azathioprine | (noun) an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ | Synonyms: Imuran |
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bedspring | (noun) (usually in the plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed | - |
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besprinkle | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
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blueprint | (noun) photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. | - |
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(noun) something intended as a guide for making something else | Synonyms: design, pattern |
(verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: draft, draught |
caprine | (adjective) being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats | - |
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cyclobenzaprine | (noun) muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury | Synonyms: Flexeril |
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cyprinid | (adjective) of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae | Synonyms: cyprinoid |
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(noun) soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales | Synonyms: cyprinid fish |
cyprinodont | (noun) any member of the family Cyprinodontidae | - |
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cyprinoid | (adjective) of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae | Synonyms: cyprinid |
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dayspring | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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fingerprint | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingermark |
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(noun) a generic term for any identifying characteristic | - |
(noun) a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations | - |
(verb) take an impression of a person's fingerprints | - |
fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
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footprint | (noun) the area taken up by some object | - |
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(noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footmark, step |
(noun) a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important | - |
hairspring | (noun) a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece | - |
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handspring | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again | - |
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headspring | (noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: fountainhead, head |
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hoofprint | (noun) a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal | Synonyms: hoof-mark, hoof mark |
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imprint | (noun) a device produced by pressure on a surface | - |
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(noun) a distinctive influence | - |
(noun) an impression produced by pressure or printing | Synonyms: embossment |
(noun) an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page | - |
(noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: depression, impression |
(verb) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | Synonyms: impress |
(verb) establish or impress firmly in the mind | Synonyms: form |
imprinting | (noun) a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established | - |
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mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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microprint | (noun) extremely small print, read by a magnifying device. | - |
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misprint | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal, literal error, typo, typographical error |
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(verb) print incorrectly | - |
mudspringer | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudskipper |
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newsprint | (noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper |
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offprint | (noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | Synonyms: reprint, separate |
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offspring | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: young |
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(noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
(noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, progeny |
overprint | (noun) something added by overprinting | Synonyms: surprint |
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(verb) print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper | Synonyms: print over |
prince | (noun) a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) | - |
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princedom | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: principality |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a prince | - |
princeling | (noun) a young prince | - |
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(noun) a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality | - |
princely | (adjective) having the rank of or befitting a prince | - |
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(adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, sumptuous |
princess | (noun) a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | - |
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princewood | (noun) tropical American timber tree | Synonyms: Cordia gerascanthus, Spanish elm |
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(noun) large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood | Synonyms: Cordia alliodora, cypre, Equador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm |
principal | (adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, main, master, primary |
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(noun) the educator who has executive authority for a school | Synonyms: head, head teacher, school principal |
(noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, star |
(noun) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | Synonyms: dealer |
(noun) (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement | - |
(noun) the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated | - |
(noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: corpus, principal sum |
principality | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: princedom |
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principally | (adverb) for the most part | Synonyms: chiefly, in the main, mainly, primarily |
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principalship | (noun) the post of principal | - |
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principle | (noun) a basic truth or law or assumption | - |
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(noun) a rule or standard especially of good behavior | - |
(noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: rationale |
(noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | Synonyms: rule |
(noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | Synonyms: rule |
(noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: precept |
principled | (adjective) based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality | - |
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prink | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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(verb) dress very carefully and in a finicky manner | - |
print | (noun) a picture or design printed from an engraving | - |
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(noun) a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers) | - |
(noun) a printed picture produced from a photographic negative | Synonyms: photographic print |
(noun) a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it) | - |
(noun) the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication | - |
(noun) a visible indication made on a surface | Synonyms: mark |
(noun) availability in printed form | - |
(verb) reproduce by printing | Synonyms: impress |
(verb) make into a print | - |
(verb) put into print | Synonyms: publish |
(verb) write as if with print; not cursive | - |
printable | (adjective) fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable | - |
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printer | (noun) a machine that prints | Synonyms: printing machine |
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(noun) (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing | - |
(noun) someone whose occupation is printing | Synonyms: pressman |
printing | (noun) the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution | - |
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(noun) reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication | Synonyms: printing process |
(noun) text handwritten in the style of printed matter | - |
(noun) all the copies of a work printed at one time | Synonyms: impression |
printmaker | (noun) an artist who designs and makes prints | Synonyms: graphic artist |
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printmaking | (noun) artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens | - |
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printout | (noun) the output of a computer in printed form | - |
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reprint | (noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | Synonyms: offprint, separate |
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(noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale | Synonyms: reissue, reprinting |
(verb) print anew | Synonyms: reissue |
reprinting | (noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale | Synonyms: reissue, reprint |
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spring | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation |
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(noun) a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed | - |
(noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: give, springiness |
(noun) a point at which water issues forth | - |
(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring |
(noun) the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring | Synonyms: springtime |
(verb) develop suddenly | - |
(verb) produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly | - |
(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop |
(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, jump, leap |
(verb) develop into a distinctive entity | Synonyms: form, take form, take shape |
springboard | (noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched | Synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure |
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(noun) a flexible board for jumping upward | - |
springbok | (noun) a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air | Synonyms: Antidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbuck |
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springbuck | (noun) a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air | Synonyms: Antidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbok |
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springer | (noun) a cow about to give birth | Synonyms: springing cow |
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(noun) a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white | Synonyms: springer spaniel |
(noun) the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs | Synonyms: impost |
springiness | (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: give, spring |
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springless | (adjective) lacking in elasticity or vitality | - |
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springlike | (adjective) resembling a spring or the action of a spring | - |
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springtail | (noun) any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water | Synonyms: collembolan |
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springtide | (noun) a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons | - |
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(noun) a swelling rush of anything | - |
springtime | (noun) the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring | Synonyms: spring |
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springy | (adjective) (of movements) light and confidently active | - |
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(adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, resilient |
sprinkle | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkling |
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(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkling |
(verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sparge |
(verb) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | Synonyms: splash, splosh |
(verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, dust, scatter |
(verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit |
sprinkler | (noun) mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden | - |
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sprinkles | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: jimmies |
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sprinkling | (noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: aspersion |
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(noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkle |
(noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: scattering |
sprint | (noun) a quick run | Synonyms: dash |
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(verb) run very fast, usually for a short distance | - |
sprinter | (noun) someone who runs a short distance at top speed | - |
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surprint | (noun) something added by overprinting | Synonyms: overprint |
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teleprinter | (noun) a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter | Synonyms: teletype machine, teletypewriter, telex, telex machine |
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thumbprint | (noun) fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb) | - |
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unprincipled | (adjective) lacking principles or moral scruples | - |
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(adjective) having little or no integrity | - |
unprintable | (adjective) unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste | - |
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voiceprint | (noun) biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice | - |
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wellspring | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: fountainhead, well |
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(noun) the source of water for a well | Synonyms: wellhead |