| abnormal
|
(adjective) not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm |
Synonyms:
unnatural |
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| (adjective) departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development |
- |
| (adjective) much greater than the normal |
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| abnormalcy
|
(noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
Synonyms:
abnormality |
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| abnormality
|
(noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
Synonyms:
abnormalcy |
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| (noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence |
Synonyms:
mental defectiveness |
| (noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal |
Synonyms:
freakishness |
| (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality |
Synonyms:
irregularity |
| abnormally
|
(adverb) in an abnormal manner |
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| abomasal
|
(adjective) relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) |
- |
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| abomasum
|
(noun) the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place |
Synonyms:
fourth stomach |
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| abysmal
|
(adjective) very great; limitless |
- |
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| (adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable |
Synonyms:
unfathomable,
abyssal |
| abysmally
|
(adverb) in a terrible manner |
Synonyms:
rottenly,
abominably,
atrociously,
awfully,
terribly |
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| acanthoma
|
(noun) a neoplasm originating in the epidermis |
Synonyms:
skin tumor |
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| acclamation
|
(noun) enthusiastic approval |
Synonyms:
plaudit,
plaudits,
eclat,
acclaim |
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| acclimate
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimatise,
acclimatize |
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| acclimation
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimatisation,
acclimatization |
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| acclimatisation
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimation,
acclimatization |
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| acclimatise
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimate,
acclimatize |
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| acclimatization
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimation,
acclimatisation |
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| acclimatize
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimate,
acclimatise |
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| achromasia
|
(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
Synonyms:
luridness,
paleness,
pallidness,
pallor,
wanness,
lividity,
lividness |
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| achromatic
|
(adjective) having no hue |
Synonyms:
neutral |
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| achromaticity
|
(noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color |
Synonyms:
colorlessness,
colourlessness,
achromatism |
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| achromatin
|
(noun) the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes |
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| achromatinic
|
(adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains |
- |
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| achromatise
|
(verb) remove color from |
Synonyms:
achromatize |
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| achromatism
|
(noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color |
Synonyms:
colorlessness,
colourlessness,
achromaticity |
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| achromatize
|
(verb) remove color from |
Synonyms:
achromatise |
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| achromatous
|
(adjective) having little or inadequate color |
- |
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| acousma
|
(noun) illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds |
Synonyms:
auditory hallucination |
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| adamance
|
(noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
Synonyms:
unyieldingness,
obduracy |
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| adamant
|
(noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem |
Synonyms:
diamond |
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| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
Synonyms:
inexorable,
intransigent,
adamantine |
| adamantine
|
(adjective) having the hardness of a diamond |
- |
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| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
Synonyms:
inexorable,
intransigent,
adamant |
| (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant |
- |
| adamantly
|
(adverb) inflexibly; unshakably |
- |
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| adenocarcinoma
|
(noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium |
Synonyms:
glandular cancer,
glandular carcinoma |
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| adenocarcinomatous
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma |
- |
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| adenoma
|
(noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin |
- |
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| adenomyosarcoma
|
(noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass |
Synonyms:
nephroblastoma,
embryoma of the kidney,
Wilms tumour,
Wilms' tumor |
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| adman
|
(noun) someone whose business is advertising |
Synonyms:
advertiser,
advertizer |
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| admass
|
(noun) the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British) |
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| affirmable
|
(adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted |
Synonyms:
assertable |
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| affirmation
|
(noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
Synonyms:
avouchment,
avowal |
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| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
Synonyms:
statement,
assertion |
| (noun) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) |
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| (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand |
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| affirmative
|
(adjective) affirming or giving assent |
Synonyms:
affirmatory |
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| (adjective) expecting the best |
Synonyms:
optimistic |
| (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval |
Synonyms:
plausive,
approbative,
approbatory,
approving |
| (noun) a reply of affirmation |
- |
| affirmatively
|
(adverb) in an affirmative manner |
- |
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| affirmativeness
|
(noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents |
- |
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| affirmatory
|
(adjective) affirming or giving assent |
Synonyms:
affirmative |
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| afterimage
|
(noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
Synonyms:
aftersensation |
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| aftermath
|
(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) |
Synonyms:
wake,
backwash |
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| (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual |
Synonyms:
consequence |
| agama
|
(noun) small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World |
- |
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| agammaglobulinemia
|
(noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection |
- |
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| agromania
|
(noun) an intense desire to be alone or out in the open |
- |
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| aircraftman
|
(noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force |
Synonyms:
aircraftsman |
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| aircraftsman
|
(noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force |
Synonyms:
aircraftman |
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| aircrewman
|
(noun) a member of an aircrew |
- |
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| airmail
|
(verb) send or transport by airmail |
- |
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| (noun) letters and packages that are transported by aircraft |
