discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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discolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise |
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dolor | (noun) (poetry) painful grief | Synonyms: dolour |
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dolorous | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping |
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effloresce | (verb) come into or as if into flower | Synonyms: burst forth |
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(verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
(verb) become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation | - |
efflorescence | (noun) a powdery deposit on a surface | Synonyms: bloom |
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(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
(noun) any red eruption of the skin | Synonyms: rash, roseola, skin rash |
(noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
efflorescent | (adjective) when the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower | Synonyms: abloom |
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ethchlorvynol | (noun) a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl) | Synonyms: Placidyl |
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exploration | (noun) a careful systematic search | - |
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(noun) to travel for the purpose of discovery | Synonyms: geographic expedition |
(noun) a systematic consideration | - |
explorative | (adjective) serving in or intended for exploration or discovery | Synonyms: exploratory |
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exploratory | (adjective) serving in or intended for exploration or discovery | Synonyms: explorative |
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explore | (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: research, search |
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(verb) travel to or penetrate into | - |
(verb) inquire into a subject in detail | - |
(verb) examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes | - |
explorer | (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: adventurer |
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flora | (noun) (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | Synonyms: plant, plant life |
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(noun) all the plant life in a particular region or period | Synonyms: botany, vegetation |
floral | (adjective) of or relating to the plant life in a particular region | - |
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(adjective) relating to or associated with flowers | - |
(adjective) resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers | Synonyms: flowered |
florescence | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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floret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floweret |
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floricultural | (adjective) of or relating to or involving floriculture | - |
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floriculture | (noun) the cultivation of flowering plants | Synonyms: flower gardening |
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florid | (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: aureate, flamboyant |
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(adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: rubicund, ruddy, sanguine |
floridity | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridness, showiness |
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floridly | (adverb) in a florid manner | - |
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floridness | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridity, showiness |
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florilegium | (noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: garland, miscellany |
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florin | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Dutch florin, guilder, gulden |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: guilder, gulden |
florist | (noun) a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold | Synonyms: florist shop, flower store |
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(noun) someone who grows and deals in flowers | - |
folklore | (noun) the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | - |
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folklorism | (noun) Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created. | - |
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forlorn | (adjective) marked by or showing hopelessness | - |
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forlornly | (adverb) in a forlorn manner | - |
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forlornness | (noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | Synonyms: desolation, loneliness |
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galore | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: abounding |
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(adjective) in great numbers | - |
glorification | (noun) the act of glorifying (as in worship) | - |
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(noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: idealisation, idealization |
(noun) a state of high honor | Synonyms: glory |
glorified | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonised, canonized |
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glorify | (verb) bestow glory upon | - |
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(verb) cause to seem more splendid | - |
(verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: spiritualize, transfigure |
(verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, laud, proclaim |
gloriole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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gloriosa | (noun) any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily |
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glorious | (adjective) having or deserving or conferring glory | - |
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(adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: resplendent, splendid, splendiferous |
(adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: brilliant, magnificent, splendid |
gloriously | (adverb) blessedly or wonderfully | - |
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(adverb) with glory or in a glorious manner | - |
glory | (noun) brilliant radiant beauty | Synonyms: resplendence, resplendency |
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(noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, gloriole, halo, nimbus |
(noun) a state of high honor | Synonyms: glorification |
(verb) rejoice proudly | - |
handcolor | (verb) color by hand | Synonyms: handcolour |
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hexachlorophene | (noun) antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste | - |
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hydrochloride | (noun) a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride | - |
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hydrochlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere | Synonyms: HCFC |
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hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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hydroxychloroquine | (noun) anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus | Synonyms: Plaquenil |
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hypochlorite | (noun) any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid | - |
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implore | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, pray |
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imploring | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, pleading |
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imploringly | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, entreatingly, importunately, pleadingly |
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inflorescence | (noun) the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk | - |
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(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering |
inglorious | (adjective) not bringing honor and glory | - |
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(adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful |
ingloriously | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, shamefully |
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iodochlorhydroxyquin | (noun) drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot) | Synonyms: Clioquinol |
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jailor | (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, prison guard, screw, turnkey |
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kilocalorie | (noun) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | Synonyms: Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
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landlord | (noun) a landowner who leases to others | - |
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levallorphan | (noun) drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects | Synonyms: Lorfan |
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lorazepam | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia | Synonyms: Ativan |
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lorchel | (noun) a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae | - |
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lord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: master, overlord |
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(verb) make a lord of someone | - |
lordless | (adjective) having no lord or master | Synonyms: masterless |
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lordliness | (noun) formality in bearing and appearance | Synonyms: dignity, gravitas |
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(noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | Synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness |
lordly | (adjective) of or befitting a lord | Synonyms: august, grand |
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(adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
lordolatry | (noun) the worship of a lord because of his rank or title | - |
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lordosis | (noun) an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column | Synonyms: hollow-back |
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lordotic | (adjective) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) | Synonyms: dipped, swayback, swaybacked |
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lordship | (noun) the authority of a lord | - |
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lore | (noun) knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote | Synonyms: traditional knowledge |
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lorgnette | (noun) eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle | - |
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lorica | (noun) a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) | - |
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lorikeet | (noun) any of various small lories | - |
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lorry | (noun) a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides | Synonyms: camion |
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(noun) a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides | - |
lory | (noun) small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits | - |
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lovelorn | (adjective) unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love | Synonyms: bereft, unbeloved |
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microflora | (noun) microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora | - |
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milord | (noun) a term of address for an English lord | - |
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multicolor | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multicolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multiflora | (noun) vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock | Synonyms: baby rose, Japanese rose, multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora |
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nalorphine | (noun) a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine) | Synonyms: Nalline |
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nitrochloroform | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: chloropicrin |
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nitrochloromethane | (noun) gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas | - |
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noncaloric | (adjective) of food have no (or few) calories | - |
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nonexplorative | (adjective) not exploratory | Synonyms: nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory |
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nonexploratory | (adjective) not exploratory | Synonyms: nonexplorative, unexplorative, unexploratory |
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overlord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, master |
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overlordship | (noun) the position of overlord | - |
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pallor | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, wanness |
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parlor | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlour |
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(noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlour, sitting room |
parlormaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlourmaid |
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particolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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perchlorate | (noun) a salt of perchloric acid | - |
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perchloride | (noun) a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine | - |
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perchloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloromethane |
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pillory | (noun) a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn | - |
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(verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, savage |
(verb) punish by putting in a pillory | - |
(verb) expose to ridicule or public scorn | Synonyms: gibbet |
prechlorination | (noun) chlorination prior to another chemical process | - |
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prochlorperazine | (noun) antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomiting | - |
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propellor | (noun) a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | Synonyms: propeller |
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pyloric | (adjective) relating to or near the pylorus | - |
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