| adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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| antimeson | (noun) the antiparticle of a meson | - |
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| awesome | (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | Synonyms: amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing |
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| besom | (noun) a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle | - |
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| besot | (verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation | Synonyms: stupefy |
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| besotted | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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| blithesome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome |
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| bunglesome | (adjective) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, ungainly |
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| chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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| chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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| cradlesong | (noun) the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: lullaby |
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| (noun) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: berceuse, lullaby |
| cresol | (noun) any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant | Synonyms: methyl phenol |
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| cuddlesome | (adjective) inviting cuddling or hugging | Synonyms: cuddly |
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| desolate | (adjective) crushed by grief | - |
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| (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance | Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, stark |
| (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: depopulate |
| (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
| (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: abandon, desert, forsake |
| desolately | (adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects | Synonyms: disconsolately |
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| desolation | (noun) an event that results in total destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
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| (noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | Synonyms: forlornness, loneliness |
| (noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed | Synonyms: devastation |
| (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, bleakness, nakedness |
| desorb | (verb) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed | - |
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| (verb) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed | - |
| desorption | (noun) changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state | - |
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| entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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| esophageal | (adjective) relating to the esophagus | - |
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| esophagitis | (noun) inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux | Synonyms: oesophagitis |
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| esophagoscope | (noun) an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus | Synonyms: oesophagoscope |
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| esophagus | (noun) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | Synonyms: gorge, gullet, oesophagus |
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| esoteric | (adjective) confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | - |
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| esoterica | (noun) secrets known only to an initiated minority | - |
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| esotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose | Synonyms: convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye |
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| eyesore | (noun) something very ugly and offensive | - |
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| fivesome | (noun) five people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
| gastroesophageal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus | - |
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| gruesome | (adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | Synonyms: ghastly, grim, grisly, macabre, sick |
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| gruesomely | (adverb) in a gruesome manner | - |
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| gruesomeness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: ghastliness, grimness, luridness |
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| irresolute | (adjective) uncertain how to act or proceed | - |
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| irresolutely | (adverb) lacking determination or decisiveness | - |
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| irresoluteness | (noun) the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose | Synonyms: irresolution |
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| irresolution | (noun) the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose | Synonyms: irresoluteness |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecision, indecisiveness |
| lithesome | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, sinuous, supple |
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| lonesome | (adjective) marked by dejection from being alone | Synonyms: lonely |
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| (adjective) being the only one; single and isolated from others | Synonyms: lone, only, sole, solitary |
| lonesomeness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: aloneness, loneliness, solitariness |
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| lovesome | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, fond, tender |
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| meddlesome | (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | Synonyms: busy, busybodied, interfering, meddling, officious |
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| meddlesomeness | (noun) aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation | Synonyms: intrusiveness, officiousness |
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| mesoblast | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoderm |
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| mesoblastic | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesodermal |
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| mesocarp | (noun) the middle layer of a pericarp | - |
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| mesocolon | (noun) mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall | - |
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| mesoderm | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoblast |
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| mesodermal | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesoblastic |
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| mesohippus | (noun) North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses | - |
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| mesolithic | (adjective) of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic) | - |
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| mesomorph | (noun) a person with a well-developed muscular body | - |
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| mesomorphic | (adjective) having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer | Synonyms: muscular |
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| mesomorphy | (noun) muscular and big-boned | Synonyms: athletic type |
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| meson | (noun) an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 | Synonyms: mesotron |
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| mesonic | (adjective) of or pertaining to a meson | Synonyms: mesic |
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| mesophyron | (noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | Synonyms: glabella |
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| mesophyte | (noun) land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte | Synonyms: mesophytic plant |
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| mesophytic | (adjective) being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment | - |
