epinephrin | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrine |
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epinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin |
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ginep | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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inept | (adjective) generally incompetent and ineffectual | Synonyms: feckless |
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(adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt |
(adjective) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | Synonyms: tactless |
ineptitude | (noun) having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | Synonyms: worthlessness |
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(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
ineptly | (adverb) with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner | Synonyms: fecklessly |
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(adverb) in a maladroit manner | - |
ineptness | (noun) the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose | Synonyms: unsuitability, unsuitableness |
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(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness |
ninepence | (noun) a coin worth nine pennies | - |
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ninepenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long | - |
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ninepin | (noun) a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles | Synonyms: skittle, skittle pin |
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ninepins | (noun) a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins | Synonyms: skittles |
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norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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winepress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes | - |
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