alfalfa | (noun) leguminous plant grown for hay or forage | - |
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(noun) important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop | Synonyms: lucerne, Medicago sativa |
bisulfate | (noun) a salt or an ester of sulphuric acid with the chemical formula HSO4-. | Synonyms: hydrogen sulfate |
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coalface | (noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
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olfaction | (noun) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | Synonyms: olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell |
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olfactive | (adjective) of or relating to olfaction | Synonyms: olfactory |
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olfactology | (noun) the scientific study of smells or of the sense of smell. | - |
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olfactory | (adjective) of or relating to olfaction | Synonyms: olfactive |
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solfa | (noun) a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti | Synonyms: tonic solfa |
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sucralfate | (noun) medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it | Synonyms: Carafate |
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sulfa | (noun) antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA | Synonyms: sulfa drug, sulfonamide, sulpha |
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sulfacetamide | (noun) a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections | Synonyms: Sulamyd |
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sulfadiazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections | - |
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sulfamethazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamezathine |
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sulfamethoxazole | (noun) a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract) | Synonyms: Gantanol |
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sulfamezathine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamethazine |
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sulfanilamide | (noun) a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs | - |
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sulfapyridine | (noun) sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide | - |
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sulfate | (noun) a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | Synonyms: sulphate |
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(verb) convert into a sulfate | - |
welfare | (noun) governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need | Synonyms: public assistance, social welfare |
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(noun) something that aids or promotes well-being | Synonyms: benefit |
(noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, well-being, wellbeing |
welfarist | (adjective) of or relating to a welfare state | Synonyms: welfare-statist |
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