amygdaline | (adjective) related to or resembling an almond | - |
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anabolic | (adjective) characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism | - |
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(adjective) of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism | - |
anabolism | (noun) the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy | Synonyms: constructive metabolism |
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anaclinal | (adjective) of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata | - |
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anaclisis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure | - |
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anaclitic | (adjective) of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
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anecdotalism | (noun) The property of being related to short accounts of real incidents or persons, often humorous or interesting. | - |
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anemoclinometer | (noun) A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. | - |
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anencephalia | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephaly |
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anencephalic | (adjective) characterized by partial or total absence of a brain | Synonyms: anencephalous |
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angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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angelim | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: andelmin |
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angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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angling | (noun) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | - |
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aniline | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aminobenzine, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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animalisation | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalization, brutalisation, brutalization |
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animalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalize |
animalism | (noun) preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites | Synonyms: physicality |
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(noun) the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature | - |
animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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animality | (noun) the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect | Synonyms: animal nature |
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animalization | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalisation, brutalisation, brutalization |
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(noun) a depiction in the form of an animal | - |
animalize | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalise |
annalism | (noun) The writing of annals. | - |
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annalist | (noun) a historian who writes annals | - |
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annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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annelid | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelidan |
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(noun) worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally | Synonyms: annelid worm, segmented worm |
annelidan | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelid |
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anomalist | (noun) someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases | - |
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anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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(noun) any mosquito of the genus Anopheles | - |
answerability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerableness |
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anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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(noun) a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine | Synonyms: anticholinergic drug |
anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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anticlimax | (noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: bathos |
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(noun) a disappointing decline after a previous rise | - |
anticlinal | (adjective) sloping downward away from a common crest | - |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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antifertilizin | (noun) An immunologically specific substance produced by animal sperm to implement attraction by the egg before fertilization. | - |
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antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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antireligiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being opposed to religion. | - |
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antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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antisyphilitic | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis | - |
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antlion | (noun) winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants | Synonyms: ant lion, antlion fly |
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(noun) the larva of any of several insects | Synonyms: ant lion, doodlebug |
apelike | (adjective) being or given to servile imitation | Synonyms: apish |
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(adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, anthropoidal |
aphelion | (noun) apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun | - |
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apicalization | (noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | - |
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aplite | (noun) light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars | - |
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aplitic | (adjective) of or related to aplite | - |
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apolitical | (adjective) politically neutral | Synonyms: unpolitical |
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apoliticism | (noun) Apathy and/or antipathy towards all political affiliations. | - |
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apostolic | (adjective) of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings | Synonyms: apostolical |
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(adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolical, papal, pontifical |
apostolical | (adjective) of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings | Synonyms: apostolic |
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(adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolic, papal, pontifical |
appalling | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: dismaying |
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(noun) an experience that appalls | - |
appallingly | (adverb) to an appalling extent | - |
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appealing | (adjective) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention | - |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic |
appealingly | (adverb) in an appealing manner | - |
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appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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appliance | (noun) durable goods for home or office use | - |
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(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
applicability | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: pertinence, pertinency |
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applicable | (adjective) capable of being applied; having relevance | - |
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applicant | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applier |
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application | (noun) the action of putting something into operation | - |
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(noun) a diligent effort | Synonyms: diligence |
(noun) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | Synonyms: practical application |
(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: coating, covering |
(noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: lotion |
(noun) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | - |
(noun) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | Synonyms: application program, applications programme |
applicative | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicatory |
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applicator | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applier |
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applicatory | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicative |
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applied | (adjective) concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles | - |
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applier | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applicator |
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(noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applicant |
applique | (noun) a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
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(verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
approachability | (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: accessibility |
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aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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arability | (noun) the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation | - |
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aralia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers | - |
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arbalist | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalest |
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(noun) archer who uses an arbalest | - |
archangelic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelical |
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archangelical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelic |
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archiannelid | (noun) small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae | - |
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archipallium | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: paleocortex |
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argali | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argal, Ovis ammon |
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argillite | (noun) a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages | - |
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armlike | (adjective) resembling an arm | - |
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arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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arterialize | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialise |
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artificialism | (noun) Czech surrealism founded in 1928 by Jindrich Styrsky and Toyen (Marie Cerminova). | - |
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artificiality | (noun) the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally | - |
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ascolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete | - |
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asexuality | (noun) having no evident sex or sex organs | Synonyms: sexlessness |
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assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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assembling | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, collecting, collection |
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assimilability | (noun) Capability of being taken in and utilized as nourishment. | - |
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