calorie | (noun) unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | Synonyms: gram calorie, small calorie |
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disorient | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorientate |
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disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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disorientation | (noun) a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) | Synonyms: freak out |
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(noun) confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | - |
disoriented | (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, lost |
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(adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, anomic |
disorienting | (adjective) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings | - |
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historied | (adjective) having an illustrious past | Synonyms: celebrated, storied |
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kilocalorie | (noun) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | Synonyms: Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
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multistoried | (adjective) having more than one story | Synonyms: multistorey, multistory |
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notoriety | (noun) the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality | Synonyms: ill fame |
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oriel | (noun) a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall | Synonyms: oriel window |
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orient | (noun) the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia | Synonyms: eastern hemisphere |
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(verb) adjust to a specific need or market | Synonyms: tailor |
(verb) familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances | - |
(verb) determine one's position with reference to another point | Synonyms: orientate |
(verb) be oriented | Synonyms: point |
(verb) cause to point | - |
oriental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East | - |
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(adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia; 'oriental civilization' | - |
orientalise | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalize |
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orientalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations | - |
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orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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orientalize | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalise |
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orientate | (verb) determine one's position with reference to another point | Synonyms: orient |
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orientated | (adjective) adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: oriented |
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orientating | (adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually | Synonyms: orienting |
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orientation | (noun) the act of orienting | - |
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(noun) a course introducing a new situation or environment | Synonyms: orientation course |
(noun) an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
(noun) a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships | - |
(noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: predilection, preference |
(noun) position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions | - |
oriented | (adjective) adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: orientated |
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orienting | (adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually | Synonyms: orientating |
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reorient | (verb) set or arrange in a new or different determinate position | - |
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(verb) cause to turn | - |
(verb) orient once again, after a disorientation | Synonyms: reorientate |
reorientate | (verb) orient once again, after a disorientation | Synonyms: reorient |
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reorientation | (noun) the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented | Synonyms: change of direction |
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(noun) a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
storied | (adjective) having an illustrious past | Synonyms: celebrated, historied |
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(adjective) having stories as indicated | Synonyms: storeyed |
unoriented | (adjective) not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained | - |
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whoriental | (noun) An East Asian Whore | - |
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