| important | (adjective) of great significance or value | Synonyms: of import |
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| (adjective) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | Synonyms: crucial |
| (adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: significant |
| (adjective) having or suggesting a consciousness of high position | - |
| (adjective) having authority or ascendancy or influence | Synonyms: authoritative |
| importantly | (adverb) in an important way | - |
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| (adverb) in an important way or to an important degree | Synonyms: significantly |
| importation | (noun) the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | Synonyms: importing |
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| (noun) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
| imported | (adjective) used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source | - |
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| importee | (noun) an imported person brought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
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| importer | (noun) someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) | - |
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| importing | (noun) the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | Synonyms: importation |
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| importunate | (adjective) persistent to the point of annoying | - |
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| (adjective) expressing persistant and earnest entreaty | - |
| importunately | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, entreatingly, imploringly, pleadingly |
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| importunateness | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunity |
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| importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: insist |
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| importunity | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunateness |
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| (noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty | Synonyms: urgency, urging |
| inopportune | (adjective) not opportune | - |
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| inopportunely | (adverb) at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: malapropos |
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| inopportuneness | (noun) the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: untimeliness |
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| insupportable | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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| kelpwort | (noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
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| kicksorter | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass | Synonyms: pulse height analyzer |
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| leadwort | (noun) a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers | Synonyms: Plumbago europaea |
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| liverwort | (noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | Synonyms: hepatic |
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| madderwort | (noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae | Synonyms: rubiaceous plant |
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| madwort | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers | Synonyms: alyssum |
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| mailsorter | (noun) a sorter for sorting mail according to the address | - |
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| masterwort | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: astrantia |
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| meteortropism | (noun) an effect of climate on biological processes (as the effect on joint pains etc.) | - |
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| milkwort | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Polygala | - |
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| mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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| misfortunate | (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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| misfortune | (noun) unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | Synonyms: bad luck |
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| (noun) an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | Synonyms: bad luck, ill luck, tough luck |
| miterwort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, mitrewort |
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| mitrewort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, miterwort |
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| moneywort | (noun) a loosestrife vine | Synonyms: creeping Charlie, creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia |
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| moonwort | (noun) of America and Eurasia and Australia | Synonyms: Botrychium lunaria, common moonwort |
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| moorwort | (noun) wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States | Synonyms: Andromeda glaucophylla, bog rosemary |
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| mortal | (adjective) subject to death | - |
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| (adjective) unrelenting and deadly | - |
| (adjective) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death | Synonyms: deadly |
| (adjective) causing or capable of causing death | Synonyms: deadly, deathly |
| (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, person, somebody, someone, soul |
| mortality | (noun) the quality or state of being mortal | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | Synonyms: death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate |
| mortally | (adverb) in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.) | - |
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| mortar | (noun) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range | Synonyms: howitzer, trench mortar |
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| (noun) a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle | - |
| (noun) used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall | - |
| (verb) plaster with mortar | - |
| mortarboard | (noun) an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top | - |
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| (noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar | Synonyms: hawk |
| mortgage | (noun) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | - |
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| (verb) put up as security or collateral | - |
| mortgaged | (adjective) burdened with legal or financial obligations | - |
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| mortgagee | (noun) the person who accepts a mortgage | Synonyms: mortgage holder |
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| mortgager | (noun) the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid | Synonyms: mortgagor |
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| mortgagor | (noun) the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid | Synonyms: mortgager |
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| mortice | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortise |
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| (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortise |
| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortise |
| mortician | (noun) one whose business is the management of funerals | Synonyms: funeral director, funeral undertaker, undertaker |
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| mortification | (noun) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) | - |
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| (noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect | Synonyms: humiliation |
| (noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: chagrin, humiliation |
| (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: gangrene, necrosis, sphacelus |
| mortified | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | Synonyms: embarrassed, humiliated |
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| (adjective) suffering from tissue death | Synonyms: gangrenous |
| mortify | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, necrose, sphacelate |
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| (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, subdue |
| (verb) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | - |
| mortifying | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humbling, humiliating |
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| (adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: embarrassing |
| mortise | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortice |
