incorrectness | (noun) the quality of not conforming to fact or truth | Synonyms: wrongness |
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(noun) lack of conformity to social expectations | - |
indirect | (adjective) not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination | - |
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(adjective) extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action | - |
(adjective) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines | Synonyms: collateral |
(adjective) having intervening factors or persons or influences | - |
(adjective) not as a direct effect or consequence | - |
indirection | (noun) indirect procedure or action | - |
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(noun) deceitful action that is not straightforward | - |
indirectly | (adverb) not in a forthright manner | - |
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indirectness | (noun) having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal | - |
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insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising |
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insurrectional | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectionary |
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insurrectionary | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectional |
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insurrectionism | (noun) the principle of revolt against constituted authority | - |
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insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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irreclaimable | (adjective) insusceptible of reform | Synonyms: irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable |
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irreconcilable | (adjective) impossible to reconcile | Synonyms: unreconcilable |
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irrecoverable | (adjective) incapable of being recovered or regained | Synonyms: unrecoverable |
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leprechaun | (noun) a mischievous elf in Irish folklore | - |
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misdirect | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misaddress |
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(verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misguide, mislead |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
misdirection | (noun) management that is careless or inefficient | Synonyms: mismanagement |
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(noun) the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: distraction |
(noun) incorrect directions or instructions | - |
(noun) an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge | - |
misreckoning | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: miscalculation, misestimation |
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nephrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a kidney | - |
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neurectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of a nerve | - |
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nonreciprocal | (adjective) not reciprocal | - |
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nonreciprocating | (adjective) not moving alternately forward and backward | - |
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nonrecreational | (adjective) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby | Synonyms: paid |
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omnidirectional | (adjective) not directional | - |
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oophorectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries | Synonyms: ovariectomy |
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osmoreceptor | (noun) sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure | - |
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overreckoning | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overrating |
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panhysterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes | Synonyms: radical hysterectomy |
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precalc | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalculus |
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precalculus | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalc |
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precancerous | (adjective) of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated | - |
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precarious | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go |
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(adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties | Synonyms: shaky |
(adjective) affording no ease or reassurance | Synonyms: unstable |
precariously | (adverb) in a precarious manner | - |
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precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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(noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
precast | (adjective) of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation | - |
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precative | (adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication | Synonyms: precatory |
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precatory | (adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication | Synonyms: precative |
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precaution | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: guard, safeguard |
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(noun) the trait of practicing caution in advance | - |
(noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, forethought |
precautional | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautionary |
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precautionary | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautional |
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precava | (noun) receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins | Synonyms: superior vena cava |
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precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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(verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
(verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
(verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
precedence | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedency, precession |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority |
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedency, priority |
precedency | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precession |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority |
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, priority |
precedent | (adjective) preceding in time, order, or significance | - |
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(noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | Synonyms: case in point |
(noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | Synonyms: case law, common law |
(noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) | - |
(noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws | Synonyms: case law, common law |
precedented | (adjective) having or supported or justified by a precedent | - |
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precedentedly | (adverb) with precedent | - |
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precedential | (adjective) having precedence (especially because of longer service) | - |
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preceding | (adjective) existing or coming before | - |
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(adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, retiring |
precentor | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, choirmaster |
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precentorship | (noun) the position of precentor | - |
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precept | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, teaching |
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(noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: principle |
preceptor | (noun) teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) | Synonyms: don |
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preceptorship | (noun) the position of preceptor | - |
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precess | (verb) move in a gyrating fashion | - |
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precession | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
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(noun) the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone | - |
prechlorination | (noun) chlorination prior to another chemical process | - |
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precinct | (noun) a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
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preciosity | (noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | Synonyms: preciousness |
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precious | (adjective) obviously contrived to charm | Synonyms: cute |
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(adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: cherished, treasured, wanted |
(adjective) of high worth or cost | - |
(adjective) held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature | Synonyms: valued |
(adverb) very | Synonyms: preciously |
preciously | (adverb) very | Synonyms: precious |
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preciousness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness |
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(noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | Synonyms: preciosity |
(noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value | Synonyms: costliness, dearness |
precipice | (noun) a very steep cliff | - |
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precipitance | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitancy | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitant | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous |
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(noun) an agent that causes a precipitate to form | - |
precipitate | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous |
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(noun) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering | - |
(verb) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | - |
(verb) hurl or throw violently | - |
(verb) bring about abruptly | - |
(verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | - |
(verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, fall |
precipitately | (adverb) at breakneck speed | Synonyms: headlong |
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precipitateness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitating | (adjective) bringing on suddenly or abruptly | - |
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precipitation | (noun) an unexpected acceleration or hastening | - |
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(noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry |
(noun) the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height | - |
(noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: downfall |
(noun) the process of forming a chemical precipitate | - |
(noun) the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time | - |
precipitator | (noun) removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation | Synonyms: Cottrell precipitator, electrostatic precipitator |
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precipitin | (noun) an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen | - |
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precipitous | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate |
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(adjective) dangerously steep | Synonyms: abrupt, sharp |
precipitously | (adverb) abruptly; in a precipitous manner | - |
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(adverb) very suddenly and to a great degree | Synonyms: sharply |
precipitousness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, steepness |
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(noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness |
precis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, outline, synopsis |
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(verb) make a summary (of) | - |
precise | (adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited | - |
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(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: accurate, exact |
precisely | (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, just, properly |
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(adverb) in a precise manner | Synonyms: exactly, incisively |
(adverb) just as it should be | Synonyms: exactly, on the button, on the dot, on the nose |
preciseness | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | Synonyms: precision |
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(noun) clarity as a consequence of precision | Synonyms: clearcutness |
precision | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | Synonyms: preciseness |
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preclinical | (adjective) of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared | Synonyms: presymptomatic |
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preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent |
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(verb) make impossible, especially beforehand | Synonyms: close out, rule out |
preclusion | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: forestalling, obviation |
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preclusive | (adjective) made impossible | Synonyms: obviating |
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precocial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days | - |
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precocious | (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) | - |
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(adjective) appearing or developing early | - |
precociously | (adverb) in a precocious manner | - |
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precociousness | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precocity |
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precocity | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precociousness |
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precognition | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: foreknowledge |
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precognitive | (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: clairvoyant, second-sighted |
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preconceive | (verb) conceive beforehand | - |
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preconceived | (adjective) (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice | - |
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preconception | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, prepossession |
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(noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, prejudice |
preconcerted | (adjective) previously arranged or agreed on | - |
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precondition | (noun) a condition that is a prerequisite | - |
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(noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: given, presumption |
(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: condition, stipulation |
(verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
preconditioned | (adjective) having already been put into a suitable condition | - |
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precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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precooked | (adjective) cooked partially or completely beforehand | - |
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precooled | (adjective) cooled in advance | - |
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