accumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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accumulation | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accrual, accruement |
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(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: aggregation, assemblage, collection |
(noun) (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation | - |
(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accretion |
accumulative | (adjective) marked by acquiring or amassing | - |
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(adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: cumulative |
accumulator | (noun) a voltaic battery that stores electric charge | Synonyms: storage battery |
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(noun) (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register | Synonyms: accumulator register |
(noun) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | Synonyms: collector, gatherer |
altazimuth | (noun) an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation | - |
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altocumulus | (noun) a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altocumulus cloud |
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ammunition | (noun) projectiles to be fired from a gun | Synonyms: ammo |
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(noun) information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint | - |
(noun) any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction | - |
amuck | (adjective) wildly frenzied and out of control | Synonyms: amok, berserk |
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(adverb) in a murderous frenzy | Synonyms: amok, murderously |
(adverb) wildly; without self-control | Synonyms: amok |
amulet | (noun) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease | Synonyms: talisman |
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amuse | (verb) make (somebody) laugh | - |
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(verb) occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | Synonyms: disport, divert |
amused | (adjective) pleasantly occupied | Synonyms: diverted, entertained |
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amusement | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: entertainment |
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(noun) a feeling of delight at being entertained | - |
amusing | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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(adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusive, diverting |
amusingly | (adverb) in an entertaining and amusing manner | Synonyms: divertingly |
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amusive | (adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusing, diverting |
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animus | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | Synonyms: animosity, bad blood |
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antimuon | (noun) the antiparticle of a muon; decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino | Synonyms: positive muon |
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autoimmune | (adjective) of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body | - |
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autoimmunity | (noun) production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions | - |
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azimuth | (noun) the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian | Synonyms: AZ |
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azimuthal | (adjective) of or relating to or in azimuth | - |
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barramundi | (noun) a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats | Synonyms: Asian seabass, giant perch, giant seaperch, Lates calcarifer, white seabass |
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bemuse | (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bewilder, discombobulate, throw |
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bemused | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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(adjective) deeply absorbed in thought | Synonyms: lost, preoccupied |
bemusement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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bismuth | (noun) a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals | Synonyms: atomic number 83, Bi |
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bismuthal | (adjective) of or relating to bismuth | - |
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bismuthic | (adjective) containing bismuth (especially in the pentavalent state) | - |
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calamus | (noun) the hollow spine of a feather | Synonyms: quill, shaft |
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(noun) any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes | - |
(noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
(noun) the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally | - |
caprimulgid | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: goatsucker, nightjar |
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cardamum | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamom, cardamon |
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chaulmugra | (noun) East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy | Synonyms: chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii |
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chemoimmunology | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: immunochemistry |
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chiasmus | (noun) inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | - |
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chipmunk | (noun) a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | - |
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chrysanthemum | (noun) any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
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(noun) the flower of a chrysanthemum plant | - |
cirrocumulus | (noun) a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples | Synonyms: cirrocumulus cloud |
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communal | (adjective) relating to a small administrative district or community | - |
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(adjective) for or by a group rather than individuals | - |
communalise | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalize |
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communalism | (noun) the practice of communal living and common ownership | - |
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(noun) loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole | - |
communalize | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalise |
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communally | (adverb) by a group of people rather than an individual | - |
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commune | (noun) a body of people or families living together and sharing everything | - |
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(noun) the smallest administrative district of several European countries | - |
(verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: communicate |
(verb) communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity | - |
communicable | (adjective) readily communicated | - |
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(adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable |
communicant | (noun) a person entitled to receive Communion | - |
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communicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: intercommunicate |
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(verb) transmit information | Synonyms: pass, pass along, pass on, put across |
(verb) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | - |
(verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: commune |
(verb) administer Communion; in church | - |
(verb) join or connect | - |
(verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: convey, transmit |
communicating | (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communication |
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communication | (noun) something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | - |
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(noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communicating |
(noun) a connection allowing access between persons or places | - |
communicational | (adjective) used in communication | - |
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communications | (noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) | Synonyms: communication theory |
