| katamorphism | (noun) metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface; breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones | - |
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| larghissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible | - |
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| logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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| machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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| masochism | (noun) sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) | - |
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| masochist | (noun) someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment | - |
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| masochistic | (adjective) deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated | - |
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| masochistically | (adverb) in a masochistic manner | - |
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| mephistophelean | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian |
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| mephistophelian | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean |
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| metamorphism | (noun) change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances | - |
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| monarchism | (noun) a belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system | - |
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| monarchist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of monarchy | Synonyms: royalist |
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| monorchism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchidism |
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| orchis | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, testicle, testis |
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| (noun) any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes | - |
| ornithischian | (noun) herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird | Synonyms: ornithischian dinosaur |
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| osteopathist | (noun) a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles | Synonyms: osteopath |
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| pachisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: parchesi, parchisi |
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| paleographist | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographer |
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| parchisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchesi |
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| pennywhistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: tin whistle, whistle |
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| philosophise | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophize |
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| philosophiser | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophizer |
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| phthisis | (noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | Synonyms: consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
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| pleomorphism | (noun) (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | Synonyms: polymorphism |
| polymorphism | (noun) (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | Synonyms: pleomorphism |
| (noun) (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on | - |
| prehistoric | (adjective) of or relating to times before written history | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistorical |
| (adjective) outdated | - |
| prehistorical | (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistoric |
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| prehistory | (noun) the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | Synonyms: prehistoric culture |
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| prognathism | (noun) the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw | - |
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| protohistory | (noun) the study of humans prior to the invention of writing | Synonyms: protoanthropology |
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| rachis | (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
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| (noun) axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence | - |
| rachischisis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: schistorrhachis, spina bifida |
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| roughish | (adjective) somewhat rough | - |
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| sadomasochism | (noun) sadism and masochism combined in one person | - |
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| sadomasochist | (noun) someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism | - |
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| sadomasochistic | (adjective) of or relating to sadomasochism | - |
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| sapphism | (noun) female homosexuality | Synonyms: lesbianism |
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| schism | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions | Synonyms: split |
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| (noun) the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences | - |
| schismatic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism | Synonyms: schismatical |
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| schismatical | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism | Synonyms: schismatic |
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| schismatically | (adverb) in a manner that is schismatic | - |
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| schist | (noun) any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers | - |
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| schistorrhachis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: rachischisis, spina bifida |
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| schistosome | (noun) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals | Synonyms: blood fluke |
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| schistosomiasis | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis |
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| shisha | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, water pipe |
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| sophism | (noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | Synonyms: sophistication, sophistry |
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| sophist | (noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | Synonyms: casuist |
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| sophistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to sophists | - |
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| (adjective) plausible but misleading | Synonyms: sophistical |
| sophistical | (adjective) plausible but misleading | Synonyms: sophistic |
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| sophisticate | (noun) a worldly-wise person | Synonyms: man of the world |
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| (verb) make more complex or refined | - |
| (verb) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | Synonyms: doctor, doctor up |
| (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around |
| (verb) make less natural or innocent | - |
| sophisticated | (adjective) having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire | - |
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| (adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: advanced |
| (adjective) intellectually appealing | - |
| sophistication | (noun) falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies | - |
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| (noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | Synonyms: mundaneness, mundanity, worldliness |
| (noun) uplifting enlightenment | Synonyms: edification |
| (noun) being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject | - |
| (noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | Synonyms: sophism, sophistry |
| sophistry | (noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | Synonyms: sophism, sophistication |
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| sympathise | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathize, understand |
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| (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: commiserate, sympathize |
| (verb) share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of | Synonyms: sympathize |
| sympathiser | (noun) someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful | Synonyms: sympathizer, well-wisher |
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| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: comforter, sympathizer |
| tachistoscope | (noun) scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures | Synonyms: t-scope |
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| telegraphist | (noun) someone who transmits messages by telegraph | Synonyms: telegraph operator, telegrapher |
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| telepathise | (verb) communicate nonverbally by telepathy | Synonyms: telepathize |
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| telepathist | (noun) someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly | Synonyms: mental telepathist, mind reader, thought-reader |
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| (noun) a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) | Synonyms: mind reader, thought-reader |
| theosophism | (noun) belief in theosophy | - |
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| theosophist | (noun) a believer in theosophy | - |
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| thistle | (noun) any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves | - |
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| thistledown | (noun) pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle | - |
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| thistlelike | (adjective) resembling a thistle | - |
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| unsophisticated | (adjective) not wise in the ways of the world | Synonyms: unworldly |
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| (adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial | Synonyms: bumpkinly, hick, rustic |
| (adjective) lacking complexity | Synonyms: uncomplicated |
| unsympathising | (adjective) not showing or expressing sympathy | Synonyms: unsympathizing |
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| whish | (verb) move with a whishing sound | - |
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| (verb) make a sibilant sound | - |
| whisk | (noun) a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes | Synonyms: whisk broom |
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| (noun) a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream | - |
| (verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whip |
| (verb) brush or wipe off lightly | Synonyms: whisk off |
| (verb) move somewhere quickly | - |
| (verb) move quickly and nimbly | - |
| whisker | (noun) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | Synonyms: sensory hair, vibrissa |
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| (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, hairsbreadth |
| (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
| whiskered | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskery |
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| whiskerless | (adjective) having no beard | Synonyms: beardless |
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| whiskers | (noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: beard, face fungus |
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| whiskery | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered |
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| whiskey | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whisky |
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| whisky | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whiskey |
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| whisper | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whispering |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whispering |
| (verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
| whispered | (adjective) spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords | - |
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| whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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| whispering | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: murmuring, susurrant |
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| (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whisper |
| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whisper |
| whist | (noun) a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six | Synonyms: long whist, short whist |
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| whistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle |
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| (noun) acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound | - |
| (noun) a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it | - |
| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistling |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistling |
| (verb) utter or express by whistling | - |
| (verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | Synonyms: sing |
| (verb) give a signal by whistling | - |
| (verb) move with, or as with, a whistling sound | - |
| (verb) move, send, or bring as if by whistling | - |
| (verb) make whistling sounds | - |
| whistleblower | (noun) an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it | Synonyms: whistle-blower, whistle blower |
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| whistler | (noun) Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call | Synonyms: thickhead |
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| (noun) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions | Synonyms: Bucephela clangula, goldeneye |
| (noun) large North American mountain marmot | Synonyms: hoary marmot, Marmota caligata, whistling marmot |
| (noun) someone who makes a loud high sound | - |
| whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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| whistling | (noun) the act of whistling a tune | - |
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| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistle |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistle |
| zoomorphism | (noun) the attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god | - |
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