knighthood | (noun) aristocrats holding the rank of knight | - |
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knightliness | (noun) the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct | Synonyms: chivalry |
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knightly | (adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, gallant |
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(adjective) characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: chivalric, mediaeval, medieval |
krigia | (noun) any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia | - |
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lamplight | (noun) light from a lamp | - |
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lamplighter | (noun) (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights | - |
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lentiginose | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: freckled, lentiginous |
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lentiginous | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: freckled, lentiginose |
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lentigo | (noun) a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin | Synonyms: freckle |
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ligament | (noun) any connection or unifying bond | - |
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(noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs | - |
ligan | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, lagend |
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ligand | (noun) a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom | - |
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ligate | (verb) bind with a bandage or ligature | - |
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(verb) bind chemically | - |
(verb) join letters in a ligature when writing | - |
ligation | (noun) (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) | - |
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ligature | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: tying |
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(noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: binder |
(noun) thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) | - |
(noun) a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone | - |
(noun) (music) a group of notes connected by a slur | - |
(noun) character consisting of two or more letters combined into one | - |
liger | (noun) offspring of a male lion and a female tiger | - |
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light | (adjective) of comparatively little physical weight or density | - |
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(adjective) psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles | - |
(adjective) not great in degree or quantity or number | - |
(adjective) of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment | - |
(adjective) (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent | Synonyms: light-colored |
(adjective) characterized by or emitting light | - |
(adjective) (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average | - |
(adjective) of little intensity or power or force | - |
(adjective) easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned | - |
(adjective) silly or trivial | Synonyms: idle |
(adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, lightheaded, swooning |
(adjective) having little importance | - |
(adjective) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | Synonyms: scant, short |
(adjective) designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight | - |
(adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: lightsome, tripping |
(adjective) (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency | - |
(adjective) having relatively few calories | Synonyms: calorie-free, lite, low-cal |
(adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clean, clear, unclouded |
(adjective) (of sleep) easily disturbed | Synonyms: wakeful |
(adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence | Synonyms: abstemious |
(adjective) very thin and insubstantial | - |
(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
(adjective) demanding little effort; not burdensome | - |
(adjective) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | Synonyms: unaccented, weak |
(adjective) intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound | - |
(noun) any device serving as a source of illumination | Synonyms: light source |
(noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, lighter |
(noun) the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures | Synonyms: lightness |
(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminosity, luminousness |
(noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: spark, sparkle, twinkle |
(noun) mental understanding as an enlightening experience | - |
(noun) a particular perspective or aspect of a situation | - |
(noun) public awareness | - |
(noun) a visual warning signal | - |
(noun) an illuminated area | - |
(noun) a person regarded very fondly | - |
(noun) (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation | Synonyms: visible light, visible radiation |
(noun) having abundant light or illumination | Synonyms: lighting |
(noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | Synonyms: illumination |
(adverb) with few burdens | Synonyms: lightly |
(verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illuminate, illumine, light up |
(verb) start or maintain a fire in | Synonyms: fire, ignite |
(verb) begin to smoke | Synonyms: fire up, light up |
(verb) to come to rest, settle | Synonyms: alight, perch |
(verb) alight from (a horse) | Synonyms: dismount, get down, get off, unhorse |
(verb) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed | Synonyms: fall |
(verb) cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat | Synonyms: ignite |
lightbulb | (noun) electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | Synonyms: bulb, electric-light bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb |
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lighted | (adjective) set afire or burning | Synonyms: lit |
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(adjective) provided with artificial light | Synonyms: illuminated, lit, well-lighted |
lighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: brighten, lighten up |
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(verb) become lighter | Synonyms: lighten up |
(verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: relieve |
(verb) become more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
(verb) reduce the weight on; make lighter | - |
(verb) make more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
lightener | (noun) any type of lightening agent that can be used to brighten the appearance of hair, skin, wood and other surfaces. | - |
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lightening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: whitening |
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(noun) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped | - |
lighter | (noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, light |
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(noun) a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | Synonyms: barge, flatboat, hoy |
(noun) a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | Synonyms: igniter, ignitor |
(verb) transport in a flatbottom boat | - |
lighterage | (noun) the transportation of goods on a lighter | - |
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(noun) the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters | - |
lighterman | (noun) someone who operates a barge | Synonyms: bargee, bargeman |
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lightheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, silly |
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(adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, light, swooning |
lightheadedness | (noun) a frivolous lack of prudence | - |
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(noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | Synonyms: dizziness, giddiness, vertigo |
lighthearted | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lightsome |
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lightheartedness | (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: carefreeness, insouciance, lightsomeness |
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lighthouse | (noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon, beacon light, pharos |
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lighting | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, kindling |
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(noun) the craft of providing artificial light | - |
(noun) apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film | - |
(noun) having abundant light or illumination | Synonyms: light |
lightless | (adjective) without illumination | Synonyms: unilluminated, unlighted, unlit |
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(adjective) giving no light | - |
lightlessness | (noun) total absence of light | Synonyms: black, blackness, pitch blackness, total darkness |
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lightly | (adverb) with little weight or force | Synonyms: gently, softly |
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(adverb) indulging with temperance | - |
(adverb) with few burdens | Synonyms: light |
(adverb) in a small quantity or extent | Synonyms: thinly |
(adverb) with indifference or without dejection | - |
(adverb) to a slight degree | - |
(adverb) without good reason | - |
lightness | (noun) the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous | Synonyms: lightsomeness |
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(noun) the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures | Synonyms: light |
(noun) the property of being comparatively small in weight | Synonyms: weightlessness |
(noun) having a light color | - |
(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightsomeness, nimbleness |
(noun) a feeling of joy and pride | Synonyms: elation, high spirits |
lightning | (noun) the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more | - |
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(noun) abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light | - |
lightproof | (adjective) not penetrable by light | Synonyms: light-tight |
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lightship | (noun) a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | - |
