acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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anechoic | (adjective) not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent | - |
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choice | (adjective) of superior grade | Synonyms: prime, prize, quality, select |
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(adjective) appealing to refined taste | - |
(noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: option, pick, selection |
(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: pick, selection |
(noun) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen | Synonyms: alternative, option |
choiceness | (noun) the quality of being very good indeed | Synonyms: fineness |
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choir | (noun) the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave | - |
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(noun) a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony | - |
(noun) a family of similar musical instrument playing together | Synonyms: consort |
(verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: chorus |
choirboy | (noun) a boy who sings in a choir | - |
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choirmaster | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, precentor |
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conchoid | (noun) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts). | - |
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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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eunuchoidism | (noun) the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop) | Synonyms: male hypogonadism |
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haemorrhoid | (noun) venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | Synonyms: hemorrhoid, piles |
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haemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: hemorrhoidectomy |
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hemorrhoid | (noun) venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | Synonyms: haemorrhoid, piles |
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hemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: haemorrhoidectomy |
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hoist | (noun) lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects | - |
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(verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: lift, wind |
(verb) raise by using ropes and pulleys | Synonyms: run up |
(verb) move from one place to another by lifting | - |
hoister | (noun) an operator of a hoist | - |
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lymphoid | (adjective) resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues | - |
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nonechoic | (adjective) not echoic or imitative of sound | - |
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pakchoi | (noun) Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves | Synonyms: bok choi, bok choy, Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, pak choi |
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paratyphoid | (noun) any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever | Synonyms: paratyphoid fever |
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reechoing | (adjective) (of sounds) repeating by reflection | Synonyms: echoing |
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scaphoid | (adjective) shaped like a boat | Synonyms: navicular |
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typhoid | (noun) serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water | Synonyms: enteric fever, typhoid fever |
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