angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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argosy | (noun) one or more large merchant ships | - |
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azygos | (adjective) occurring singly; not one of a pair | Synonyms: azygous |
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bigos | (noun) a Polish stew of cabbage and meat | - |
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ergosterol | (noun) a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation | - |
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esophagoscope | (noun) an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus | Synonyms: oesophagoscope |
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goshawk | (noun) large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry | Synonyms: Accipiter gentilis |
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gosling | (noun) young goose | - |
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gosmore | (noun) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears | Synonyms: California dandelion, capeweed, cat's-ear, Hypochaeris radicata |
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gospel | (noun) a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance | - |
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(noun) the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group | Synonyms: church doctrine, creed, religious doctrine |
(noun) an unquestionable truth | Synonyms: gospel truth |
(noun) folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) | Synonyms: gospel singing |
gospeler | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeller, revivalist |
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gospeller | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeler, revivalist |
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gossamer | (adjective) characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy | Synonyms: ethereal |
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(adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
(noun) a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture | - |
(noun) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider | Synonyms: cobweb |
gossip | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt |
(noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
(verb) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies | Synonyms: dish the dirt |
(verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
gossiper | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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gossiping | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossipmongering |
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gossipmonger | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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gossipmongering | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossiping |
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gossipy | (adjective) prone to friendly informal communication | Synonyms: chatty, newsy |
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heterozygosity | (noun) the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene | - |
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homozygosity | (noun) the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene | - |
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laryngoscope | (noun) a medical instrument for examining the larynx | - |
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laryngospasm | (noun) a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs | - |
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laryngostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the larynx | - |
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mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
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(noun) East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit | Synonyms: Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen tree |
margosa | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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mishegoss | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: meshugaas, mishegaas |
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morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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oesophagoscope | (noun) an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus | Synonyms: esophagoscope |
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oligosaccharide | (noun) any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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oligospermia | (noun) insufficient spermatozoa in the semen | - |
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regosol | (noun) a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand | - |
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rugose | (adjective) of leaves; ridged or wrinkled | - |
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stegosaur | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: Stegosaur stenops, stegosaurus |
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stegosaurus | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: stegosaur, Stegosaur stenops |
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zygospore | (noun) a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells | - |
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