arytaenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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arytenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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assignor | (noun) (law) the party who makes an assignment | - |
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astereognosis | (noun) a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them | Synonyms: tactile agnosia |
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asthenopia | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: eyestrain |
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asthenosphere | (noun) the lower layer of the crust | - |
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astronomer | (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: stargazer, uranologist |
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astronomic | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomical |
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(adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomical, galactic |
astronomical | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomic |
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(adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, galactic |
astronomically | (adverb) enormously | - |
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astronomy | (noun) the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | Synonyms: uranology |
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asynchronous | (adjective) not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | - |
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(adjective) (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself | - |
atenolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.) | Synonyms: Tenormin |
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athanor | (noun) a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists | - |
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atopognosia | (noun) absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch | Synonyms: atopognosis |
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atopognosis | (noun) absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch | Synonyms: atopognosia |
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autochthonous | (adjective) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed | - |
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(adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous |
autogenous | (adjective) originating within the body | Synonyms: autogenic |
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autonomic | (adjective) relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system | - |
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autonomous | (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: independent, self-governing, sovereign |
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(adjective) (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment | Synonyms: self-directed, self-reliant |
(adjective) existing as an independent entity | - |
autonomy | (noun) immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | Synonyms: liberty |
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(noun) personal independence | Synonyms: self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency |
avitaminosis | (noun) any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | Synonyms: hypovitaminosis |
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avitaminotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis | - |
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balanoposthitis | (noun) inflammation of both the head of the penis and the foreskin | - |
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bambino | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: toddler, tot, yearling |
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banknote | (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
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bannock | (noun) a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland | - |
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beano | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: bingo, keno, lotto |
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benzenoid | (adjective) similar to benzene in structure or linkage | - |
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benzoquinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: quinone |
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bignoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae | - |
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bignoniad | (noun) any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae | - |
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binocular | (adjective) relating to both eyes | - |
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binoculars | (noun) (plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes | Synonyms: field glasses, opera glasses |
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binomial | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of two terms | - |
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(adjective) having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies | Synonyms: binominal |
(noun) (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms | - |
binominal | (adjective) having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies | Synonyms: binomial |
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bioflavinoid | (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation | Synonyms: citrin, vitamin P |
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biogenous | (adjective) producing or produced by living things | - |
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bionomic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of ecology | Synonyms: bionomical, ecologic, ecological |
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bionomical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of ecology | Synonyms: bionomic, ecologic, ecological |
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bionomics | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment | Synonyms: ecology, environmental science |
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biotechnology | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: bioengineering, ergonomics |
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(noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | Synonyms: biotech |
bitumenoid | (adjective) like bitumen | Synonyms: bituminoid |
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bituminoid | (adjective) like bitumen | Synonyms: bitumenoid |
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bituminous | (adjective) resembling or containing bitumen | - |
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bladdernose | (noun) medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Cystophora cristata, hooded seal |
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bluenose | (noun) a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia | Synonyms: Nova Scotian |
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boliviano | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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bonobo | (noun) small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species | Synonyms: Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee |
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bottlenose | (noun) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead | Synonyms: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus |
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(noun) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | Synonyms: bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin |
bourguignon | (noun) reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter | Synonyms: bourguignon sauce, Burgundy sauce |
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bowknot | (noun) a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces | Synonyms: bow |
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broadnosed | (adjective) of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses | Synonyms: platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic |
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brownout | (noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | Synonyms: blackout, dimout |
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bullnose | (noun) a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front | Synonyms: bullnosed plane |
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burnoose | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnous, burnouse |
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burnous | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnouse |
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burnouse | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnous |
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butanol | (noun) a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents | Synonyms: butyl alcohol |
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butanone | (noun) colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid | Synonyms: methyl ethyl ketone |
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cacophonous | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonic |
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caenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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caliginous | (adjective) dark and misty and gloomy | - |
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cannon | (noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | Synonyms: carom |
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(noun) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | Synonyms: shank |
(noun) a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels | - |
(noun) heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane | - |
(noun) (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm | - |
(noun) heavy gun fired from a tank | - |
(verb) fire a cannon | - |
(verb) make a cannon | - |
cannonade | (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire | Synonyms: drumfire |
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(verb) attack with cannons or artillery | - |
cannonball | (noun) a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon | Synonyms: cannon ball, round shot |
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cannoneer | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: artilleryman, gunner, machine gunner |
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canoe | (noun) small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle | - |
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(verb) travel by canoe | - |
canoeist | (noun) someone paddling a canoe | Synonyms: paddler |
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canola | (noun) vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | Synonyms: canola oil |
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canon | (noun) a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy | - |
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(noun) a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts | - |
(noun) a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired | - |
(noun) a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church | - |
(noun) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | Synonyms: canyon |
(noun) a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter | - |
canonic | (adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law | Synonyms: canonical |
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(adjective) appearing in a biblical canon | Synonyms: canonical |
(adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | Synonyms: canonical, sanctioned |
(adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: basic, canonical |
canonical | (adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law | Synonyms: canonic |
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(adjective) appearing in a biblical canon | Synonyms: canonic |
(adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | Synonyms: canonic, sanctioned |
(adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: basic, canonic |
canonically | (adverb) in a canonical manner | - |
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canonisation | (noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints | Synonyms: canonization |
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canonise | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonize, saint |
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(verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonize |
canonised | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonized, glorified |
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canonist | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism" | - |
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(noun) a specialist in canon law | - |
canonization | (noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints | Synonyms: canonisation |
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canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, saint |
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(verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
canonized | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonised, glorified |
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canoodle | (verb) fondle or pet affectionately | - |
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canopied | (adjective) covered with or as with a canopy | - |
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canopy | (noun) a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather | - |
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(noun) the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air | - |
(noun) the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit | - |
(verb) cover with a canopy | - |
canorous | (adjective) richly melodious | Synonyms: songful |
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cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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carbonous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | Synonyms: carbonaceous, carbonic, carboniferous |
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carcinogen | (noun) any substance that produces cancer | - |
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carcinogenic | (adjective) causing or tending to cause cancer | - |
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carcinoid | (noun) a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin | - |
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carcinoma | (noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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carcinomatous | (adjective) being or relating to carcinoma | - |
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carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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carnosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws | - |
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carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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carotenoid | (noun) any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals | - |
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cartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to cartilage | - |
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(adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: gristly, rubbery |
casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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(noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
cassino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: casino |
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