| anxiety | (noun) a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune | - |
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| (noun) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | Synonyms: anxiousness |
| anxiolytic | (adjective) anxiety relieving | - |
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| (noun) a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability | Synonyms: antianxiety drug, anxiolytic drug, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer |
| anxious | (adjective) eagerly desirous | Synonyms: dying |
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| (adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | Synonyms: nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet |
| anxiously | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: apprehensively, uneasily |
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| anxiousness | (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: disquiet |
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| (noun) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | Synonyms: anxiety |
| bonxie | (noun) gull-like jaeger of northern seas | Synonyms: skua |
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| jinx | (noun) an evil spell | Synonyms: curse, hex, whammy |
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| (noun) a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him | Synonyms: jonah |
| (verb) foredoom to failure | - |
| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, witch |
| jinxed | (adjective) (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune | Synonyms: hexed |
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| laryngopharynx | (noun) the lower part of the pharynx | - |
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| larynx | (noun) a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech | Synonyms: voice box |
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| lynx | (noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur | Synonyms: catamount |
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| (noun) a text browser | - |
| meninx | (noun) a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord | Synonyms: meninges |
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| minx | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper |
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| nasopharynx | (noun) cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx | - |
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| oropharynx | (noun) cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth | - |
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| overanxiety | (noun) excessive anxiety | - |
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| overanxious | (adjective) anxious or nervous to an excessive degree | - |
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| phalanx | (noun) any of the bones of the fingers or toes | - |
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| (noun) a body of troops in close array | - |
| (noun) any closely ranked crowd of people | - |
| pharynx | (noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone | Synonyms: throat |
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| salpinx | (noun) a tube in the uterus or the ear | - |
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| sphinx | (noun) one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians | - |
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| (noun) an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret | - |
| syrinx | (noun) the vocal organ of a bird | - |
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| (noun) a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together | Synonyms: pandean pipe, panpipe |