| amphidiploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent | - |
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| amphidiploidy | (noun) the condition of being amphidiploid | - |
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| anadiplosis | (noun) repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | Synonyms: reduplication |
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| aneuploid | (adjective) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number | - |
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| aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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| aplomb | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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| blaxploitation | (noun) the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) | - |
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| complot | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, conjure, conspire, machinate |
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| counterplot | (noun) a plot intended to subvert another plot | Synonyms: counterplan |
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| (verb) make a plot in response to another plot | - |
| deplorable | (adjective) bad; unfortunate | Synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
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| (adjective) of very poor quality or condition | Synonyms: execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched |
| (adjective) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure | Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious |
| deplorably | (adverb) in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | Synonyms: lamentably, sadly, woefully |
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| deplore | (verb) express strong condemnation of | - |
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| (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, lament |
| deploy | (verb) to distribute systematically or strategically | Synonyms: roll out |
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| deployment | (noun) the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work | - |
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| diplococcus | (noun) Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | - |
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| diplodocus | (noun) a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America | - |
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| diploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number | - |
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| (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number | - |
| diploidy | (noun) the condition of being diploid | - |
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| diploma | (noun) a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study | Synonyms: sheepskin |
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| diplomacy | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, discreetness, finesse |
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| (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: statecraft, statesmanship |
| (noun) negotiation between nations | Synonyms: diplomatic negotiations |
| diplomat | (noun) an official engaged in international negotiations | Synonyms: diplomatist |
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| (noun) a person who deals tactfully with others | - |
| diplomate | (noun) medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group | - |
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| diplomatic | (adjective) using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people | Synonyms: diplomatical |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of diplomacy | - |
| diplomatical | (adjective) using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people | Synonyms: diplomatic |
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| diplomatically | (adverb) with diplomacy; in a diplomatic manner | - |
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| diplomatist | (noun) an official engaged in international negotiations | Synonyms: diplomat |
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| diplopia | (noun) visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects | Synonyms: double vision |
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| diplotene | (noun) the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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| employ | (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | Synonyms: employment |
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| (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, use, utilise, utilize |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: engage, hire |
| employable | (adjective) physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available | - |
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| (noun) a person who is qualified and ready to work | - |
| employed | (adjective) having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary | - |
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| (adjective) made useful | Synonyms: utilised, utilized |
| employee | (noun) a worker who is hired to perform a job | - |
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| employer | (noun) a person or firm that employs workers | - |
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| employment | (noun) the occupation for which you are paid | Synonyms: work |
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| (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
| (noun) the act of giving someone a job | Synonyms: engagement |
| (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | Synonyms: employ |
| explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
| (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
| (verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
| (verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
| (verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
| (verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
| (verb) destroy by exploding | - |
| exploded | (adjective) showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another | - |
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| exploit | (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: effort, feat |
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| (verb) use or manipulate to one's advantage | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) draw from; make good use of | Synonyms: tap |
| (verb) work excessively hard | Synonyms: overwork |
| exploitation | (noun) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | Synonyms: development |
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| (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: using, victimisation, victimization |
| exploitative | (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of | Synonyms: exploitatory, exploitive |
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| exploitatory | (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of | Synonyms: exploitative, exploitive |
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| exploited | (adjective) developed or used to greatest advantage | - |
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| (adjective) (of persons) taken advantage of | Synonyms: ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised, victimized |
| exploiter | (noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | Synonyms: user |
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| exploitive | (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of | Synonyms: exploitative, exploitatory |
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| exploration | (noun) a careful systematic search | - |
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| (noun) to travel for the purpose of discovery | Synonyms: geographic expedition |
| (noun) a systematic consideration | - |
| explorative | (adjective) serving in or intended for exploration or discovery | Synonyms: exploratory |
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| exploratory | (adjective) serving in or intended for exploration or discovery | Synonyms: explorative |
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| explore | (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: research, search |
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| (verb) travel to or penetrate into | - |
| (verb) inquire into a subject in detail | - |
| (verb) examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes | - |
| explorer | (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: adventurer |
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| explosion | (noun) the act of exploding or bursting | Synonyms: burst |
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| (noun) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball | - |
| (noun) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant | Synonyms: plosion |
