| accrete | (verb) grow together (of plants and organs) | Synonyms: grow together |
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| (verb) grow or become attached by accretion | - |
| accretion | (noun) (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) | - |
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| (noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accumulation |
| (noun) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment | - |
| (noun) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles | - |
| (noun) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases | - |
| (noun) something contributing to growth or increase | - |
| accretionary | (adjective) marked or produced by accretion | - |
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| accretive | (adjective) growing by accretion | - |
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| aforethought | (adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: planned, plotted |
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| aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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| aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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| allegretto | (adjective) (of tempo) faster than allegro | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| (noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| (adverb) in a moderately quick tempo | - |
| amaretto | (noun) an Italian almond liqueur | - |
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| antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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| antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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| antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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| (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
| anuretic | (adjective) of or relating to an inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuric |
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| aphaeretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: apheretic |
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| apheretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: aphaeretic |
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| arboretum | (noun) a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | Synonyms: botanical garden |
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| arete | (noun) a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | - |
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| arethusa | (noun) any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers | - |
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| bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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| banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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| barrette | (noun) a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
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| barretter | (noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | Synonyms: ballast, ballast resistor |
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| beret | (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
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| berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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| biretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, birretta |
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| birretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, biretta |
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| brethren | (noun) (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
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| buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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| burette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: buret |
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| cabaret | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: floor show, floorshow |
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| (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: club, night club, nightclub, nightspot |
| carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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| carburetor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburettor |
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| carburettor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburetor |
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| caret | (noun) a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
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| caretaker | (noun) a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
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| (noun) an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily | - |
| cataphoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: electrophoretic |
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| cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| cigaret | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigarette, coffin nail, fag |
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| cigarette | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigaret, coffin nail, fag |
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| claret | (noun) a dark purplish-red color | - |
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| (noun) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | Synonyms: red Bordeaux |
| (verb) drink claret | - |
| combretum | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers | - |
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| concrete | (adjective) capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary | - |
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| (adjective) formed by the coalescence of particles | - |
| (noun) a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water | - |
| (verb) form into a solid mass; coalesce | - |
| (verb) cover with cement | - |
| concretely | (adverb) in concrete terms | - |
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| concreteness | (noun) the quality of being concrete (not abstract) | - |
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| concretion | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, conglutination |
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| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, densification |
| (noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: calculus |
| (noun) the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) | - |
| concretise | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretize |
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| concretism | (noun) a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms | Synonyms: concrete representation |
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| concretistic | (adjective) of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions | - |
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| concretize | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretise |
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| (verb) make something concrete | - |
| contretemps | (noun) an awkward clash | - |
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| cretaceous | (adjective) abounding in chalk | - |
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| cretin | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
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| cretinism | (noun) severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting | - |
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| cretinous | (adjective) afflicted with cretinism | - |
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| cretonne | (noun) an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies | - |
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| curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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| curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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| curette | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curet |
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| curettement | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettage |
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| dehydroretinol | (noun) a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1 | Synonyms: vitamin A2 |
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| diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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| (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
| discrete | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: distinct |
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| discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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| discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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| (noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
| (noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
| (noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
| discretional | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretionary |
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| discretionary | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretional |
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| (adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed | - |
| diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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| egret | (noun) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
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| electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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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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| entirety | (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, integrality, totality |
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| eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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| erethism | (noun) an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part | - |
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| excreta | (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excretion, excretory product |
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| excrete | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, eliminate, pass |
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| excreting | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding |
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| excretion | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding |
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| (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product |
| excretory | (adjective) of or relating to the process of excretion | - |
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| farmerette | (noun) a woman working on a farm | - |
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| ferret | (noun) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits | - |
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| (noun) musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct | Synonyms: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes |
| (verb) search and discover through persistent investigation | Synonyms: ferret out |
| (verb) hunt with ferrets | - |
| (verb) hound or harry relentlessly | - |
| ferroconcrete | (noun) concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses | Synonyms: reinforced concrete |
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| firethorn | (noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | Synonyms: fire thorn, pyracanth, Pyracantha |
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| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| floret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floweret |
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| floweret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floret |
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| foretaste | (noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
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| foretell | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
| (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald |
| foretelling | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, prediction, prognostication |
| forethought | (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, precaution |
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| (noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: premeditation |
| forethoughtful | (adjective) thoughtful of the future | - |
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| foretoken | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, preindication, sign |
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| foretop | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: forelock |
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| (noun) a platform at the head of a foremast | - |
| fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) | Synonyms: Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern |
| (noun) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | Synonyms: worn spot |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: lather, stew, sweat, swither |
| (verb) wear away or erode | Synonyms: eat away |
| (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, erode |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fray, rub, scratch |
| (verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: choke, gag |
| (verb) decorate with an interlaced design | - |
| (verb) carve a pattern into | - |
| (verb) be agitated or irritated | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in | - |
| (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, grate, rankle |
| (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively | Synonyms: fuss, niggle |
| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: chafe, gall |
| (verb) provide (a musical instrument) with frets | - |
| fretful | (adjective) habitually complaining | Synonyms: querulous, whiney, whiny |
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| (adjective) nervous and unable to relax | Synonyms: antsy, fidgety, itchy, restless |
| fretfully | (adverb) in a fretful manner | - |
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| fretfulness | (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
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| fretsaw | (noun) fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines | Synonyms: jigsaw, scroll saw |
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| fretted | (adjective) having frets | - |
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| (adjective) having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | Synonyms: interlaced, latticed, latticelike |
| fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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