| aminophylline | (noun) a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis | - |
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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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| 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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| belling | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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| benzylpenicillin | (noun) the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics | Synonyms: penicillin G |
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| billing | (noun) request for payment of a debt | Synonyms: charge |
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| billingsgate | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: scurrility |
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| calling | (noun) the particular occupation for which you are trained | Synonyms: career, vocation |
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| chilliness | (noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: coolness, nip |
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| (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
| chilling | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: scary, shivery, shuddery |
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| (noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: cooling, temperature reduction |
| citrulline | (noun) an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine | - |
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| collinear | (adjective) lying on the same line | - |
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| collins | (noun) tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice | Synonyms: Tom Collins |
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| compelling | (adjective) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument | - |
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| (adjective) driving or forcing | - |
| controlling | (adjective) able to control or determine policy | - |
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| counselling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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| crystalline | (adjective) consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals | - |
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| (adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent |
| (adjective) distinctly or sharply outlined | - |
| crystallinity | (noun) (chemistry) The degree of structural order in a solid. | - |
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| dicloxacillin | (noun) antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin | Synonyms: Dynapen |
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| drilling | (noun) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | Synonyms: boring, oil production |
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| (noun) the act of drilling | Synonyms: boring |
| dwelling | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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| enthralling | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating |
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| enthrallingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, captivatingly, enchantingly |
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| expelling | (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, emission |
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| falling | (adjective) becoming lower or less in degree or value | - |
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| (adjective) decreasing in amount or degree | - |
| (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: dropping |
| fedelline | (noun) extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli | - |
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| filling | (noun) the act of filling something | - |
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| (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: pick, weft, woof |
| (noun) (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth | - |
| (noun) a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc. | - |
| (noun) flow into something (as a container) | - |
| (noun) any material that fills a space or container | Synonyms: fill |
| fingerspelling | (noun) an alphabet of manual signs | Synonyms: finger spelling |
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| forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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| foretelling | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, prediction, prognostication |
| fortunetelling | (noun) the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | - |
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| fuelling | (noun) the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | Synonyms: fueling, refueling |
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| gallina | (noun) small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl | Synonyms: jungle fowl |
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| gallinacean | (noun) heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds | Synonyms: gallinaceous bird |
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| gallinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean | - |
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| galling | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| gallinule | (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens | Synonyms: marsh hen, swamphen, water hen |
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| gibberellin | (noun) a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth | - |
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| grilling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, broiling |
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| grovelling | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy |
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| gruelling | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome |
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| hilliness | (noun) the quality of being hilly | - |
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| impelling | (adjective) markedly effective as if by emotional pressure | - |
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| indwelling | (adjective) existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle | - |
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| installing | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installment, instalment |
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| instilling | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, ingraining |
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| jolliness | (noun) feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor | Synonyms: jollity, joviality |
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| killing | (adjective) very funny | Synonyms: sidesplitting |
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| (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: kill, putting to death |
| (noun) an event that causes someone to die | Synonyms: violent death |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: cleanup |
| killingly | (adverb) in a very humorous manner | Synonyms: sidesplittingly |
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| logrolling | (noun) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | Synonyms: birling |
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| (noun) act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects | - |
| methicillin | (noun) antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections | - |
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| microcrystalline | (adjective) containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope | - |
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| milline | (noun) an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication | - |
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| milliner | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatmaker, hatter, modiste |
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| millinery | (noun) hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner | Synonyms: woman's hat |
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| (noun) shop selling women's hats | Synonyms: hat shop |
| milling | (noun) corrugated edge of a coin | - |
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| misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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| modelling | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modeling |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, mold, molding, mould, moulding |
| multicollinearity | (noun) a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated | - |
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| nafcillin | (noun) a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci | Synonyms: Nafcil |
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| noncrystalline | (adjective) not crystalline | - |
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| oxacillin | (noun) a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci | - |
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| panelling | (noun) a panel or section of panels in a wall or door | Synonyms: pane, paneling |
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| parcelling | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling |
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| penicillin | (noun) any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases | - |
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| penicillinase | (noun) enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic | Synonyms: beta-lactamase |
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| pentoxifylline | (noun) a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet | Synonyms: Trental |
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| piperacillin | (noun) a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections | Synonyms: Pipracil |
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| pollinate | (verb) fertilize by transferring pollen | Synonyms: cross-pollinate, pollenate |
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| pollination | (noun) transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant | Synonyms: pollenation |
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| pollinator | (noun) an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another | - |
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| pollinium | (noun) a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids) | - |
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| pollinosis | (noun) a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen | Synonyms: hay fever |
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| polycrystalline | (adjective) composed of aggregates of crystals | - |
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| propelling | (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling | Synonyms: propellant, propellent, propulsive |
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| pulling | (noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | Synonyms: pull |
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| quelling | (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: crushing, stifling, suppression |
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| ravelling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: raveling |
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| refilling | (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: renewal, replacement, replenishment |
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| repelling | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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| repellingly | (adverb) in a repellent manner | Synonyms: repellently |
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| rolling | (adjective) uttered with a trill | Synonyms: rolled, trilled |
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| (noun) propelling something on wheels | Synonyms: wheeling |
| (noun) the act of robbing a helpless person | - |
| (noun) a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | Synonyms: peal, pealing, roll |
| schilling | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Austria | Synonyms: Austrian schilling |
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| sculling | (noun) rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | - |
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| selling | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: marketing, merchandising |
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| shelling | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment |
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| shilling | (noun) an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound | - |
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| (noun) a former monetary unit in Great Britain | Synonyms: bob, British shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Kenyan shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Somalian shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Tanzanian shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Ugandan shilling |
| shrilling | (noun) a continuing shrill noise | - |
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| sibylline | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic |
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| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy | Synonyms: divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical |
| signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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| silliness | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness |
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| (noun) an impulsive scatterbrained manner | Synonyms: giddiness |
| smelling | (adjective) (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous | Synonyms: redolent |
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| (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smell |
| spelling | (noun) forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage | - |
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| spiralling | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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| squalling | (adjective) characterized by short periods of noisy commotion | Synonyms: squally |
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| stalling | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stall |
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| stonewalling | (noun) stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
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| swelling | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, puffiness |