affect | (noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | - |
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(verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
(verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
(verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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affected | (adjective) acted upon; influenced | - |
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(adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: unnatural |
(adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: moved, stirred, touched |
affectedly | (adverb) in an affected manner | - |
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affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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(noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
affecting | (adjective) arousing affect | Synonyms: poignant, touching |
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affectingly | (adverb) in a poignant or touching manner | Synonyms: poignantly, touchingly |
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affection | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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affectional | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affective, emotive |
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affectionate | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender |
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affectionately | (adverb) with affection | Synonyms: dear, dearly |
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affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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(noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
affective | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affectional, emotive |
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aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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(noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
confect | (noun) a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | Synonyms: candy |
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(verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confection |
(verb) make or construct | - |
confection | (noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | Synonyms: concoction |
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(noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
(verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
confectionary | (noun) a confectioner's shop | Synonyms: candy store, confectionery |
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confectioner | (noun) someone who makes candies and other sweets | Synonyms: candymaker |
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confectionery | (noun) the occupation and skills of a confectioner | - |
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(noun) a confectioner's shop | Synonyms: candy store, confectionary |
(noun) candy and other sweets considered collectively | - |
defecate | (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, crap, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
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defecation | (noun) the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | Synonyms: laxation, shitting |
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defecator | (noun) (obsolete) that which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups. | - |
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(noun) a person who defecates | Synonyms: shitter, voider |
defect | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: blemish, mar |
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(noun) a failing or deficiency | Synonyms: shortcoming |
(noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: fault, flaw |
(noun) an imperfection in a bodily system | - |
(verb) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | Synonyms: desert |
defection | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: abandonment, desertion |
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(noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | Synonyms: apostasy, renunciation |
defective | (adjective) markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior | - |
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(adjective) having a defect | Synonyms: faulty |
(adjective) not working properly | Synonyms: bad |
defectively | (adverb) in a defective manner | - |
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defectiveness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: faultiness |
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defector | (noun) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | Synonyms: deserter |
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disaffect | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, estrange |
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disaffected | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious |
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disaffection | (noun) disloyalty to the government or to established authority | - |
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(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: alienation, estrangement |
disinfect | (verb) destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing | - |
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disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
disinfection | (noun) treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms | - |
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disinfector | (noun) an apparatus for applying disinfectants. | - |
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effect | (noun) an outward appearance | Synonyms: impression |
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(noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: force |
(noun) an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) | - |
(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, essence, gist |
(noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
(noun) a symptom caused by an illness or a drug | - |
(verb) produce | Synonyms: effectuate, set up |
(verb) act so as to bring into existence | - |
effected | (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, established |
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effecter | (noun) one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose | Synonyms: effector |
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effective | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effectual, efficacious |
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(adjective) existing in fact; not theoretical; real | - |
(adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: efficient |
(adjective) works well as a means or remedy | - |
(adjective) ready for service | - |
(adjective) exerting force or influence | Synonyms: good, in effect, in force |
effectively | (adverb) in actuality or reality or fact | Synonyms: in effect |
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(adverb) in an effective manner | Synonyms: efficaciously |
effectiveness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectivity, effectuality, effectualness |
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(noun) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects | Synonyms: potency, strength |
effectivity | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness |
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effector | (noun) an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses | - |
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(noun) a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion | - |
(noun) one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose | Synonyms: effecter |
effects | (noun) property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business | Synonyms: personal effects |
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effectual | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effective, efficacious |
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(adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: legal, sound |
effectuality | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness |
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effectually | (adverb) in an effectual manner | - |
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effectualness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality |
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effectuate | (verb) produce | Synonyms: effect, set up |
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effectuation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: implementation |
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fecal | (adjective) of or relating to feces | Synonyms: faecal |
