsequent time or stage | Synonyms: later, posterior |
| ulteriority | (noun) the quality of being ulterior | - |
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| ulteriorly | (adverb) in an ulterior manner | - |
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