| aerogram | (noun) a letter sent by air mail | Synonyms: aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter |
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| aerogramme | (noun) a letter sent by air mail | Synonyms: aerogram, air letter, airmail letter |
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| airframe | (noun) the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines) | - |
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| anagram | (noun) a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase | - |
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| (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |
| anagrammatic | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatical |
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| anagrammatical | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatic |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| anagrams | (noun) a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters | - |
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| angiocardiogram | (noun) a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiogram | (noun) an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| antigram | (noun) an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase | - |
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| arame | (noun) an edible seaweed with a mild flavor | - |
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| arbitrament | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitration, arbitrement |
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| arteriogram | (noun) an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium | - |
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| arthrogram | (noun) an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium | - |
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| ashram | (noun) (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus | - |
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| (noun) a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram | - |
| audiogram | (noun) a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound | - |
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| avaram | (noun) evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia | Synonyms: Cassia auriculata, Senna auriculata, tanner's cassia |
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| babygram | (noun) an X-ray of the entire body of an infant. | - |
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| ballistocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph | - |
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| barramundi | (noun) a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats | Synonyms: Asian seabass, giant perch, giant seaperch, Lates calcarifer, white seabass |
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| bedframe | (noun) the framework of a bed | Synonyms: bedstead |
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| bigram | (noun) a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system | - |
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| biramous | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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| bologram | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bolograph |
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| bramble | (noun) any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | - |
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| brambling | (noun) Eurasian finch | Synonyms: Fringilla montifringilla |
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| brambly | (adjective) covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth | Synonyms: braky |
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| buckram | (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: starchy, stiff |
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| (noun) a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing | - |
| (verb) stiffen with or as with buckram | - |
| cablegram | (noun) a telegram sent abroad | Synonyms: cable, overseas telegram |
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| cameraman | (noun) a photographer who operates a movie camera | Synonyms: camera operator, cinematographer |
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| carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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| (noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
| caramel | (adjective) having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown | Synonyms: caramel brown |
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| (noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
| (noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk | - |
| (noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food | Synonyms: caramelized sugar |
| caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
| caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
| cardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: ECG, EKG, electrocardiogram |
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| ceramic | (adjective) of or relating to or made from a ceramic | - |
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| (noun) an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures | - |
| ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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| ceramics | (noun) the art of making and decorating pottery | - |
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| ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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| chlorambucil | (noun) an alkylating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer | Synonyms: Leukeran |
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| chloramine | (noun) any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds | Synonyms: chloramine-T |
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| chloramphenicol | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | Synonyms: Chloromycetin |
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| chromatogram | (noun) the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography | - |
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| cladogram | (noun) a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships | - |
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| clomipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug | - |
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| cram | (verb) prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | - |
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| (verb) study intensively, as before an exam | Synonyms: bone, bone up, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
| (verb) crowd or pack to capacity | Synonyms: chock up, jam, jampack, ram, wad |
| (verb) put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled | - |
| crammer | (noun) a textbook designed for cramming | - |
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| (noun) a special school where students are crammed | - |
| (noun) a student who crams | - |
| (noun) a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations | - |
| cramp | (noun) a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together | Synonyms: cramp iron |
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| (noun) a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued | - |
| (noun) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Synonyms: muscle spasm, spasm |
| (verb) suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | - |
| (verb) affect with or as if with a cramp | - |
| (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: halter, hamper, strangle |
| (verb) secure with a cramp | - |
| crampbark | (noun) deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries | Synonyms: cranberry tree, European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, guelder rose, Viburnum opulus |
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| cramped | (adjective) constricted in size | - |
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| crampfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: electric ray, numbfish, torpedo |
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| crampon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampoon |
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| (noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampoon |
| crampoon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampon |
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| (noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampon |
| cryptogram | (noun) a piece of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptograph, secret writing |
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| cyanuramide | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: melamine |
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| cyclorama | (noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene | Synonyms: diorama, panorama |
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| decagram | (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: dag, dekagram, dkg |
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| decigram | (noun) 1/10 gram | Synonyms: dg |
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| dekagram | (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: dag, decagram, dkg |
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| desipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system | - |
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| diagram | (noun) a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts | - |
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| (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: plot |
| diagrammatic | (adjective) shown or represented by diagrams | Synonyms: diagrammatical |
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| diagrammatical | (adjective) shown or represented by diagrams | Synonyms: diagrammatic |
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| diagrammatically | (adverb) in a diagrammatic manner | Synonyms: graphically |
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| diagramming | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: schematisation, schematization |
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| digram | (noun) two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') | Synonyms: digraph |
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| diorama | (noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene | Synonyms: cyclorama, panorama |
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| diphenhydramine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Benadryl |
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| disulfiram | (noun) a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested | Synonyms: Antabuse |
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| dithyramb | (noun) (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) | - |
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| (noun) a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing | - |
| dithyrambic | (adjective) of or in the manner of a dithyramb | - |
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| docudrama | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: documentary, documentary film, infotainment |
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| doorframe | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorcase |
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| dram | (noun) the basic unit of money in Armenia | - |
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| (noun) 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams | - |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, drachma |
| drama | (noun) the quality of being arresting or highly emotional | - |
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| (noun) the literary genre of works intended for the theater | - |
| (noun) a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | Synonyms: dramatic play, play |
| (noun) an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional | Synonyms: dramatic event |
| dramatic | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | - |
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| (adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style | - |
| (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of drama | - |
| (adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: spectacular, striking |
| dramatically | (adverb) in a dramatic manner | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to dramatic value | - |
| (adverb) in a very impressive manner | - |
| dramatics | (noun) participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity | - |
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| (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
| dramatisation | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatization |
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| (noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatization |
| dramatise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| (verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatize |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatize |
| dramatist | (noun) someone who writes plays | Synonyms: playwright |
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| dramatization | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatisation |
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| (noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatisation |
| dramatize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| (verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatise |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatise |
| dramaturgic | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgical |
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| dramaturgical | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgic |
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| dramaturgy | (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
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| duramen | (noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood | Synonyms: heartwood |
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| echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
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| echoencephalogram | (noun) a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph | - |
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| echogram | (noun) an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonogram |
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| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electroencephalogram | (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, encephalogram |
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| electromyogram | (noun) a graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions | Synonyms: EMG |
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| electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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| encephalogram | (noun) an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast | Synonyms: pneumoencephalogram |
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| (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, electroencephalogram |
| engram | (noun) a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | Synonyms: memory trace |
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| epigram | (noun) a witty saying | Synonyms: quip |
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| epigrammatic | (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic |
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