| abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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| (verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
| abridged | (adjective) (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting | - |
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| abridgement | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation |
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| abridger | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abbreviator |
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| abridgment | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, capsule, condensation |
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| acarid | (noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks | - |
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| acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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| acrid | (adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: pungent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acridid | (noun) grasshopper with short antennae | Synonyms: short-horned grasshopper |
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| acridity | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridness |
| (noun) having an acrid smell | - |
| acridness | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridity |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridity |
| aerides | (noun) any orchid of the genus Aerides | - |
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| anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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| antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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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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| arid | (adjective) lacking sufficient water or rainfall | Synonyms: waterless |
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| (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: desiccate, desiccated |
| aridity | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: barrenness, fruitlessness |
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| (noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridness, thirstiness |
| aridness | (noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridity, thirstiness |
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| astride | (adverb) with one leg on each side | Synonyms: astraddle |
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| (adverb) with the legs stretched far apart | - |
| bedrid | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedridden, sick-abed |
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| bedridden | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed |
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| bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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| bichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: dichloride |
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| bridal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a bride | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a wedding | Synonyms: nuptial, spousal |
| (noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: espousal |
| bride | (noun) a woman who has recently been married | - |
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| (noun) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony | - |
| bridecake | (noun) a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception | Synonyms: wedding cake |
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| bridegroom | (noun) a man who has recently been married | Synonyms: groom |
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| (noun) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony | Synonyms: groom |
| bridesmaid | (noun) an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | Synonyms: maid of honor |
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| bridge | (noun) any of various card games based on whist for four players | - |
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| (noun) a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. | Synonyms: span |
| (noun) an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands | Synonyms: bridge deck |
| (noun) the link between two lenses; rests on the nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
| (noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth | Synonyms: bridgework |
| (noun) a wooden support that holds the strings up | - |
| (noun) a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected | Synonyms: bridge circuit |
| (noun) the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose | - |
| (noun) something resembling a bridge in form or function | - |
| (verb) make a bridge across | - |
| (verb) cross over on a bridge | - |
| (verb) connect or reduce the distance between | Synonyms: bridge over |
| bridgeable | (adjective) capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge | - |
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| bridgehead | (noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: foothold |
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| (noun) a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy | - |
| bridgework | (noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth | Synonyms: bridge |
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| bridle | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: check, curb |
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| (noun) headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control | - |
| (verb) respond to the reins, as of horses | - |
| (verb) put a bridle on | - |
| (verb) anger or take offense | - |
| bridoon | (noun) a bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb | - |
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| cartridge | (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun | - |
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| (noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: pickup |
| (noun) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment | - |
| (noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required | Synonyms: magazine |
| cephaloridine | (noun) a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin | - |
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| chloride | (noun) any compound containing a chlorine atom | - |
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| (noun) any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) | - |
| churidars | (noun) tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta) | - |
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| clerid | (noun) predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic | Synonyms: clerid beetle |
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| clitoridectomy | (noun) excision of the clitoris | Synonyms: female circumcision |
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| clostridia | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridium |
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| clostridium | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridia |
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| colubrid | (noun) mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes | Synonyms: colubrid snake |
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| corrida | (noun) a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators | Synonyms: bullfight |
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| corridor | (noun) an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it | - |
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| dasyurid | (noun) small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania | Synonyms: dasyurid marsupial |
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| debridement | (noun) surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing | - |
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| deride | (verb) treat or speak of with contempt | - |
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| dichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: bichloride |
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| dihybrid | (noun) a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each | - |
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| disaccharidase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides | - |
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| disaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| drawbridge | (noun) a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it | Synonyms: lift bridge |
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| elaterid | (noun) any of various widely distributed beetles | Synonyms: elater, elaterid beetle |
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| enchiridion | (noun) a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | Synonyms: handbook, vade mecum |
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| ephemerid | (noun) short-lived insect | Synonyms: ephemeropteran |
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| eurypterid | (noun) large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs | - |
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| florid | (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: aureate, flamboyant |
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| (adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: rubicund, ruddy, sanguine |
| floridity | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridness, showiness |
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| floridly | (adverb) in a florid manner | - |
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| floridness | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridity, showiness |
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| floxuridine | (noun) antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair | - |
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| fluoridate | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridise, fluoridize |
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| fluoridation | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridisation, fluoridization |
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| fluoride | (noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
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| fluoridisation | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridation, fluoridization |
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| fluoridise | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridate, fluoridize |
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| fluoridization | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridation, fluoridisation |
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| fluoridize | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridate, fluoridise |
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| fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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| flybridge | (noun) the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house | Synonyms: fly bridge, flying bridge, monkey bridge |
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| footbridge | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: overcrossing, pedestrian bridge |
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| fridge | (noun) a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor | Synonyms: electric refrigerator |
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| geometrid | (noun) slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms | Synonyms: geometrid moth |
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| glyburide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: DiaBeta, Micronase |
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| glyceride | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: acylglycerol |
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| grid | (noun) a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat | Synonyms: gridiron |
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| (noun) an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube | Synonyms: control grid |
| (noun) a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region | Synonyms: power grid, power system |
| (noun) a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material | Synonyms: storage-battery grid |
| (noun) a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines | - |
| griddle | (noun) cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked | - |
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| (verb) cook on a griddle | - |
| griddlecake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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| (noun) a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle | Synonyms: drop scone, Scotch pancake |
| gridiron | (noun) a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat | Synonyms: grid |
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| (noun) the playing field on which football is played | Synonyms: football field |
| gridlock | (noun) a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible | - |
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| gueridon | (noun) a small round table | - |
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| haemosporidian | (noun) minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens | - |
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| hagridden | (adjective) tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears | Synonyms: hag-ridden, tormented |
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| haloperidol | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome | Synonyms: Haldol |
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| haplosporidian | (noun) parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance | - |
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| harridan | (noun) a scolding (even vicious) old woman | - |
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| horrid | (adjective) exceedingly bad | - |
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| (adjective) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror | Synonyms: hideous, horrific, outrageous |
| horridly | (adverb) in a hideous manner | Synonyms: hideously, monstrously |
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| horridness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, dreadfulness, terribleness |
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| hurridly | (adverb) on the run or in a hurry | Synonyms: on the fly |
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| hybrid | (adjective) produced by crossbreeding | Synonyms: intercrossed |
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| (noun) (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species | Synonyms: cross, crossbreed |
| (noun) a car which runs on two power sources, usually an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor | Synonyms: hybrid car |
| (noun) a composite of mixed origin | - |
| (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: loan-blend, loanblend |
| hybridisation | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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| hybridise | (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: cross, crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed |
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| hybridization | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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| hybridize | (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: cross, crossbreed, hybridise, interbreed |
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| hybridizing | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, interbreeding |
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| hybridoma | (noun) a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody | - |
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