accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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(adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
accompaniment | (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them | Synonyms: escort |
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(noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: complement |
(noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | Synonyms: backup, musical accompaniment, support |
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Synonyms: attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant |
accompanist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanyist |
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accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
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(verb) go or travel along with | - |
(verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
(verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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accompanyist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanist |
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addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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aerospace | (noun) the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole | - |
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afropavo | (noun) both sexes are brightly colored | Synonyms: Afropavo congensis, Congo peafowl |
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afterpains | (noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus | - |
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agapanthus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers | Synonyms: lily of the Nile |
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airspace | (noun) the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction | - |
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(noun) the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth | Synonyms: air space |
allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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allopathy | (noun) the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself | - |
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allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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allopatry | (noun) the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap | - |
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alpaca | (noun) domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco | Synonyms: Lama pacos |
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(noun) a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool | - |
(noun) wool of the alpaca | - |
anapaest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapest |
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anapaestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapestic |
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angiopathy | (noun) any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts | - |
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antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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anthropopathism | (noun) Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. | - |
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antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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anticipant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipative, expectant |
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(noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipator |
anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
(verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
anticipated | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: awaited, hoped-for |
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anticipation | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: prediction, prevision |
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(noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) an expectation | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: expectation |
anticipative | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, expectant |
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anticipator | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipant |
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anticipatory | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: prevenient |
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antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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antipasto | (noun) a course of appetizers in an Italian meal | - |
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antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
antipathy | (noun) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided | - |
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(noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: aversion, distaste |
antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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apace | (adverb) with speed | Synonyms: chop-chop, in short order, quickly, rapidly, speedily |
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(adverb) (poetic, literary) quickly | - |
apache | (noun) a Parisian gangster | - |
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apadana | (noun) the great hall in ancient Persian palaces | - |
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apanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: appanage |
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(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: appanage |
apar | (noun) South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates | Synonyms: three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus |
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apart | (adjective) having characteristics not shared by others | - |
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(adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: isolated, obscure |
(adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration | Synonyms: aside |
(adverb) into parts or pieces | Synonyms: asunder |
(adverb) separated or at a distance in place or position or time | - |
(adverb) one from the other | - |
(adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | Synonyms: aside |
(adverb) away from another or others | - |
apartheid | (noun) a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa | - |
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apartment | (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | Synonyms: flat |
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apathetic | (adjective) showing little or no emotion or animation | - |
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(adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: indifferent |
apathetically | (adverb) in an apathetic manner | - |
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apathy | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: indifference, numbness, spiritlessness |
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(noun) an absence of emotion or enthusiasm | - |
apatite | (noun) a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus | - |
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apatosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apatosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apotropaic | (adjective) having the power to prevent evil or bad luck | - |
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appal | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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(verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appall, dismay, horrify |
appall | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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(verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, dismay, horrify |
appalled | (adjective) struck with fear, dread, or consternation | Synonyms: aghast, dismayed, shocked |
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appalling | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: dismaying |
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(noun) an experience that appalls | - |
appallingly | (adverb) to an appalling extent | - |
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appanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: apanage |
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(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: apanage |
apparatchik | (noun) a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party | - |
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(noun) a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) | - |
apparatus | (noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: setup |
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(noun) (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function | - |
apparel | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: clothes, dress, wearing apparel |
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(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
appareled | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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apparency | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparentness |
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apparent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
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(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so | Synonyms: ostensible, seeming |
apparently | (adverb) from appearances alone | Synonyms: on the face of it, ostensibly, seemingly |
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(adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly |
apparentness | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparency |
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apparition | (noun) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly | - |
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(noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
(noun) the appearance of a ghostlike figure | - |
(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
apparitional | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual |
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archepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archiepiscopal |
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archetypal | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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archiepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archepiscopal |
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archipallium | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: paleocortex |
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arthropathy | (noun) a pathology or abnormality of a joint | - |
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asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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(noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
aspartame | (noun) an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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ayapana | (noun) low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: Ayapana triplinervis, Eupatorium aya-pana |
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backpack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack |
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(verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: pack |
backpacker | (noun) a hiker who wears a backpack | Synonyms: packer |
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backpacking | (noun) carrying something in a pack on the back | Synonyms: packing |
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backspace | (noun) the typewriter key used for back spacing | Synonyms: backspace key, backspacer |
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(verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard | - |
backspacer | (noun) the typewriter key used for back spacing | Synonyms: backspace, backspace key |
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baldpate | (noun) a widgeon the male of which has a white crown | Synonyms: American widgeon, Anas americana |
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(noun) a person whose head is bald or shaved | Synonyms: baldhead, baldy, skin, skinhead |
ballpark | (noun) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games) | Synonyms: park |
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(noun) near to the scope or range of something | Synonyms: approximate range |
bedpan | (noun) a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination | - |
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bespangle | (verb) dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | - |
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(verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: spangle |
bespatter | (verb) spot, splash, or soil | Synonyms: spatter |
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biparous | (adjective) producing two offspring at a time | Synonyms: twinning |
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bipartisan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartizan, two-party, two-way |
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bipartite | (adjective) divided into two portions almost to the base | - |
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(adjective) involving two parts or elements | Synonyms: two-part, two-way |
bipartizan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartisan, two-party, two-way |
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bispak | (noun) A sexually promiscuous Indonesian woman | - |
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blepharospasm | (noun) spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | - |
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bodypaint | (verb) apply paint to a body | - |
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brainpan | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, cranium |
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brierpatch | (noun) tangled mass of prickly plants | Synonyms: brier, brier patch |
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bronchospasm | (noun) a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis | - |
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bypass | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: beltway, ring road, ringway |
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(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | Synonyms: electrical shunt, shunt |
(noun) a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) | - |
(verb) avoid something unpleasant or laborious | Synonyms: get around, go around, short-circuit |