inhumanity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: atrocity |
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(noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumaneness |
inhumation | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, interment, sepulture |
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inhume | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, entomb, inter, lay to rest |
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inhumed | (adjective) placed in a grave | Synonyms: buried, interred |
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nonhuman | (adjective) not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings | - |
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posthumous | (adjective) occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | - |
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posthumously | (adverb) after death | - |
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rhumb | (noun) a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction | Synonyms: loxodrome, rhumb line |
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rhumba | (noun) a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement | Synonyms: rumba |
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(noun) a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance | Synonyms: rumba |
(noun) syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba | Synonyms: rumba |
(verb) dance the rhumba | Synonyms: rumba |
scapulohumeral | (adjective) relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone | - |
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shumac | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: sumac, sumach |
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sorghum | (noun) made from juice of sweet sorghum | Synonyms: sorghum molasses |
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(noun) economically important Old World tropical cereal grass | - |
subhuman | (adjective) less than human or not worthy of a human being | - |
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(adjective) unfit for human beings | - |
superhuman | (adjective) above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance | - |
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superhumanity | (noun) The state or condition of being beyond what is possible for a human being. | - |
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thumb | (noun) the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb | - |
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(noun) a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse | Synonyms: ovolo, quarter round |
(noun) the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | Synonyms: pollex |
(verb) feel or handle with the fingers | Synonyms: finger |
(verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitch, hitchhike |
(verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle |
thumbed | (adjective) (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning | - |
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thumbhole | (noun) a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball) | - |
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(noun) the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb | - |
thumbnail | (noun) the nail of the thumb | - |
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thumbnut | (noun) a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning | Synonyms: butterfly nut, wing-nut, wing nut, wing screw |
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thumbprint | (noun) fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb) | - |
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thumbscrew | (noun) screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers | - |
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(noun) instrument of torture that crushes the thumb | - |
thumbstall | (noun) protective covering for an injured thumb | - |
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thumbtack | (noun) a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | Synonyms: drawing pin, pushpin |
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(verb) fasten with thumbtacks | - |
thump | (noun) a heavy blow with the hand | - |
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(noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thumping |
(verb) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | Synonyms: poke, pound |
(verb) move rhythmically | Synonyms: beat, pound |
(verb) make a dull sound | Synonyms: thud |
thumping | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, humongous, walloping, whopping |
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(noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thump |
unhuman | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, dehumanized |
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unhumorous | (adjective) lacking humor | Synonyms: humorless, humourless |
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