endothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat | Synonyms: endothermal, heat-absorbing |
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endotoxin | (noun) a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die | - |
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enterotomy | (noun) surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine | Synonyms: enterostomy |
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enterotoxemia | (noun) a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines | - |
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enterotoxin | (noun) a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa | - |
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entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
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entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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(noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
enzootic | (adjective) of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases | - |
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eolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: aeolotropic |
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epiglottis | (noun) a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing | - |
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epiglottitis | (noun) inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing | - |
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epiphytotic | (adjective) (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area | - |
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episiotomy | (noun) surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth | - |
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epizootic | (adjective) (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region | - |
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equipotent | (adjective) having equal strength or efficacy | - |
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ergot | (noun) a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid | Synonyms: Claviceps purpurea |
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(noun) a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus | - |
ergotamine | (noun) an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine | - |
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ergotic | (adjective) relating to or produced by ergot | - |
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ergotine | (noun) a powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance, used to produce contraction of the uterus. | - |
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ergotism | (noun) poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs | - |
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ergotropic | (adjective) of or relating to ergotropism | - |
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ergotropism | (noun) an affinity for work | - |
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erotic | (adjective) giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing | Synonyms: titillating |
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(noun) an erotic person | - |
erotica | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: porn, porno, pornography, smut |
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erotically | (adverb) in an erotic manner | - |
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eroticism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness |
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(noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: erotism |
eroticize | (verb) give erotic character to or make more interesting | Synonyms: sex up |
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erotism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, sexiness |
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(noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: eroticism |
escargot | (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: snail |
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eschalot | (noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | Synonyms: Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, multiplier onion, shallot |
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esoteric | (adjective) confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | - |
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esoterica | (noun) secrets known only to an initiated minority | - |
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esotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose | Synonyms: convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye |
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eucaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eukaryote |
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eucaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eukaryotic |
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eukaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eucaryote |
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eukaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eucaryotic |
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excitotoxin | (noun) any of a group of neurologically active compounds, such as glutamate and aspartame, that have detrimental excitatory effects on the central nervous system when taken in high concentrations. | - |
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exoteric | (adjective) suitable for the general public | - |
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exotherm | (noun) a compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition | - |
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exothermal | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat | Synonyms: exothermic, heat-releasing |
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exothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat | Synonyms: exothermal, heat-releasing |
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exotic | (adjective) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: alien |
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(adjective) strikingly strange or unusual | - |
exoticism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticness, exotism |
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exoticness | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exotism |
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exotism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exoticness |
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exotoxin | (noun) a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium | - |
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exotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, walleye |
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eyeshot | (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: view |
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eyespot | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: ocellus |
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eyetooth | (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth |
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factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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faggot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: fagot |
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(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
(verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot | Synonyms: faggot up, fagot |
(verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them | Synonyms: fagot |
(verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch | Synonyms: fagot |
faggoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: fagoting |
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fagot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: faggot |
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(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
(verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot | Synonyms: faggot, faggot up |
(verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them | Synonyms: faggot |
(verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch | Synonyms: faggot |
fagoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: faggoting |
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famotidine | (noun) a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux | Synonyms: Pepcid |
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feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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fetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: foetoprotein |
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feverroot | (noun) coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers | Synonyms: horse gentian, tinker's root, Triostium perfoliatum, wild coffee |
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fingerroot | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower |
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flagroot | (noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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flatbottom | (adjective) having a flat bottom | Synonyms: flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottomed |
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flatbottomed | (adjective) having a flat bottom | Synonyms: flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottom |
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flatfoot | (noun) a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out | Synonyms: pes planus, splayfoot |
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(noun) a policeman who patrols a given region | Synonyms: patrolman |
flatfooted | (adjective) forthright and explicit | Synonyms: flat-footed |
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(adjective) with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe | Synonyms: flat-footed |
(adjective) having broad flat feet that usually turn outward | Synonyms: flat-footed |
(adjective) unprepared and unable to react quickly | Synonyms: flat-footed |
flotation | (noun) financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares | Synonyms: floatation |
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(noun) the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) | Synonyms: floatation |
flotilla | (noun) a fleet of small craft | - |
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(noun) a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships | - |
flotsam | (noun) the floating wreckage of a ship | Synonyms: jetsam |
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flowerpot | (noun) a container in which plants are cultivated | Synonyms: pot |
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foetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: fetoprotein |
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foot | (noun) travel by walking | - |
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(noun) any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates | Synonyms: invertebrate foot |
(noun) the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings | Synonyms: animal foot |
(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
(noun) a support resembling a pedal extremity | - |
(noun) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint | Synonyms: human foot, pes |
(noun) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | Synonyms: metrical foot, metrical unit |
(noun) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | Synonyms: infantry |
(noun) the lower part of anything | - |
(noun) a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger | - |
(noun) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard | Synonyms: ft |
(verb) add a column of numbers | Synonyms: foot up |
(verb) walk | Synonyms: hoof, hoof it, leg it |
(verb) pay for something | Synonyms: pick |
footage | (noun) film that has been shot | - |
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(noun) a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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(noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
footballer | (noun) an athlete who plays American football | Synonyms: football player |
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footbath | (noun) a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet | - |
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footboard | (noun) a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead | - |
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(noun) a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet | - |
footbridge | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: overcrossing, pedestrian bridge |
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footcandle | (noun) a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle | - |
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footed | (adjective) having feet | - |
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footedness | (noun) the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball) | - |
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footer | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footnote |
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(noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: pedestrian, walker |
(noun) (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet | - |
footfall | (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footstep, step |
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footfault | (noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline | - |
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footgear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footwear |
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foothill | (noun) a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain | - |
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foothold | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: beachhead |
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(noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: footing |
(noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: bridgehead |
footing | (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: foothold |
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(noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: basis, ground |
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups | Synonyms: terms |
footle | (verb) act foolishly, as by talking nonsense | - |
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(verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
footless | (adjective) having no feet or analogous appendages | - |
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footlights | (noun) theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors | - |
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footling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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footlocker | (noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: locker |
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footloose | (adjective) free to go or do as one pleases | - |
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footman | (noun) a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores | - |
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footmark | (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footprint, step |
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footnote | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footer |
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(verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: annotate |
footpad | (noun) a highwayman who robs on foot | Synonyms: padder |
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footpath | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: pathway |
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footplate | (noun) the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls | - |
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