| perfoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem | - |
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| phenolic | (noun) a thermosetting resin | Synonyms: phenolic resin, phenoplast |
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| phospholipid | (noun) any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes | - |
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| photolithograph | (noun) a lithograph produced by photographically produced plates | - |
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| photolithography | (noun) a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image | - |
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| pigeonholing | (noun) a system for classifying things into groups | Synonyms: grouping |
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| pignolia | (noun) edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America | Synonyms: pine nut, pinon nut |
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| police | (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: constabulary, law, police force |
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| (verb) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | Synonyms: patrol |
| policeman | (noun) a male member of a police force | - |
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| policewoman | (noun) a woman policeman | Synonyms: police matron |
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| policy | (noun) a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group | - |
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| (noun) a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government | - |
| (noun) written contract or certificate of insurance | Synonyms: insurance, insurance policy |
| policyholder | (noun) a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written | - |
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| polio | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis |
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| poliomyelitis | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, polio |
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| poliosis | (noun) loss of color from the hair | - |
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| poliovirus | (noun) the virus causing poliomyelitis | - |
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| polish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, glossiness |
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| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, refinement |
| (noun) a preparation used in polishing | - |
| (verb) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state | Synonyms: brush up, polish up, round, round off |
| (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | Synonyms: down, fine-tune, refine |
| (verb) make (a surface) shine | Synonyms: shine, smooth, smoothen |
| polished | (adjective) perfected or made shiny and smooth | - |
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| (adjective) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | Synonyms: milled |
| (adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | Synonyms: refined, urbane |
| (adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: dressed |
| polisher | (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: buffer |
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| polishing | (noun) the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | Synonyms: shining |
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| politburo | (noun) the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party | - |
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| polite | (adjective) showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. | - |
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| (adjective) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | Synonyms: civil |
| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel |
| politely | (adverb) in a polite manner | Synonyms: courteously |
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| politeness | (noun) the act of showing regard for others | Synonyms: civility |
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| (noun) a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage | Synonyms: niceness |
| politesse | (noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, gallantry |
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| politic | (adjective) marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness | - |
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| (adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | Synonyms: bland, smooth, suave |
| political | (adjective) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to the profession of governing | - |
| politically | (adverb) with regard to social relationships involving authority | - |
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| (adverb) with regard to government | - |
| politicalness | (noun) The state or quality of concerning or being related to politics, the art and process of governing. | - |
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| politician | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politico |
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| (noun) a leader engaged in civil administration | - |
| (noun) a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways | - |
| politicise | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicize |
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| politicize | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicise |
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| politick | (verb) engage in political activities | - |
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| politico | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politician |
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| politics | (noun) the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs | - |
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| (noun) the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government | - |
| (noun) the study of government of states and other political units | Synonyms: government, political science |
| (noun) the opinion you hold with respect to political questions | Synonyms: political sympathies |
| (noun) social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power | Synonyms: political relation |
| polity | (noun) shrewd or crafty management of public affairs | - |
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| (noun) a politically organized unit | - |
| (noun) the form of government of a social organization | Synonyms: civil order |
| portfolio | (noun) the role of the head of a government department | - |
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| (noun) a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather | - |
| (noun) a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution | - |
| (noun) a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers | - |
| proliferate | (verb) grow rapidly | - |
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| (verb) cause to grow or increase rapidly | - |
| proliferation | (noun) growth by the rapid multiplication of parts | - |
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| (noun) a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons) | - |
| prolific | (adjective) bearing in abundance especially offspring | Synonyms: fertile |
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| (adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fecund, fertile |
| prolificacy | (noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | Synonyms: fertility, rankness, richness |
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| proline | (noun) an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen) | - |
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| prolix | (adjective) tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length | Synonyms: verbal |
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| prolixity | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixness, windiness, wordiness |
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| prolixness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, windiness, wordiness |
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| psycholinguist | (noun) a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language | - |
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| psycholinguistic | (adjective) of or relating to the psychology of language | - |
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| psycholinguistics | (noun) the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance | - |
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| pyroligneous | (adjective) of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation | Synonyms: pyrolignic |
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| pyrolignic | (adjective) of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation | Synonyms: pyroligneous |
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| quinquefoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having five leaflets | - |
