aalii | (noun) a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood | - |
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abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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abactinal | (adjective) (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated | - |
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abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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abasia | (noun) inability to walk | - |
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abasic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abatic |
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abatic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abasic |
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abatis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abattis |
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abattis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abatis |
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abattoir | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse |
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abaxial | (adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: dorsal |
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abaxially | (adverb) in an abaxial manner | - |
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abbatial | (adjective) of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess | - |
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abbreviate | (verb) shorten | - |
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(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
abbreviated | (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: brief |
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(adjective) cut short in duration | Synonyms: shortened, truncated |
abbreviation | (noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it | - |
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(noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase | - |
abbreviator | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abridger |
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abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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(noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
abdicator | (noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility | - |
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abdominal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
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(noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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abduction | (noun) the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife | - |
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(noun) (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | - |
abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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(noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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abelia | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
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aberration | (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
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(noun) a disorder in one's mental state | - |
(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance |
abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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abidance | (noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) | - |
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(noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: residence, residency |
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: compliance, conformation, conformity |
abide | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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(verb) dwell | Synonyms: bide, stay |
abiding | (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: enduring, imperishable |
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abience | (noun) (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object | - |
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abient | (adjective) characterized by avoidance or withdrawal | - |
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ability | (noun) the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment | - |
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(noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: power |
abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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abiogenetic | (adjective) originating by abiogenesis | - |
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abiogenist | (noun) a believer in abiogenesis | - |
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abiotrophy | (noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury | - |
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abjection | (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, degradation |
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abjuration | (noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | Synonyms: recantation, retraction |
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ablactation | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: weaning |
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(noun) the cessation of lactation | - |
ablation | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation |
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(noun) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers | - |
ablative | (adjective) relating to the ablative case | - |
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(adjective) tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature | - |
(noun) the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb | Synonyms: ablative case |
ableism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ablism |
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ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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ablism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism |
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ablution | (noun) the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels | - |
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ablutionary | (adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: cleansing |
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abnegation | (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
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(noun) the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief | - |
abnormality | (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality | Synonyms: irregularity |
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(noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal | Synonyms: freakishness |
(noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence | Synonyms: mental defectiveness |
(noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormalcy |
abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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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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abolition | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolishment |
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abolitionary | (adjective) relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery | - |
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abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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abominable | (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
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(adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: detestable, execrable, odious |
abominably | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abysmally, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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(adverb) in an offensive and hateful manner | Synonyms: detestably, odiously, repulsively |
abominate | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe |
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abomination | (noun) an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence | - |
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(noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
(noun) a person who is loathsome or disgusting | - |
abominator | (noun) one who hates or loathes | Synonyms: loather |
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aboriginal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | Synonyms: native |
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(adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial |
(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
aborigine | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native |
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aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
abortion | (noun) termination of pregnancy | - |
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(noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: miscarriage |
abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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abortive | (adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result | Synonyms: stillborn, unsuccessful |
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abortively | (adverb) in an unfruitful manner | - |
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aboulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: abulia |
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aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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abounding | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: galore |
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abrachia | (noun) the condition of having no arms | - |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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abrasion | (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: attrition, detrition, grinding |
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(noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: attrition, corrasion, detrition |
(noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: excoriation, scrape, scratch |
abrasive | (adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous | Synonyms: harsh |
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(adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: scratchy |
(noun) a substance that abrades or wears down | Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material |
abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |
abreaction | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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(verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
abridged | (adjective) (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting | - |
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abridgement | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation |
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abridger | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abbreviator |
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abridgment | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, capsule, condensation |
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abrogation | (noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: annulment, repeal |
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abruption | (noun) an instance of sudden interruption | Synonyms: breaking off |
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abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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(verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
abscissa | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis | - |
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abscission | (noun) the act of cutting something off | Synonyms: cutting off |
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(noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | - |
abseil | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: rappel |
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(verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: rappel, rope down |
abseiler | (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | Synonyms: rappeller |
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