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 |
eucaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eukaryotic |
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eukaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eucaryotic |
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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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faggoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: fagoting |
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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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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 | - |
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 |
guillotine | (noun) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people | - |
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(noun) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill | Synonyms: closure by compartment |
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine | - |
hidrotic | (adjective) of or relating to sweat | - |
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homoerotic | (adjective) of or concerning homosexual love | - |
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homoeroticism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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hypermotility | (noun) excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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hypnotic | (adjective) of or relating to hypnosis | - |
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(adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding |
(noun) a drug that induces sleep | Synonyms: soporific |
hypnotically | (adverb) by means of hypnotism | - |
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hypnotise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize |
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hypnotised | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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hypnotiser | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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hypnotism | (noun) the act of inducing hypnosis | Synonyms: mesmerism, suggestion |
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hypnotist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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hypnotize | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, mesmerise, mesmerize |
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hypnotized | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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hypnotizer | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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idiotic | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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(adjective) insanely irresponsible | Synonyms: crackbrained |
(adjective) having a mental age of three to seven years | Synonyms: imbecile, imbecilic |
idiotically | (adverb) in an idiotic manner | - |
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immotile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement | Synonyms: nonmotile |
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immotility | (noun) lacking an ability to move | - |
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indigotin | (noun) a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically | Synonyms: anil, indigo |
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isosmotic | (adjective) (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure | Synonyms: isotonic |
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jaboticaba | (noun) tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil | - |
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(noun) small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches | Synonyms: jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora |
kyphotic | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked |
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leitmotif | (noun) a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | Synonyms: leitmotiv |
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leitmotiv | (noun) a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | Synonyms: leitmotif |
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locomotion | (noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: travel |
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(noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: motive power, motivity |
locomotive | (adjective) of or relating to locomotion | Synonyms: locomotor |
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(noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
looting | (noun) plundering during riots or in wartime | Synonyms: robbery |
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lordotic | (adjective) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) | Synonyms: dipped, swayback, swaybacked |
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loti | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lesotho | - |
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lotic | (adjective) of or relating to or living in actively moving water | - |
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lotion | (noun) any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin | - |
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(noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: application |
macrobiotic | (adjective) of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics | - |
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macrobiotics | (noun) the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
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massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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meiotic | (adjective) of or relating to meiosis | - |
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mezzotint | (noun) print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade | - |
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miotic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye | Synonyms: myotic |
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(noun) a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye) | Synonyms: miotic drug, myotic, myotic drug |
mitotic | (adjective) of or relating to or undergoing mitosis | - |
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monozygotic | (adjective) derived from a single fertilized egg | - |
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motif | (noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | Synonyms: motive |
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(noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work | Synonyms: theme |
(noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | Synonyms: motive |
motile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement | - |
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(noun) one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action | - |
motilin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine | - |
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motility | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | Synonyms: motion, move, movement |
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(noun) ability to move spontaneously and independently | - |
motion | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | Synonyms: motility, move, movement |
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(noun) the act of changing location from one place to another | Synonyms: move, movement |
(noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: gesture |
(noun) a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote | Synonyms: question |
(noun) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | Synonyms: movement |
(noun) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object | Synonyms: apparent motion, apparent movement, movement |
(noun) a state of change | - |
(verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, gesture |
motional | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by motion | - |
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motionless | (adjective) not in physical motion | Synonyms: inactive, static, still |
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motionlessly | (adverb) without moving; in a motionless manner | - |
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motionlessness | (noun) a state of no motion or movement | Synonyms: lifelessness, stillness |
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motivate | (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, move, prompt, propel |
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motivated | (adjective) provided with a motive or given incentive for action | - |
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motivating | (adjective) impelling to action | Synonyms: motivative, motive |
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(noun) the act of motivating; providing incentive | Synonyms: motivation |
motivation | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | Synonyms: motive, need |
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(noun) the act of motivating; providing incentive | Synonyms: motivating |
(noun) the condition of being motivated | - |
motivational | (adjective) of or relating to motivation | - |
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motivative | (adjective) impelling to action | Synonyms: motivating, motive |
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motivator | (noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, inducement |
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motive | (adjective) causing or able to cause motion | Synonyms: motor |
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(adjective) impelling to action | Synonyms: motivating, motivative |
(noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | Synonyms: motivation, need |
(noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | Synonyms: motif |
(noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | Synonyms: motif |
motiveless | (adjective) occurring without motivation or provocation | Synonyms: unprovoked, wanton |
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motivity | (noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: locomotion, motive power |
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myotic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye | Synonyms: miotic |
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(noun) a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye) | Synonyms: miotic, miotic drug, myotic drug |
narcotic | (adjective) of or relating to or designating narcotics | - |
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(adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotising, narcotizing |
(adjective) inducing mental lethargy | Synonyms: soporiferous, soporific |
(noun) a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction | - |
narcotise | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotize |
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narcotised | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotized |
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narcotising | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotizing |
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narcotize | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotise |
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narcotized | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotised |
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narcotizing | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotising |
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necrotic | (adjective) relating to or affected by necrosis | - |
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negotiable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: assignable, conveyable, transferable, transferrable |
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(adjective) able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise | Synonyms: on the table |
(adjective) capable of being passed or negotiated | - |
negotiant | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiator, treater |
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negotiate | (verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement | Synonyms: negociate, talk terms |
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(verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over | Synonyms: negociate |
negotiation | (noun) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms | - |
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(noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: dialogue, talks |
negotiator | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiant, treater |
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negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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nepotism | (noun) favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) | - |
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nepotist | (noun) a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends | - |
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neurotic | (adjective) affected with emotional disorder | Synonyms: psychoneurotic |
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(adjective) characteristic of or affected by neurosis | - |
(noun) a person suffering from neurosis | Synonyms: mental case, psychoneurotic |
neurotically | (adverb) in a neurotic manner | - |
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neuroticism | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neurosis, psychoneurosis |
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nicotine | (noun) an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide | - |
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nonmotile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement | Synonyms: immotile |
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nonsymbiotic | (adjective) not parasitic on another organism | Synonyms: free-living, nonparasitic |
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notice | (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: observance, observation |
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(noun) polite or favorable attention | - |
(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, placard, poster, posting |
(noun) an announcement containing information about an event | - |
(noun) a request for payment | Synonyms: notification |
(noun) advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract | - |
(noun) a short critical review | - |
(verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: comment, point out, remark |
(verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: acknowledge |
(verb) notice or perceive | Synonyms: mark, note |
(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, observe |
noticeability | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeableness, obviousness, patency |
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noticeable | (adjective) capable or worthy of being noticed | - |
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(adjective) capable of being detected | Synonyms: detectable |