audiotape | (noun) magnetic tape for use in recording sound | - |
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(noun) a tape recording of sound | - |
autoerotic | (adjective) sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation) | - |
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autoeroticism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoerotism |
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autoerotism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoeroticism |
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automotive | (adjective) of or relating to motor vehicles | - |
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(adjective) containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement | Synonyms: self-propelled, self-propelling |
autopilot | (noun) a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course | Synonyms: automatic pilot, robot pilot |
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(noun) a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness | Synonyms: automatic pilot |
autostereotype | (noun) the standardized mental picture held in common by members of a cultural group depicting an oversimplified image of themselves and their behaviour. | - |
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autotelic | (adjective) of or relating to or believing in autotelism | - |
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autotelism | (noun) belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification | - |
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autotomic | (adjective) of or relating to autotomy | - |
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autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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autotomy | (noun) spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack | - |
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autotroph | (noun) plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | Synonyms: autophyte, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism |
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autotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis | Synonyms: autophytic |
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autotype | (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: facsimile |
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(noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotypy |
autotypic | (adjective) of or relating to autotypy | - |
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autotypy | (noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotype |
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avitaminotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis | - |
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axolotl | (noun) larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing | Synonyms: Ambystoma mexicanum, mud puppy |
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azotaemia | (noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | Synonyms: azotemia, uraemia, uremia |
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azote | (noun) an obsolete name for nitrogen | - |
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azotemia | (noun) accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | Synonyms: azotaemia, uraemia, uremia |
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azotemic | (adjective) of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency) | Synonyms: uraemic, uremic |
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azotic | (adjective) of or containing nitrogen | Synonyms: nitric, nitrous |
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azoturia | (noun) excess of urea in the urine | - |
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backcloth | (noun) scenery hung at back of stage | Synonyms: backdrop, background |
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ballot | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: balloting, vote, voting |
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(noun) a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting | - |
(verb) vote by ballot | - |
balloting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, vote, voting |
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ballottement | (noun) a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
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balsamroot | (noun) a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots | - |
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bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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banknote | (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
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barefoot | (adjective) without shoes | Synonyms: barefooted, shoeless |
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(adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefooted |
barefooted | (adjective) without shoes | Synonyms: barefoot, shoeless |
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(adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefoot |
bedclothes | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedding |
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beetroot | (noun) round red root vegetable | Synonyms: beet |
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(noun) beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris rubra |
begotten | (adjective) (of offspring) generated by procreation | - |
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behemoth | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: colossus, giant, goliath, monster |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan |
bellbottom | (adjective) (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom | Synonyms: bell-bottom, bell-bottomed |
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bergamot | (noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy | Synonyms: bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia |
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besot | (verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation | Synonyms: stupefy |
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besotted | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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bespot | (verb) mark with, or as if with, spots | - |
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betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
betrothed | (adjective) pledged to be married | Synonyms: bespoken, engaged |
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(noun) the person to whom you are engaged | - |
bibliothec | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: librarian |
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bibliotheca | (noun) a collection of books | - |
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bibliothecal | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecarial |
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bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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bibliotic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliotics | - |
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bibliotics | (noun) the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity | - |
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bibliotist | (noun) someone who engages in bibliotics | - |
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bigot | (noun) a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own | - |
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bigoted | (adjective) blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others | - |
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bigotry | (noun) the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot | - |
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bimotored | (adjective) having two motors | - |
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biota | (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region | Synonyms: biology |
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biotech | (noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | Synonyms: biotechnology |
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biotechnology | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: bioengineering, ergonomics |
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(noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | Synonyms: biotech |
bioterrorism | (noun) terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare | Synonyms: biological terrorism |
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biotic | (adjective) of or relating to living organisms | - |
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biotin | (noun) a B vitamin that aids in body growth | Synonyms: vitamin H |
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biotite | (noun) dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
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biotitic | (adjective) relating to or involving biotite | - |
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biotype | (noun) organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared | - |
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biotypic | (adjective) of or relating to a biotype | - |
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birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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bitterroot | (noun) showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower | Synonyms: Lewisia rediviva |
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blastomycotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis | - |
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bloodroot | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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bloodshot | (adjective) (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed | - |
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blot | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: smear, smirch, spot, stain |
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(noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot |
(verb) dry (ink) with blotting paper | - |
(verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blob, fleck, spot |
blotch | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: splodge, splotch |
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(verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: mottle, streak |
blotched | (adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | Synonyms: blotchy, splotched |
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blotchy | (adjective) marred by discolored spots or blotches | - |
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(adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | Synonyms: blotched, splotched |
blotter | (noun) the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station | Synonyms: charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet |
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(noun) absorbent paper used to dry ink | Synonyms: blotting paper |
blotto | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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bluebottle | (noun) blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight | Synonyms: Calliphora vicina |
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(noun) an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers | Synonyms: bachelor's button, Centaurea cyanus, cornflower |
bookcloth | (noun) a woven fabric (usually cotton) used for book covers. | Synonyms: book cloth |
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boot | (noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | Synonyms: kick, kicking |
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(noun) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed | - |
(noun) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg | - |
(noun) compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools | Synonyms: automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk |
(noun) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg | Synonyms: iron boot, iron heel, the boot |
(noun) protective casing for something that resembles a leg | - |
(noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
(verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | Synonyms: bring up, reboot |
(verb) kick; give a boot to | - |
bootblack | (noun) a person who polishes shoes and boots | Synonyms: shoeblack |
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bootboys | (noun) a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism | Synonyms: skinheads |
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booted | (adjective) wearing boots | - |
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bootee | (noun) a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | Synonyms: bootie |
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booth | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: cubicle, kiosk, stall |
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(noun) a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment | - |
(noun) a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches | - |
boothose | (noun) protective stockings worn with or in place of boots | - |
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bootie | (noun) a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | Synonyms: bootee |
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bootjack | (noun) has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots | - |
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bootlace | (noun) a long lace for fastening boots | - |
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bootleg | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, contraband, smuggled |
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(noun) the part of a boot above the instep | - |
(noun) whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash | Synonyms: corn liquor, moonshine |
(verb) produce or distribute illegally | - |
(verb) sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol | - |
bootlegger | (noun) someone who makes or sells illegal liquor | Synonyms: moonshiner |
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bootlegging | (noun) the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally | - |
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(noun) the act of selling illegally or without permission | - |
bootless | (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain |
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bootlick | (verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | Synonyms: fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle |
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bootlicker | (noun) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | Synonyms: apple polisher, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler |
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bootlicking | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish |
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(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery | Synonyms: fawning, sycophantic, toadyish |
bootmaker | (noun) a maker of boots | Synonyms: boot maker |
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bootstrap | (noun) a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on | - |
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(verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |