| anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
| anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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| antimacassar | (noun) a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils | - |
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| batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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| camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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| climacteric | (noun) the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | Synonyms: change of life, menopause |
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| (noun) a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause | - |
| climactic | (adjective) consisting of or causing a climax | - |
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| contumacious | (adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient | - |
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| contumaciously | (adverb) in a rebellious manner | Synonyms: defiantly, rebelliously |
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| contumacy | (noun) willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court | - |
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| (noun) obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | - |
| dichromacy | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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| diplomacy | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, discreetness, finesse |
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| (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: statecraft, statesmanship |
| (noun) negotiation between nations | Synonyms: diplomatic negotiations |
| emaciate | (verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically | - |
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| (verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: macerate, waste |
| emaciated | (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted |
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| emaciation | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, bonyness, gauntness, maceration |
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| gobsmacked | (adjective) utterly astounded | - |
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| grimace | (noun) a contorted facial expression | Synonyms: face |
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| (verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state | Synonyms: make a face, pull a face |
| huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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| illegitimacy | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law | - |
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| (noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, bastardy |
| immaculacy | (noun) The characteristic of having no stain or blemish; of being spotless, undefiled, clear, pure. | - |
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| immaculate | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: speckless, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spick, spotless |
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| (adjective) without fault or error | Synonyms: faultless, impeccable, incorrupted |
| (adjective) free from stain or blemish | Synonyms: undefiled |
| immaculately | (adverb) in an immaculate manner | - |
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| immaculateness | (noun) the state of being spotlessly clean | Synonyms: spotlessness |
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| inanimacy | (noun) (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc). | - |
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| intimacy | (noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: closeness, familiarity |
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| (noun) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | Synonyms: closeness |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison |
| legitimacy | (noun) lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law | - |
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| (noun) undisputed credibility | Synonyms: authenticity, genuineness |
| limacine | (adjective) of or resembling a slug | Synonyms: limacoid |
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| limacoid | (adjective) of or resembling a slug | Synonyms: limacine |
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| logomach | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomachist |
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| logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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| logomachy | (noun) argument about words or the meaning of words | - |
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| mac | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: macintosh, mack, mackintosh |
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| macabre | (adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | Synonyms: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, sick |
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| macadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam |
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| (noun) broken stone used in macadamized roadways | - |
| (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadamise, macadamize, tarmac |
| macadamia | (noun) any tree of the genus Macadamia | Synonyms: macadamia tree |
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| macadamise | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamize, tarmac |
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| macadamize | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, tarmac |
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| macamba | (noun) tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts | Synonyms: Acrocomia aculeata, gri-gri, grugru, grugru palm |
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| macaque | (noun) short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa | - |
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| macaron | (noun) a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food colouring. | - |
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| macaroni | (noun) pasta in the form of slender tubes | - |
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| (noun) a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms | - |
| macaronic | (adjective) of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together | - |
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| macaroon | (noun) chewy cookie usually containing almond paste | - |
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| macaw | (noun) long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots | - |
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| mace | (noun) a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority | - |
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| (noun) spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed | - |
| (noun) an official who carries a mace of office | Synonyms: macebearer, macer |
| macebearer | (noun) an official who carries a mace of office | Synonyms: mace, macer |
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| macedoine | (noun) mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold | - |
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| macer | (noun) an official who carries a mace of office | Synonyms: mace, macebearer |
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| macerate | (noun) a macerated substance, sometimes used to infuse vodka with flavor. | - |
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| (verb) soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result | - |
| (verb) become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking | - |
| (verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: emaciate, waste |
| (verb) separate into constituents by soaking | - |
| maceration | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, bonyness, emaciation, gauntness |
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| (noun) softening due to soaking or steeping | - |
| macerative | (adjective) accompanied by or characterized by maceration | - |
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| machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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| machicolate | (verb) supply with projecting galleries | - |
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| machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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| machilid | (noun) wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed | Synonyms: jumping bristletail |
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| machinate | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, conspire |
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| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare |
| machination | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: intrigue |
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| machinator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, plotter |
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| machine | (noun) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks | - |
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| (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, motorcar |
| (noun) a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point | Synonyms: simple machine |
| (noun) a group that controls the activities of a political party | Synonyms: political machine |
| (noun) an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently | - |
| (noun) an efficient person | - |
| (verb) make by machinery | - |
| (verb) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery | - |
| machinelike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, automatonlike, robotic, robotlike |
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| machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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| (noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
| machinist | (noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | Synonyms: mechanic, shop mechanic |
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| machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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| machmeter | (noun) speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound | - |
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| macho | (adjective) used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | Synonyms: butch |
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| (noun) a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo | - |
| macintosh | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, mack, mackintosh |
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| (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: mackintosh |
| mack | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mackintosh |
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| mackerel | (noun) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish | - |
| mackinaw | (noun) a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | - |
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| (noun) a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes | Synonyms: Mackinaw boat |
| (noun) a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | Synonyms: Mackinaw blanket |
| (noun) a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material | Synonyms: Mackinaw coat |
| mackintosh | (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: macintosh |
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| (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mack |
| mackle | (noun) a printed impression that is blurred or doubled | - |
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| macon | (noun) fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry | Synonyms: maconnais |
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| maconnais | (noun) fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry | Synonyms: macon |
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| macrame | (noun) a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords | - |
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| (verb) make knotted patterns | - |
| macrencephalic | (adjective) having a large brain case | Synonyms: macrencephalous |
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| macrencephalous | (adjective) having a large brain case | Synonyms: macrencephalic |
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| macrencephaly | (noun) an abnormally large braincase | - |
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| macro | (adjective) very large in scale or scope or capability | - |
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| (noun) a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language | Synonyms: macro instruction |
| macrobiotic | (adjective) of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics | - |
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| macrobiotics | (noun) the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
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| macrocephalic | (adjective) having an exceptionally large head and brain | Synonyms: macrocephalous |
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| macrocephalous | (adjective) having an exceptionally large head and brain | Synonyms: macrocephalic |
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| macrocephaly | (noun) an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical | Synonyms: megacephaly, megalocephaly |
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| macrocosm | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, universe, world |
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| macrocosmic | (adjective) relating to or constituting a macrocosm | - |
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| macrocyte | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) | Synonyms: megalocyte |
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| macrocytosis | (noun) the presence of macrocytes in the blood | - |
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| macroeconomic | (adjective) of or relating to macroeconomics | - |
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| macroeconomics | (noun) the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy | - |
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| macroeconomist | (noun) an economist who specializes in macroeconomics | Synonyms: macroeconomic expert |
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| macroelement | (noun) a chemical element required in relatively large quantities for the normal physiologic processes of the body. | Synonyms: major mineral |
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| macroevolution | (noun) evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups | - |
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| macroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: astroglia |
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| macroglossia | (noun) a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome | - |
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| macromolecular | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or characterized by macromolecules | - |
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| macromolecule | (noun) any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Synonyms: supermolecule |
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| macron | (noun) a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound | - |
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| macrophage | (noun) a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream | - |
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| macroscopic | (adjective) large enough to be visible with the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopical |
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| (adjective) visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopical |
| macroscopical | (adjective) large enough to be visible with the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopic |
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| (adjective) visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopic |