| afterlife | (noun) life after death | Synonyms: hereafter |
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| airlift | (noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: lift |
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| (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
| aliform | (adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alar, alary, wing-shaped |
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| alkalify | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalise, alkalize, basify |
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| amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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| (noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
| (noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
| amplifier | (noun) electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | - |
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| amplify | (verb) increase in size, volume or significance | Synonyms: magnify |
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| (verb) increase the volume of | - |
| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: blow up, expand, inflate |
| (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
| amygdaliform | (adjective) shaped like an almond | Synonyms: almond-shaped, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal |
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| bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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| baculiform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped |
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| bailiff | (noun) an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
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| bailiffship | (noun) the office of bailiff | - |
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| botuliform | (adjective) long with rounded ends | - |
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| calif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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| californium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | Synonyms: atomic number 98, Cf |
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| cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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| (noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
| chairlift | (noun) a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | Synonyms: chair lift |
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| cheliferous | (adjective) having chelae | - |
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| chylifactive | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactory, chylific |
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| chylifactory | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactive, chylific |
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| chyliferous | (adjective) transmitting chyle | - |
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| chylific | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactive, chylifactory |
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| cliff | (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: drop-off, drop |
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| cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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| (noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
| cumuliform | (adjective) shaped like a cumulus cloud | - |
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| deadlift | (noun) a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell is lifted off the ground to the hips, then lowered back to the ground | - |
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| disqualification | (noun) the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | - |
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| (noun) unfitness that bars you from participation | - |
| disqualified | (adjective) disqualified by law or rule or provision | - |
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| (adjective) barred from competition for violation of rules | - |
| disqualify | (verb) make unfit or unsuitable | Synonyms: indispose, unfit |
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| (verb) declare unfit | - |
| disqualifying | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disabling |
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| exemplification | (noun) a representational or typifying form or model | Synonyms: typification |
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| (noun) showing by example | Synonyms: illustration |
| exemplify | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: illustrate, instance |
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| (verb) be typical of | Synonyms: represent |
| exemplifying | (adjective) clarifying by use of examples | Synonyms: illustrative |
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| facelift | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
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| (noun) a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes | Synonyms: face lift, face lifting |
| filiform | (adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread | Synonyms: filamentlike, filamentous, threadlike, thready |
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| forklift | (noun) a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
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| fossiliferous | (adjective) bearing or containing fossils | - |
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| granuliferous | (adjective) producing or full of granules | - |
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| highlife | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: extravagance, high life, lavishness, prodigality |
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| jellify | (verb) become jelly | - |
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| (verb) make into jelly | Synonyms: jelly |
| jollification | (noun) a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | Synonyms: conviviality, merrymaking |
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| jollify | (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
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| kalif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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| khalif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalifah |
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| khalifah | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif |
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| killifish | (noun) small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control | - |
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| life | (noun) living things collectively | - |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness |
| (noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: living |
| (noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life | Synonyms: biography, life history, life story |
| (noun) a motive for living | - |
| (noun) a living person | - |
| (noun) the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | - |
| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, animation, living |
| (noun) a characteristic state or mode of living | - |
| (noun) the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living | - |
| (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime |
| (noun) the period between birth and the present time | - |
| (noun) the period from the present until death | - |
| (noun) a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives | Synonyms: life sentence |
| lifeblood | (noun) an essential or life-giving force | - |
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| (noun) the blood considered as the seat of vitality | - |
| lifeboat | (noun) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship | - |
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| lifeguard | (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifesaver |
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| lifehack | (verb) make one's day-to-day activities more efficient | - |
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| lifeless | (adjective) not having the capacity to support life | - |
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| (adjective) destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings | - |
| (adjective) lacking animation or excitement or activity | - |
| (adjective) deprived of life; no longer living | Synonyms: exanimate |
| lifelessly | (adverb) as if dead | Synonyms: deadly |
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| (adverb) without animation or vitality | - |
| (adverb) in a lifeless manner | - |
| lifelessness | (noun) not having life | Synonyms: inanimateness |
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| (noun) a state of no motion or movement | Synonyms: motionlessness, stillness |
| lifelike | (adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind | Synonyms: graphic, pictorial, vivid |
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| (adjective) free from artificiality | Synonyms: natural |
| lifeline | (noun) line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning | - |
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| (noun) line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver | - |
| (noun) support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) | - |
| (noun) a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live | Synonyms: life line, line of life |