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| (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortice |
| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortice |
| mortmain | (noun) the oppressive influence of past events or decisions | Synonyms: dead hand, dead hand of the past |
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| (noun) real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) | Synonyms: dead hand |
| mortuary | (adjective) of or relating to a funeral | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of death | - |
| (noun) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | Synonyms: dead room, morgue |
| motherwort | (noun) bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers | Synonyms: Leonurus cardiaca |
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| motortruck | (noun) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | Synonyms: truck |
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| mugwort | (noun) any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia | - |
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| neocortex | (noun) the cortical part of the neencephalon | Synonyms: neopallium |
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| neocortical | (adjective) of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum | - |
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| newsworthiness | (noun) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | Synonyms: news |
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| newsworthy | (adjective) sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper | - |
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| north | (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north | - |
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| (noun) a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city | - |
| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees | Synonyms: due north, N, northward |
| (noun) the direction in which a compass needle points | Synonyms: compass north, magnetic north |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point | - |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: northerly, northward, northwards |
| northbound | (adjective) moving toward the north | Synonyms: northward |
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| northeast | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeasterly, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeasterly |
| (noun) a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
| (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeastward |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point | - |
| (adverb) to, toward, or in the northeast | Synonyms: nor'-east, north-east |
| northeaster | (noun) a storm blowing from the northeast | Synonyms: noreaster |
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| northeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeast |
| northeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including the New England states, New York, and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeasterly |
| northeastward | (adjective) toward the northeast | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeast |
| (adverb) in a northeastward direction | Synonyms: northeastwardly |
| northeastwardly | (adverb) in a northeastward direction | Synonyms: northeastward |
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| norther | (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: boreas, north wind, northerly |
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| northerly | (adjective) coming from the north; used especially of wind | Synonyms: northern |
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| (adjective) oriented toward the north | Synonyms: northern |
| (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: boreas, north wind, norther |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northward, northwards |
| northern | (adjective) situated in regions of the north | - |
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| (adjective) in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line | - |
| (adjective) coming from the north; used especially of wind | Synonyms: northerly |
| (adjective) oriented toward the north | Synonyms: northerly |
| northernmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northmost |
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| northernness | (noun) the property of being to the north | - |
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| northland | (noun) any region lying in or toward the north | - |
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| northmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northernmost |
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| northward | (adjective) moving toward the north | Synonyms: northbound |
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| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees | Synonyms: due north, N, north |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northwards |
| northwards | (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northward |
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| northwest | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwesterly, northwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northwest | Synonyms: northwesterly |
| (noun) a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city | - |
| (noun) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees | Synonyms: nor'-west, northwestward, NW |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point | - |
| (adverb) to, toward, or in the northwest | Synonyms: nor'-west, north-west |
| northwester | (noun) a wind from the northwest | Synonyms: northwest wind |
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| northwesterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northwest | Synonyms: northwest |
| northwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwesterly |
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| (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and sometimes Montana, Wyoming | - |
| northwestward | (adjective) toward the northwest | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees | Synonyms: nor'-west, northwest, NW |
| (adverb) in a northwestward direction | Synonyms: northwestwardly |
| northwestwardly | (adverb) in a northwestward direction | Synonyms: northwestward |
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| nortriptyline | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs | Synonyms: Pamelor |
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| noteworthy | (adjective) worthy of attention | Synonyms: notable, remarkable |
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| opportune | (adjective) suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose | - |
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| opportunely | (adverb) conveniently | - |
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| opportuneness | (noun) timely convenience | Synonyms: patness, timeliness |
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| opportunism | (noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: expedience, self-interest, self-seeking |
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| opportunist | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunistic, timeserving |
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| (noun) a person who places expediency above principle | Synonyms: self-seeker |
| opportunistic | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunist, timeserving |
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| opportunity | (noun) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | Synonyms: chance |
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| orthicon | (noun) a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons | Synonyms: image orthicon |
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| orthochorea | (noun) a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect | - |
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| orthoclase | (noun) a white or colored monoclinic feldspar | - |
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| orthodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | Synonyms: dental orthopaedics, dental orthopedics, orthodontics, orthodonture |
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| orthodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics | - |
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| orthodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | Synonyms: dental orthopaedics, dental orthopedics, orthodontia, orthodonture |
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| orthodontist | (noun) a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | - |
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| orthodonture | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | Synonyms: dental orthopaedics, dental orthopedics, orthodontia, orthodontics |
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