acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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acquiescence | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: assent |
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(noun) acceptance without protest | - |
acquiescent | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: biddable |
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allies | (noun) an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy | - |
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amenities | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: comforts, conveniences, creature comforts |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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archpriest | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate |
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authorities | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: government, regime |
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caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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civies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civvies |
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civvies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civies |
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congeries | (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, conglomeration |
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contemporaries | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, generation |
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corbiestep | (noun) (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall | Synonyms: corbel step, corbie-step, crow step |
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diesel | (noun) an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil | Synonyms: diesel engine, diesel motor |
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diesinker | (noun) someone who makes dies | Synonyms: die-sinker, diemaker |
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diesis | (noun) a character used in printing to indicate a third cross reference or footnote after the asterisk and the dagger have been used | Synonyms: double dagger, double obelisk |
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diestock | (noun) a device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders | - |
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diestrous | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrual, dioestrous, dioestrual |
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diestrual | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrous, dioestrous, dioestrual |
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diestrum | (noun) (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity | Synonyms: diestrus |
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diestrus | (noun) (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity | Synonyms: diestrum |
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earliest | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earlier |
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(adverb) with the least delay | Synonyms: soonest |
eighties | (noun) the time of life between 80 and 90 | Synonyms: mid-eighties |
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(noun) the decade from 1980 to 1989 | Synonyms: 1980s |
(noun) the decade from 1880 to 1889 | Synonyms: 1880s |
erythropoiesis | (noun) the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow | - |
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fiesta | (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fete |
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fifties | (noun) the time of life between 50 and 60 | Synonyms: mid-fifties |
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(noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959 | Synonyms: 1950s |
flies | (noun) (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | - |
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follies | (noun) a revue with elaborate costuming | - |
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formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
fries | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries |
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funnies | (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, strip |
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haematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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haemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, sanguification |
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hippies | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hipsters |
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hostilities | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: belligerency |
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humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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hyperpiesia | (noun) persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found | Synonyms: essential hypertension, hyperpiesis |
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hyperpiesis | (noun) persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found | Synonyms: essential hypertension, hyperpiesia |
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interspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecific |
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intraspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecific |
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jammies | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: pajama, pj's, pyjama |
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jimmies | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: sprinkles |
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kieselguhr | (noun) a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material | Synonyms: diatomaceous earth, diatomite |
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kieserite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines | - |
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liabilities | (noun) anything that is owed to someone else | - |
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lymphopoiesis | (noun) the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen | - |
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nineties | (noun) the time of life between 90 and 100 | Synonyms: mid-nineties |
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(noun) the decade from 1990 to 1999 | Synonyms: 1990s |
(noun) the decade from 1890 to 1899 | Synonyms: 1890s |
paries | (noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | Synonyms: wall |
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priest | (noun) a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders | - |
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(noun) a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion | Synonyms: non-Christian priest |
priestcraft | (noun) the skills involved in the work of a priest | - |
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(noun) a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs | - |
priestess | (noun) a woman priest | - |
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priesthood | (noun) the body of ordained religious practitioners | - |
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priestlike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood | Synonyms: priestly |
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priestly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood | Synonyms: priestlike |
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(adjective) associated with the priesthood or priests | Synonyms: hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal |
quiesce | (verb) become quiet or quieter | Synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten |
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quiescence | (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescency, sleeping |
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(noun) a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescency |
quiescency | (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, sleeping |
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(noun) a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence |
quiescent | (adjective) being quiet or still or inactive | - |
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(adjective) (pathology) causing no symptoms | - |
(adjective) not active or activated | - |
(adjective) marked by a state of tranquil repose | - |
rabies | (noun) an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain | Synonyms: hydrophobia, lyssa, madness |
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requiescat | (noun) a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person | - |
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sanies | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, pus, suppuration |
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scabies | (noun) a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation | Synonyms: itch |
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series | (noun) (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions | - |
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(noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial, serial publication |
(noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: serial |
(noun) (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams | - |
(noun) similar things placed in order or happening one after another | - |
(noun) a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection | - |
(noun) (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other | - |
seventies | (noun) the time of life between 70 and 80 | Synonyms: mid-seventies |
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(noun) the decade from 1970 to 1979 | Synonyms: 1970s |
siesta | (noun) a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries) | - |
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sixties | (noun) the time of life between 60 and 70 | Synonyms: mid-sixties |
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(noun) the decade from 1960 to 1969 | Synonyms: 1960s |
skivvies | (noun) (used in the plural) men's underwear consisting of cotton undershirt and underpants | - |
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species | (noun) a specific kind of something | - |
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(noun) (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed | - |
subspecies | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | Synonyms: race |
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sundries | (noun) miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified | - |
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superficies | (noun) outer surface of an area or a body | - |
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(noun) the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance | - |
thirties | (noun) the time of life between 30 and 40 | Synonyms: mid-thirties, thirty-something |
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(noun) the decade from 1930 to 1939 | Synonyms: 1930s |
twenties | (noun) the time of life between 20 and 30 | Synonyms: mid-twenties |
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(noun) the decade from 1920 to 1929 | Synonyms: 1920s |
undies | (noun) women's underwear | - |
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unpriestly | (adjective) not priestly; unbefitting a priest | - |
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wiesenboden | (noun) a dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions | - |
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willies | (noun) feelings of uneasiness | - |
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