resignedly | (adverb) with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner | - |
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(adverb) in a hopeless resigned manner | Synonyms: abjectly |
resile | (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | - |
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(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract |
(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
(verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | - |
resilience | (noun) the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit | Synonyms: resiliency |
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(noun) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back | Synonyms: resiliency |
resiliency | (noun) the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit | Synonyms: resilience |
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(noun) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back | Synonyms: resilience |
resilient | (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, springy |
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(adjective) recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like | - |
resin | (noun) any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules | Synonyms: rosin |
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resinate | (verb) impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to | - |
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resinated | (adjective) impregnated or flavored with resin | - |
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resinlike | (adjective) resembling resin in properties or texture | - |
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resinoid | (noun) a plastic containing resins | - |
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resinous | (adjective) having the characteristics of pitch or tar | Synonyms: pitchy, resiny, tarry |
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resiny | (adjective) having the characteristics of pitch or tar | Synonyms: pitchy, resinous, tarry |
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resist | (verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | Synonyms: hold out, stand firm, withstand |
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(verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: fend, stand |
(verb) refuse to comply | Synonyms: balk, baulk, jib |
(verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: dissent, protest |
(verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, refuse |
(verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: refuse, reject |
resistance | (noun) group action in opposition to those in power | - |
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(noun) the military action of resisting the enemy's advance | - |
(noun) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | Synonyms: opposition |
(noun) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Synonyms: resistor |
(noun) the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) | - |
(noun) (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness | - |
(noun) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force | Synonyms: underground |
(noun) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion | - |
(noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity |
(noun) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | Synonyms: immunity |
(noun) the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents | - |
resistant | (adjective) disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | Synonyms: insubordinate, resistive |
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(adjective) impervious to being affected | - |
(adjective) incapable of absorbing or mixing with | Synonyms: repellent |
(adjective) able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress | Synonyms: tolerant |
(adjective) relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) | Synonyms: immune |
resister | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, thwarter |
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(noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer |
resistible | (adjective) capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated | - |
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resistive | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance | - |
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(adjective) disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | Synonyms: insubordinate, resistant |
resistivity | (noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistance |
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resistless | (adjective) impossible to resist; overpowering | Synonyms: irresistible |
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(adjective) offering no resistance, passively accepting of a situation | Synonyms: unresisting |
resistor | (noun) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Synonyms: resistance |
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resize | (verb) change the size of; make the size more appropriate | - |
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sexagesimal | (adjective) of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths | - |
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silesia | (noun) a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings | - |
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somaesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
somaesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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somataesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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somatesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
somesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation |
somesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia |
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spermatogenesis | (noun) development of spermatozoa | - |
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spondylolisthesis | (noun) a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | - |
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subartesian | (adjective) (of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well | - |
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synaeresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: syneresis |
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(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: syneresis |
synaesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synesthesia |
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syneresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: synaeresis |
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(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: synaeresis |
synesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synaesthesia |
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synezesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synizesis |
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synizesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synezesis |
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synthesis | (noun) the combination of ideas into a complex whole | Synonyms: synthetic thinking |
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(noun) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | Synonyms: deduction, deductive reasoning |
(noun) the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) | - |
synthesise | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesize |
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synthesiser | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesizer |
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(noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesist, synthesizer |
synthesist | (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesizer |
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synthesize | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesise |
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(verb) combine and form a synthesis | - |
synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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(noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |
telekinesis | (noun) the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | Synonyms: psychokinesis |
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teratogenesis | (noun) the development of defects in an embryo | - |
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thermalgesia | (noun) pain caused by heat | - |
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thesis | (noun) an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument | - |
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(noun) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree | Synonyms: dissertation |
thoracentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: thoracocentesis |
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thoracocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: thoracentesis |
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undesigned | (adjective) not done or made or performed with purpose or intent | - |
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undesirability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that should be avoided | - |
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undesirable | (adjective) not wanted | Synonyms: unwanted |
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(adjective) not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse) | Synonyms: unsuitable |
(noun) one whose presence is undesirable | - |
undesirably | (adverb) in an undesirable manner | Synonyms: unwantedly |
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undesired | (adjective) not desired | Synonyms: unsought |
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undesiring | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesirous |
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undesirous | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesiring |
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unforesightful | (adjective) lacking foresight or scope | Synonyms: myopic, short, shortsighted |
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unhesitating | (adjective) characterized by quickness and firmness | Synonyms: resolute |
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unhesitatingly | (adverb) without hesitation | - |
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unpresidential | (adjective) not presidential | - |
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unresistant | (adjective) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | Synonyms: liable, nonimmune, nonresistant |
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unresisting | (adjective) offering no resistance, passively accepting of a situation | Synonyms: resistless |
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urochesia | (noun) passage of urine from the anus | Synonyms: urochezia |
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vasovesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis | - |
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vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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vesical | (adjective) of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder) | - |
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vesicant | (adjective) causing blisters | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
vesicate | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: blister |
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vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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vesicatory | (adjective) causing blisters | Synonyms: vesicant |
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(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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vesicular | (adjective) of or relating to or involving vesicles | - |
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vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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(verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
vesiculation | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesication |
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vesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis) | - |
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vesiculovirus | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | - |
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vigesimal | (adjective) relating to or based on the number twenty | - |
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xenogenesis | (noun) the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal | Synonyms: alternation of generations, heterogenesis |
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