| nyctophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of night or darkness | - |
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| nympho | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| nympholepsy | (noun) a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable | - |
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| nympholept | (noun) a person seized by nympholepsy | - |
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| nymphomania | (noun) abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
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| nymphomaniac | (adjective) (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire | Synonyms: nymphomaniacal |
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| (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nympho |
| nymphomaniacal | (adjective) (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| oleophobic | (adjective) lacking affinity for oils | - |
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| onychophoran | (noun) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | Synonyms: peripatus, velvet worm |
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| oophorectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries | Synonyms: ovariectomy |
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| oophoritis | (noun) inflammation of one or both ovaries | - |
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| oophorosalpingectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes | - |
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| organophosphate | (noun) an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system | - |
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| orthophosphate | (noun) a salt of phosphoric acid | Synonyms: inorganic phosphate, phosphate |
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| paratyphoid | (noun) any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever | Synonyms: paratyphoid fever |
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| peephole | (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: eyehole, spyhole |
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| phobia | (noun) an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations | Synonyms: phobic disorder, phobic neurosis |
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| phobic | (adjective) suffering from irrational fears | - |
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| phobophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of developing a phobia | - |
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| phocine | (adjective) of or relating to seals | - |
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| phocomelia | (noun) an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy | Synonyms: seal limbs |
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| phoebe | (noun) small dun-colored North American flycatcher | Synonyms: phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe |
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| phoenicophorium | (noun) latanier palm | Synonyms: genus Phoenicophorium |
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| phoenix | (noun) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years | - |
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| (noun) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa | Synonyms: genus Phoenix |
| phon | (noun) a unit of subjective loudness | - |
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| phonate | (verb) utter speech sounds | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize |
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| phonation | (noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | Synonyms: vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voice, vox |
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| phone | (noun) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | Synonyms: telephone, telephone set |
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| (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earphone, earpiece, headphone |
| (noun) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | Synonyms: sound, speech sound |
| (verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call, call up, ring, telephone |
| phonebook | (noun) a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers | Synonyms: phone book, telephone book, telephone directory |
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| phoneme | (noun) (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language | - |
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| phonemic | (adjective) of or relating to phonemes of a particular language | - |
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| (adverb) by phonemics | Synonyms: phonemically |
| phonemically | (adverb) by phonemics | Synonyms: phonemic |
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| phonemics | (noun) the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes | Synonyms: phonology |
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| phoner | (noun) the person initiating a telephone call | Synonyms: caller-up, caller, telephoner |
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| phonetic | (adjective) of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to speech sounds | Synonyms: phonic |
| phonetically | (adverb) by phonetics | - |
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| phonetician | (noun) a specialist in phonetics | - |
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| phonetics | (noun) the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis | - |
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| phoney | (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: bastard, bogus, fake, phony |
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| (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phony, pretender |
| phonic | (adjective) of or relating to speech sounds | Synonyms: phonetic |
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| (adjective) relating to speech | - |
| (adjective) pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading | - |
| phonics | (noun) teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values | - |
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| phonogram | (noun) any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word | - |
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| phonogramic | (adjective) of or relating to a phonogram | - |
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| phonograph | (noun) machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically | Synonyms: record player |
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| phonologic | (adjective) of or relating to phonology | Synonyms: phonological |
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| phonological | (adjective) of or relating to phonology | Synonyms: phonologic |
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| phonologist | (noun) a specialist in phonology | - |
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| phonology | (noun) the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes | Synonyms: phonemics |
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| phonophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: acousticophobia |
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| phony | (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: bastard, bogus, fake, phoney |
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| (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender |
| phoronid | (noun) hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom | - |
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| phosgene | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare | - |
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| phosphatase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates | - |
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| phosphate | (noun) carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid | - |
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| (noun) a salt of phosphoric acid | Synonyms: inorganic phosphate, orthophosphate |
| phosphine | (noun) a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide | - |
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| phosphocreatine | (noun) an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction | Synonyms: creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid |
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| phospholipid | (noun) any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes | - |
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| phosphoprotein | (noun) containing chemically bound phosphoric acid | - |
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| phosphor | (noun) a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes | - |
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| phosphoresce | (verb) to exhibit phosphorescence | - |
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| phosphorescence | (noun) a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased | - |
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| phosphorescent | (adjective) emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous | - |
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| phosphoric | (adjective) containing or characteristic of phosphorus | Synonyms: phosphorous |
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| phosphorous | (adjective) containing or characteristic of phosphorus | Synonyms: phosphoric |
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| phosphorus | (noun) a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms | Synonyms: atomic number 15, P |
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| phot | (noun) a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux | - |
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| photalgia | (noun) pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | Synonyms: photophobia |
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| photic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by light | - |
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| photo | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photograph, pic, picture |
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| photobomb | (verb) to jump into someone's photo | - |
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| photocathode | (noun) a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated | - |
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| photocell | (noun) a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations | Synonyms: electric eye, magic eye, photoconductive cell, photoelectric cell |
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| photochemical | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems | - |
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| photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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| photocoagulation | (noun) surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina | - |
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| photocoagulator | (noun) surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation | - |
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| photoconduction | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconductivity |
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| photoconductive | (adjective) of or relating to photoconductivity | - |
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| photoconductivity | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconduction |
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| photocopier | (noun) a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies | - |
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| photocopy | (noun) a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work | - |
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| (verb) reproduce by xerography | Synonyms: run off, xerox |
| photoelectric | (adjective) of or pertaining to photoelectricity | Synonyms: photoelectrical |
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| photoelectrical | (adjective) of or pertaining to photoelectricity | Synonyms: photoelectric |
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| photoelectrically | (adverb) by photoelectric means | - |
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| photoelectricity | (noun) electricity generated by light or affected by light | - |
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| photoelectron | (noun) an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon | - |
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| photoemission | (noun) an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) | - |
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| photoemissive | (adjective) of or relating to photoemission | - |
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| photoengraving | (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | Synonyms: halftone, halftone engraving |
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| photoflash | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun |
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| photoflood | (noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | Synonyms: flood, flood lamp, floodlight |
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| photogenic | (adjective) looking attractive in photographs | - |
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| photograph | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photo, pic, picture |
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| (verb) record on photographic film | Synonyms: shoot, snap |
| (verb) undergo being photographed in a certain way | - |
| photographer | (noun) someone who takes photographs professionally | Synonyms: lensman |
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| photographic | (adjective) relating to photography or obtained by using photography | - |
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| (adjective) representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph | - |
| photographically | (adverb) by photographic means | - |
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| photography | (noun) the act of taking and printing photographs | Synonyms: picture taking |
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| (noun) the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies | - |
| (noun) the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces | - |
| photogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: rotogravure |
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| (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, heliogravure |
| (noun) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods | - |
| photoheliograph | (noun) a telescope, with a camera attached, used to photograph the Sun. | - |
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| photojournalism | (noun) journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures | - |
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