| abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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| above | (adjective) appearing earlier in the same text | - |
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| (noun) an earlier section of a written text | - |
| (adverb) (in writing) at an earlier place | Synonyms: supra |
| (adverb) in or to a place that is higher | Synonyms: higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place |
| aboveboard | (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: straightforward |
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| (adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: honestly |
| aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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| acyclovir | (noun) an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms | Synonyms: Zovirax |
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| adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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| alcove | (noun) a small recess opening off a larger room | Synonyms: bay |
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| allover | (adjective) covering the entire surface | - |
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| anchovy | (noun) small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide | - |
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| (noun) tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces | - |
| anovulant | (noun) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | Synonyms: anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill |
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| anovulation | (noun) the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary | - |
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| apojove | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter | - |
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| approval | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approving, blessing |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: commendation |
| (noun) a feeling of liking something or someone good | - |
| (noun) acceptance as satisfactory | Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception |
| approve | (verb) judge to be right or commendable; think well of | - |
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| (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: O.K., okay, sanction |
| approved | (adjective) established by authority; given authoritative approval | Synonyms: sanctioned |
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| approver | (noun) an authority with power to approve | - |
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| approving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive |
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| (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
| approvingly | (adverb) in an approving manner | - |
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| arbovirus | (noun) a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis | Synonyms: arborvirus |
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| arteriovenous | (adjective) connecting an artery to a vein | - |
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| atrioventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: auriculoventricular |
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| audiovisual | (adjective) involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids) | - |
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| (noun) materials using sight or sound to present information | Synonyms: audiovisual aid |
| auriculoventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: atrioventricular |
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| bedcover | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedspread, counterpane, spread |
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| behoove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behove |
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| behove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behoove |
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| beloved | (adjective) dearly loved | Synonyms: darling, dear |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| biovular | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: fraternal |
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| bloviate | (verb) orate verbosely and windily | - |
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| booklover | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: bibliophile, book lover |
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| bovid | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | Synonyms: bovine |
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| (noun) hollow-horned ruminants | - |
| bovine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | Synonyms: bovid |
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| (adjective) dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox | - |
| (noun) any of various members of the genus Bos | - |
| cardiovascular | (adjective) of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels | - |
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| cerebrovascular | (adjective) of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it | - |
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| changeover | (noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: conversion, transition |
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| clove | (noun) spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground | - |
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| (noun) one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb | Synonyms: garlic clove |
| (noun) moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves | Synonyms: clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum |
| (noun) aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice | - |
| cloven | (adjective) (used of hooves) split, divided | Synonyms: bisulcate |
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| clover | (noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: trefoil |
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| cloverleaf | (noun) an interchange that does not require left-hand turns | - |
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| cloveroot | (noun) hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: clover-root, Geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens |
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| commove | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: agitate, charge, charge up, excite, rouse, turn on |
| controversial | (adjective) marked by or capable of arousing controversy | - |
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| controversialist | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: disputant, eristic |
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| controversially | (adverb) involving controversy | Synonyms: polemically |
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| controversy | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
| cookstove | (noun) a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) | - |
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| cordovan | (noun) a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain | - |
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| countermove | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: counterattack |
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| covalence | (noun) valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share | Synonyms: covalency |
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| covalency | (noun) valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share | Synonyms: covalence |
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| covalent | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by covalence | - |
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| covariance | (noun) (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means | - |
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| covariant | (adjective) changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged | - |
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| covariation | (noun) (statistics) correlated variation | - |
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| cove | (noun) a small inlet | - |
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| (noun) small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain | - |
| coven | (noun) an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches | - |
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| covenant | (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: compact, concordat |
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| (noun) (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return | - |
| (verb) enter into a covenant or formal agreement | - |
| (verb) enter into a covenant | - |
| cover | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: covering, masking, screening |
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| (noun) fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations | Synonyms: covering fire |
| (noun) a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent) | - |
| (noun) a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else | Synonyms: cover song, cover version |
| (noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: blanket |
| (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, covert, screen |
