abashment | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: bashfulness |
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abohm | (noun) a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm | - |
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abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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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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antiarrhythmic | (noun) a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm | Synonyms: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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antilogarithm | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilog |
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arithmancy | (noun) divination by means of numbers | - |
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arithmetic | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetical |
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(noun) the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | - |
arithmetical | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetic |
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arithmetically | (adverb) with respect to arithmetic | - |
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arithmetician | (noun) someone who specializes in arithmetic | - |
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arrhythmia | (noun) an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart | Synonyms: cardiac arrhythmia |
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arrhythmic | (adjective) without regard for rhythm | Synonyms: arrhythmical |
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(adjective) lacking a steady rhythm | Synonyms: jerking, jerky |
arrhythmical | (adjective) without regard for rhythm | Synonyms: arrhythmic |
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asthma | (noun) respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin | Synonyms: asthma attack, bronchial asthma |
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asthmatic | (adjective) relating to breathing with a whistling sound | Synonyms: wheezing, wheezy |
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(noun) a person suffering from asthma | - |
astonishment | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: amazement |
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attachment | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: fastening |
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(noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: affixation |
(noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion |
(noun) a supplementary part or accessory | - |
(noun) a connection that fastens things together | Synonyms: bond |
(noun) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | - |
(noun) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | Synonyms: fond regard |
avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
benchmark | (noun) a standard by which something can be measured or judged | - |
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(noun) a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | Synonyms: bench mark |
bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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(noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
brahman | (noun) the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | Synonyms: brahmin |
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(noun) a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas | Synonyms: brahmin |
(noun) a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) | Synonyms: brahmin |
brahmin | (noun) the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | Synonyms: brahman |
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(noun) a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas | Synonyms: brahman |
(noun) a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) | Synonyms: brahman |
brahminic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin | Synonyms: brahminical |
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brahminical | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin | Synonyms: brahminic |
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bushman | (noun) a dweller in the Australian bush country | - |
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cashmere | (noun) a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat | - |
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(noun) the wool of the Kashmir goat | - |
catchment | (noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
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churchman | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: cleric, divine, ecclesiastic |
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coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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(noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
(noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
(noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
(noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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ditchmoss | (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed |
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drachm | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachma, dram |
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(noun) a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
earthman | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, tellurian, worldling |
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embellishment | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: ornamentation |
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(noun) a superfluous ornament | - |
(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embroidery |
encroachment | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation |
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(noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: impact, impingement |
(noun) any entry into an area not previously occupied | Synonyms: intrusion, invasion |
enrichment | (noun) act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding | - |
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(noun) a gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealth | - |
entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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establishment | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization |
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(noun) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | - |
(noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | Synonyms: validation |
(noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | Synonyms: institution |
(noun) any large organization | - |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | Synonyms: ecesis |
establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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establishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentarianism |
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ethmoid | (noun) one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity | Synonyms: ethmoid bone |
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eurhythmics | (noun) the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding | Synonyms: eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy |
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eurhythmy | (noun) the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding | Synonyms: eurhythmics, eurythmics, eurythmy |
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eurythmics | (noun) the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding | Synonyms: eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmy |
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eurythmy | (noun) the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding | Synonyms: eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics |
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famishment | (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: starvation |
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fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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freshman | (adjective) used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) | Synonyms: first-year |
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(noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: fresher |
(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
fthm | (noun) a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth | Synonyms: fathom |
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(noun) (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore | Synonyms: fathom |
garnishment | (noun) a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee | - |
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hashmark | (noun) an insignia worn to indicate years of service | Synonyms: hash mark, service stripe |
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hemidrachm | (noun) an ancient Greek silver coin equal to 1/2 drachm or 3 obols in value. | - |
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henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
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hm | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometer, hectometre |
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impeachment | (noun) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office | - |
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impoverishment | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: pauperisation, pauperization |
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(noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | Synonyms: poorness, poverty |
intrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: entrenchment |
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isarithm | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isogram, isopleth |
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isthmian | (adjective) of or relating to or forming an isthmus | - |
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isthmus | (noun) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure | Synonyms: band |
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(noun) a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas | - |
leishmaniasis | (noun) sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies | Synonyms: kala azar, leishmaniosis |
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leishmaniosis | (noun) sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies | Synonyms: kala azar, leishmaniasis |
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logarithm | (noun) the exponent required to produce a given number | Synonyms: log |
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logarithmic | (adjective) of or relating to or using logarithms | - |
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logarithmically | (adverb) in a logarithmic manner | - |
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machmeter | (noun) speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound | - |
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malnourishment | (noun) not having enough food to develop or function normally | Synonyms: undernourishment |
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marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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megohm | (noun) a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms | - |
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mishmash | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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mittelschmerz | (noun) pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) | - |
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nonaccomplishment | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonachievement |
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nonrhythmic | (adjective) deliberately not rhythmic | - |
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northmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northernmost |
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nourishment | (noun) the act of nourishing | - |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
ohm | (noun) a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere | - |
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ohmage | (noun) the ohmic resistance of a conductor | - |
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ohmic | (adjective) of or relating to or measured in ohms | - |
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ohmmeter | (noun) a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms | - |
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parchment | (noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: lambskin, sheepskin |
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(noun) a superior paper resembling sheepskin | - |
peshmerga | (noun) a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state | - |
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pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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(noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
ploughman | (noun) a man who plows | Synonyms: plower, plowman |
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preachment | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: homily |
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punishment | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, penalty |
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ravishment | (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, rape, violation |
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(noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | Synonyms: entrancement |
refreshment | (noun) activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation | Synonyms: recreation |
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(noun) snacks and drinks served as a light meal | - |