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lightsome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted |
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(adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: light, tripping |
lightsomely | (adverb) in a light-hearted manner | Synonyms: light-heartedly |
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(adverb) moving with quick light steps | Synonyms: trippingly |
lightsomeness | (noun) the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous | Synonyms: lightness |
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(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightness, nimbleness |
(noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness |
lightstick | (noun) A portable rod used for illumination. | - |
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lightweight | (adjective) weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use | - |
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(adjective) having no importance or influence | - |
(noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division. | - |
(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds | - |
(noun) a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds | - |
(noun) someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | Synonyms: jackanapes, whippersnapper |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds | - |
lightwood | (noun) tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber | Synonyms: Acacia melanoxylon |
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ligne | (noun) a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons | - |
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ligneous | (adjective) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem | - |
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lignify | (verb) convert into wood or cause to become woody | - |
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lignin | (noun) a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants | - |
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lignite | (noun) intermediate between peat and bituminous coal | Synonyms: brown coal, wood coal |
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lignosae | (noun) a category in some early taxonomies | - |
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lignum | (noun) woody tissue | - |
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ligule | (noun) (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap | - |
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limelight | (noun) a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting | Synonyms: calcium light |
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(noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: glare, public eye, spotlight |
litigant | (noun) (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | Synonyms: litigator |
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litigate | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, process, sue |
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(verb) engage in legal proceedings | - |
litigation | (noun) a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights | Synonyms: judicial proceeding |
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litigator | (noun) (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | Synonyms: litigant |
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litigious | (adjective) of or relating to litigation | - |
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(adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputatious, disputative |
litigiousness | (noun) a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits | - |
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loligo | (noun) somewhat flattened cylindrical squid | - |
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longsighted | (adjective) capable of seeing to a great distance | Synonyms: eagle-eyed, farseeing, keen-sighted |
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(adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, prospicient |
longsightedness | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia |
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madrigal | (noun) an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form | - |
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(verb) sing madrigals | - |
madrigalist | (noun) a singer of madrigals | - |
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maiger | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maigre, Sciaena aquila |
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maigre | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maiger, Sciaena aquila |
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makagigi | (noun) cookies made with poppy seeds and honey; traditional Polish Christmas sweet treats. | - |
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makeweight | (noun) a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight | - |
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(noun) anything added to fill out a whole | Synonyms: filler |
malign | (adjective) evil or harmful in nature or influence | - |
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(adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: evil, malefic, malevolent |
(verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce |
malignance | (noun) quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will | Synonyms: malignancy, malignity |
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(noun) (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death | Synonyms: malignancy |
malignancy | (noun) quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will | Synonyms: malignance, malignity |
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(noun) (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death | Synonyms: malignance |
malignant | (adjective) dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) | - |
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malignantly | (adverb) in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads | - |
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maligner | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
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malignity | (noun) quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will | Synonyms: malignance, malignancy |
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(noun) wishing evil to others | Synonyms: malevolence |
malignly | (adverb) in a malign and evil manner | - |
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malignment | (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: smear, vilification |
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mantiger | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticora, manticore |
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marigold | (noun) any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers | - |
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mastigophoran | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore |
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mastigophore | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran |
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middleweight | (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds | - |
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(noun) a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds | - |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds | - |
midnight | (noun) 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night | - |
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might | (noun) physical strength | Synonyms: mightiness, power |
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mightily | (adverb) (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | Synonyms: mighty, powerful, right |
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(adverb) powerfully or vigorously | - |
mightiness | (noun) physical strength | Synonyms: might, power |
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mighty | (adjective) having or showing great strength or force or intensity | - |
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(adverb) (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | Synonyms: mightily, powerful, right |
mignonette | (noun) Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance | Synonyms: Reseda odorata, sweet reseda |
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migraine | (noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | Synonyms: hemicrania, megrim, sick headache |
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migrant | (adjective) habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | Synonyms: migratory |
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(noun) traveler who moves from one region or country to another | Synonyms: migrator |
migrate | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there | Synonyms: transmigrate |
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(verb) move periodically or seasonally | - |
migration | (noun) the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | - |
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(noun) the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding | - |
(noun) (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule | - |
(noun) a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) | - |
migrational | (adjective) of or related to migration | - |
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migrator | (noun) an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year | - |
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(noun) traveler who moves from one region or country to another | Synonyms: migrant |
migratory | (adjective) used of animals that move seasonally | - |
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(adjective) habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | Synonyms: migrant |
milligram | (noun) one thousandth (1/1,000) gram | Synonyms: mg |
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millwright | (noun) a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery | - |
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misalign | (verb) align imperfectly or badly | - |
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misalignment | (noun) the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned | - |
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mitigable | (adjective) capable of being alleviated | - |
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