| fogyish | (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy |
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| fossilology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: palaeontology, paleontology |
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| fringy | (adjective) at or constituting a border or edge | Synonyms: marginal |
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| fuggy | (adjective) (British informal) poorly ventilated | - |
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| futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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| garbology | (noun) the study of a society by analyzing its garbage | - |
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| gastroenterology | (noun) the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases | - |
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| genealogy | (noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | - |
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| (noun) successive generations of kin | Synonyms: family tree |
| geology | (noun) a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | - |
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| geomorphology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: morphology |
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| geophagy | (noun) eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior | Synonyms: geophagia |
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| geostrategy | (noun) the branch of geopolitics dealing with strategy | - |
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| gerontology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: geriatrics |
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| glottochronology | (noun) the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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| graphology | (noun) the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | - |
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| groggy | (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | Synonyms: dazed, foggy, logy, stuporous |
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| grungy | (adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, raunchy |
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| gybe | (verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other | Synonyms: change course, jib, jibe |
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| gym | (noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | Synonyms: gymnasium |
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| gymel | (noun) the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds. | - |
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| gymkhana | (noun) a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes | - |
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| gymnasium | (noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | Synonyms: gym |
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| gymnast | (noun) an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
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| gymnastic | (adjective) of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility | - |
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| (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: acrobatic, athletic |
| gymnastics | (noun) a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility | Synonyms: gymnastic exercise |
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| gymnosophical | (adjective) of or relating to gymnosophy | - |
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| gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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| gymnosophy | (noun) the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation | - |
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| gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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| gymnospermous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae | - |
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| gymslip | (noun) a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | - |
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| gynaecological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologic, gynecological |
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| gynaecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynaecology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women | Synonyms: gynecology |
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| gynaeolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gyneolatry, woman-worship |
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| gynandromorph | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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| gynandromorphic | (adjective) having both male and female morphological characteristics | Synonyms: gynandromorphous |
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| gynandromorphous | (adjective) having both male and female morphological characteristics | Synonyms: gynandromorphic |
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| gynarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a woman | Synonyms: gynecocracy |
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| gynecocracy | (noun) a political system governed by a woman | Synonyms: gynarchy |
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| gynecologic | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecological, gynecological |
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| gynecological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecological, gynecologic |
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| gynecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynecology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women | Synonyms: gynaecology |
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| gynecomastia | (noun) excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives) | - |
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| gyneolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gynaeolatry, woman-worship |
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| gynobase | (noun) the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne | - |
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| gynoecium | (noun) a female gametoecium | - |
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| gynogenesis | (noun) female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus | - |
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| gynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of women | - |
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| gynophore | (noun) the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle | - |
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| gynostegium | (noun) the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias | - |
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| gyp | (noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating | Synonyms: gip |
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| (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gip |
| gypsum | (noun) a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) | - |
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| gypsy | (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gipsy, itinerant |
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| (noun) a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life | Synonyms: gipsy |
| gypsyweed | (noun) common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes | Synonyms: common speedwell, Veronica officinalis |
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| gypsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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| gyral | (adjective) relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain | - |
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| gyrate | (verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: coil, spiral |
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| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: reel, spin, spin around, whirl |
| gyration | (noun) the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | Synonyms: whirling |
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| (noun) a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | Synonyms: revolution, rotation |
| gyre | (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
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| gyrfalcon | (noun) large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases | Synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gerfalcon |
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| gyro | (noun) rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | Synonyms: gyroscope |
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| (noun) a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread | - |
| gyrocompass | (noun) a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead | - |
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| gyromitra | (noun) any fungus of the genus Gyromitra | - |
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| gyroplane | (noun) an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller | Synonyms: autogiro, autogyro |
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| gyroscope | (noun) rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | Synonyms: gyro |
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| gyroscopic | (adjective) having the characteristics of a gyroscope | - |
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| gyrostabiliser | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabilizer |
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| gyrostabilizer | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabiliser |
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| gyrus | (noun) a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain | Synonyms: convolution |
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| haematology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematology |
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| hagiology | (noun) literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints | - |
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| hematology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematology |
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| herpetology | (noun) the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians | - |
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| heterology | (noun) (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts | - |
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| histology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues | - |
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| hoagy | (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
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| homology | (noun) the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function | - |
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| homotoxicology | (noun) analysis of sickness within the framework of the body's failure to deal with the burden of toxins. Homeopathic remedies often are used as treatment. Developed by Hans Heinrich Reckeweg. | - |
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| horology | (noun) the art of designing and making clocks | - |
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| hydrargyrum | (noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | Synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, mercury, quicksilver |
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| hydrology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation | - |
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| ichthyology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies fishes | - |
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| iconology | (noun) the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms) | - |
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| ideology | (noun) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | Synonyms: political orientation, political theory |
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| (noun) imaginary or visionary theorization | - |
| immunology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system | - |
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| immunopathology | (noun) the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system | - |
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| jaggy | (adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed | Synonyms: erose, jagged, notched, toothed |
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| (adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline | Synonyms: jagged, scraggy |
| kinesiology | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement | - |
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| leggy | (adjective) having long legs | Synonyms: long-legged, long-shanked |
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| (adjective) (of plants) having tall spindly stems | Synonyms: tall-growing |
| lepidopterology | (noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera | Synonyms: lepidoptery |
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| lethargy | (noun) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | Synonyms: inanition, lassitude, slackness |
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| (noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, languor, phlegm, sluggishness |
| (noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lassitude, sluggishness |
| lexicology | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language | - |
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| limnology | (noun) the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties | - |
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| lithology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification | Synonyms: petrology |
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| liturgiology | (noun) the study of liturgies | Synonyms: liturgics |
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| liturgy | (noun) a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship | - |
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| logy | (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | Synonyms: dazed, foggy, groggy, stuporous |
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| longyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: lungi, lungyi |
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