| insignificantly | (adverb) not to a significant degree or amount | - |
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| (adverb) in an insignificant manner | - |
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| nonaligned | (adjective) not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause | - |
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| nonalignment | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalinement |
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| nonsignificant | (adjective) attributable to chance | - |
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| nonsovereign | (adjective) (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: nonautonomous |
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| peignoir | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, negligee, wrapper |
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| pignolia | (noun) edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America | Synonyms: pine nut, pinon nut |
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| pignut | (noun) an American hickory tree having bitter nuts | Synonyms: black hickory, brown hickory, Carya glabra, pignut hickory |
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| poignance | (noun) a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | Synonyms: poignancy |
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| poignancy | (noun) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) | Synonyms: pathos |
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| (noun) a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | Synonyms: poignance |
| poignant | (adjective) arousing affect | Synonyms: affecting, touching |
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| (adjective) keenly distressing to the mind or feelings | - |
| poignantly | (adverb) in a poignant or touching manner | Synonyms: affectingly, touchingly |
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| pyroligneous | (adjective) of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation | Synonyms: pyrolignic |
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| pyrolignic | (adjective) of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation | Synonyms: pyroligneous |
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| realign | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realine |
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| reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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| reassignment | (noun) assignment to a different duty | - |
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| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| reign | (noun) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | Synonyms: sovereignty |
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| (noun) the period during which a monarch is sovereign | - |
| (noun) a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful | - |
| (verb) have sovereign power | - |
| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, prevail, rule |
| reigning | (adjective) exercising power or authority | Synonyms: regnant, ruling |
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| reignite | (verb) ignite anew, as of something burning | - |
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| resign | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, submit |
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| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish |
| (verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, vacate |
| (verb) give up or retire from a position | Synonyms: leave office, quit, step down |
| resignation | (noun) the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) | - |
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| (noun) a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign | - |
| (noun) acceptance of despair | Synonyms: surrender |
| resignedly | (adverb) with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a hopeless resigned manner | Synonyms: abjectly |
| seigneur | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seignior |
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| seigneury | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigniory |
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| (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigniory, signory |
| seignior | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seigneur |
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| seigniorage | (noun) charged by a government for coining bullion | - |
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| seigniory | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigneury |
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| (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, signory |
| sign | (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, signed |
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| (noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: signboard |
| (noun) a public display of a message | - |
| (noun) a gesture that is part of a sign language | - |
| (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: signal, signaling, signalling |
| (noun) a character indicating a relation between quantities | - |
| (noun) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) | Synonyms: mark |
| (noun) a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified | - |
| (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, foretoken, preindication |
| (noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: house, mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
| (noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: polarity |
| (noun) (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease | - |
| (verb) be engaged by a written agreement | - |
| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize |
| (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: subscribe |
| (verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: bless |
| (verb) communicate in sign language | - |
| (verb) place signs, as along a road | - |
| (verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: ratify |
| (verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up |
| signage | (noun) signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters) | - |
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| signal | (adjective) notably out of the ordinary | - |
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| (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signaling, signalling |
| (noun) any incitement to action | - |
| (noun) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | - |
| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signalise, signalize |
| (verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point |
| signaler | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaller |
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| signaling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalling |
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| signalisation | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalization |
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| signalise | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalize |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalize |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalize |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalize |
| signalization | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalisation |
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| signalize | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalise |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalise |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalise |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalise |
| signaller | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaler |
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| signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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| signally | (adverb) in a signal manner | Synonyms: remarkably, unmistakably |
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| (adverb) as a signal | - |
| signalman | (noun) a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard | - |
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| signatory | (noun) someone who signs and is bound by a document | Synonyms: signer |
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| signature | (noun) a distinguishing style | Synonyms: touch |
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| (noun) your name written in your own handwriting | - |
| (noun) a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book | - |
| (noun) the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key | Synonyms: key signature |
| (noun) a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program | Synonyms: signature tune, theme song |
| signboard | (noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: sign |
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| signed | (adjective) having a handwritten signature | - |
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| (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, sign |
| signer | (noun) someone who signs and is bound by a document | Synonyms: signatory |
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| (noun) someone who can use sign language to communicate | - |
| signet | (noun) a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) | - |
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| significance | (noun) the quality of being significant | - |
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| (noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | Synonyms: implication, import |
| (noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, signification |
| significant | (adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: important |
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| (adjective) too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation | - |
| (adjective) of considerable importance, size, or worth | Synonyms: substantial |
| (adjective) rich in significance or implication | Synonyms: meaning, pregnant |
| significantly | (adverb) in an important way or to an important degree | Synonyms: importantly |
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| (adverb) in a significant manner | - |
| (adverb) in a statistically significant way | - |
| signification | (noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, significance |
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| significative | (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, suggestive |
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| signified | (noun) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | Synonyms: sense |
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| signifier | (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: descriptor, form, word form |
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| signify | (verb) convey or express a meaning | - |
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| (verb) make known with a word or signal | - |
| (verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, mean, stand for |
| signing | (noun) language expressed by visible hand gestures | Synonyms: sign language |
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| signior | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signor |
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| signor | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signior |
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| signora | (noun) an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name | - |
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| signore | (noun) an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name) | - |
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| signorina | (noun) an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name | - |
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| signory | (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, seigniory |
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| signpost | (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: guidepost |
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| (verb) mark with a signpost, as of a path | - |
| soigne | (adjective) polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance | Synonyms: soignee |
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| soignee | (adjective) polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance | Synonyms: soigne |
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| sovereign | (adjective) greatest in status or authority or power | Synonyms: supreme |
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| (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: autonomous, independent, self-governing |
| (noun) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | Synonyms: crowned head, monarch |
| sovereignty | (noun) the authority of a state to govern another state | - |
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| (noun) government free from external control | - |
| (noun) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | Synonyms: reign |
| unassignable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: nontransferable, untransferable |
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| unassigned | (adjective) not assigned | - |
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| undersign | (verb) sign at the bottom of (a document) | - |
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| undesigned | (adjective) not done or made or performed with purpose or intent | - |
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| undignified | (adjective) lacking dignity | - |
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| unfeigned | (adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed | Synonyms: genuine, true |
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| unfeignedly | (adverb) with sincerity; without pretense | Synonyms: sincerely, truly |
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| unsigned | (adjective) lacking a signature | - |
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| vignette | (noun) a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books) | - |
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| (noun) a photograph whose edges shade off gradually | - |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: sketch |