gamification | (noun) Making something more engaging by incorporating ideas and mechanics from games | - |
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gemmiferous | (adjective) bearing or reproducing by a gemma | - |
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humification | (noun) the process of the formation of humus from plant remains | - |
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humified | (adjective) converted to humus | - |
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humify | (verb) convert (plant remains) into humus | - |
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mifepristone | (noun) an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo | Synonyms: abortion pill, RU 486 |
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miff | (noun) a state of irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: huff, seeing red |
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(verb) cause to be annoyed | - |
miffed | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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mummification | (noun) embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy | - |
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(noun) a condition resembling that of a mummy | - |
(noun) (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color | Synonyms: cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis |
mummify | (verb) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture | Synonyms: dry up |
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(verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it | - |
(verb) preserve while making lifeless | - |
ramification | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, fork, forking |
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(noun) an arrangement of branching parts | - |
(noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: complication |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: branch, leg |
ramify | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, separate |
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(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: branch |
(verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: complexify |
semifinal | (noun) one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | Synonyms: semi |
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semifinalist | (noun) one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination | - |
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semifluidity | (noun) a property midway between a solid and a liquid | - |
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semiformal | (adjective) moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket | Synonyms: black-tie, semi-formal |
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vermiform | (adjective) resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical | Synonyms: worm-shaped |
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vermifuge | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic |
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