| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| artefact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artifact |
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| artefactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artifactual |
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| artifact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artefact |
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| artifactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artefactual |
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| barefaced | (adjective) with no effort to conceal | Synonyms: bald |
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| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
| barefacedly | (adverb) without shame | Synonyms: shamelessly, unashamedly |
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| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| benefaction | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benevolence |
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| (noun) a contribution of money or assistance | - |
| benefactor | (noun) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) | Synonyms: helper |
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| benefactress | (noun) a woman benefactor | - |
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| biface | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: bifacial |
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| bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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| blackface | (noun) the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro | - |
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| boldface | (noun) a typeface with thick heavy lines | Synonyms: bold, bold face |
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| (verb) print in boldface | - |
| boniface | (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: host, innkeeper |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calefaction | (noun) the property of being warming | Synonyms: incalescence |
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| calefactive | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactory |
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| calefactory | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactive |
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| calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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| chylifactive | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactory, chylific |
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| chylifactory | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactive, chylific |
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| coalface | (noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
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| cofactor | (noun) a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result | - |
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| counterfactual | (adjective) going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) | Synonyms: contrary to fact |
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| counterfactuality | (noun) the quality of being contrary to fact | - |
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| deface | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, disfigure |
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| defacement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement, mutilation |
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| dissatisfaction | (noun) the feeling of being displeased and discontent | - |
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| dissatisfactory | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: disappointing, unsatisfying |
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| efface | (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory | Synonyms: obliterate |
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| (verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Synonyms: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off |
| (verb) make inconspicuous | - |
| effaceable | (adjective) capable of being effaced | Synonyms: erasable |
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| effacement | (noun) withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | Synonyms: self-effacement |
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| (noun) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | - |
| facade | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: frontage, frontal |
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| (noun) a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant | Synonyms: window dressing |
| face | (noun) a vertical surface of a building or cliff | - |
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| (noun) the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object) | - |
| (noun) the striking or working surface of an implement | - |
| (noun) the general outward appearance of something | - |
| (noun) status in the eyes of others | - |
| (noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, nerve |
| (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, expression, facial expression, look |
| (noun) the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear | Synonyms: human face |
| (noun) the part of an animal corresponding to the human face | - |
| (noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: case, font, fount, typeface |
| (noun) a contorted facial expression | Synonyms: grimace |
| (noun) a surface forming part of the outside of an object | Synonyms: side |
| (noun) a part of a person that is used to refer to a person | - |
| (verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: confront, face up |
| (verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, present |
| (verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: confront |
| (verb) line the edge (of a garment) with a different material | - |
| (verb) cover the front or surface of | - |
| (verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction | - |
| (verb) turn so as to expose the face | - |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: front, look |
| (verb) be opposite | - |
| faced | (adjective) having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination | - |
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| faceless | (adjective) without a face or identity | - |
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| facelift | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
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| (noun) a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes | Synonyms: face lift, face lifting |
| facepalm | (noun) the act of putting your hand to cover your face to show disappointment or despair | - |
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| faceplate | (noun) a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) | - |
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| facer | (noun) (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced | - |
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| facet | (noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem | Synonyms: aspect |
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| (noun) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) | - |
| faceted | (adjective) having facets | - |
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| facetious | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: bantering, tongue-in-cheek |
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| facetiously | (adverb) not seriously | Synonyms: jokingly, tongue-in-cheek |
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| facetiousness | (noun) playful humor | - |
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| facia | (noun) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc | Synonyms: fascia |
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| facial | (adjective) of or concerning the face | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object | - |
| (noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams | - |
| (noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve |
| facially | (adverb) with respect to the face | - |
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| facile | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | Synonyms: eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken |
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| (adjective) performing adroitly and without effort | - |
| (adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: neat, slick |
| facilitate | (verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, ease |
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| (verb) increase the likelihood of (a response) | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: help |