- |
| (noun) a system of conveying mail by aircraft |
Synonyms:
airpost |
| airmailer
|
(noun) a mailer for airmail |
- |
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| airman
|
(noun) someone who operates an aircraft |
Synonyms:
aeronaut,
aviator,
flier,
flyer |
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| airmanship
|
(noun) the art of operating aircraft |
Synonyms:
aviation |
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| airwoman
|
(noun) a woman aviator |
Synonyms:
aviatress,
aviatrix |
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| alderman
|
(noun) a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) |
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| aldermanic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman |
Synonyms:
aldermanly |
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| aldermanly
|
(adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman |
Synonyms:
aldermanic |
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| allamanda
|
(noun) a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes |
- |
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| allemande
|
(noun) egg-thickened veloute |
Synonyms:
allemande sauce |
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| almanac
|
(noun) an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year |
Synonyms:
farmer's calendar |
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| (noun) an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year |
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| almandine
|
(noun) a purple variety of the ruby spinel |
- |
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| (noun) a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate |
Synonyms:
almandite |
| almandite
|
(noun) a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate |
Synonyms:
almandine |
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| amadavat
|
(noun) red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds |
Synonyms:
avadavat |
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| amah
|
(noun) a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else |
Synonyms:
wet nurse,
wet-nurse,
wetnurse |
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| (noun) a female domestic |
Synonyms:
housemaid,
maid,
maidservant |
| amain
|
(adverb) at full speed; with great haste |
- |
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| (adverb) with all your strength |
- |
| amalgam
|
(noun) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams |
Synonyms:
dental amalgam |
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| (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things |
- |
| amalgamate
|
(adjective) joined together into a whole |
Synonyms:
coalesced,
consolidated,
amalgamated,
fused |
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| (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else |
Synonyms:
unify,
mingle,
mix,
commix |
| amalgamated
|
(adjective) joined together into a whole |
Synonyms:
coalesced,
consolidated,
amalgamate,
fused |
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| amalgamation
|
(noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies |
Synonyms:
uniting,
merger |
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| amalgamative
|
(adjective) characterized by or tending toward amalgamation |
- |
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| amalgamator
|
(noun) a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies |
- |
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| amanuensis
|
(noun) someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) |
Synonyms:
shorthand typist,
stenographer |
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| amaranth
|
(noun) seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America |
- |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food |
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| amaranthine
|
(adjective) of an imaginary flower that never fades |
Synonyms:
unfading |
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| (adjective) of or related to the amaranth plant |
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| amarelle
|
(noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice |
Synonyms:
Prunus cerasus caproniana |
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| (noun) pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice |
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| amaretto
|
(noun) an Italian almond liqueur |
- |
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| amaryllis
|
(noun) bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers |
- |
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| amass
|
(verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering |
Synonyms:
pile up,
accumulate,
gather,
conglomerate,
cumulate |
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| (verb) get or gather together |
Synonyms:
roll up,
hoard,
pile up,
collect,
compile,
accumulate |
| amastia
|
(noun) absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect) |
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| amateur
|
(adjective) engaged in as a pastime |
Synonyms:
recreational,
unpaid |
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| (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise |
Synonyms:
unskilled,
inexpert,
amateurish |
| (noun) someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime |
- |
| (noun) an athlete who does not play for pay |
- |
| amateurish
|
(adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise |
Synonyms:
unskilled,
inexpert,
amateur |
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| amateurishly
|
(adverb) in an amateurish manner |
- |
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| amateurishness
|
(noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency |
- |
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| amateurism
|
(noun) the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money |
- |
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| amative
|
(adjective) inclined toward or displaying love |
Synonyms:
amorous |
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| amativeness
|
(noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire |
Synonyms:
sexiness,
eroticism,
erotism,
amorousness |
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| amatory
|
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance |
Synonyms:
romantic,
amorous |
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| amatungulu
|
(noun) very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves |
Synonyms:
natal plum,
Carissa grandiflora,
Carissa macrocarpa |
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| amaurosis
|
(noun) partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain |
- |
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| amaurotic
|
(adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis |
- |
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| amaze
|
(verb) affect with wonder |
Synonyms:
astonish,
astound |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to |
Synonyms:
nonplus,
mystify,
dumbfound,
perplex,
pose,
puzzle,
get,
gravel,
stick,
stupefy,
vex,
baffle,
beat,
bewilder,
flummox |
| amazed
|
(adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock |
Synonyms:
stunned,
astonied,
astonished,
astounded |
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| amazement
|
(noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
Synonyms:
astonishment |
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| amazing
|
(adjective) surprising greatly |
Synonyms:
astonishing |
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| (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder |
Synonyms:
awe-inspiring,
awesome,
awful,
awing |
| amazingly
|
(adverb) in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise |
Synonyms:
surprisingly,
astonishingly |
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| amazon
|
(noun) a large strong and aggressive woman |
Synonyms:
virago |
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| (noun) mainly green tropical American parrots |
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| amphiuma
|
(noun) aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States |
Synonyms:
congo eel,
congo snake,
blind eel |
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| anagrammatic
|
(adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram |
Synonyms:
anagrammatical |
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| anagrammatical
|
(adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram |
Synonyms:
anagrammatic |
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