homogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneity |
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homogenisation | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenization |
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homogenise | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
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(verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
(verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenize |
homogenised | (adjective) formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | Synonyms: homogenized |
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(adjective) made homogeneous | Synonyms: homogenized |
homogenization | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenisation |
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homogenize | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
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(verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
(verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenise |
homogenized | (adjective) formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | Synonyms: homogenised |
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(adjective) made homogeneous | Synonyms: homogenised |
homogenous | (adjective) all of the same or similar kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneous |
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homogeny | (noun) (biology) similarity because of common evolution | - |
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hydrogen | (noun) a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe | Synonyms: atomic number 1, H |
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hydrogenate | (verb) combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound) | - |
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hydrogenation | (noun) a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil | - |
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hyperintelligence | (noun) Remarkable intelligence, intelligence at or above and beyond the level of a genius. | Synonyms: superintelligence |
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hypnogenesis | (noun) the induction of sleep or hypnosis | - |
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iatrogenic | (adjective) induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment) | - |
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icterogenic | (adjective) producing jaundice | - |
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immunogen | (noun) any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body | Synonyms: immunizing agent |
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immunogenic | (adjective) possessing the ability to elicit an immune response | - |
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immunogenicity | (noun) the property of eliciting an immune response | - |
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indigen | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigene, native |
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indigence | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: need, pauperism, pauperization, penury |
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indigene | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, native |
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indigenous | (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic |
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indigenously | (adverb) in an indigenous manner | - |
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indigenousness | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: autochthony, endemism |
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indigent | (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
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indulgence | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulging, pampering |
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(noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, lunacy, tomfoolery |
(noun) the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution | - |
(noun) an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires | Synonyms: self-indulgence |
(noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: lenience, leniency |
indulgent | (adjective) characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone | - |
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(adjective) being favorably inclined | - |
(adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: lenient, soft |
indulgently | (adverb) in an indulgent manner | - |
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ingenious | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: clever, cunning |
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ingeniously | (adverb) in an ingenious manner | - |
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ingeniousness | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: cleverness, ingenuity |
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(noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: cleverness, ingenuity, inventiveness |
ingenue | (noun) the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play | - |
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(noun) an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage) | - |
(noun) an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl | - |
ingenuity | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: cleverness, ingeniousness |
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(noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: cleverness, ingeniousness, inventiveness |
ingenuous | (adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious | Synonyms: artless |
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(adjective) lacking in sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: innocent |
ingenuously | (adverb) in an ingenuous manner | Synonyms: artlessly |
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ingenuousness | (noun) openly straightforward or frank | - |
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(noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: artlessness, innocence, naturalness |
inhomogeneity | (noun) the quality of being inhomogeneous | - |
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inhomogeneous | (adjective) not homogeneous | Synonyms: nonuniform |
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insurgence | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgency |
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insurgency | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgence |
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insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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(noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel |
(noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, irregular |
intelligence | (noun) the operation of gathering information about an enemy | Synonyms: intelligence activity, intelligence operation |
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(noun) the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience | - |
(noun) information about recent and important events | Synonyms: news, tidings, word |
(noun) secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) | Synonyms: intelligence information |
(noun) a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy | Synonyms: intelligence agency, intelligence service |
intelligent | (adjective) having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree | - |
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(adjective) endowed with the capacity to reason | Synonyms: reasoning, thinking |
(adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound |
(adjective) possessing sound knowledge | Synonyms: well-informed |
intelligently | (adverb) in an intelligent manner | - |
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intelligentsia | (noun) an educated and intellectual elite | Synonyms: clerisy |
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intransigence | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigency |
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intransigency | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigence |
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intransigent | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
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isoagglutinogen | (noun) an antigen capable of causing the production of (or reacting with) an isoagglutinin | - |
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kainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kenogenesis |
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kenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis |
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lactogen | (noun) any agent that enhances milk production | - |
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lactogenic | (adjective) inducing lactation | - |
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lagend | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, ligan |
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largeness | (noun) the property of having a relatively great size | Synonyms: bigness |
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(noun) large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness | Synonyms: extensiveness |
(noun) the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | Synonyms: pretension, pretentiousness |
(noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, comprehensiveness |
legend | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: caption |
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(noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: fable |
legendary | (adjective) so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend | - |
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(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend | Synonyms: fabled |
lilangeni | (noun) the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents | - |
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lingenberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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lungen | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, longanberry, Nephelium longana |
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lysogenic | (adjective) capable of producing or undergoing lysis | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to lysogeny | - |
lysogenicity | (noun) the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material | Synonyms: lysogeny |
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lysogenisation | (noun) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome | Synonyms: lysogenization |
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lysogenization | (noun) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome | Synonyms: lysogenisation |
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lysogenize | (verb) become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) | - |
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lysogeny | (noun) the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material | Synonyms: lysogenicity |
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magenta | (adjective) of deep purplish red | - |
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(noun) a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta | - |
meshuggeneh | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshuga, meshugga, meshugge, meshuggener |
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(noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggener |
meshuggener | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshuga, meshugga, meshugge, meshuggeneh |
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(noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggeneh |
metagenesis | (noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations | Synonyms: digenesis |
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methanogen | (noun) archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas | - |
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milliroentgen | (noun) a unit of exposure to ionizing radiation, one thousandth of a roentgen. | - |
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miscegenate | (verb) marry or cohabit with a person of another race | - |
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miscegenation | (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, interbreeding |
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mitogen | (noun) an agent that triggers mitosis | - |
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monogenesis | (noun) asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores | Synonyms: sporulation |
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monogenic | (adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes | - |
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morgen | (noun) a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres | - |
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morphogenesis | (noun) differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) | - |
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mutagen | (noun) any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation | - |
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mutagenesis | (noun) an event capable of causing a mutation | - |
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mutagenic | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution) | - |
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negligence | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: carelessness, neglect, nonperformance |
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(noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglect, neglectfulness |
negligent | (adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern | - |
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negligently | (adverb) in a negligent manner | - |
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neurogenesis | (noun) the development of nerve tissues | - |
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neurogenic | (adjective) arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues | - |
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newsagent | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor |
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nitrogen | (noun) a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues | Synonyms: atomic number 7, N |
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nitrogenase | (noun) an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia | - |
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nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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nitrogenize | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenise |
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nitrogenous | (adjective) of or relating to or containing nitrogen | Synonyms: nitrogen-bearing |
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nonagenarian | (adjective) being from 90 to 99 years old | - |
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(noun) someone whose age is in the nineties | - |
nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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nonconvergent | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonintersecting |
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nonindulgence | (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: asceticism, austerity |
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nonindulgent | (adjective) characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | Synonyms: strict |
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octogenarian | (adjective) being from 80 to 89 years old | - |
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(noun) someone whose age is in the eighties | - |