| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alcoholism | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: dipsomania, potomania |
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| (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation |
| alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
| aldehyde | (noun) any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids | - |
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| aldehydic | (adjective) of or related to or containing aldehydes | - |
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| aldohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
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| alehoof | (noun) trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta | Synonyms: field balm, gill-over-the-ground, Glechoma hederaceae, ground ivy, Nepeta hederaceae, runaway robin |
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| alehouse | (noun) a tavern where ale is sold | - |
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| aleph | (noun) the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| algophilia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algolagnia |
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| algophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of pain | - |
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| algophobic | (adjective) suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain | - |
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| algorithm | (noun) a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem | Synonyms: algorithmic program, algorithmic rule |
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| algorithmic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm | - |
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| alhamdulilah | (noun) An expression meaning 'praise God' in Arabic | - |
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| alight | (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame | Synonyms: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, on fire |
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| (verb) come down | Synonyms: climb down |
| (verb) to come to rest, settle | Synonyms: light, perch |
| aliphatic | (adjective) having carbon atoms linked in open chains | - |
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| aliyah | (noun) (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel | - |
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| (noun) (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah | - |
| alkahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alcahest, universal solvent |
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| alkahestic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist | - |
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| allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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| allelomorphic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelic |
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| alligatorfish | (noun) small very elongate sea poachers | Synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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| allmouth | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| allochronic | (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times | - |
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| allochthonous | (adjective) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed | - |
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| allograph | (noun) a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme | - |
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| (noun) a signature written by one person for another | - |
| allographic | (adjective) of or relating to an allograph | - |
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| allomorph | (noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | - |
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| (noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | - |
| allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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| allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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| allopathy | (noun) the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself | - |
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| allophone | (noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme | - |
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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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| almighty | (adjective) having unlimited power | Synonyms: all-powerful, omnipotent |
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| aloha | (noun) an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) | Synonyms: ciao |
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| alpha | (adjective) early testing stage of a software or hardware product | - |
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| (adjective) first in order of importance | - |
| (noun) the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
| (noun) the beginning of a series or sequence | - |
| alphabet | (noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | Synonyms: first principles, rudiments |
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| (noun) a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language | Synonyms: ABC's, ABC, ABCs |
| alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
| alphabetical | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
| alphabetically | (adverb) in alphabetical order | - |
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| alphabetisation | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetization |
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| alphabetise | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetize |
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| alphabetised | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetized |
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| alphabetiser | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetizer |
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| alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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| alphabetize | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetise |
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| (verb) provide with an alphabet | - |
| alphabetized | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetised |
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| alphabetizer | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetiser |
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| alphameric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphamerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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| alphanumerics | (noun) a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation | Synonyms: alphanumeric characters |
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| alphavirus | (noun) an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses | - |
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| alright | (adjective) nonstandard usage | - |
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| (adverb) an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence | Synonyms: all right, fine, OK, very well |
| (adverb) without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion) | Synonyms: all right |
| (adverb) in a satisfactory or adequate manner | Synonyms: all right, O.K., okay |
| altazimuth | (noun) an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation | - |
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| althaea | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | Synonyms: althea, hollyhock |
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| althea | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | Synonyms: althaea, hollyhock |
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| altogether | (noun) informal terms for nakedness | Synonyms: birthday suit, raw |
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| (adverb) with everything included or counted | Synonyms: all told, in all |
| (adverb) with everything considered (and neglecting details) | Synonyms: all in all, on the whole, tout ensemble |
| (adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely | Synonyms: all, completely, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly |
| amah | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: housemaid, maid, maidservant |
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| (noun) a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else | Synonyms: wet-nurse, wet nurse, wetnurse |
| amaranth | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food | - |
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| (noun) seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America | - |
| amaranthine | (adjective) of or related to the amaranth plant | - |
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| (adjective) of an imaginary flower that never fades | Synonyms: unfading |
| amateurish | (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled |
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| amateurishly | (adverb) in an amateurish manner | - |
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| amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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| ambassadorship | (noun) the post of ambassador | - |
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| amberfish | (noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | Synonyms: amberjack |
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| ambush | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambuscade, lying in wait, trap |
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| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
| (verb) hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing | Synonyms: still-hunt |
| ambusher | (noun) an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack | - |
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| amenorrhea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhoea |
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| amenorrheal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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| amenorrheic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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| amenorrhoea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhea |
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| amenorrhoeal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic |
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| amenorrhoeic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal |
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| amethopterin | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: methotrexate, methotrexate sodium |
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| amethyst | (adjective) of a moderate purple color | - |
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| (noun) a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone | - |
| amethystine | (adjective) containing or resembling amethyst | - |
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| amidship | (adjective) located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| (adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidships, midships |
| (adverb) at or near or toward the middle | - |
| amidships | (adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidship, midships |
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| aminomethane | (noun) a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical | - |
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| aminopherase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminotransferase, transaminase |
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| aminophylline | (noun) a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis | - |
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| amorpha | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers | - |
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| amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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| amorphous | (adjective) lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies | Synonyms: unstructured |
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| (adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: uncrystallised, uncrystallized |
| (adjective) unclear because vague or badly organized | - |
| (adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: formless, shapeless |
| (adjective) (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused | - |
| amphetamine | (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: pep pill, speed, upper |
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| amphibia | (noun) the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians | Synonyms: class Amphibia |
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| amphibian | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | Synonyms: amphibious |
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| (noun) cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | - |
| (noun) an airplane designed to take off and land on water | Synonyms: amphibious aircraft |
| (noun) a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water | Synonyms: amphibious vehicle |
| amphibiotic | (adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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| amphibious | (adjective) operating or living on land and in water | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | Synonyms: amphibian |
| amphibole | (noun) a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group | - |
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| amphibolite | (noun) a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase | - |
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| amphibology | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphiboly |
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| amphiboly | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphibology |
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| amphibrach | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') | - |
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| amphictyony | (noun) an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center | - |
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| amphidiploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent | - |
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| amphidiploidy | (noun) the condition of being amphidiploid | - |
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