| acariosis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acaridiasis |
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| aldotriose | (noun) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde. | - |
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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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| aperiodic | (adjective) not recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: nonperiodic |
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| apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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| ariose | (adjective) having a melody (as distinguished from recitative) | Synonyms: songlike |
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| arioso | (noun) (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria | - |
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| arteriogram | (noun) an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium | - |
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| arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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| arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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| arteriolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving arterioles | - |
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| arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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| arteriolosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterioles | - |
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| arteriosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterial walls | Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries |
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| arteriosclerotic | (adjective) affected by arteriosclerosis | - |
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| arteriovenous | (adjective) connecting an artery to a vein | - |
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| asterion | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture | - |
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| atrioventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: auriculoventricular |
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| bacteriochlorophyll | (noun) a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants | - |
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| bacterioid | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioidal, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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| bacterioidal | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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| bacteriologic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriological |
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| bacteriological | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriologic |
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| bacteriologist | (noun) a biologist who studies bacteria | - |
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| bacteriology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease | - |
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| bacteriolysis | (noun) dissolution or destruction of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis | - |
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| bacteriophage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: phage |
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| bacteriophagic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagous |
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| bacteriophagous | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagic |
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| bacteriostasis | (noun) inhibition of the growth of bacteria | - |
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| bacteriostat | (noun) a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth | - |
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| bacteriostatic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis | - |
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| barrio | (noun) an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country | - |
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| (noun) a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) | - |
| brio | (noun) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous | Synonyms: animation, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification |
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| brioche | (noun) a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet | - |
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| briony | (noun) a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties | Synonyms: bryony |
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| burglarious | (adjective) involving or resembling burglary | - |
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| cabriolet | (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood | Synonyms: cab |
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| capriole | (noun) (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | - |
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| (noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: caper |
| (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
| (verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
| carioca | (noun) a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the carioca | - |
| carious | (adjective) (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay | - |
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| carrion | (noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
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| censorious | (adjective) harshly critical or expressing censure | - |
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| centriole | (noun) one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis | - |
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| centurion | (noun) (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers | - |
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| chariot | (noun) a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage | - |
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| (noun) a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome | - |
| (verb) ride in a chariot | - |
| (verb) transport in a chariot | - |
| charioteer | (noun) the driver of a chariot | - |
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| cheerio | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| chondriosome | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | Synonyms: mitochondrion |
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| chorioallantois | (noun) the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois | Synonyms: chorioallantoic membrane |
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| choriomeningitis | (noun) a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | - |
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| chorion | (noun) the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
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| chorionic | (adjective) of or relating to a chorion | - |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| cirio | (noun) candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers | Synonyms: boojum tree, Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris |
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| clarion | (adjective) loud and clear | - |
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| (noun) a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone | - |
| (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion | - |
| (verb) blow the clarion | - |
| compatriot | (noun) a person from your own country | - |
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| contrarious | (adjective) characterized by self-willed opposition | Synonyms: cross-grained |
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| criollo | (noun) cocoa of superior quality | - |
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| (noun) a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) | - |
| criterion | (noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: standard |
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| (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: measure, standard, touchstone |
| criterional | (adjective) serving as a basis for evaluation | Synonyms: criterial |
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| curio | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| curiosa | (noun) books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) | - |
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| curiosity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| (noun) a state in which you want to learn more about something | Synonyms: wonder |
| curious | (adjective) eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) | - |
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| (adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular |
| curiously | (adverb) with curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitively, interrogatively |
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| (adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected | Synonyms: inexplicably, oddly, peculiarly |
| curiousness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness |
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| (noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitiveness |
| deleterious | (adjective) harmful to living things | Synonyms: hurtful, injurious |
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| delirious | (adjective) experiencing delirium | Synonyms: hallucinating |
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| (adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained |
| deliriously | (adverb) as if in a delirium | - |
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| (adverb) in a delirious manner | - |
| deteriorate | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, devolve, drop |
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| (verb) become worse or disintegrate | - |
| deterioration | (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, worsening |
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| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: impairment |
| durion | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian, durian tree, Durio zibethinus |
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| endometriosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: adenomyosis |
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| eriogonum | (noun) any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers | - |
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| eriometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed. | - |
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| estriol | (noun) a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency | Synonyms: oestriol |
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| exterior | (adjective) situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building | - |
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| (noun) the outer side or surface of something | Synonyms: outside |
| (noun) the region that is outside of something | Synonyms: outside |
| exteriorisation | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorization, externalisation, externalization |
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| exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| exteriorization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, externalisation, externalization |
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| exteriorize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| (verb) bring outside the body for surgery, of organs | Synonyms: bring outside |
| furious | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: angered, enraged, infuriated, maddened |
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| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, raging, tempestuous, wild |
| (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, fierce, savage |
| furiously | (adverb) (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an impassioned or very angry manner | - |
| (adverb) in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy | - |
| furiousness | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| gloriole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| gloriosa | (noun) any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily |
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| glorious | (adjective) having or deserving or conferring glory | - |
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| (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: resplendent, splendid, splendiferous |
| (adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: brilliant, magnificent, splendid |
| gloriously | (adverb) blessedly or wonderfully | - |
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| (adverb) with glory or in a glorious manner | - |
| gregarious | (adjective) (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species | - |
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| (adjective) (of plants) growing in groups that are close together | - |
| (adjective) instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others | - |
| gregariously | (adverb) in a gregarious manner | Synonyms: sociably |
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| gregariousness | (noun) the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone | - |
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| griot | (noun) a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village | - |
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| hilarious | (adjective) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | Synonyms: screaming, uproarious |
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| hilariously | (adverb) in a hilarious manner | Synonyms: uproariously |
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| historiographer | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historian |
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| historiography | (noun) the writing of history | - |
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| (noun) a body of historical literature | - |