| adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| atropine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides | - |
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| chopine | (noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: platform |
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| coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| cuckoopint | (noun) common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum | Synonyms: Arum maculatum, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies |
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| developing | (adjective) relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply | Synonyms: underdeveloped |
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| (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: development |
| drooping | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: droopy, sagging |
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| (adjective) weak from exhaustion | Synonyms: flagging |
| (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping |
| droopingly | (adverb) in a drooping manner | - |
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| enveloping | (adjective) surrounding and closing in on or hemming in | - |
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| gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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| groping | (adjective) acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence | - |
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| gropingly | (adverb) in an uncertain groping manner | - |
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| looping | (noun) (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained | Synonyms: iteration |
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| luteotropin | (noun) gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | Synonyms: lactogenic hormone, prolactin |
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| nontelescoping | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescopic |
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| opine | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, reckon, suppose, think |
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| (verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: animadvert, sound off, speak out, speak up |
| opinion | (noun) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | Synonyms: ruling |
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| (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: persuasion, sentiment, thought, view |
| (noun) a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people | Synonyms: popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi |
| (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, feeling, impression, notion |
| (noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, legal opinion |
| (noun) a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof | Synonyms: view |
| opinionated | (adjective) obstinate in your opinions | Synonyms: opinionative, self-opinionated |
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| opinionative | (adjective) obstinate in your opinions | Synonyms: opinionated, self-opinionated |
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| popinjay | (noun) an archaic term for a parrot | - |
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| (noun) a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) | - |
| propinquity | (noun) the property of being close together | Synonyms: proximity |
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| ropiness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| roping | (noun) capturing cattle or horses with a lasso | - |
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| scallopine | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopini |
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| scallopini | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopine |
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| sloping | (adjective) having a slanting form or direction | - |
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| (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped |
| slopingly | (adverb) with a slant | Synonyms: slantingly |
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| snoopiness | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, prying |
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| somatotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, STH |
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| stooping | (adjective) having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | Synonyms: crooked, hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped |
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| thyrotropin | (noun) anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland | Synonyms: thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotrophic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotropic hormone, TSH |
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| walloping | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, humongous, thumping, whopping |
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| (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, whipping |