afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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attestant | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestator, attestor, witness |
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(noun) someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something | Synonyms: attester |
attestation | (noun) the action of bearing witness | - |
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(noun) the evidence by which something is attested | - |
attestator | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestant, attestor, witness |
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celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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contestable | (adjective) capable of being contested | - |
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contestant | (noun) a person who participates in competitions | - |
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(noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: dissenter, dissident, objector, protester |
contestation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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decongestant | (noun) a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion | - |
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deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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(noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
destabilisation | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilization |
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destabilise | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilize |
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(verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilize |
destabilization | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilisation |
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(noun) an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) | - |
destabilize | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
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(verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
destain | (verb) remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast | - |
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destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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destalinise | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinize |
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destalinization | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation |
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destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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detestable | (adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: abominable, execrable, odious |
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(adjective) offensive to the mind | Synonyms: abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive |
detestably | (adverb) in an offensive and hateful manner | Synonyms: abominably, odiously, repulsively |
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detestation | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, execration, loathing, odium |
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disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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disforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: deforestation |
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disinfestation | (noun) the activity of getting rid of vermin | - |
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establish | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, prove, shew, show |
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(verb) institute, enact, or establish | Synonyms: lay down, make |
(verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, found, ground |
(verb) place | Synonyms: instal, install, set up |
(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, found, institute, plant |
(verb) bring about | Synonyms: give |
(verb) build or establish something abstract | Synonyms: build |
(verb) set up or found | Synonyms: found, launch, set up |
established | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | Synonyms: constituted |
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(adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: naturalized |
(adjective) conforming with accepted standards | Synonyms: conventional |
(adjective) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt | - |
(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, effected |
establishment | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization |
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(noun) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | - |
(noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | Synonyms: validation |
(noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | Synonyms: institution |
(noun) any large organization | - |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | Synonyms: ecesis |
establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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establishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentarianism |
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estaminet | (noun) a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee | - |
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estate | (noun) a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights | Synonyms: estate of the realm, the three estates |
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(noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, demesne, land, landed estate |
(noun) everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities | - |
estazolam | (noun) a frequently prescribed sleeping pill (trade name ProSom) | Synonyms: ProSom |
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festal | (adjective) offering fun and gaiety | Synonyms: festive, gay, merry |
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fiesta | (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fete |
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forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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forestay | (noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast | - |
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freestanding | (adjective) standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything | Synonyms: separate |
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gestalt | (noun) a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | - |
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gestate | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven |
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(verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize |
gestation | (noun) the conception and development of an idea or plan | - |
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(noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: maternity, pregnancy |
(noun) the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) | Synonyms: gestation period |
gestational | (adjective) of or relating to gestation | - |
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incontestable | (adjective) incapable of being contested or disputed | Synonyms: incontestible |
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(adjective) not open to question; obviously true | Synonyms: indisputable, undisputable |
infestation | (noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants | Synonyms: plague |
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(noun) the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites | - |
ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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intestacy | (noun) the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will | - |
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intestate | (adjective) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will | - |
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lodestar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: loadstar |
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(noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: loadstar |
manifestation | (noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: demonstration |
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(noun) a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing | - |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, reflection, reflexion |
(noun) a clear appearance | - |
(noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
molestation | (noun) the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism | Synonyms: harassment |
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(noun) the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children) | - |
pedestal | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, stand |
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(noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, plinth |
(noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority) | - |
pikestaff | (noun) the staff of a pike | - |
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polestar | (noun) the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it | Synonyms: North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star |
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progestational | (adjective) preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone) | - |
protestant | (adjective) protesting | - |
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protestation | (noun) a strong declaration of protest | - |
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(noun) a formal and solemn declaration of objection | Synonyms: protest |
reestablish | (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reinstate, restore |
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reforestation | (noun) the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | Synonyms: re-afforestation |
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restart | (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, resume |
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(verb) start an engine again, for example | Synonyms: re-start |
restate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, retell |
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restatement | (noun) a revised statement | - |
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restaurant | (noun) a building where people go to eat | Synonyms: eatery, eating house, eating place |
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restauranter | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restaurateur |
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restaurateur | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restauranter |
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siesta | (noun) a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries) | - |
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smokestack | (noun) a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | Synonyms: stack |
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testa | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: episperm, seed coat |
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testacean | (noun) any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell | - |
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testaceous | (adjective) relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell | - |
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testament | (noun) a profession of belief | - |
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(noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: will |
(noun) strong evidence for something | - |
testamentary | (adjective) of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament | - |
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testate | (adjective) having made a legally valid will before death | - |
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(noun) a person who makes a will | Synonyms: testator |
testator | (noun) a person who makes a will | Synonyms: testate |
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testatrix | (noun) a female testator | - |
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unestablished | (adjective) not established | - |
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vestal | (adjective) of or relating to Vesta | - |
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(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous |
(noun) a chaste woman | - |