| lifelong | (adjective) continuing through life | Synonyms: womb-to-tomb |
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| lifer | (noun) a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment | - |
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| lifesaver | (noun) a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | Synonyms: life belt, life buoy, life ring |
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| (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifeguard |
| lifesaving | (noun) saving the lives of drowning persons | - |
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| lifesize | (adjective) being of the same size as an original | Synonyms: full-size, life-size, life-sized |
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| lifespan | (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, life, lifetime |
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| lifestyle | (noun) a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes | Synonyms: life-style, life style, modus vivendi |
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| lifetime | (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, life, lifespan |
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| lifework | (noun) the principal work of your career | - |
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| lift | (noun) the act of raising something | Synonyms: heave, raise |
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| (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
| (noun) the act of giving temporary assistance | - |
| (noun) a ride in a car | - |
| (noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: airlift |
| (noun) lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building | Synonyms: elevator |
| (noun) a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | Synonyms: ski lift, ski tow |
| (noun) one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot | - |
| (noun) a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg | - |
| (noun) the event of something being raised upward | Synonyms: elevation, raising |
| (noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | Synonyms: rise |
| (noun) the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity | Synonyms: aerodynamic lift |
| (verb) perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face | Synonyms: face-lift |
| (verb) remove from a surface | - |
| (verb) put an end to | Synonyms: raise |
| (verb) remove (hair) by scalping | - |
| (verb) rise upward, as from pressure or moisture | - |
| (verb) invigorate or heighten | Synonyms: raise |
| (verb) raise in rank or condition | Synonyms: elevate, raise |
| (verb) remove from a seedbed or from a nursery | - |
| (verb) take off or away by decreasing | - |
| (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
| (verb) call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs | - |
| (verb) make audible | - |
| (verb) take hold of something and move it to a different location | - |
| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: hoist, wind |
| (verb) take (root crops) out of the ground | - |
| (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: airlift |
| (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, raise |
| (verb) move upwards | Synonyms: raise |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize |
| (verb) pay off (a mortgage) | - |
| (verb) take illegally | Synonyms: rustle |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: rear, rise |
| lifted | (adjective) held up in the air | Synonyms: upraised |
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| lifter | (noun) an athlete who lifts barbells | Synonyms: weightlifter |
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| (noun) a thief who steals goods that are in a store | Synonyms: booster, shoplifter |
| liftgate | (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatch, hatchback, hatchback door |
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| liftman | (noun) a man employed to operate an elevator | Synonyms: elevator boy, elevator man |
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| liftoff | (noun) the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad | - |
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| lowlife | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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| mellifluous | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet |
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| millifarad | (noun) a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad | - |
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| mollification | (noun) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined | Synonyms: pacification |
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| (noun) a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered | - |
| mollify | (verb) make less rigid or softer | - |
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| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, season, temper |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, pacify, placate |
| morbilliform | (adjective) of a rash that resembles that of measles | - |
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| nightlife | (noun) the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) | Synonyms: night life |
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| (noun) the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion | Synonyms: night life |
| nonproliferation | (noun) the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons) | Synonyms: non-proliferation |
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| nullification | (noun) the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something | Synonyms: override |
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| (noun) the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress | - |
| nullified | (adjective) deprived of legal force | Synonyms: invalidated |
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| nullifier | (noun) an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws | - |
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| (noun) an official who can invalidate or nullify | Synonyms: invalidator, voider |
| nullify | (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, neutralize |
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| (verb) show to be invalid | Synonyms: invalidate |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, quash, void |
| oversimplification | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: simplism |
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| (noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: simplism |
| oversimplify | (verb) simplify to an excessive degree | - |
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| papilliform | (adjective) shaped like a papilla | - |
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| patelliform | (adjective) shaped like a dish or pan | Synonyms: dish-shaped, dished |
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| phylliform | (adjective) having the shape of a leaf | - |
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| proliferate | (verb) grow rapidly | - |
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| (verb) cause to grow or increase rapidly | - |
| proliferation | (noun) growth by the rapid multiplication of parts | - |
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| (noun) a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons) | - |
| prolific | (adjective) bearing in abundance especially offspring | Synonyms: fertile |
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| (adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fecund, fertile |
| prolificacy | (noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | Synonyms: fertility, rankness, richness |
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| qualification | (noun) the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea | - |
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| (noun) an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something | Synonyms: making |
| (noun) a statement that limits or restricts some claim | Synonyms: reservation |
| qualified | (adjective) meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task | - |
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| (adjective) limited or restricted; not absolute | - |
| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependant, dependent |
| (adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') | Synonyms: restricted |
| (adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | Synonyms: certified |
| qualifier | (noun) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Synonyms: modifier |
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| (noun) a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition | - |
| qualify | (verb) make fit or prepared | Synonyms: dispose |
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| (verb) add a modifier to a constituent | Synonyms: modify |
| (verb) make more specific | - |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, specify, stipulate |
| (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, characterize |
| (verb) pronounce fit or able | - |
| (verb) prove capable or fit; meet requirements | Synonyms: measure up |
| qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
| repulsorlift | (noun) a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe. | Synonyms: repulsor, repulsorlift engine |
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| saliferous | (adjective) containing or yielding salt | - |
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| shirtlifter | (noun) a homosexual man | Synonyms: gay man |
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