| daminozide | (noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time | Synonyms: Alar |
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| debridement | (noun) surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing | - |
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| decide | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | Synonyms: determine, make up one's mind |
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| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: adjudicate, resolve, settle |
| (verb) cause to decide | - |
| (verb) influence or determine | - |
| decideable | (adjective) capable of being decided as following or not following from the axioms of a logical system | - |
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| decided | (adjective) recognizable; marked | Synonyms: distinct |
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| decidedly | (adverb) without question and beyond doubt | Synonyms: by all odds, definitely, emphatically, in spades, unquestionably |
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| deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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| deride | (verb) treat or speak of with contempt | - |
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| desideratum | (noun) something desired as a necessity | - |
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| diazoxide | (noun) vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension | Synonyms: Hyperstat |
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| dichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: bichloride |
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| dideoxycytosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, zalcitabine |
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| dideoxyinosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, didanosine |
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| diffidence | (noun) lack of self-confidence | Synonyms: self-distrust, self-doubt |
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| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| diffidently | (adverb) in a diffident manner | - |
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| dioxide | (noun) an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
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| disaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| dissidence | (noun) disagreement; especially disagreement with the government | - |
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| dissident | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissenting |
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| (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: heretical, heterodox |
| (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, objector, protester |
| divide | (noun) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems | Synonyms: water parting, watershed |
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| (noun) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) | - |
| (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: fraction |
| (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: part, separate |
| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, part, separate |
| (verb) make a division or separation | Synonyms: separate |
| (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up |
| (verb) act as a barrier between; stand between | Synonyms: separate |
| divided | (adjective) separated into parts or pieces | - |
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| (adjective) distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose | Synonyms: divided up, shared, shared out |
| (adjective) having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions | Synonyms: dual-lane |
| dividend | (noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly | - |
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| (noun) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
| (noun) a number to be divided by another number | - |
| divider | (noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) | Synonyms: partition |
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| (noun) a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements | - |
| (noun) a person who separates something into parts or groups | - |
| (noun) a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics | Synonyms: splitter |
| dockside | (noun) the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
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| downside | (noun) a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | - |
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| eastside | (adjective) of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan | - |
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| ebbtide | (noun) the tide while water is flowing out | - |
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| eider | (noun) duck of the Northern Hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females | Synonyms: eider duck |
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| eiderdown | (noun) down of the eider duck | - |
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| (noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | Synonyms: continental quilt, duvet |
| eidetic | (adjective) of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy | - |
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| elide | (verb) leave or strike out | - |
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| embroider | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, lard, pad |
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| (verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: broider |
| embroiderer | (noun) someone who ornaments with needlework | - |
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| embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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| embroidery | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: fancywork |
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| (noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embellishment |
| encainide | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Enkaid |
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| epideictic | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictical |
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| epideictical | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictic |
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| epidemic | (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously | - |
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| (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | - |
| epidemiologic | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiological |
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| epidemiological | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiologic |
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| epidemiologist | (noun) a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases | - |
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| epidemiology | (noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease | - |
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| epidendron | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum | - |
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| epidermal | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, dermal, epidermic |
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| epidermic | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, dermal, epidermal |
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| epidermis | (noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: cuticle |
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| ethanamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: acetamide |
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| ethosuximide | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: Emeside, Zarontin |
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| euclidean | (adjective) relating to geometry as developed by Euclid | Synonyms: euclidian |
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| eventide | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, evening |
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| evidence | (noun) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | Synonyms: grounds |
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| (noun) (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved | - |
| (noun) an indication that makes something evident | - |
| (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest |
| (verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify |
| (verb) give evidence | Synonyms: tell |
| evidenced | (adjective) supported by evidence | - |
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| evident | (adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: discernible, observable |
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| (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
| evidential | (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidentiary |
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| evidentiary | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting evidence | - |
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| (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidential |
| evidently | (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly |
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| exaltolide | (noun) the macrocyclic lactone having fifteen carbon atoms; it has a musky scent, similar to exaltone. | - |
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| ferricyanide | (noun) salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide | - |
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| ferrocyanide | (noun) salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate | - |
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| feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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| fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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| fidelity | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: faithfulness |
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| (noun) accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal | - |
| filicide | (noun) the murder of your own son or daughter | - |
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| (noun) a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
| fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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| (noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
| flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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| fluoride | (noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
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| fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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| fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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| (noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
| (noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
| fungicide | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent |
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| furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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| genocide | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | Synonyms: race murder, racial extermination |
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| germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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| glide | (noun) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | Synonyms: coast, slide |
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| (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring |
| (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: semivowel |
| (verb) move smoothly and effortlessly | - |
| (verb) fly in or as if in a glider plane | - |
| (verb) cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | - |
| glider | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: sailplane |
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| glipizide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: Glucotrol |
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| glucoside | (noun) a glycoside derived from glucose | - |
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| glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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| glyburide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: DiaBeta, Micronase |
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| glyceride | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: acylglycerol |
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| glycoside | (noun) a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides | - |
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| greenside | (adjective) adjacent to a putting green | - |
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| guide | (noun) a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something | - |
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| (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: template, templet |
| (noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guidebook |
| (noun) someone employed to conduct others | Synonyms: usher |
| (noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: pathfinder, scout |
| (noun) someone who shows the way by leading or advising | - |
| (verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: draw, pass, run |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, lead, take |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) use as a guide | Synonyms: guide on |
| (verb) be a guiding or motivating force or drive | Synonyms: steer |
| guidebook | (noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guide |
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| guided | (adjective) subject to guidance or control especially after launching | - |
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| guideline | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guidepost, rule of thumb |
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| (noun) a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action | Synonyms: road map |
| (noun) a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters | - |
| guidepost | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb |
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| (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: signpost |
| guideword | (noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: catchword, guide word |
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| haemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: hemorrhoidectomy |
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| haemosiderin | (noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | Synonyms: hemosiderin |
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| haemosiderosis | (noun) abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis | Synonyms: hemosiderosis |
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| halide | (noun) a salt of any halogen acid | - |
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| handmaiden | (noun) a personal maid or female attendant | Synonyms: handmaid |
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| (noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, servant |
| hemidemisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note | Synonyms: sixty-fourth note |
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| hemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: haemorrhoidectomy |
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| hemosiderin | (noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | Synonyms: haemosiderin |
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| hemosiderosis | (noun) abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis | Synonyms: haemosiderosis |
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| herbicide | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: weed killer, weedkiller |
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| hide | (noun) body covering of a living animal | Synonyms: pelt, skin |
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| (noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | Synonyms: fell |
| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, enshroud, shroud |
| (verb) prevent from being seen or discovered | Synonyms: conceal |
| (verb) be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety | Synonyms: hide out |