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fecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, faecalith, stercolith |
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feces | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, ordure, stool |
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feckless | (adjective) generally incompetent and ineffectual | Synonyms: inept |
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(adjective) not fit to assume responsibility | - |
fecklessly | (adverb) with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner | Synonyms: ineptly |
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(adverb) in a feckless manner; irresponsibly and incompetently | - |
fecklessness | (noun) worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual | - |
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fecula | (noun) excreta (especially of insects) | - |
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feculence | (noun) something that is feculent | - |
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feculent | (adjective) foul with waste matter | - |
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fecund | (adjective) capable of producing offspring or vegetation | - |
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(adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fertile, prolific |
fecundate | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize, inseminate |
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(verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
fecundation | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation |
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(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: dressing, fertilisation, fertilization |
fecundity | (noun) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth | Synonyms: fruitfulness |
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(noun) the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination | Synonyms: fruitfulness |
(noun) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring | Synonyms: fertility |
imperfect | (adjective) not perfect; defective or inadequate | - |
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(adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, frail, weak |
(noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going | Synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense |
imperfectibility | (noun) the capability of becoming imperfect | - |
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imperfectible | (adjective) capable of being made imperfect | - |
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imperfection | (noun) the state or an instance of being imperfect | Synonyms: imperfectness |
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imperfective | (noun) aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb | Synonyms: imperfective aspect |
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imperfectly | (adverb) in an imperfect or faulty way | Synonyms: amiss |
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imperfectness | (noun) the state or an instance of being imperfect | Synonyms: imperfection |
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ineffective | (adjective) not producing an intended effect | Synonyms: ineffectual, uneffective |
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(adjective) lacking in power or forcefulness | Synonyms: ineffectual, unable |
(adjective) lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate | Synonyms: inefficient |
ineffectively | (adverb) in an ineffective manner | Synonyms: inefficaciously |
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ineffectiveness | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectuality, ineffectualness |
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ineffectual | (adjective) not producing an intended effect | Synonyms: ineffective, uneffective |
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(adjective) lacking in power or forcefulness | Synonyms: ineffective, unable |
(adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: futile, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |
ineffectuality | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness |
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ineffectually | (adverb) in an ineffectual manner | - |
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ineffectualness | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectuality |
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infect | (verb) contaminate with a disease or microorganism | Synonyms: taint |
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(verb) communicate a disease to | - |
(verb) affect in a contagious way | - |
(verb) corrupt with ideas or an ideology | - |
infected | (adjective) containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms | Synonyms: septic |
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infection | (noun) moral corruption or contamination | - |
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(noun) (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure | - |
(noun) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | Synonyms: contagion |
(noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: contagion, transmission |
(noun) (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease | - |
(noun) (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound | - |
(noun) the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | - |
infectious | (adjective) easily spread | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to infection | - |
(adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection | Synonyms: infective |
infectiously | (adverb) in a contagious manner | Synonyms: contagiously |
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infective | (adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection | Synonyms: infectious |
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(adjective) able to cause disease | Synonyms: morbific, pathogenic |
noninfectious | (adjective) not infectious | - |
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perfect | (adjective) being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish | - |
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(adjective) precisely accurate or exact | - |
(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
(noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) | Synonyms: perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense |
(verb) make perfect or complete | Synonyms: hone |
perfecta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | Synonyms: exacta |
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perfected | (adjective) (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed | - |
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perfecter | (noun) a skilled worker who perfects something | - |
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perfectibility | (noun) the capability of becoming perfect | - |
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perfectible | (adjective) capable of becoming or being made perfect | - |
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perfection | (noun) the act of making something perfect | - |
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(noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, idol, paragon |
(noun) the state of being without a flaw or defect | Synonyms: flawlessness, ne plus ultra |
perfectionism | (noun) a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable | - |
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perfectionist | (noun) a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards | - |
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perfective | (noun) the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action | Synonyms: perfective aspect |
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(noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) | Synonyms: perfect, perfect tense, perfective tense |
perfectly | (adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolutely, dead, utterly |
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(adverb) in a perfect or faultless way | - |
pluperfect | (adjective) more than perfect | - |
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(noun) a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past | Synonyms: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense |
prefect | (noun) a chief officer or chief magistrate | - |
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prefectural | (adjective) of or relating to a prefecture | - |
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prefecture | (noun) the office of prefect | - |
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(noun) the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
refection | (noun) a light meal or repast | - |
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