| facilitation | (noun) act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something | - |
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| (noun) (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential | - |
| (noun) the condition of being made easy (or easier) | - |
| facilitative | (adjective) freeing from difficulty or impediment | - |
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| facilitator | (noun) someone who makes progress easier | - |
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| facilitatory | (adjective) inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity | - |
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| facility | (noun) a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you | - |
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| (noun) something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service | - |
| (noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: installation |
| (noun) a natural effortlessness | Synonyms: readiness |
| (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness |
| facing | (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: lining |
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| (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: cladding |
| (noun) a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening | - |
| (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: veneer |
| facsimile | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax |
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| (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: autotype |
| (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: fax, telefax |
| fact | (noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | - |
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| (noun) a concept whose truth can be proved | - |
| (noun) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened | - |
| (noun) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed | - |
| faction | (noun) a dissenting clique | Synonyms: sect |
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| (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, camarilla, junto |
| factious | (adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | Synonyms: dissentious, divisive |
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| factitious | (adjective) not produced by natural forces | - |
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| factoid | (noun) a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item | - |
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| (noun) something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print | - |
| factor | (noun) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | Synonyms: cistron, gene |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient |
| (noun) an independent variable in statistics | - |
| (noun) anything that contributes causally to a result | - |
| (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, broker |
| (noun) one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | Synonyms: divisor |
| (noun) any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together | - |
| (verb) resolve into factors | Synonyms: factor in, factor out |
| (verb) consider as relevant when making a decision | Synonyms: factor in, factor out |
| (verb) be a contributing factor | - |
| factorial | (adjective) of or relating to factorials | - |
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| (noun) the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer | - |
| factoring | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factorisation, factorization |
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| factorisation | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorization |
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| factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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| factorization | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorisation |
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| factorize | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorise |
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| factory | (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill |
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| factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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| factual | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by facts | - |
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| (adjective) existing in act or fact | Synonyms: actual |
| factuality | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factualness |
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| factually | (adverb) as a fact or based on fact | - |
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| factualness | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factuality |
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| facula | (noun) a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | Synonyms: solar facula |
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| (noun) a bright spot on a planet | - |
| facultative | (adjective) able to exist under more than one set of conditions | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the mental faculties | - |
| (adjective) granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something | - |
| (adjective) optional | Synonyms: elective |
| faculty | (noun) one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | Synonyms: mental faculty, module |
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| (noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: staff |
| ineffaceability | (noun) The quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. | Synonyms: indelibility |
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| interface | (noun) (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) | Synonyms: port |
| (noun) the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system | Synonyms: user interface |
| interfacial | (adjective) relating to or situated at an interface | - |
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| liquefaction | (noun) the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid | - |
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| malefactor | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, outlaw |
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| mandibulofacial | (adjective) of or relating to the lower jaw and face | - |
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| manufactory | (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: factory, manufacturing plant, mill |
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| manufacture | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: industry |
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| (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | Synonyms: fabrication, manufacturing |
| (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: construct, fabricate |
| (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up |
| (verb) create or produce in a mechanical way | - |
| (verb) produce naturally | - |
| manufactured | (adjective) produced in a large-scale industrial operation | - |
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| manufacturer | (noun) a business engaged in manufacturing some product | Synonyms: maker, manufacturing business |
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| (noun) someone who manufactures something | Synonyms: producer |
| manufacturing | (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | Synonyms: fabrication, manufacture |
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| maxillofacial | (adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla) | - |
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| multifaceted | (adjective) having many aspects or qualities | Synonyms: many-sided, miscellaneous, multifarious |
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| multifactorial | (adjective) involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes) | - |
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| mutafacient | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents) | - |
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| olfaction | (noun) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | Synonyms: olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell |
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| olfactive | (adjective) of or relating to olfaction | Synonyms: olfactory |
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| olfactology | (noun) the scientific study of smells or of the sense of smell. | - |
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| olfactory | (adjective) of or relating to olfaction | Synonyms: olfactive |
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