| (noun) a sudden outburst | - |
| (noun) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | Synonyms: blowup, detonation |
| (noun) a sudden great increase | - |
| (noun) the noise caused by an explosion | - |
| explosive | (adjective) serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst | - |
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| (adjective) sudden and loud | - |
| (adjective) liable to lead to sudden change or violence | Synonyms: volatile |
| (noun) a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck | - |
| explosively | (adverb) suddenly and rapidly | - |
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| (adverb) in an explosive manner | - |
| haploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploidic, monoploid |
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| (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes | - |
| haploidic | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploid, monoploid |
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| haploidy | (noun) the condition of being haploid | - |
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| haplosporidian | (noun) parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance | - |
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| haplotype | (noun) (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together | - |
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| heteroploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species | - |
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| heteroploidy | (noun) the condition of being heteroploid | - |
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| implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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| implore | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, pray |
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| imploring | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, pleading |
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| imploringly | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, entreatingly, importunately, pleadingly |
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| implosion | (noun) the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant | - |
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| (noun) a sudden inward collapse | - |
| monoploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploid, haploidic |
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| nonexplorative | (adjective) not exploratory | Synonyms: nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory |
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| nonexploratory | (adjective) not exploratory | Synonyms: nonexplorative, unexplorative, unexploratory |
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| nonexplosive | (adjective) not explosive | - |
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| overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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| overexploitation | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overuse, overutilisation, overutilization |
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| peplos | (noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplum, peplus |
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| ploce | (noun) (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning | - |
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| plod | (noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait | Synonyms: plodding |
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| (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, pad, slog, tramp, trudge |
| plodder | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud |
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| (noun) someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours | Synonyms: slogger |
| (noun) someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner | Synonyms: slogger, trudger |
| plodding | (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: leaden |
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| (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, grind |
| (noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait | Synonyms: plod |
| ploddingly | (adverb) in a plodding manner | - |
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| plonk | (noun) the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) | - |
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| (noun) a cheap wine of inferior quality | - |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| plop | (noun) the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash | - |
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| (adverb) with a short hollow thud | Synonyms: plunk |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| (verb) drop with the sound of something falling into water | - |
| (verb) drop something with a plopping sound | - |
| plosion | (noun) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant | Synonyms: explosion |
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| plosive | (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant |
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| plot | (noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Synonyms: game, secret plan |
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| (noun) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. | - |
| (noun) a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object | - |
| (noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: patch, plot of ground, plot of land |
| (verb) plan secretly, usually something illegal | - |
| (verb) make a plot of | Synonyms: plat |
| (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: diagram |
| (verb) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) | - |
| plotted | (adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: aforethought, planned |
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| plotter | (noun) an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures | - |
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| (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, machinator |
| (noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: schemer |
| (noun) a clerk who marks data on a chart | Synonyms: mapper |
| plough | (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | Synonyms: plow |
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| (verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plow, turn |
| (verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil | Synonyms: plow |
| ploughboy | (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow | Synonyms: plowboy |
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| ploughed | (adjective) (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow | Synonyms: plowed |
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| ploughing | (noun) tilling the land with a plow | Synonyms: plowing |
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| ploughland | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
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| ploughman | (noun) a man who plows | Synonyms: plower, plowman |
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| ploughshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: plowshare, share |
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| ploughwright | (noun) a workman who makes and repairs plows | Synonyms: plowwright |
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| plover | (noun) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | - |
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| plow | (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | Synonyms: plough |
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| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, treat |
| (verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plough, turn |
| (verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil | Synonyms: plough |
| plowboy | (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow | Synonyms: ploughboy |
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| plowed | (adjective) (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow | Synonyms: ploughed |
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| plower | (noun) a man who plows | Synonyms: ploughman, plowman |
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| plowing | (noun) tilling the land with a plow | Synonyms: ploughing |
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| plowland | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
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| plowman | (noun) a man who plows | Synonyms: ploughman, plower |
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| plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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| plowwright | (noun) a workman who makes and repairs plows | Synonyms: ploughwright |
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