absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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absinthe | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinth |
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(noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | Synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man |
anthelminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge |
corinthian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture | - |
fainthearted | (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, faint, timid |
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faintheartedness | (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintness |
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flinthead | (noun) an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics | Synonyms: Mycteria americana, wood ibis, wood stork |
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helminth | (noun) worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes | Synonyms: parasitic worm |
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helminthiasis | (noun) infestation of the body with parasitic worms | - |
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helminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, vermifuge |
hyacinth | (noun) any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs | - |
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(noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: jacinth |
jacinth | (noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: hyacinth |
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labyrinth | (noun) complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost | Synonyms: maze |
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(noun) a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium | Synonyms: inner ear, internal ear |
labyrinthian | (adjective) resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity | Synonyms: labyrinthine, mazy |
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labyrinthine | (adjective) relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear | - |
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(adjective) resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity | Synonyms: labyrinthian, mazy |
(adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous |
labyrinthitis | (noun) inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting | Synonyms: otitis interna |
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labyrinthodont | (noun) an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia | - |
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ninth | (adjective) coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position | Synonyms: 9th |
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(noun) one part in nine equal parts | Synonyms: one-ninth |
(noun) position nine in a countable series of things | - |
platyhelminth | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: flatworm |
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plinth | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, pedestal |
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sainthood | (noun) the status and dignity of a saint | - |
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(noun) saints collectively | - |
terebinth | (noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus |
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