| ctenophore | (noun) biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb | Synonyms: comb jelly |
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| cubbyhole | (noun) a small compartment | Synonyms: pigeonhole |
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| (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, snug, snuggery |
| customhouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customshouse |
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| customshouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customhouse |
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| cyberphobia | (noun) irrational fear of computers or technology | - |
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| cynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of dogs | - |
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| cytopathogenic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing pathological changes in cells | - |
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| cytophotometer | (noun) a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm | - |
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| cytophotometric | (adjective) of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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| cytophotometrically | (adverb) by cytophotometric means | - |
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| cytophotometry | (noun) the study of chemical compounds inside a cell by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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| deerhound | (noun) very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland | Synonyms: Scottish deerhound |
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| dehorn | (verb) take the horns off (an animal) | - |
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| (verb) prevent the growth of horns of certain animals | - |
| demythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologization |
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| demythologise | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologize |
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| demythologised | (adjective) having mythical elements removed | Synonyms: demythologized |
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| demythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologisation |
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| demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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| demythologized | (adjective) having mythical elements removed | Synonyms: demythologised |
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| dhole | (noun) fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs | Synonyms: Cuon alpinus |
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| dhoti | (noun) a long loincloth worn by Hindu men | - |
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| dhow | (noun) a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs | - |
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| diaphone | (noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones | - |
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| diaphoresis | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating |
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| diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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| (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
| diarrhoea | (noun) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | Synonyms: diarrhea, looseness, looseness of the bowels |
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| diarrhoeal | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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| diarrhoeic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoetic |
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| diarrhoetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic |
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| dichondra | (noun) a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions | Synonyms: Dichondra micrantha |
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| dichotomisation | (noun) the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | Synonyms: dichotomization |
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| dichotomise | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomize |
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| dichotomization | (noun) the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | Synonyms: dichotomisation |
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| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| dichotomous | (adjective) divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications | - |
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| dichotomously | (adverb) in a dichotomous manner | - |
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| dichotomy | (noun) being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses | Synonyms: duality |
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| dimorphous | (adjective) occurring or existing in two different forms | Synonyms: dimorphic |
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| diphthong | (noun) a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | - |
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| diphthongise | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongize |
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| diphthongize | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongise |
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| dishonest | (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| (adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal |
| dishonestly | (adverb) in a corrupt and deceitful manner | Synonyms: deceitfully, venally |
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| dishonesty | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: knavery |
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| (noun) the quality of being dishonest | - |
| dishonor | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonour |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonour |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonour |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonorable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonourable |
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| (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonest |
| dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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| dishonorably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| (adverb) with dishonor | - |
| (adverb) in a dishonorable manner | - |
| dishonored | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: discredited, disgraced, shamed |
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| dishonour | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonor |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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| dishonourably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| doghouse | (noun) outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | Synonyms: dog house, kennel |
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| (noun) an idiomatic term for being in disfavor | - |
| dolichocephalic | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocranial, dolichocranic |
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| (noun) an adult with a long narrow head | - |
| dolichocephalism | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephaly |
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| dolichocephaly | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephalism |
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| dolichocranial | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocephalic, dolichocranic |
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| dolichocranic | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocephalic, dolichocranial |
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| dollhouse | (noun) a small model of a house used as a toy by children | Synonyms: doll's house |
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| (noun) a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything | Synonyms: doll's house |
| dosshouse | (noun) a cheap lodging house | Synonyms: flophouse |
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| drayhorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, carthorse |
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| dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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| dysphoria | (noun) abnormal depression and discontent | - |
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| dysphoric | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, unhappy |
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| earphone | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earpiece, headphone, phone |
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| earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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| echo | (noun) an imitation or repetition | - |
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| (noun) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | Synonyms: replication, reverberation, sound reflection |
| (noun) a reflected television or radio or radar beam | - |
| (noun) a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. | - |
| (noun) a reply that repeats what has just been said | - |
| (verb) to say again or imitate | Synonyms: repeat |
| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: resound, reverberate, ring |
| (verb) bring to mind | Synonyms: recall |
| echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
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| echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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| echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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| echoencephalogram | (noun) a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph | - |
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| echoencephalograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities | - |
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| echoencephalography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain | - |
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| echogram | (noun) an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonogram |
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| echograph | (noun) An instrument used to record an echogram. | - |
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| echography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound |
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| echoic | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
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| (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echolike |
| echoing | (adjective) (of sounds) repeating by reflection | Synonyms: reechoing |
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| echolalia | (noun) (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) | - |
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| (noun) an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others | - |
| echoless | (adjective) having or producing no echo | - |
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| echolike | (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echoic |
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| echolocation | (noun) determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it | Synonyms: echo sounding |
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| echovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants | - |
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| ecphonesis | (noun) an exclamatory rhetorical device | Synonyms: exclamation |
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| edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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| electrophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis |
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| electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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| electrophorus | (noun) a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity | - |
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| electroshock | (noun) the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma | Synonyms: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy |
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| elkhound | (noun) breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk | Synonyms: Norwegian elkhound |
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| elsholtzia | (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes | - |
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| enchondroma | (noun) benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet) | - |
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| entomophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of insects | - |
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| entryphone | (noun) An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell. | - |
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| epanaphora | (noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: anaphora |
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| epanorthosis | (noun) immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification | - |
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| epiphonema | (noun) a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said. | - |
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| epiphora | (noun) repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. | Synonyms: epistrophe |
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| ethologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats | - |
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