| acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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| aghast | (adjective) struck with fear, dread, or consternation | Synonyms: appalled, dismayed, shocked |
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| anaphase | (noun) the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
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| anaphasic | (adjective) of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase | - |
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| aphasia | (noun) inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
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| aphasic | (adjective) related to or affected by aphasia | - |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of a brain lesion | - |
| (noun) someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language | - |
| apophasis | (noun) mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | - |
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| cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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| chase | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: following, pursual, pursuit |
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| (noun) a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time | - |
| (verb) cut a groove into | - |
| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, furrow |
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail |
| (verb) pursue someone sexually or romantically | Synonyms: chase after |
| chased | (noun) a person who is being chased | Synonyms: pursued |
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| chaser | (noun) a drink to follow immediately after another drink | - |
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| (noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: pursuer |
| chasm | (noun) a deep opening in the earth's surface | - |
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| chasse | (noun) (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading | Synonyms: sashay |
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| (verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: sashay |
| chassis | (noun) the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor | - |
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| (noun) a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device | - |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| chaste | (adjective) morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) | - |
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| (adjective) abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse | - |
| (adjective) pure and simple in design or style | - |
| chastely | (adverb) in a chaste and virtuous manner | Synonyms: virtuously |
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| chasten | (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: temper |
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| (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: subdue, tame |
| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate |
| chasteness | (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: restraint, simpleness, simplicity |
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| chastening | (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastisement, correction |
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| chastise | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate |
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| chastisement | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: castigation |
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| (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, correction |
| chastity | (noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | Synonyms: celibacy, sexual abstention |
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| (noun) morality with respect to sexual relations | Synonyms: sexual morality, virtue |
| chasuble | (noun) a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass | - |
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| dexamethasone | (noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | Synonyms: Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon |
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| dysphasia | (noun) an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage | - |
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| emphasis | (noun) intensity or forcefulness of expression | Synonyms: vehemence |
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| (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | Synonyms: accent, stress |
| (noun) special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. | - |
| (noun) special importance or significance | Synonyms: accent |
| emphasise | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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| (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasize, underline, underscore |
| emphasised | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasized, emphatic |
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| emphasize | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress |
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| (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasise, underline, underscore |
| emphasized | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasised, emphatic |
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| emphasizing | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accenting, accentuation |
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| ghastliness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: grimness, gruesomeness, luridness |
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| ghastly | (adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | Synonyms: grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick |
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| (adjective) gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | Synonyms: charnel, sepulchral |
| haschisch | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: hash, hasheesh, hashish |
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| hash | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hasheesh, hashish |
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| (noun) chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned | - |
| (verb) chop up | - |
| hasheesh | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish |
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| hashish | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hasheesh |
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| hashmark | (noun) an insignia worn to indicate years of service | Synonyms: hash mark, service stripe |
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| hashtag | (noun) metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme or content | - |
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| haslet | (noun) heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised | - |
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| hasp | (noun) a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock | - |
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| (verb) secure or lock with a hasp | - |
| hassium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 108 | Synonyms: atomic number 108, element 108, Hs |
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| hassle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle |
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| (noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, fuss, trouble |
| (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, molest, plague, provoke |
| hassock | (noun) a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church) | - |
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| (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff |
| hastate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base | Synonyms: spearhead-shaped |
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| haste | (noun) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | Synonyms: hurry, rush, rushing |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation |
| (noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry | Synonyms: hurry |
| hasten | (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: festinate, hurry, look sharp, rush |
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| (verb) cause to occur rapidly | Synonyms: induce, rush, stimulate |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: expedite |
| hastily | (adverb) in a hurried or hasty manner | Synonyms: hurriedly, in haste |
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| hastiness | (noun) hasty impulsiveness | - |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation |
| hasty | (adjective) excessively quick | Synonyms: headlong |
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| (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous |
| metaphase | (noun) the second stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the second stage of meiosis | - |
| multiphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: polyphase |
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| overemphasis | (noun) too much emphasis | - |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| overemphasize | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overstress |
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| overhasty | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous |
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| phase | (noun) (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun) | - |
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| (noun) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary | Synonyms: form |
| (noun) any distinct time period in a sequence of events | Synonyms: stage |
| (noun) a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | Synonyms: phase angle |
| (verb) adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition | - |
| (verb) arrange in phases or stages | - |
| phasianid | (noun) a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae | - |
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| phasmid | (noun) large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects | Synonyms: phasmid insect |
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| phytelephas | (noun) small genus of South American feather palms | Synonyms: genus Phytelephas |
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| polyphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: multiphase |
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| prophase | (noun) the first stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the first stage of meiosis | - |
| purchasable | (adjective) available for purchase | Synonyms: for sale |
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| (adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, dishonest, venal |
| purchase | (noun) the acquisition of something for payment | - |
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| (noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: leverage |
| (noun) a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage | - |
| (noun) something acquired by purchase | - |
| (verb) obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction | Synonyms: buy |
| purchaser | (noun) a person who buys | Synonyms: buyer, emptor, vendee |
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| purchasing | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: buying |
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| rehash | (noun) old material that is slightly reworked and used again | - |
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| (verb) go back over | Synonyms: hash over, retrograde |
| (verb) present or use over, with no or few changes | - |
| repurchase | (noun) the act of purchasing back something previously sold | Synonyms: buyback, redemption |
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| (verb) buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away | Synonyms: buy back |
| steeplechase | (noun) a horse race over an obstructed course | - |
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| (noun) a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump | - |
| steeplechaser | (noun) a horse trained to run in steeplechases | - |
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| stochastic | (adjective) being or having a random variable | - |
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| stochastically | (adverb) by stochastic means | - |
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| stochasticity | (noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | Synonyms: haphazardness, noise, randomness |
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| telophase | (noun) the final stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
| unchaste | (adjective) not chaste | - |
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