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communicative | (adjective) able or tending to communicate | Synonyms: communicatory |
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(adjective) of or relating to communication | - |
communicativeness | (noun) the trait of being communicative | - |
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communicator | (noun) a person who communicates with others | - |
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communicatory | (adjective) able or tending to communicate | Synonyms: communicative |
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communion | (noun) sharing thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: sharing |
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(noun) (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites | - |
communique | (noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch |
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communisation | (noun) the organization of a nation of the basis of communism | Synonyms: communization |
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(noun) a change from private property to public property owned by the community | Synonyms: communization |
(noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communization, nationalisation, nationalization |
communise | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communize |
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(verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communize |
communism | (noun) a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society | - |
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(noun) a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | - |
communist | (adjective) relating to or marked by communism | Synonyms: communistic |
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(noun) a socialist who advocates communism | Synonyms: commie |
communistic | (adjective) relating to or marked by communism | Synonyms: communist |
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community | (noun) a group of people living in a particular local area | - |
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(noun) (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other | Synonyms: biotic community |
(noun) a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common | - |
(noun) a group of nations having common interests | - |
(noun) a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences | Synonyms: residential area, residential district |
(noun) common ownership | - |
(noun) agreement as to goals | Synonyms: community of interests |
communization | (noun) the organization of a nation of the basis of communism | Synonyms: communisation |
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(noun) a change from private property to public property owned by the community | Synonyms: communisation |
(noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, nationalisation, nationalization |
communize | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communise |
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(verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communise |
commutability | (noun) the quality of being commutable | Synonyms: transmutability |
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(noun) exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable | Synonyms: replaceability, substitutability |
commutable | (adjective) subject to alteration or change | - |
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(adjective) capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent | Synonyms: substitutable |
commutate | (verb) reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current | - |
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commutation | (noun) the travel of a commuter | Synonyms: commuting |
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(noun) (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law | Synonyms: re-sentencing |
(noun) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: | Synonyms: exchange, substitution |
(noun) a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one | - |
commutative | (adjective) (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a" | - |
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commutator | (noun) switch for reversing the direction of an electric current | - |
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commute | (noun) a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work | - |
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(verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: permute, transpose |
(verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one | Synonyms: convert, exchange |
(verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: change, convert, exchange |
(verb) exchange positions without a change in value | Synonyms: transpose |
(verb) travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home | - |
commuter | (noun) a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another | Synonyms: commuter train |
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(noun) someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city | - |
commuting | (noun) the travel of a commuter | Synonyms: commutation |
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cornsmut | (noun) a smut fungus attacking Indian corn | Synonyms: corn smut |
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cromulent | (adjective) Legitimate or valid (frequently used ironically) | - |
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cumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, conglomerate, gather, pile up |
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cumulation | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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cumulative | (adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: accumulative |
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cumulatively | (adverb) in a cumulative manner | - |
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cumuliform | (adjective) shaped like a cumulus cloud | - |
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cumulonimbus | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud |
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cumulous | (adjective) of or related to cumulous clouds | Synonyms: cumulus |
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(adjective) thrown together in a pile | - |
cumulus | (adjective) of or related to cumulous clouds | Synonyms: cumulous |
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(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile |
(noun) a globular cloud | Synonyms: cumulus cloud |
curmudgeon | (noun) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas | - |
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curmudgeonly | (adjective) brusque and surly and forbidding | Synonyms: crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured |
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cymule | (noun) a small cyme, generally with few flowers | - |
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demulcent | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: emollient, salving, softening |
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(noun) a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin | - |
demulsify | (verb) break down into components | - |
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(verb) cause to demulsify | - |
demur | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demurral, demurrer |
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(verb) object to | Synonyms: except |
(verb) enter a demurrer | - |
demure | (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: coy, overmodest |
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demurely | (adverb) in a demure manner | - |
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demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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(noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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demurrer | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, denial |
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(noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurral |
(noun) (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings | - |
dissimulate | (verb) hide (feelings) from other people | - |
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dissimulation | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissembling |
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dissimulative | (adjective) concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive | - |
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dissimulator | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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