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| ravioli | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: cappelletti |
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| realpolitik | (noun) politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations | Synonyms: practical politics |
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| rhodolite | (noun) a red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone | - |
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| rhyolite | (noun) very acid volcanic rock | - |
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| rolypoliness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: chubbiness, pudginess, tubbiness |
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| saprolite | (noun) a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place | - |
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| saxicoline | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxatile, saxicolous |
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| scholia | (noun) a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) | Synonyms: scholium |
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| scholiast | (noun) a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | - |
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| scholium | (noun) a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) | Synonyms: scholia |
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| schooling | (noun) the act of teaching at school | - |
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| (noun) the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage) | - |
| (noun) the process of being formally educated at a school | Synonyms: school |
| sciolism | (noun) pretentious superficiality of knowledge | - |
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| sciolist | (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, dilettante |
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| sciolistic | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantish |
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| scolion | (noun) a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet | Synonyms: banquet song |
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| scoliosis | (noun) an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column | - |
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| semipolitical | (adjective) political in some (but not all) aspects | - |
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| semisolid | (adjective) partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid | - |
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| semolina | (noun) milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta | - |
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| sepiolite | (noun) a white clayey mineral | Synonyms: meerschaum |
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| shambolic | (adjective) (British slang) disorderly or chaotic | - |
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| shambolically | (adverb) in a shambolic manner | - |
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| shopaholic | (noun) a compulsive shopper | - |
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| sialolith | (noun) a stone formed in the salivary gland | Synonyms: salivary calculus |
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| sociolinguist | (noun) a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication | - |
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| sociolinguistic | (adjective) of or relating to sociolinguistics | - |
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| sociolinguistically | (adverb) with respect to sociolinguistics | - |
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| sociolinguistics | (noun) the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context | - |
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| solicit | (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, tap |
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| (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, hook |
| (verb) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | - |
| (verb) make a solicitation or petition for something desired | - |
| (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, romance, woo |
| solicitation | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: allurement |
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| (noun) an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status | - |
| (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, ingathering |
| solicitor | (noun) a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents | - |
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| (noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | Synonyms: canvasser |
| solicitorship | (noun) the position of solicitor | - |
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| solicitous | (adjective) showing hovering attentiveness | - |
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| (adjective) full of anxiety and concern | - |
| solicitously | (adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner | - |
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| solicitousness | (noun) a feeling of excessive concern | Synonyms: solicitude |
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| solicitude | (noun) a feeling of excessive concern | Synonyms: solicitousness |
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| solid | (adjective) of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous | - |
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| (adjective) entirely of one substance with no holes inside | - |
| (adjective) having length, breadth and thickness | - |
| (adjective) characterized by good substantial quality | - |
| (adjective) not soft or yielding to pressure | Synonyms: firm |
| (adjective) of one substance or character throughout | - |
| (adjective) impenetrable for the eye | - |
| (adjective) meriting respect or esteem | Synonyms: upstanding |
| (adjective) of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial | - |
| (adjective) financially dependable | - |
| (adjective) of good quality and condition; solidly built | Synonyms: strong, substantial |
| (adjective) uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks | - |
| (adjective) acting together as a single undiversified whole | Synonyms: unanimous, whole |
| (adjective) providing abundant nourishment | Synonyms: hearty, satisfying, square, substantial |
| (adjective) of the same color throughout | Synonyms: self-colored, self-coloured |
| (noun) a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume | - |
| (noun) the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape | Synonyms: solid state, solidness |
| (noun) matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure | - |
| solidarity | (noun) a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group | - |
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| solidification | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidifying |
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| solidified | (adjective) changed into a solid mass | Synonyms: coagulated |
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| solidify | (verb) become solid | - |
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| (verb) make solid or more solid; cause to solidify | - |
| solidifying | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidification |
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| solidity | (noun) the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally | Synonyms: solidness |
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| (noun) the consistency of a solid | Synonyms: solidness |
| (noun) state of having the interior filled with matter | - |
| solidly | (adverb) with strength and soundness | - |
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| (adverb) as an undiversified whole | - |
| solidness | (noun) the quality of being substantial or having substance | Synonyms: substantiality, substantialness |
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| (noun) the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally | Synonyms: solidity |
| (noun) the consistency of a solid | Synonyms: solidity |
| (noun) the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape | Synonyms: solid, solid state |
| solidus | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, stroke, virgule |
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| (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezant, bezzant, byzant |
| soliloquise | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, monologuize, soliloquize |
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| soliloquize | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, monologuize, soliloquise |
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| soliloquy | (noun) speech you make to yourself | Synonyms: monologue |
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| (noun) a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections | - |