| amine | (noun) a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals | Synonyms: aminoalkane |
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| ammine | (noun) a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules | - |
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| amphetamine | (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: pep pill, speed, upper |
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| analbuminemia | (noun) an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | - |
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| antihistamine | (noun) a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site | - |
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| balminess | (noun) the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing | Synonyms: softness |
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| bellarmine | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: greybeard, long-beard, longbeard |
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| bioluminescence | (noun) luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly) | - |
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| bioluminescent | (adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light | - |
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| bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | Synonyms: atomic number 35, Br |
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| calamine | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: hemimorphite |
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| calcimine | (noun) a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
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| (verb) cover with calcimine | - |
| carmine | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet |
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| (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: cardinal |
| (verb) color carmine | - |
| catecholamine | (noun) any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland | - |
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| chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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| chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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| chloramine | (noun) any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds | Synonyms: chloramine-T |
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| chumminess | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| clamminess | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: dankness |
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| clomipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug | - |
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| countermine | (noun) (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy | - |
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| (verb) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines | - |
| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| creaminess | (noun) the property of having the thickness of heavy cream | Synonyms: soupiness |
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| demineralisation | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralization |
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| (noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralization |
| demineralise | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralize |
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| demineralization | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
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| (noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
| demineralize | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralise |
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| desipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system | - |
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| determine | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | Synonyms: decide, make up one's mind |
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| (verb) fix conclusively or authoritatively | Synonyms: set |
| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: influence, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
| (verb) fix in scope; fix the boundaries of | - |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: ascertain, find, find out |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, fix, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) settle conclusively; come to terms | Synonyms: settle, square off, square up |
| determined | (adjective) having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation | - |
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| (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, driven |
| (adjective) characterized by great determination | - |
| (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: dictated, set |
| (adjective) devoting full strength and concentrated attention to | - |
| determinedly | (adverb) with determination; in a determined manner | Synonyms: unfalteringly, unshakably |
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| (adverb) with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner | Synonyms: ambitiously |
| determiner | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determinative, determining factor |
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| (noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determinative |
| (noun) an argument that is conclusive | Synonyms: clincher, determining factor |
| diamine | (noun) any organic compound containing two amino groups | - |
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| diphenhydramine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Benadryl |
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| domine | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: dominee, dominie, dominus |
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| dominee | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominie, dominus |
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| domineer | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: tyrannise, tyrannize |
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| domineering | (adjective) tending to domineer | - |
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| domineeringly | (adverb) in a domineering manner | - |
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| domineeringness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: imperiousness, overbearingness |
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| dopamine | (noun) a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension | Synonyms: Dopastat, Intropin |
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| dreaminess | (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: languor |
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| eminence | (noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | Synonyms: tubercle, tuberosity |
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| (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: distinction, note, preeminence |
| eminent | (adjective) of imposing height; especially standing out above others | Synonyms: lofty, soaring, towering |
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| (adjective) standing above others in quality or position | Synonyms: high |
| eminently | (adverb) in an eminent manner | - |
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| enamine | (noun) an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N- | - |
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| ergotamine | (noun) an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine | - |
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| ermine | (noun) mustelid of Northern Hemisphere in its white winter coat | Synonyms: Mustela erminea, shorttail weasel |
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| (noun) the expensive white fur of the ermine | - |
| estaminet | (noun) a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee | - |
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| etamine | (noun) a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc. | Synonyms: etamin |
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| examine | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, canvass, study |
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| (verb) question closely | - |
| (verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely | Synonyms: probe |
| (verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect | Synonyms: see |
| (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: essay, prove, test, try, try out |
| examinee | (noun) someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) | Synonyms: testee |
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| examiner | (noun) an investigator who observes carefully | Synonyms: inspector |
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| (noun) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications | Synonyms: quizzer, tester |
| famine | (noun) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | - |
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| (noun) an acute insufficiency | Synonyms: dearth, shortage |
| foaminess | (noun) the property of being foamy | - |
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| gallamine | (noun) neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia | Synonyms: Flaxedil |
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| gamine | (noun) a girl of impish appeal | - |
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| (noun) a homeless girl who roams the streets | - |
| gaminess | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: raciness, ribaldry, spiciness |
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| gloominess | (noun) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness | Synonyms: lugubriousness, sadness |
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| (noun) The property of having a frowning or scowling appearance. | - |
| (noun) a feeling of melancholy apprehension | Synonyms: gloom, somberness, sombreness |
| (noun) an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | Synonyms: gloom, glumness |
| glucosamine | (noun) an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides | - |
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| glutamine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism | - |
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| goldmine | (noun) a mine where gold ore is found | Synonyms: gold mine |
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| (noun) a good source of something that is desired | Synonyms: gold mine |
| griminess | (noun) the state of being grimy | Synonyms: grubbiness |
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| gumminess | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| histamine | (noun) amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions | - |
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| hyoscyamine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| illumine | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illuminate, light, light up |
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| imipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression | Synonyms: Imavate, impramine hydrochloride, Tofranil |
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| imminence | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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| imminency | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminence, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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| imminent | (adjective) close in time; about to occur | Synonyms: at hand, close at hand, impendent, impending |
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| imminently | (adverb) in an imminent manner | - |
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| imminentness | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, impendence, impendency |
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| iridosmine | (noun) a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. | Synonyms: osmiridium |
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| jasmine | (noun) any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia | - |
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| jessamine | (noun) a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea | Synonyms: common jasmine, Jasminum officinale, true jasmine |
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| ketamine | (noun) a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP | Synonyms: Ketalar, ketamine hydrochloride |
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| laminectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae | - |
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| luminesce | (verb) be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence | - |
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| luminescence | (noun) light from nonthermal sources | Synonyms: glow |
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| (noun) light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures | - |
| luminescent | (adjective) emitting light not caused by heat | - |
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| melamine | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: cyanuramide |
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| merbromine | (noun) a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark | Synonyms: Mercurochrome |
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| methamphetamine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| methenamine | (noun) antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections | Synonyms: Mandelamine, Urex |
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| methylenedioxymethamphetamine | (noun) a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States | Synonyms: MDMA |
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| mine | (noun) explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel | - |
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| (noun) excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted | - |
| (verb) lay mines | - |
| (verb) get from the earth by excavation | - |
| mined | (adjective) extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth | - |
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| minefield | (noun) a region in which explosives mines have been placed | - |
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| minelayer | (noun) ship equipped for laying marine mines | - |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| miner | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: mineworker |
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| mineral | (adjective) relating to minerals | - |
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| (adjective) composed of matter other than plant or animal | - |
| (noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | - |
| mineralize | (verb) transform (a metal) into an ore | - |
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| (verb) convert into a mineral substance | - |
| mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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| mineralogist | (noun) a scientist trained in mineralogy | - |
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| mineralogy | (noun) the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them | - |
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| mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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| minestrone | (noun) soup made with a variety of vegetables | Synonyms: petite marmite, vegetable soup |
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| minesweeper | (noun) ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines | - |
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| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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