polemicist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemist |
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polemicize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemise, polemize |
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polemics | (noun) the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors | - |
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polemise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemize |
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polemist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemicist |
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polemize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemise |
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polemoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae | - |
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polemonium | (noun) any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions | - |
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problem | (noun) a source of difficulty | Synonyms: trouble |
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(noun) a question raised for consideration or solution | - |
(noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: job |
problematic | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematical, tough |
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(adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: debatable, problematical |
problematical | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, tough |
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(adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: debatable, problematic |
problematically | (adverb) in such a way as to pose a problem | - |
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problematics | (noun) the uncertainties or difficulties inherent in a situation or plan. | - |
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puzzlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation |
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resettlement | (noun) the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) | Synonyms: relocation |
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revilement | (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, insult, vilification |
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rifleman | (noun) a soldier whose weapon is a rifle | - |
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(noun) someone skilled in the use of a rifle | - |
sarcolemma | (noun) an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber | - |
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sarcolemmal | (adjective) of or relating to the sarcolemma | - |
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sarcolemmic | (adjective) of or relating to sarcolemma | Synonyms: sarcolemnous |
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sarcolemnous | (adjective) of or relating to sarcolemma | Synonyms: sarcolemmic |
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schlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: shlemiel |
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settlement | (noun) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | Synonyms: liquidation |
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(noun) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | Synonyms: colonisation, colonization |
(noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: closure, resolution |
(noun) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | - |
(noun) a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government | Synonyms: colony |
(noun) a community of people smaller than a town | Synonyms: small town, village |
(noun) an area where a group of families live together | - |
shlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: schlemiel |
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solemn | (adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | Synonyms: grave, sedate, sober |
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(adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions | Synonyms: earnest, sincere |
solemness | (noun) a trait of dignified seriousness | Synonyms: sedateness, solemnity, staidness |
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solemnisation | (noun) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | Synonyms: celebration, solemnization |
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solemnise | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnize |
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(verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnize |
(verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnize |
solemnity | (noun) a trait of dignified seriousness | Synonyms: sedateness, solemness, staidness |
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(noun) a solemn and dignified feeling | Synonyms: gravity |
solemnization | (noun) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | Synonyms: celebration, solemnisation |
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solemnize | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnise |
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(verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnise |
(verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnise |
solemnly | (adverb) in a grave and sedate manner | - |
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stableman | (noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: groom, hostler, ostler, stableboy |
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stablemate | (noun) a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person | Synonyms: stable companion |
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stalemate | (noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check | - |
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(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill |
(verb) subject to a stalemate | - |
stalemated | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: deadlocked |
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stylemark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: earmark, hallmark, trademark |
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supplement | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, appurtenance |
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(noun) a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) | Synonyms: supplementation |
(noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, postscript |
(verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, append |
(verb) add as a supplement to what seems insufficient | - |
(verb) serve as a supplement to | - |
supplemental | (adjective) added to complete or make up a deficiency | Synonyms: supplementary |
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(adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary |
supplementary | (adjective) added to complete or make up a deficiency | Synonyms: supplemental |
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(adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental |
supplementation | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjoining, subjunction |
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(noun) a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) | Synonyms: supplement |
tablemate | (noun) someone you dine with | Synonyms: dining companion |
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telemark | (noun) a turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards | - |
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telemarketing | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telecommerce, teleselling |
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telemeter | (noun) any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer | - |
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telemetered | (adjective) of or pertaining to telemetry | - |
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telemetry | (noun) automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means | - |
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troublemaker | (noun) someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | Synonyms: bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troubler |
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ulema | (noun) the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community | Synonyms: ulama |
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ulemorrhagia | (noun) bleeding of the gums | - |
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unblemished | (adjective) free from physical or moral spots or stains | Synonyms: unmarred, unmutilated |
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ungentlemanlike | (adjective) not befitting a gentleman | Synonyms: ungentlemanly |
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ungentlemanly | (adjective) not befitting a gentleman | Synonyms: ungentlemanlike |
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unproblematic | (adjective) easy and not involved or complicated | Synonyms: elementary, simple, uncomplicated |
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unproblematicalness | (noun) The quality of not posing a problem; not being difficult to overcome or solve. | - |
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wholemeal | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from wheat | Synonyms: wheaten, whole-wheat |
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xylem | (noun) the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels | - |
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ylem | (noun) (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements | - |
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