noctambulation | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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noctambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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noctambulist | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalker, somnambulist |
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noctiluca | (noun) large bioluminescent marine protozoan | Synonyms: Noctiluca miliaris |
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noctilucent | (adjective) shining or glowing by night | - |
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noctuid | (noun) usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests | Synonyms: noctuid moth, owlet moth |
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nocturia | (noun) excessive urination at night; especially common in older men | Synonyms: nycturia |
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nocturnal | (adjective) belonging to or active during the night | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or occurring in the night | - |
nocturnally | (adverb) at night | - |
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nocturne | (noun) a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) | Synonyms: notturno |
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nonoccurrence | (noun) absence by virtue of not occurring | - |
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panocha | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panoche, penoche, penuche |
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panoche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, penoche, penuche |
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parthenocarpy | (noun) (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds | - |
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penoche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, panoche, penuche |
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pinochle | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: bezique, penuchle, pinocle |
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pinocle | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: bezique, penuchle, pinochle |
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pinocytosis | (noun) process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid | - |
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planoconcave | (adjective) flat on one side and concave on the other | - |
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planoconvex | (adjective) flat on one side and convex on the other | - |
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pneumonoconiosis | (noun) chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles | Synonyms: pneumoconiosis |
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rhinoceros | (noun) massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout | Synonyms: rhino |
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sternocleidomastoid | (noun) one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head | Synonyms: musculus sternocleidomastoideus, sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid muscle |
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stumpknocker | (noun) inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish | Synonyms: Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish |
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technocracy | (noun) a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control | - |
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technocrat | (noun) an advocate of technocracy | - |
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(noun) an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group | - |
unoccupied | (adjective) not held or filled or in use | - |
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(adjective) not seized and controlled | - |
(adjective) not leased to or occupied by a tenant | Synonyms: untenanted |
vaginocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: colpocele |
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