aneuploid | (adjective) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number | - |
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aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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closeup | (noun) a photograph taken at close range | - |
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comeupance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeuppance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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comeuppance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeupance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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euphemise | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemize |
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euphemism | (noun) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
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euphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of euphemism | - |
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euphemistically | (adverb) in a euphemistic manner | - |
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euphemize | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemise |
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euphonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonical |
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euphonical | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonic |
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euphonious | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonous |
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(adjective) (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident | - |
euphonium | (noun) a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family | - |
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euphonous | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonious |
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euphony | (noun) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | Synonyms: music |
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euphorbium | (noun) an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: gum eurphorbium |
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euphoria | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | Synonyms: euphory |
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euphoriant | (adjective) tending to produce euphoria | - |
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(noun) a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria | - |
euphoric | (adjective) exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
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euphory | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | Synonyms: euphoria |
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euphuism | (noun) an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | - |
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(noun) any artificially elegant style of language | - |
eupnea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnoea |
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eupneic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupnoeic |
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eupnoea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnea |
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eupnoeic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupneic |
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hereupon | (adverb) immediately after this | - |
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lineup | (noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat | Synonyms: batting order, card |
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(noun) the schedule of programs for a particular period | - |
(noun) a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification | Synonyms: identity parade, police lineup |
makeup | (noun) cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance | Synonyms: make-up, war paint |
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(noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, constitution, make-up, physical composition |
(noun) an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event | Synonyms: make-up |
pileup | (noun) multiple collisions of vehicles | - |
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reuptake | (noun) a process of using up or consuming again | Synonyms: re-uptake |
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shakeup | (noun) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | Synonyms: reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up |
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