accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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acroscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the apex | - |
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adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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aesculapian | (adjective) of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art | Synonyms: medical |
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affenpinscher | (noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle | Synonyms: monkey dog, monkey pinscher |
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afterpiece | (noun) a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play | - |
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allotropic | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropical |
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allotropical | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropic |
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allotropism | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropy |
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allspice | (noun) ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves | - |
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(noun) aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries | Synonyms: allspice tree, Pimenta dioica, pimento tree |
(noun) deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States | - |
alpine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of alps | - |
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(adjective) living or growing above the timber line | - |
alpinist | (noun) a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs | - |
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altarpiece | (noun) a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table | Synonyms: reredos |
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amblyopia | (noun) visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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amblyopic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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ametropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia | - |
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ametropic | (adjective) of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina | - |
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ampicillin | (noun) semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) | Synonyms: Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin |
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anaspid | (noun) extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian | - |
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angiocarpic | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpous |
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anisometropia | (noun) difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anisometropic | (adjective) relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anisotropic | (adjective) not invariant with respect to direction | - |
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anisotropically | (adverb) in an anisotropic manner | - |
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anopia | (noun) sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye) | - |
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anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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anthropic | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropical |
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anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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antiperspirant | (noun) an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration | - |
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antitypic | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypical |
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(adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypical |
antitypical | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypic |
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(adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypic |
apian | (adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of bees | - |
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apiarian | (adjective) relating to bees or beekeeping | - |
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apiarist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiculturist, beekeeper |
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apiary | (noun) a shed containing a number of beehives | Synonyms: bee house |
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apical | (adjective) situated at an apex | - |
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apicalization | (noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | - |
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apiculate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip | - |
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apicultural | (adjective) relating to the care and breeding of bees | - |
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apiculture | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: beekeeping |
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apiculturist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, beekeeper |
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apiece | (adverb) to or from every one of two or more (considered individually) | Synonyms: each, for each one, from each one, to each one |
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apish | (adjective) being or given to servile imitation | Synonyms: apelike |
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apishamore | (noun) a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide | - |
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apivorous | (adjective) feeding on bees | - |
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archepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archiepiscopal |
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archetypical | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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archiepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archepiscopal |
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armpit | (noun) the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder | Synonyms: axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa |
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asclepiad | (noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | - |
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asclepiadaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | - |
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aspic | (noun) savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables | - |
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aspidistra | (noun) evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant | Synonyms: Aspidistra elatio, bar-room plant, cast-iron plant |
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aspirant | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspiring, wishful |
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(noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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(noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
(verb) inhale (air, water, etc.) | - |
(verb) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds | - |
(verb) remove by suction | Synonyms: draw out, suck out |
aspiration | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake |
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(noun) a will to succeed | - |
(noun) a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath | - |
(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, dream |
aspirator | (noun) a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid | - |
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aspire | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aim, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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aspirer | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
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aspirin | (noun) the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph |
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aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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asthenopia | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: eyestrain |
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atropine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides | - |
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atypic | (adjective) not representative of a group, class, or type | Synonyms: atypical, untypical |
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atypical | (adjective) not representative of a group, class, or type | Synonyms: atypic, untypical |
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(adjective) deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal | Synonyms: irregular |
atypicality | (noun) any state that is not typical | Synonyms: untypicality |
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atypically | (adverb) in a manner that is not typical | Synonyms: untypically |
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auspicate | (verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | - |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
auspice | (noun) a favorable omen | - |
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auspices | (noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: aegis, protection |
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auspicious | (adjective) auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | - |
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auspiciously | (adverb) in an auspicious manner | Synonyms: propitiously |
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auspiciousness | (noun) the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result | Synonyms: propitiousness |
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australopithecine | (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus | - |
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(noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
autopilot | (noun) a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course | Synonyms: automatic pilot, robot pilot |
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(noun) a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness | Synonyms: automatic pilot |
autotypic | (adjective) of or relating to autotypy | - |
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backspin | (noun) spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion | - |
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bagpipe | (noun) a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone | - |
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bagpiper | (noun) someone who plays the bagpipe | Synonyms: piper |
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basiscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the base | - |
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beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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benzodiazepine | (noun) any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency | - |
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bicipital | (adjective) having two heads or points of origin as a biceps | - |
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bicuspid | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspidate |
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(noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: premolar |
bicuspidate | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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biopiracy | (noun) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use | - |
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biotypic | (adjective) of or relating to a biotype | - |
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bipinnate | (adjective) of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns) | - |
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bipinnatifid | (adjective) pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid | - |
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blacktopping | (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | Synonyms: blacktop |
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blimpish | (adjective) pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic | - |
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blowpipe | (noun) a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat | Synonyms: blow tube, blowtube |
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(noun) a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing | Synonyms: blow tube, blowgun, blowtube |
bookkeeping | (noun) the activity of recording business transactions | Synonyms: clerking |
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bpi | (noun) a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium | Synonyms: bits per inch |
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breastpin | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: broach, brooch |
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bronchoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi | - |
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bumpiness | (noun) the texture of a surface that has many bumps | - |
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