| flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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| fluorochrome | (noun) any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens | - |
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| foetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: fetometry |
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| foment | (verb) bathe with warm water or medicated lotions | - |
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| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: agitate, stir up |
| fomentation | (noun) deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) | Synonyms: instigation |
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| (noun) application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation | - |
| (noun) a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice | - |
| fomenter | (noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker | Synonyms: agitator |
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| foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
| frolicsome | (adjective) given to merry frolicking | Synonyms: coltish, frolicky, rollicking, sportive |
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| frolicsomeness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: friskiness, sportiveness |
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| fulsome | (adjective) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | Synonyms: buttery, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous |
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| fulsomely | (adverb) in an unctuous manner | Synonyms: smarmily, unctuously |
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| fulsomeness | (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
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| (noun) excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm | Synonyms: smarm, unction |
| galvanometer | (noun) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents | - |
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| gasometer | (noun) a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel | Synonyms: gas holder |
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| (noun) a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe | Synonyms: gas meter |
| gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
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| genome | (noun) the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism | - |
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| geometer | (noun) a mathematician specializing in geometry | Synonyms: geometrician |
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| geometric | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometrical |
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| (adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometrical |
| geometrical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometric |
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| (adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometric |
| geometrically | (adverb) in a geometric fashion | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to geometry | - |
| geometrician | (noun) a mathematician specializing in geometry | Synonyms: geometer |
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| geometrid | (noun) slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms | Synonyms: geometrid moth |
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| geometry | (noun) the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces | - |
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| gladsome | (adjective) experiencing or expressing gladness or joy | - |
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| gladsomeness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladness |
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| glomerular | (adjective) of or relating to glomeruli | - |
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| glomerule | (noun) a compacted or sessile cyme | - |
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| glomerulonephritis | (noun) nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema | - |
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| glomerulus | (noun) a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation | - |
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| gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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| gnome | (noun) a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | - |
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| (noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure | Synonyms: dwarf |
| goniometer | (noun) direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals | - |
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| groomed | (adjective) neat and smart in appearance; well cared for | - |
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| gruesome | (adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | Synonyms: ghastly, grim, grisly, macabre, sick |
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| gruesomely | (adverb) in a gruesome manner | - |
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| gruesomeness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: ghastliness, grimness, luridness |
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| haematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: hematocolpometra |
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| handsome | (adjective) pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion | Synonyms: better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, on fleek, well-favored, well-favoured |
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| (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded |
| handsomely | (adverb) in a generously handsome manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an attractively handsome manner | - |
| handsomeness | (noun) the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) | Synonyms: good looks |
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| hectometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometre, hm |
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| hectometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometer, hm |
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| heliometer | (noun) an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope | - |
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| hematochrome | (noun) a reddish coloring material found in some algae | - |
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| hematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: haematocolpometra |
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| hepatomegaly | (noun) abnormal enlargement of the liver | Synonyms: megalohepatia |
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| heterometabolic | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolous |
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| heterometabolism | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometaboly |
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| heterometabolous | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolic |
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| heterometaboly | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometabolism |
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| hippodrome | (noun) a stadium for horse shows or horse races | - |
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| hodometer | (noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed | Synonyms: mileometer, milometer, odometer |
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| holometabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabola |
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| holometabolic | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabolous |
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| holometabolism | (noun) complete metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: holometaboly |
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| holometabolous | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabolic |
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| holometaboly | (noun) complete metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: holometabolism |
