ectomorphy | (noun) slender, weak, and lightweight | Synonyms: asthenic type |
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edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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elasmobranch | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: selachian |
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electrodynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power | - |
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electromotive | (adjective) concerned with or producing electric current | - |
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eleemosynary | (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, philanthropic |
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emoji | (noun) ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and Web pages | - |
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emollient | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: demulcent, salving, softening |
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(noun) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | Synonyms: cream, ointment |
emolument | (noun) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) | - |
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emote | (verb) give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role | - |
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emoticon | (noun) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email | - |
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emotion | (noun) any strong feeling | - |
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emotional | (adjective) of more than usual emotion | - |
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(adjective) determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason | - |
(adjective) of or pertaining to emotion | - |
(adjective) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | Synonyms: aroused, excited, worked up |
emotionalism | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionality |
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emotionality | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionalism |
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emotionally | (adverb) with regard to emotions | - |
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(adverb) in an emotional manner | - |
emotionless | (adjective) unmoved by feeling | Synonyms: passionless |
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emotionlessly | (adverb) without emotion; devoid of emotion | Synonyms: unemotionally |
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emotionlessness | (noun) absence of emotion | Synonyms: unemotionality |
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(noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
emotive | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affectional, affective |
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enamor | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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enamored | (adjective) marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness | Synonyms: in love, infatuated, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with |
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enamoredness | (noun) a feeling of love or fondness | Synonyms: amorousness |
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enamour | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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endaemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: eudemonism |
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endmost | (adjective) being or situated at an end | Synonyms: terminal |
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endogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamic |
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(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamic |
endomorph | (noun) a heavy person with a soft and rounded body | - |
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endomorphic | (adjective) having a squat and fleshy build | Synonyms: pyknic |
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endomorphy | (noun) round, fat, and heavy | Synonyms: pyknic type |
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endopsammon | (noun) The microscopic fauna of sand and mud. | - |
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enormous | (adjective) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | Synonyms: tremendous |
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enormously | (adverb) vastly | Synonyms: hugely, staggeringly, tremendously |
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enormousness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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entomologic | (adjective) of or relating to the biological science of entomology | Synonyms: entomological |
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entomological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological science of entomology | Synonyms: entomologic |
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entomologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies insects | Synonyms: bug-hunter, bugologist |
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entomology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies insects | Synonyms: bugology |
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entomophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects | - |
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entomophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of insects | - |
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enzymologist | (noun) a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology | - |
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enzymology | (noun) the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes | - |
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epimorphic | (adjective) characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages | - |
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epipsammon | (noun) Microscopic flora and fauna found on the surface of and/or attached to sand grains. | - |
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epistemological | (adjective) of or relating to epistemology | Synonyms: epistemic |
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epistemologist | (noun) a specialist in epistemology | - |
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epistemology | (noun) the philosophical theory of knowledge | - |
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eponymous | (adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym | Synonyms: eponymic |
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equanimous | (adjective) in full control of your faculties | Synonyms: collected, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed |
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esmolol | (noun) intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time; used primarily for cardiac arrhythmias | Synonyms: Brevibloc |
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ethmoid | (noun) one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity | Synonyms: ethmoid bone |
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etymological | (adjective) based on or belonging to etymology | - |
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etymologise | (verb) construct the history of words | Synonyms: etymologize |
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(verb) give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) | Synonyms: etymologize |
etymologist | (noun) a lexicographer who specializes in etymology | - |
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etymologize | (verb) construct the history of words | Synonyms: etymologise |
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(verb) give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) | Synonyms: etymologise |
etymologizing | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, deriving |
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etymology | (noun) the study of the sources and development of words | - |
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(noun) a history of a word | - |
etymon | (noun) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | Synonyms: root |
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eudaemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudemon, good spirit |
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eudaemonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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eudaemonic | (adjective) producing happiness and well-being | Synonyms: eudemonic |
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eudaimonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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eudemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudaemon, good spirit |
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eudemonic | (adjective) producing happiness and well-being | Synonyms: eudaemonic |
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eudemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: endaemonism |
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evermore | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, everlastingly, forever |
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(adverb) at any future time; in the future | Synonyms: forevermore |
exogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamic |
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(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamic |
exophthalmos | (noun) protrusion of the eyeball from the socket | - |
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famotidine | (noun) a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux | Synonyms: Pepcid |
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famous | (adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned |
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famously | (adverb) in a manner or to an extent that is well known | - |
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(adverb) wonderfully | Synonyms: excellently, magnificently, splendidly |
farthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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femoral | (adjective) of or relating to or near the femur or thigh | - |
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femoris | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femur, thighbone |
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fieldmouse | (noun) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | Synonyms: field mouse |
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fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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flummox | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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foremost | (adjective) ranking above all others | Synonyms: first, world-class |
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(adjective) situated closest to the bow | - |
(adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: frontmost |
(adverb) prominently forward | Synonyms: first |
(adverb) before anything else | Synonyms: first, first of all, first off, firstly |
foremother | (noun) a female ancestor | - |
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forevermore | (adverb) at any future time; in the future | Synonyms: evermore |
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formol | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formalin |
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fortissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong | - |
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(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly | - |
(adverb) a direction in music; to be played very loudly | Synonyms: very loudly |
frogmouth | (noun) insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth | - |
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frontmost | (adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: foremost |
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furthermore | (adverb) denoting additional information | Synonyms: in addition, moreover, what is more |
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furthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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gammon | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: ham, jambon |
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(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon | - |
gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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gamopetalous | (adjective) having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel | Synonyms: sympetalous |
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gearmotor | (noun) a motor combined with a set of speed-reducing gears. | - |
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generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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geomorphologic | (adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural |
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geomorphological | (adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphologic, morphologic, morphological, structural |
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geomorphology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: morphology |
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gismo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
gizmo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
glamor | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamour |
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