persiflage | (noun) light teasing | - |
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photoflash | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun |
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proinflammatory | (adjective) tending to cause inflammation | Synonyms: pro-inflammatory |
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reflate | (verb) become inflated again | - |
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(verb) inflate again | - |
(verb) raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation | - |
(verb) experience reflation | - |
reflation | (noun) inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state | - |
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riboflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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scofflaw | (noun) one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | - |
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slumpflation | (noun) a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation. | - |
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snowflake | (noun) white Arctic bunting | Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird |
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(noun) a crystal of snow | Synonyms: flake |
stagflation | (noun) a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) | - |
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stagflationary | (adjective) characteristic of or promoting stagflation | - |
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synchroflash | (noun) a device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter | - |
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toadflax | (noun) common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America | Synonyms: butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, wild snapdragon |
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unflagging | (adjective) tireless | Synonyms: unfailing |
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(adjective) showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | Synonyms: indefatigable, tireless, unwearying |
unflappable | (adjective) not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure | Synonyms: imperturbable |
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unflattering | (adjective) showing or representing unfavorably | Synonyms: uncomplimentary |
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unflavored | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, nonflavoured, unflavoured |
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unflavoured | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, nonflavoured, unflavored |
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unflawed | (adjective) without a flaw | Synonyms: flawless |
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wheatflake | (noun) crisp flake made from wheat | - |
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zooflagellate | (noun) flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics | Synonyms: zoomastigote |
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