| acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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| allopurinol | (noun) a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid | Synonyms: Zyloprim |
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| ampul | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampule, phial, vial |
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| ampule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, phial, vial |
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| ampulla | (noun) a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils | - |
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| (noun) the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear | - |
| ampullar | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullary |
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| ampullary | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullar |
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| amputate | (verb) remove surgically | Synonyms: cut off |
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| amputation | (noun) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb | - |
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| (noun) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs | - |
| amputator | (noun) a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb | - |
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| amputee | (noun) someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
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| appurtenance | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, supplement |
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| (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: gear, paraphernalia |
| appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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| bellpull | (noun) a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc. | - |
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| brewpub | (noun) a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food | - |
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| campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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| cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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| capuchin | (noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | Synonyms: Cebus capucinus, ringtail |
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| (noun) a hooded cloak for women | - |
| capulin | (noun) Mexican black cherry | Synonyms: Mexican black cherry |
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| (noun) Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit | Synonyms: capulin tree, Prunus capuli |
| caput | (noun) the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure | - |
| cardiopulmonary | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions | Synonyms: cardiorespiratory |
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| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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| catapult | (noun) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles | - |
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| (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: sling, slingshot |
| (noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: launcher |
| (verb) shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult | - |
| (verb) hurl as if with a sling | Synonyms: sling |
| catapultian | (adjective) of or like a catapult | Synonyms: catapultic |
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| catapultic | (adjective) of or like a catapult | Synonyms: catapultian |
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| cockspur | (noun) small spiny West Indian tree | Synonyms: Pisonia aculeata |
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| (noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass | Synonyms: cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grass |
| compulsion | (noun) using force to cause something to occur | Synonyms: coercion |
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| (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
| compulsive | (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: determined, driven |
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| (adjective) caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion | - |
| (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
| compulsively | (adverb) in a compulsive manner | Synonyms: obsessionally, obsessively |
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| compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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| compulsivity | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsiveness |
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| compulsorily | (adverb) in a manner that cannot be evaded | Synonyms: mandatorily, obligatorily |
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| compulsory | (adjective) required by rule | Synonyms: mandatory, required |
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| compunction | (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach |
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| computable | (adjective) may be computed or estimated | Synonyms: estimable |
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| computation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computing |
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| (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, figuring, reckoning |
| computational | (adjective) of or involving computation or computers | - |
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| computationally | (adverb) with regard to computation | - |
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| compute | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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| computer | (noun) a machine for performing calculations automatically | Synonyms: computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
| computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
| computerization | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: cybernation |
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| computerize | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerise |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerise |
| computing | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computation |
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| (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | Synonyms: computer science |
| contrapuntal | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint | - |
| contrapuntist | (noun) a composer who specializes in counterpoint | - |
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| copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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| copular | (adjective) of or relating to a copula | - |
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| copulate | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair |
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| copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| copulative | (adjective) syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence | - |
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| (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
| copulatory | (adjective) of or relating to coitus or copulation | Synonyms: coital |
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| corpulence | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, overweight, stoutness |
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| corpulency | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: fleshiness, obesity |
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| corpulent | (adjective) excessively fat | Synonyms: obese, rotund, weighty |
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| corpus | (noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure | - |
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| (noun) a collection of writings | - |
| (noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: principal, principal sum |
| corpuscle | (noun) either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | Synonyms: blood cell, blood corpuscle |
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| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck |
| corpuscular | (adjective) of or relating to corpuscles | - |
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| counterpunch | (noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counter, parry |
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| cowpuncher | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, puncher |
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| coypu | (noun) aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur | Synonyms: Myocastor coypus, nutria |
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| crapulence | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness |
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| crapulent | (adjective) suffering from excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: crapulous |
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| crapulous | (adjective) given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking | - |
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| (adjective) suffering from excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: crapulent |
| crepuscle | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| crepuscular | (adjective) like twilight; dim | - |
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| crepuscule | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| cupular | (adjective) shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | Synonyms: cupulate |
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| cupulate | (adjective) shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | Synonyms: cupular |
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| cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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| (noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
| cutpurse | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: dip, pickpocket |
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| cyberpunk | (noun) a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies | - |
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| (noun) a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology | - |
| (noun) a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism | Synonyms: cyber-terrorist |
| depopulate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: desolate |
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| depopulated | (adjective) having lost inhabitants as by war or disease | - |
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| depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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| deputation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, delegation, mission |
| depute | (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: delegate |
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| (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, designate |
| deputise | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputize |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputize, step in, substitute |
| deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
| deputy | (noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Synonyms: lieutenant |
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| (noun) someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies | Synonyms: deputy sheriff |
| (noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others | Synonyms: surrogate |
| (noun) a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) | - |
| disputable | (adjective) capable of being disproved | Synonyms: debatable |
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| (adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: arguable, debatable, moot |
| disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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| disputation | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: debate, public debate |
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| (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt |
| disputatious | (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputative, litigious |
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| disputatiously | (adverb) in a disputatious manner | Synonyms: argumentatively |
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| disputative | (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputatious, litigious |
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| dispute | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: contravention |
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| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion |
| (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, gainsay |
| (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap |
| disputed | (adjective) subject to disagreement and debate | - |
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| disreputability | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputableness, unrespectability |
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| disreputable | (adjective) lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance | - |
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| disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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| disreputably | (adverb) in a disreputable manner | - |
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| disrepute | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: discredit |
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| empurple | (verb) color purple | Synonyms: purple, purpurate |
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| empurpled | (adjective) excessively elaborate or showily expressed | Synonyms: over-embellished, purple |
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| eohippus | (noun) earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal | Synonyms: dawn horse |
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| expulsion | (noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | Synonyms: ejection, forcing out, projection |
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| (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, riddance |
| (noun) squeezing out by applying pressure | Synonyms: extrusion |
| expunction | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: erasure, expunging |
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| expunge | (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: excise, scratch, strike |
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| expunging | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: erasure, expunction |
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