| abasia | (noun) inability to walk | - |
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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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| abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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| (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
| 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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| 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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| ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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| aboulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: abulia |
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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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| abulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: aboulia |
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| acacia | (noun) any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia | - |
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| academia | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academe |
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| academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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| (noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
| (noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
| academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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| acanthopterygian | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | Synonyms: spiny-finned fish |
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| acapnia | (noun) a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing | Synonyms: hypocapnia |
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| acapnial | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnic, acapnotic |
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| acardia | (noun) congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters) | - |
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| acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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| acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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| acarophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms | - |
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| acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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| acathexia | (noun) an inability to retain bodily secretions | - |
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| accessorial | (adjective) nonessential but helpful | - |
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| acciaccatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: appoggiatura, grace note |
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| accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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| acedia | (noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: laziness, sloth |
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| acephalia | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalism, acephaly |
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| acetonemia | (noun) an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: ketonemia, ketosis |
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| acetonuria | (noun) excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation | Synonyms: ketoaciduria, ketonuria |
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| achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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| achlorhydria | (noun) an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach | - |
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| acholia | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: cholestasis |
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| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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| achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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| achylia | (noun) absence of gastric juices (partial or complete) | Synonyms: achylia gastrica |
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| acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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| acoustician | (noun) a physicist who specializes in acoustics | - |
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| acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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| acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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| acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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| acromegalia | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegaly |
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| acromicria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromikria |
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| acromikria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromicria |
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| acromyotonia | (noun) myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot | - |
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| acrophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of great heights | - |
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| actinia | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinian, actiniarian |
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| actinian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actiniarian |
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| actiniarian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actinian |
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| actinomyxidian | (noun) of or relating to parasites of worms | - |
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| actuarial | (adjective) of or relating to the work of an actuary | - |
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| adactylia | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylism, adactyly |
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| adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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| adaxially | (adverb) in an adaxial manner | - |
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| adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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| adiabaticity | (noun) The condition of occurring without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). | - |
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| adiaphoron | (noun) (Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit. | - |
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| (noun) a religious ceremonial or ritual observance that is held to be an affair of the individual conscience because it is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the scriptures. | - |
| administrivia | (noun) the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization | - |
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| adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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| adventitial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia | - |
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| adverbial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb | - |
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| (noun) a word or group of words function as an adverb | - |
| adverbially | (adverb) as an adverb | - |
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| advertorial | (noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report | - |
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| adynamia | (noun) lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness) | - |
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| aecial | (adjective) of or belonging to an aecium | - |
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| aeonian | (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) | Synonyms: eonian |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
| aerial | (adjective) existing or living or growing or operating in the air | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal |
| (noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer | Synonyms: forward pass |
| (noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial |
| aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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| aerially | (adverb) by means of aircraft | - |
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| aerodontalgia | (noun) pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing) | - |
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| aerophagia | (noun) swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence) | - |
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| aesculapian | (adjective) of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art | Synonyms: medical |
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| aesthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: esthesia, sensibility |
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| aesthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: esthetician |
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| (noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: esthetician |
| affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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| affiant | (noun) a person who makes an affidavit | - |
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| affiliate | (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization | - |
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| (noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization | - |
| (verb) join in an affiliation | - |
| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: associate, assort, consort |
| affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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| affiliation | (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined | - |
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| (noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: association, tie-up, tie |
| affixial | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixal |
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| afibrinogenemia | (noun) the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding | - |
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| agalactia | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactosis |
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| agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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| agenesia | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesis |
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| agential | (adjective) of or relating to an agent or agency | - |
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| agerasia | (noun) youthful appearance in an old person | - |
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| agnosia | (noun) inability to recognize objects by use of the senses | - |
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| agoraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | - |
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| agraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: anorthography, logagraphia |
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| agrarian | (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agricultural, farming |
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| agrimonia | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimony |
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| agromania | (noun) an intense desire to be alone or out in the open | - |
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