| allometric | (adjective) relating to or marked by allometry | - |
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| allometry | (noun) the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole | - |
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| allomorph | (noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | - |
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| (noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | - |
| allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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| allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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| allopathy | (noun) the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself | - |
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| allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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| allopatry | (noun) the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap | - |
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| allophone | (noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme | - |
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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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| allopurinol | (noun) a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid | Synonyms: Zyloprim |
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| allosaur | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaurus |
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| allosaurus | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaur |
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| allot | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, grant |
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| (verb) give out | Synonyms: assign, portion |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| allotment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| (noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allocation |
| allotrope | (noun) a structurally different form of an element | - |
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| allotropic | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropical |
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| allotropical | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropic |
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| allotropism | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropy |
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| allotropy | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropism |
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| allotted | (adjective) given as a task | - |
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| allover | (adjective) covering the entire surface | - |
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| allow | (verb) allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: take into account |
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| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside |
| (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: countenance, let, permit |
| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: permit, tolerate |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: grant |
| (verb) grant as a discount or in exchange | - |
| (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: let, permit |
| (verb) allow the other (baseball) team to score | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow for, leave, provide |
| (verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: admit |
| allowable | (adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule | Synonyms: permissible |
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| (adjective) deserving to be allowed or considered | - |
| (adjective) deductible according to the tax laws | - |
| allowably | (adverb) in a permissible manner | Synonyms: permissibly |
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| allowance | (noun) the act of allowing | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: leeway, margin, tolerance |
| (noun) an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) | - |
| (noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | Synonyms: adjustment |
| (noun) a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses | - |
| (noun) a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets | Synonyms: allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve |
| (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
| alloy | (noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something | Synonyms: admixture |
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| (noun) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten | Synonyms: metal |
| (verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content | Synonyms: debase |
| (verb) make an alloy of | - |
| alloyed | (adjective) (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property | - |
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| (adjective) (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element | - |
| allspice | (noun) ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves | - |
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| (noun) aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries | Synonyms: allspice tree, Pimenta dioica, pimento tree |
| (noun) deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States | - |
| allude | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: advert, touch |
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| allure | (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allurement, temptingness |
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| (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: tempt |
| allurement | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: solicitation |
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| (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allure, temptingness |
| (noun) attractiveness | - |
| alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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| allusion | (noun) passing reference or indirect mention | - |
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| allusive | (adjective) characterized by indirect references | - |
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| allusiveness | (noun) a quality characterized by indirect reference | - |
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| alluvial | (adjective) of or relating to alluvium | - |
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| alluviation | (noun) the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | Synonyms: deposit, sedimentation |
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| alluvion | (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium |
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| (noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundation |
| (noun) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment | - |
| alluvium | (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion |
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| ally | (noun) a friendly nation | - |
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| (noun) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | Synonyms: friend |
| (verb) become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage | - |
| allyl | (noun) the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene | Synonyms: allyl group, allyl radical |
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| allylic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the allyl radical | - |
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| alphabetically | (adverb) in alphabetical order | - |
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| altruistically | (adverb) in an altruistic manner | Synonyms: selflessly |
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| amarelle | (noun) pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice | - |
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| (noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus caproniana |
| amaryllis | (noun) bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers | - |
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| amberbell | (noun) eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors | Synonyms: Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue |
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| aminophylline | (noun) a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis | - |
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| amorally | (adverb) without regard for morality | Synonyms: immorally |
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| amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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| amoxicillin | (noun) an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections | Synonyms: Amoxil, Augmentin, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox |
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| ampicillin | (noun) semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) | Synonyms: Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin |
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| ampulla | (noun) a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils | - |
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| (noun) the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear | - |
| ampullar | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullary |
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| ampullary | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullar |
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| anachronistically | (adverb) in an anachronistic manner | - |
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| analytically | (adverb) by virtue of analysis | - |
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| anarchically | (adverb) in a lawless rebellious manner | - |
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| anatomically | (adverb) with respect to anatomy | - |
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| ancillary | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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| angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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| anisotropically | (adverb) in an anisotropic manner | - |
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| annually | (adverb) without missing a year | Synonyms: each year, every year, yearly |
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| (adverb) by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) | Synonyms: each year, p.a., per annum, per year |
| antagonistically | (adverb) in an antagonistic manner | - |
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| antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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| anthill | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: formicary |
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| anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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| antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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| antipollution | (adjective) intended to reduce pollution | - |
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| antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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| antithetically | (adverb) with antithesis; in an antithetical manner | - |
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| apathetically | (adverb) in an apathetic manner | - |
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| aphyllous | (adjective) devoid of leaves | - |
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| apologetically | (adverb) in an apologetic manner | - |
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| appall | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, dismay, horrify |
| appalled | (adjective) struck with fear, dread, or consternation | Synonyms: aghast, dismayed, shocked |
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| 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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| appellant | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellate |
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| (noun) the party who appeals a decision of a lower court | Synonyms: plaintiff in error |
| appellate | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellant |
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| appellation | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellative, denomination, designation |
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| (noun) a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown | - |
| appellative | (adjective) pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun | - |
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| (adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names | Synonyms: naming |
| (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, denomination, designation |
| arcella | (noun) an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella | - |
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| archipallium | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: paleocortex |
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| architecturally | (adverb) with regard to architecture | - |
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| argillaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: clayey |
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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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| argyll | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyle |
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| (noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyle |
| (noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyle |
| arillate | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: ariled |
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| aristocratically | (adverb) in an aristocratic manner | - |
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| arithmetically | (adverb) with respect to arithmetic | - |
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| armadillo | (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | - |
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| armilla | (noun) (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm | - |
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| (noun) a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars | Synonyms: armillary sphere |
| armillary | (adjective) of or relating to bracelets | - |
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| artfully | (adverb) in a manner exhibiting art or skill | - |
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| (adverb) in a disingenuous manner | Synonyms: disingenuously |
| (adverb) in an subtle, cunning manner | Synonyms: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily |
| artificially | (adverb) not according to nature; not by natural means | Synonyms: by artificial means, unnaturally |
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| artillery | (noun) large but transportable armament | Synonyms: gun, heavy weapon, ordnance |
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| (noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: weapon |
| (noun) an army unit that uses big guns | Synonyms: artillery unit |
| artilleryman | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner |
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| artistically | (adverb) in an artistic manner | - |
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