abiogenetic | (adjective) originating by abiogenesis | - |
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acetophenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetphenetidin, phenacetin |
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acetphenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetophenetidin, phenacetin |
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agamogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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alkanet | (noun) perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers | Synonyms: Anchusa officinalis, bugloss |
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androgenetic | (adjective) of or related to androgenesis | Synonyms: androgenous |
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anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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autogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to autogenesis | - |
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baronet | (noun) a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight | Synonyms: Bart |
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baronetage | (noun) the state of a baronet | - |
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(noun) the collective body of baronets | - |
baronetcy | (noun) the title of a baron | - |
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(noun) the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness | Synonyms: barony |
baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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bassinet | (noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
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(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet | - |
bayonet | (noun) a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
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(verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet | - |
beignet | (noun) a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar | Synonyms: French fritter |
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bennet | (noun) North American white-flowered avens | Synonyms: Geum canadense, white avens |
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(noun) avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers | Synonyms: Geum virginianum, white avens |
biogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms | - |
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blastogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to blastogenesis | - |
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bluebonnet | (noun) a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | Synonyms: Balmoral |
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(noun) low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: buffalo clover, Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet |
bonnet | (noun) a hat tied under the chin | Synonyms: poke bonnet |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: cowl, cowling, hood |
(verb) dress in a bonnet | - |
bonnethead | (noun) small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: bonnet shark, shovelhead, Sphyrna tiburo |
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brunet | (adjective) marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes | Synonyms: brunette |
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(noun) a person with dark (brown) hair | Synonyms: brunette |
brunette | (adjective) marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes | Synonyms: brunet |
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(noun) a person with dark (brown) hair | Synonyms: brunet |
cabinet | (noun) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display | - |
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(noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television | Synonyms: console |
(noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: locker, storage locker |
(noun) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers | - |
cabinetmaker | (noun) a woodworker who specializes in making furniture | Synonyms: furniture maker |
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cabinetmaking | (noun) the craft of a joiner | Synonyms: joinery |
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cabinetry | (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) | Synonyms: cabinetwork |
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cabinetwork | (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) | Synonyms: cabinetry |
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(noun) woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker | - |
castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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cenogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cenogenesis | - |
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clarinet | (noun) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube | - |
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clarinetist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinettist |
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clarinettist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinetist |
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cornet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: horn, trump, trumpet |
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cornetfish | (noun) slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales | - |
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cornetist | (noun) a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet | Synonyms: trumpeter |
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coronet | (noun) margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof | - |
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(noun) a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign | - |
coroneted | (adjective) belonging to the peerage | Synonyms: highborn, titled |
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cyanogenetic | (adjective) capable of producing cyanide | Synonyms: cyanogenic |
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cybernetic | (adjective) of or relating the principles of cybernetics | - |
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cybernetics | (noun) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) | - |
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cygnet | (noun) a young swan | - |
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cytogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cytogenetics | Synonyms: cytogenetical |
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cytogenetical | (adjective) of or relating to cytogenetics | Synonyms: cytogenetic |
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cytogeneticist | (noun) a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity | - |
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cytogenetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) | - |
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cytokinetic | (adjective) of or relating to the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following the division of the nucleus | - |
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demagnetisation | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetization |
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demagnetise | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetize |
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(verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetize |
demagnetization | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetisation |
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demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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(verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetise | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetize |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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diamagnet | (noun) a substance that exhibits diamagnetism | - |
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diamagnetic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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diamagnetism | (noun) phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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dinette | (noun) a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining | - |
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dragnet | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: trawl, trawl net |
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(noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | - |
dragonet | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America | - |
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electromagnet | (noun) a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet | - |
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electromagnetic | (adjective) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | - |
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electromagnetics | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | Synonyms: electromagnetism |
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electromagnetism | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | Synonyms: electromagnetics |
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(noun) magnetism produced by an electric current | - |
endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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estaminet | (noun) a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee | - |
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ethernet | (noun) a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second | - |
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exoplanet | (noun) A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system | - |
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ferrimagnetism | (noun) a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment | - |
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ferromagnet | (noun) any material that has ferromagnetic properties. | - |
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ferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism | - |
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ferromagnetism | (noun) phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed | - |
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fishnet | (noun) a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in | Synonyms: fishing net |
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fortuneteller | (noun) a person who foretells your personal future | Synonyms: fortune teller |
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fortunetelling | (noun) the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | - |
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frenetic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frantic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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frenetically | (adverb) in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit | Synonyms: demoniacally |
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gannet | (noun) large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish | - |
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garnet | (noun) any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive | - |
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genet | (noun) agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail | Synonyms: Genetta genetta |
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genetic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of genetics | Synonyms: genetical |
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(adjective) pertaining to or referring to origin | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetical, genic |
(adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted |
genetical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of genetics | Synonyms: genetic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetic, genic |
genetically | (adverb) by genetic mechanisms | - |
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geneticism | (noun) the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically | - |
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geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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genetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | Synonyms: genetic science |
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gnetum | (noun) small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour | Synonyms: Gnetum gnemon |
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hairnet | (noun) a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place | - |
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hornet | (noun) large stinging paper wasp | - |
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hydrokinetic | (adjective) relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion | - |
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hydrokinetics | (noun) study of fluids in motion | Synonyms: hydrodynamics |
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impenetrability | (noun) the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: imperviousness |
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(noun) incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | Synonyms: impenetrableness |