aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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accomplice | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: confederate |
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acetylic | (adjective) of or related to acetic acid | - |
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acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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acrylic | (noun) a synthetic fabric made from polyacrylonitrile | - |
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(noun) used especially by artists | Synonyms: acrylic paint |
(noun) a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives | Synonyms: acrylate resin, acrylic resin |
(noun) polymerized from acrylonitrile | Synonyms: acrylic fiber |
acyclic | (adjective) not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | - |
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(adjective) having an open chain structure | Synonyms: open-chain |
aerophilatelic | (adjective) of or relating to airmail stamps | - |
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aerophilic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilous |
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afflict | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: smite |
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(verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress | - |
afflicted | (adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: stricken |
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(adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: impaired |
affliction | (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress | - |
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(noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health | - |
(noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | - |
afflictive | (adjective) causing misery or pain or distress | Synonyms: painful, sore |
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aflicker | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: flickering |
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alcoholic | (adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol | - |
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(adjective) addicted to alcohol | Synonyms: alcohol-dependent |
(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse |
alkalic | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkaline |
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alkylic | (adjective) of or related to an alkyl | - |
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allelic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelomorphic |
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allice | (noun) European shad | Synonyms: allice shad, allis, allis shad, Alosa alosa |
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allylic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the allyl radical | - |
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ametabolic | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolous |
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(adjective) undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis | - |
anabolic | (adjective) characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism | - |
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(adjective) of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism | - |
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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anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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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 |
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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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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ascolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete | - |
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autotelic | (adjective) of or relating to or believing in autotelism | - |
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basidiolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete | - |
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basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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(noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
basilican | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a basilica | - |
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basophilic | (adjective) staining readily with basic dyes | - |
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bellicose | (adjective) having or showing a ready disposition to fight | Synonyms: battleful, combative |
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bellicoseness | (noun) a natural disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicosity |
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bellicosity | (noun) a natural disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicoseness |
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benzylic | (adjective) relating to benzyl | - |
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biblical | (adjective) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | Synonyms: scriptural |
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(adjective) in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people | - |
bibliophilic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
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bibliopolic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliopoles | - |
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bicyclic | (adjective) having molecules consisting of two fused rings | - |
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bimetallic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallistic |
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(adjective) formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together | Synonyms: bimetal |
blastocoelic | (adjective) of or relating to a segmentation cavity | - |
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bootlick | (verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | Synonyms: fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle |
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bootlicker | (noun) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | Synonyms: apple polisher, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler |
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bootlicking | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish |
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(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery | Synonyms: fawning, sycophantic, toadyish |
borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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brachycephalic | (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 | Synonyms: brachycranial, brachycranic |
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(noun) an adult with a short broad head | - |
brachydactylic | (adjective) having abnormally short finger or toes | Synonyms: brachydactylous |
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bucolic | (adjective) relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle | Synonyms: pastoral |
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(adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic | Synonyms: arcadian, pastoral |
(noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: eclogue, idyl, idyll |
(noun) a country person | Synonyms: peasant, provincial |
cacodylic | (adjective) of or relating to cacodyl | - |
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caliche | (noun) nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru | - |
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(noun) crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions | Synonyms: hardpan |
calico | (adjective) made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned | - |
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(adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
(noun) coarse cloth with a bright print | - |
calicular | (adjective) relating to or resembling a calyculus | Synonyms: calycular |
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caliculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus |
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canalicular | (adjective) relating to or like or having a canaliculus | - |
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canaliculate | (adjective) having thin parallel channels | - |
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canaliculus | (noun) a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants | - |
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cannibalic | (adjective) marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage | - |
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carbocyclic | (adjective) having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms | - |
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carbonylic | (adjective) relating to or containing the carbonyl group | Synonyms: carbonyl |
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carboxylic | (adjective) relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical | Synonyms: carboxyl |
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catabolic | (adjective) characterized by destructive metabolism | Synonyms: katabolic |
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(adjective) relating to or characterized by catabolism | Synonyms: katabolic |
catholic | (adjective) free from provincial prejudices or attachments | - |
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catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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catholicity | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: universality |
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catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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cephalic | (adjective) of or relating to the head | - |
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chalice | (noun) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | Synonyms: goblet |
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chelicera | (noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | - |
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cheliceral | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling chelicerae | Synonyms: chelicerate |
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chelicerate | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling chelicerae | Synonyms: cheliceral |
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chelicerous | (adjective) having chelicerae | - |
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cliche | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, commonplace, platitude |
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cliched | (adjective) repeated regularly without thought or originality | Synonyms: ready-made |
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click | (noun) depression of a button on a computer mouse | Synonyms: mouse click |
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(noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: detent, dog, pawl |
(noun) a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) | Synonyms: suction stop |
(noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: chink, clink |
(verb) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | Synonyms: come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in |
(verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | Synonyms: clack, cluck |
(verb) produce a click | - |
(verb) cause to make a snapping sound | Synonyms: flick, snap |
(verb) move or strike with a noise | Synonyms: snap |
(verb) make a clicking or ticking sound | Synonyms: tick |
(verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably | Synonyms: chatter |
colic | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: gripes, griping, intestinal colic |
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colicky | (adjective) suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: flatulent, gassy |
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colicroot | (noun) any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic | Synonyms: colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root |
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complicate | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: perplex |
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(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: elaborate, rarify, refine |
complicated | (adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complex |
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complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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complication | (noun) the act or process of complicating | - |
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(noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness |
(noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: ramification |
(noun) a situation or condition that is complex or confused | - |
(noun) any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease | - |
complicit | (adjective) involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong | - |
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complicity | (noun) guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense | - |
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