alpine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of alps | - |
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(adjective) living or growing above the timber line | - |
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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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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bumpiness | (noun) the texture of a surface that has many bumps | - |
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chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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chopine | (noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: platform |
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choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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cisalpine | (adjective) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps | Synonyms: ultramontane |
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clozapine | (noun) an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; known to have few side effects | Synonyms: Clozaril |
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creepiness | (noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin | - |
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crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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drippiness | (noun) the physical property of being soft and drippy | - |
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(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
dumpiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: squattiness |
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epinephrin | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrine |
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epinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin |
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gimpiness | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimp, lameness, limping |
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grumpiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness |
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happiness | (noun) emotions experienced when in a state of well-being | - |
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(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: felicity |
jumpiness | (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, nervousness, restiveness |
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loxapine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia | Synonyms: Loxitane |
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lumpiness | (noun) The property of being full of lumps, not being smooth. | - |
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lupine | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of wolves | - |
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(noun) any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | Synonyms: lupin |
nevirapine | (noun) a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: Viramune |
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nifedipine | (noun) calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks | Synonyms: Procardia |
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norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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opine | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, reckon, suppose, think |
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(verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: animadvert, sound off, speak out, speak up |
orpine | (noun) perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers | Synonyms: live-forever, livelong, orpin, Sedum telephium |
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peppiness | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: ginger, pep |
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pilocarpine | (noun) cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma | - |
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pine | (noun) a coniferous tree | Synonyms: pine tree, true pine |
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(noun) straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus | - |
(verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: ache, languish, yearn, yen |
pineal | (adjective) relating to the pineal body | - |
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(adjective) having the form of a pine cone | - |
pinealoma | (noun) tumor of the pineal gland | - |
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pineapple | (noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated | Synonyms: ananas |
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(noun) a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics | Synonyms: Ananas comosus, pineapple plant |
pinecone | (noun) the seed-producing cone of a pine tree | - |
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pinesap | (noun) fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys | Synonyms: false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys |
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pinetum | (noun) an area planted with pine trees or related conifers | - |
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pineweed | (noun) annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: Hypericum gentianoides, nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed |
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porcupine | (noun) relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | Synonyms: hedgehog |
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porcupinefish | (noun) spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish |
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porcupines | (noun) meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce | Synonyms: porcupine ball |
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pulpiness | (noun) a mushy pulpy softness | Synonyms: mushiness |
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rapine | (noun) the act of despoiling a country in warfare | Synonyms: rape |
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raspiness | (noun) (of sound) The state or characteristic of being rough or raw, especially used to describe vocal quality. | - |
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repine | (verb) express discontent | - |
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reserpine | (noun) antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) | Synonyms: Rau-Sed, Raudixin, Sandril, Serpasil |
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resupine | (adjective) lying face upward | Synonyms: supine |
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ropiness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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scallopine | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopini |
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scrappiness | (noun) the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious | - |
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(noun) The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky. | Synonyms: feistiness |
skimpiness | (noun) Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing. | Synonyms: scantiness |
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sleepiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: drowsiness, somnolence |
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sloppiness | (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: carelessness |
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(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness |
(noun) a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for | Synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness |
(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | Synonyms: muddiness, wateriness |
snoopiness | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, prying |
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soapiness | (noun) the quality of being soap or being covered with soap | - |
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soupiness | (noun) the property of having the thickness of heavy cream | Synonyms: creaminess |
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(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness |
spine | (noun) a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | - |
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(noun) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved | Synonyms: backbone |
(noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, backbone, rachis, spinal column, vertebral column |
(noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | Synonyms: pricker, prickle, spikelet, sticker, thorn |
(noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: acantha, spur |
spinel | (noun) a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones | - |
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spineless | (adjective) lacking spiny processes | - |
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(adjective) lacking a backbone or spinal column | Synonyms: invertebrate |
(adjective) lacking courage or vitality | Synonyms: gutless, namby-pamby, wishy-washy |
(adjective) lacking thorns | Synonyms: thornless |
spinelessness | (noun) the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition | - |
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spinet | (noun) early model harpsichord with only one string per note | - |
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(noun) a small and compactly built upright piano | - |
subalpine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: alpestrine |
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supine | (adjective) passive as a result of indolence or indifference | - |
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(adjective) lying face upward | Synonyms: resupine |
supinely | (adverb) in an indifferently supine manner | - |
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(adverb) with the face upward | - |
terpinene | (noun) any of a group of isomeric hydrocarbons that are classified as terpenes. | - |
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transalpine | (adjective) on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps) | Synonyms: ultramontane |
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(noun) one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy | - |
unhappiness | (noun) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being | Synonyms: sadness |
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(noun) state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief | - |
vulpine | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox | Synonyms: vulpecular |
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weepiness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: tearfulness |
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