algorism | (noun) computation with Arabic figures | - |
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(noun) the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration | - |
allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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amorist | (noun) one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love | - |
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amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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aorist | (noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation | - |
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aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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aphorism | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm |
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aphorist | (noun) someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
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aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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(adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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arborist | (noun) a specialist in treating damaged trees | Synonyms: tree surgeon |
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authorisation | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorization, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authority, authorization, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorization, mandate |
authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
authorised | (adjective) endowed with authority | Synonyms: authoritative, authorized |
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authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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behaviorism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behavioristic psychology, behaviourism, behaviouristic psychology |
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behaviorist | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behavioristic, behaviourist, behaviouristic |
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(noun) a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviourist |
behavioristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behaviourist, behaviouristic |
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bioterrorism | (noun) terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare | Synonyms: biological terrorism |
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boorish | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish |
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boorishly | (adverb) like a boor | - |
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boorishness | (noun) inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor | Synonyms: uncouthness |
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(noun) the manner of a rude or insensitive person | - |
calorisator | (noun) an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. | Synonyms: calorizator |
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categorisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorization, classification, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorization, classification |
categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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categorised | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorized |
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chorister | (noun) a singer in a choir | - |
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clitoris | (noun) a female sexual organ homologous to the penis | Synonyms: button, clit |
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colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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colorist | (noun) a painter able to achieve special effects with color | - |
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contemporise | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
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(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
counterterrorism | (noun) a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism | - |
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counterterrorist | (adjective) intended to prevent terrorism | Synonyms: counterterror |
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(noun) someone who attempts to prevent terrorism | - |
decolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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deodorise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorize, deodourise |
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discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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ecoterrorism | (noun) violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists | Synonyms: eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare |
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extemporisation | (noun) a performance given extempore without planning or preparation | Synonyms: extemporization, improvisation |
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extemporise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, improvize |
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exteriorisation | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorization, externalisation, externalization |
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exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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factorisation | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorization |
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factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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femoris | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femur, thighbone |
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florist | (noun) a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold | Synonyms: florist shop, flower store |
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(noun) someone who grows and deals in flowers | - |
folklorism | (noun) Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created. | - |
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glamorisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorization, glamourisation, glamourization |
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glamorise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, glamourize |
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humorist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humourist |
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hypocorism | (noun) a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix) | Synonyms: pet name |
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interiorise | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorize, internalise, internalize |
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meliorism | (noun) the belief that the world can be made better by human effort | - |
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meliorist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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memorisation | (noun) learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | Synonyms: committal to memory, memorization |
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memorise | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, learn, memorize |
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memoriser | (noun) a person who learns by rote | Synonyms: memorizer |
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motorisation | (noun) the act of motorizing (equipping with motors or with motor vehicles) | Synonyms: motorization |
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motorise | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorize |
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motorised | (adjective) equipped with a motor or motors | Synonyms: motored, motorized |
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motorist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: automobilist |
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narcoterrorism | (noun) the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade | - |
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neobehaviorism | (noun) a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality. | - |
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orison | (noun) reverent petition to a deity | Synonyms: petition, prayer |
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reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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temporise | (verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | Synonyms: temporize |
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temporiser | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporizer |
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tenorist | (noun) a musician who plays the tenor saxophone | Synonyms: tenor saxophonist |
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terrorisation | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorization |
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(noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorization |
terrorise | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrify, terrorize |
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(verb) coerce by violence or with threats | Synonyms: terrorize |
terrorism | (noun) the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | Synonyms: act of terrorism, terrorist act |
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terrorist | (noun) a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | - |
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theorisation | (noun) the production or use of theories | Synonyms: theorization |
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theorise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorize |
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theoriser | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theorist, theorizer |
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theorist | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorizer |
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theoterrorism | (noun) terrorism for a religious purpose | - |
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transistorise | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorize |
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transistorised | (adjective) (of an electronic device) equipped with transistors | Synonyms: transistorized |
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tsoris | (noun) (Yiddish) trouble and suffering | - |
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unauthorised | (adjective) not endowed with authority | Synonyms: unauthorized |
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(adjective) without official authorization | Synonyms: unauthorized, wildcat |
uncategorised | (adjective) not categorized or sorted | Synonyms: uncategorized, unsorted |
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unmotorised | (adjective) having no motor | Synonyms: motorless, unmotorized |
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vaporisation | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporization |
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(noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporization, vapour |
vaporise | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporize |
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(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporize |
(verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
(verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
vaporiser | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporizer |
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vaporish | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous |
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vigorish | (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: usury |
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(noun) a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster | Synonyms: rake-off |
watercolorist | (noun) a painter who paints with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolourist |
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