| (noun) covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) | Synonyms: top |
| (noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, binding, book binding |
| (noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: covering, natural covering |
| (noun) a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink | Synonyms: cover charge |
| (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, hatch, incubate |
| (verb) clothe, as if for protection from the elements | Synonyms: wrap up |
| (verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: insure, underwrite |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism | Synonyms: report |
| (verb) maintain a check on; especially by patrolling | - |
| (verb) protect or defend (a position in a game) | - |
| (verb) hold within range of an aimed firearm | - |
| (verb) play a higher card than the one previously played | - |
| (verb) be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game | - |
| (verb) provide with a covering or cause to be covered | - |
| (verb) form a cover over | Synonyms: spread over |
| (verb) copulate with a female, used especially of horses | Synonyms: breed |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: enshroud, hide, shroud |
| (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: overlay |
| (verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| (verb) hide from view or knowledge | Synonyms: cover up |
| (verb) spread over a surface to conceal or protect | - |
| (verb) be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of | - |
| (verb) to take an action to protect against future problems | - |
| (verb) invest with a large or excessive amount of something | - |
| (verb) help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities | - |
| (verb) provide for | - |
| (verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: continue, extend |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, embrace, encompass |
| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, overcompensate |
| coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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| (noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
| (noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
| coverall | (noun) a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
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| covered | (adjective) overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form | - |
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| covering | (noun) the act of protecting something by covering it | - |
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| (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, coating |
| (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
| (noun) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | - |
| (noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
| coverlet | (noun) a decorative bedspread (usually quilted) | - |
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| covert | (adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed | - |
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| (adjective) (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband | - |
| (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, screen |
| (noun) a flock of coots | - |
| covertly | (adverb) in a covert manner | - |
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| covertness | (noun) the state of being covert and hidden | Synonyms: hiddenness |
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| covet | (verb) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) | - |
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| coveted | (adjective) much wanted | Synonyms: in demand, sought-after, sought after |
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| covetous | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| (adjective) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | Synonyms: envious, jealous |
| covetously | (adverb) in a greedy manner | Synonyms: avariciously, greedily |
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| (adverb) with jealousy; in an envious manner | Synonyms: enviously, jealously |
| covetousness | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity |
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| (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity |
| (noun) an envious eagerness to possess something | - |
| covey | (noun) a small flock of grouse or partridge | - |
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| (noun) a small collection of people | - |
| coville | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: creosote bush, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata |
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| crossover | (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossing, crosswalk |
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| (noun) the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience | - |
| (noun) a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party | Synonyms: crossover voter |
| (noun) the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: crossing over |
| cytomegalovirus | (noun) any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems | Synonyms: CMV |
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| disapproval | (noun) the act of disapproving or condemning | - |
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| (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour, dislike |
| (noun) the expression of disapproval | - |
| (noun) a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing | - |
| disapprove | (verb) consider bad or wrong | - |
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| (verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: reject |
| disapproving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting disapproval | - |
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| disapprovingly | (adverb) showing disapproval | - |
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| discover | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| (verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | Synonyms: find |
| (verb) see for the first time; make a discovery | - |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, find, notice, observe |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| discoverable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: ascertainable |
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| discovered | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: ascertained, observed |
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| discoverer | (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: finder, spotter |
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| (noun) someone who is the first to think of or make something | Synonyms: artificer, inventor |
| discovery | (noun) the act of discovering something | Synonyms: find, uncovering |
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| (noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: breakthrough, find |
| (noun) something that is discovered | - |
| (noun) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case | - |
| disprove | (verb) prove to be false | Synonyms: confute |
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| disprover | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, rebutter, refuter |
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| dorsoventral | (adjective) extending from the back to the belly | - |
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| dorsoventrally | (adverb) in a dorsoventral direction | - |
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| dove | (noun) any of numerous small pigeons | - |
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| (noun) an emblem of peace | - |
| (noun) flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled | Synonyms: squab |
| (noun) someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | Synonyms: peacenik |
| dovecote | (noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbarium, columbary |
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| dovekie | (noun) small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions | Synonyms: little auk, Plautus alle |
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| dovetail | (noun) a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises | Synonyms: dovetail joint |
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| (verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail | - |
| dovish | (adjective) opposed to war | Synonyms: pacifist, pacifistic |
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| dovishness | (noun) any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict | - |
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| drove | (noun) a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone | Synonyms: drove chisel |
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| (noun) a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together | - |
| (noun) a moving crowd | Synonyms: horde, swarm |
| drover | (noun) someone who drives a herd | Synonyms: herder, herdsman |
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| echovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants | - |
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| endovenous | (adjective) within or by means of a vein | Synonyms: intravenous |
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| enterovirus | (noun) any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system) | - |
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