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| home | (adjective) used of your own ground | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are | - |
| (adjective) inside the country | Synonyms: interior, internal, national |
| (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation |
| (noun) an institution where people are cared for | Synonyms: nursing home, rest home |
| (noun) (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | Synonyms: home base, home plate, plate |
| (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, house, household, menage |
| (noun) the country or state or city where you live | - |
| (noun) place where something began and flourished | - |
| (noun) where you live at a particular time | Synonyms: place |
| (noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | Synonyms: base |
| (noun) an environment offering affection and security | - |
| (adverb) at or to or in the direction of one's home or family | - |
| (adverb) to the fullest extent; to the heart | - |
| (adverb) on or to the point aimed at | - |
| (verb) return home accurately from a long distance | - |
| (verb) provide with, or send to, a home | - |
| homebody | (noun) a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel | Synonyms: stay-at-home |
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| homebound | (adjective) confined usually by illness | Synonyms: housebound, shut-in |
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| (noun) people who are confined to their homes | - |
| homeboy | (noun) a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown | - |
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| (noun) a fellow male member of a youth gang | - |
| homebrew | (noun) an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home | Synonyms: home brew |
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| homebuilder | (noun) someone who builds houses as a business | Synonyms: home-builder, house-builder, housebuilder |
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| homecoming | (noun) a coming to or returning home | Synonyms: return |
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| (noun) an annual school or university reunion for graduates | - |
| homefolk | (noun) the people of your home locality (especially your own family) | - |
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| homegirl | (noun) a fellow female member of a youth gang | - |
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| homegrown | (adjective) grown or originating in a particular place | - |
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| homeland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| homeless | (adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | Synonyms: dispossessed, roofless |
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| (adjective) without nationality or citizenship | Synonyms: stateless |
| (noun) poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in | - |
| (noun) someone unfortunate without housing | Synonyms: homeless person |
| homelessness | (noun) the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) | - |
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| homelike | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homely, homey, homy |
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| homeliness | (noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | Synonyms: plainness |
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| (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, drabness |
| homely | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homelike, homey, homy |
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| (adjective) without artificial refinement or elegance | - |
| (adjective) plain and unpretentious | - |
| (adjective) lacking in physical beauty or proportion | Synonyms: plain |
| homemade | (adjective) made or produced in the home or by yourself | - |
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| homemaker | (noun) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | Synonyms: housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house |
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| homemaking | (noun) the management of a household | - |
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| homeobox | (noun) one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development | Synonyms: homeobox gene |
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| homeopath | (noun) a practitioner of homeopathy | Synonyms: homoeopath |
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| homeopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of homeopathy | Synonyms: homoeopathic |
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| homeopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated | Synonyms: homoeopathy |
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| homeostasis | (noun) (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes | - |
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| homeostatic | (adjective) related to or characterized by homeostasis | - |
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| homeostatically | (adverb) in a homeostatic manner | - |
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| homeotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homoiotherm, homotherm |
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| homeothermic | (adjective) of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature | Synonyms: homoiothermic, homothermic |
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| homeowner | (noun) someone who owns a home | Synonyms: householder |
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| homepage | (noun) the opening page of a web site; also, the first page opened when a web browser is launched (default or start-up page) | Synonyms: home page |
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| homer | (noun) a base hit on which the batter scores a run | Synonyms: home run |
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| (noun) pigeon trained to return home | Synonyms: homing pigeon |
| (noun) an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs | Synonyms: kor |
| (verb) hit a home run | - |
| homeroom | (noun) a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business | Synonyms: home room |
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| homesick | (adjective) longing to return home | - |
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| homesickness | (noun) a longing to return home | - |
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| homespun | (adjective) made of cloth spun or woven in the home | - |
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| (adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface | Synonyms: nubbly, nubby, slubbed, tweedy |
| (adjective) characteristic of country life | Synonyms: cracker-barrel |
| (noun) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home | - |
| homestead | (noun) dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land | - |
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| (noun) the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family | - |
| (noun) land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law | - |
| (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | - |
| homesteader | (noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it | Synonyms: nester, squatter |
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| homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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| (noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
| hometown | (noun) the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence | - |
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| homeward | (adjective) oriented toward home | Synonyms: homeward-bound |
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| (adverb) toward home | Synonyms: homewards |
| homewards | (adverb) toward home | Synonyms: homeward |
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| homework | (noun) work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home | Synonyms: school assignment, schoolwork |
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| homey | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homelike, homely, homy |
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