| alizarin | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarine |
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| alizarine | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarin |
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| alkalinuria | (noun) a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline | Synonyms: alkaluria |
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| alkaluria | (noun) a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinuria |
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| alkaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alcaptonuria |
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| allegoric | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegorical |
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| allegorical | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegoric |
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| allegorically | (adverb) in an allegorical manner | - |
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| allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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| allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| allegorizer | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegoriser |
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| allomerism | (noun) (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form | - |
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| allometric | (adjective) relating to or marked by allometry | - |
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| allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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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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| alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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| alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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| alphameric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphamerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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| alphanumerics | (noun) a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation | Synonyms: alphanumeric characters |
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| alright | (adjective) nonstandard usage | - |
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| (adverb) an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence | Synonyms: all right, fine, OK, very well |
| (adverb) without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion) | Synonyms: all right |
| (adverb) in a satisfactory or adequate manner | Synonyms: all right, O.K., okay |
| alstroemeria | (noun) any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers | - |
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| altering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: fixing, neutering |
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| altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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| amateurish | (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled |
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| amateurishly | (adverb) in an amateurish manner | - |
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| amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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| amateurism | (noun) the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money | - |
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| ambassadorial | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors | - |
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| ambergris | (noun) waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume | - |
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| ambidexterity | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidextrousness |
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| americium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms | Synonyms: Am, atomic number 95 |
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| amethopterin | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: methotrexate, methotrexate sodium |
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| ametria | (noun) congenital absence of the uterus | - |
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| amidopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: aminopyrine |
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| aminoaciduria | (noun) abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects | - |
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| aminopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: amidopyrine |
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| amitriptyline | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications | Synonyms: amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil |
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| ammoniuria | (noun) excessive ammonia in the urine | - |
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| amorist | (noun) one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love | - |
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| amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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| amphitheatric | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatrical |
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| amphitheatrical | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatric |
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| amphoric | (adjective) the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | - |
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| amphoteric | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphiprotic |
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| amphotericin | (noun) an antibiotic and antifungal agent | - |
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| amrinone | (noun) a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium | Synonyms: Inocor |
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| anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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| anarthria | (noun) partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system | - |
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| anchorite | (noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: hermit |
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| anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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| anemometric | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometrical |
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| anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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| anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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| aneurin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: antiberiberi factor, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1 |
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| aneurism | (noun) a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall | Synonyms: aneurysm |
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| aneurismal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismatic, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurismatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| angiopteris | (noun) highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall | Synonyms: Angiopteris evecta, giant fern |
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| angrily | (adverb) with anger | - |
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| angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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| angularity | (noun) the property possessed by a shape that has angles | - |
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| (noun) a shape having one or more sharp angles | Synonyms: angular shape |
| anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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| anicteric | (adjective) without jaundice | - |
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| (adjective) not affected by jaundice | - |
| anisometric | (adjective) having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements | Synonyms: unsymmetrical |
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| anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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| anserine | (adjective) of or resembling a goose | - |
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| (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
| answering | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: respondent |
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| antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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| anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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| (adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
| (noun) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | Synonyms: front tooth |
| anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
| anteriorly | (adverb) in an anterior direction | - |
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| antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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| antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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| antheridium | (noun) the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers | - |
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| anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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| anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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| anthropocentrism | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentricity |
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| anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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| anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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| anthurium | (noun) any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers | Synonyms: tail-flower, tailflower |
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| antiauthoritarian | (adjective) opposed to authoritarianism | - |
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| antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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| (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
| antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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| antilogarithm | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilog |
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| antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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| antineutrino | (noun) the antiparticle of a neutrino | - |
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| antipruritic | (noun) a substance that relieves or prevents itching | - |
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| antiquarian | (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities | - |
| (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquary, archaist |
| antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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| anuria | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuresis |
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| anuric | (adjective) of or relating to an inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuretic |
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| aorist | (noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation | - |
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| aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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| aperient | (adjective) mildly laxative | - |
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| (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: cathartic, physic, purgative |
| aperiodic | (adjective) not recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: nonperiodic |
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