botulismotoxin | (noun) potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon | Synonyms: botulin, botulinus toxin |
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cismontane | (adjective) on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains | - |
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culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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dismount | (noun) the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) | - |
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(verb) alight from (a horse) | Synonyms: get down, get off, light, unhorse |
gismo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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prismoid | (noun) a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms | - |
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seismogram | (noun) the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph | - |
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seismograph | (noun) a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake) | - |
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seismography | (noun) the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes | - |
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seismologic | (adjective) of or concerned with seismology | Synonyms: seismological |
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seismological | (adjective) of or concerned with seismology | Synonyms: seismologic |
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seismologist | (noun) a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth | - |
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seismology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies | - |
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seismosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America | Synonyms: ground-shaker |
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tremendismo | (noun) post-war Spanish literary style marked by a tendency to emphasize violence and grotesque imagery. | - |
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