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| mesosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere | - |
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| mesothelioma | (noun) a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust | - |
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| mesothelium | (noun) epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity | - |
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| mesotron | (noun) an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 | Synonyms: meson |
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| mettlesome | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, spirited, spunky |
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| (adjective) having a proud and unbroken spirit | - |
| mettlesomeness | (noun) courageous high-spiritedness | - |
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| nettlesome | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
| nonresonant | (adjective) not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate | Synonyms: unreverberant |
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| oesophagitis | (noun) inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux | Synonyms: esophagitis |
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| oesophagoscope | (noun) an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus | Synonyms: esophagoscope |
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| oesophagus | (noun) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | Synonyms: esophagus, gorge, gullet |
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| peso | (noun) the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Colombian peso |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Cuban peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Dominican peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Mexican peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Philippine peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Uruguayan peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Chilean peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Guinea-Bissau peso |
| presocratic | (adjective) before the time of Socrates | Synonyms: pre-Socratic |
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| resole | (verb) put a new sole on | Synonyms: sole |
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| resolute | (adjective) firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by quickness and firmness | Synonyms: unhesitating |
| resolutely | (adverb) showing firm determination or purpose | - |
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| (adverb) with firmness of purpose | Synonyms: decisively |
| resoluteness | (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness, firmness of purpose, resolution, resolve |
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| resolution | (noun) a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner | - |
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| (noun) finding a solution to a problem | Synonyms: solving |
| (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve |
| (noun) analysis into clear-cut components | Synonyms: resolving |
| (noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: closure, settlement |
| (noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | Synonyms: answer, result, solution, solvent |
| (noun) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote | Synonyms: declaration, resolve |
| (noun) (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord | - |
| (noun) the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) | - |
| (noun) the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together | Synonyms: resolving power |
| (noun) (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture | - |
| resolvable | (adjective) capable of being settled or resolved | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being solved | Synonyms: solvable |
| resolve | (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution |
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| (noun) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote | Synonyms: declaration, resolution |
| (verb) cause to go into a solution | Synonyms: break up, dissolve |
| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: adjudicate, decide, settle |
| (verb) reach a decision | Synonyms: purpose |
| (verb) find the solution | Synonyms: solve |
| (verb) understand the meaning of | Synonyms: answer |
| (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: conclude |
| (verb) make clearly visible | - |
| resolved | (adjective) explained or answered | Synonyms: solved |
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| (adjective) determined | Synonyms: single-minded |
| resolvent | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, solvent |
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| resolving | (noun) analysis into clear-cut components | Synonyms: resolution |
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| resonance | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| (noun) the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities | - |
| (noun) a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system | - |
| (noun) an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation | - |
| (noun) a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people | Synonyms: rapport |
| resonant | (adjective) serving to bring to mind | Synonyms: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent |
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| (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative |
| resonate | (verb) be received or understood | Synonyms: come across |
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| (verb) sound with resonance | Synonyms: vibrate |
| resonating | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resounding, reverberating, reverberative |
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| resonator | (noun) any system that resonates | - |
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| (noun) an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude | Synonyms: resonant circuit |
| (noun) a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves | Synonyms: cavity resonator, resonating chamber |
| resorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: reabsorb |
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| resorcinol | (noun) a crystalline phenol obtained from various resins; used in ointments for acne and in dandruff shampoos | - |
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| resorcinolphthalein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye |
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| resorption | (noun) the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation | Synonyms: reabsorption |
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| resort | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: recourse, refuge |
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| (noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: recourse, refuge |
| (noun) a hotel located in a resort area | Synonyms: holiday resort, resort hotel |
| (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: hangout, haunt, repair, stamping ground |
| (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: repair |
| (verb) have recourse to | Synonyms: fall back, recur |
| resound | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, noise |
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| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, reverberate, ring |
| resounding | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, reverberating, reverberative |
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| resoundingly | (adverb) in a resounding manner | - |
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| resource | (noun) a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed | - |
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| (noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resourcefulness |
| (noun) available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed | - |
| resourceful | (adjective) having inner resources; adroit or imaginative | - |
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| resourcefully | (adverb) in a resourceful manner | - |
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| resourcefulness | (noun) the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation | - |
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| (noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resource |
| resourceless | (adjective) lacking or deficient in natural resources | - |
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| threesome | (noun) three people considered as a unit | Synonyms: triad, trinity, trio |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |