consul | (noun) a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country | - |
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consular | (adjective) having to do with a consul or his office or duties | - |
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consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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consulship | (noun) the post of consul | - |
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consult | (verb) advise professionally | - |
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(verb) seek information from | Synonyms: look up, refer |
(verb) get or ask advice from | Synonyms: confer with |
(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, confer |
consultancy | (noun) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field | - |
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consultant | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: adviser, advisor |
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consultation | (noun) the act of referring or consulting | Synonyms: reference |
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(noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, interview |
(noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question | - |
consultative | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultatory, consultive |
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consultatory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultive |
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consultive | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultatory |
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insulant | (noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulation |
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insular | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island | - |
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(adjective) suggestive of the isolated life of an island | - |
(adjective) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope | Synonyms: parochial |
insularism | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularity, insulation |
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insularity | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularism, insulation |
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insulate | (verb) place or set apart | Synonyms: isolate |
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(verb) protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material | - |
insulation | (noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity | - |
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(noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularism, insularity |
(noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulant |
insulator | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | Synonyms: dielectric, nonconductor |
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insulin | (noun) hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells | - |
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insult | (noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | Synonyms: affront |
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(noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, revilement, vilification |
(verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: affront, diss |
insulting | (adjective) expressing extreme contempt | Synonyms: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful |
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insultingly | (adverb) in an unfair and insulting manner | Synonyms: foully |
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(adverb) in a disrespectful and insulting manner | - |
peninsula | (noun) a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
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peninsular | (adjective) of or forming or resembling a peninsula | - |
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proconsul | (noun) an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul | - |
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(noun) a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire | - |
(noun) an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power | - |
proconsular | (adjective) of or relating to or typical of a proconsul | - |
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proconsulate | (noun) the position of proconsul | Synonyms: proconsulship |
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proconsulship | (noun) the position of proconsul | Synonyms: proconsulate |
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unsullied | (adjective) spotlessly clean and fresh | - |
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(adjective) (of reputation) free from blemishes | Synonyms: stainless, unstained, untainted, untarnished |