| perithelium | (noun) tissue layer around small blood vessels | - |
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| peritoneal | (adjective) of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum | - |
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| peritoneum | (noun) a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera | - |
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| peritonitis | (noun) inflammation of the peritoneum | Synonyms: peritoneal inflammation |
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| peritrichous | (adjective) covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella | - |
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| perpendicularity | (noun) the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon) | - |
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| (noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality |
| polarity | (noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: sign |
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| (noun) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | Synonyms: mutual opposition |
| polyarteritis | (noun) inflammation of several arteries | - |
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| polyneuritis | (noun) inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) | Synonyms: multiple neuritis |
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| popularity | (noun) the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | - |
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| porphyritic | (adjective) (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals | - |
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| posteriority | (noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end | - |
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| (noun) following in time | Synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness |
| posterity | (noun) all future generations | - |
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| (noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor | Synonyms: descendants |
| premarital | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: antenuptial, prenuptial |
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| prematurity | (noun) the state of being premature | Synonyms: prematureness |
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| preterit | (noun) a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense | Synonyms: preterite |
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| preterite | (noun) a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense | Synonyms: preterit |
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| preterition | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis |
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| prioritise | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritize |
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| prioritize | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritise |
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| priority | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency |
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| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
| prosperity | (noun) the condition of prospering; having good fortune | Synonyms: successfulness |
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| (noun) an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment | - |
| pruritus | (noun) an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) | - |
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| pulchritude | (noun) physical beauty (especially of a woman) | - |
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| pulchritudinous | (adjective) used of persons only; having great physical beauty | - |
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| puritan | (noun) someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures | - |
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| (noun) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | Synonyms: prude |
| puritanic | (adjective) morally rigorous and strict | Synonyms: blue, puritanical |
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| puritanical | (adjective) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism | - |
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| (adjective) morally rigorous and strict | Synonyms: blue, puritanic |
| (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
| puritanically | (adverb) in a prudish manner | Synonyms: prudishly |
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| purity | (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, honour, pureness |
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| (noun) being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material | Synonyms: pureness |
| (noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | Synonyms: innocence, pureness, sinlessness, whiteness |
| pyelonephritis | (noun) inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection | - |
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| pyrite | (noun) a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color | Synonyms: fool's gold, iron pyrite |
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| pyrites | (noun) any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest) | - |
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| rarity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity |
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| (noun) a rarified quality | Synonyms: low density, tenuity |
| (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: infrequency, rareness |
| rectangularity | (noun) the property of being shaped like a rectangle | Synonyms: oblongness |
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| rectilinearity | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that is rectilinear, straight. | - |
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| regularity | (noun) the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate | - |
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| (noun) a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles | Synonyms: geometrical regularity |
| rensselaerite | (noun) a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler | - |
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| rewrite | (noun) something that has been written again | Synonyms: rescript, revision |
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| (verb) write differently; alter the writing of | - |
| (verb) rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose | - |
| rewriter | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man |
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| rewriting | (noun) editing that involves writing something again | Synonyms: revising |
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| ritardando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritenuto |
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| rite | (noun) any customary observance or practice | Synonyms: ritual |
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| (noun) an established ceremony prescribed by a religion | Synonyms: religious rite |
| ritenuto | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritardando |
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| ritonavir | (noun) a protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV | Synonyms: Norvir |
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| ritual | (adjective) of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals | - |
| (noun) any customary observance or practice | Synonyms: rite |
| (noun) the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies | - |
| (noun) stereotyped behavior | - |
| ritualise | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualize |
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| ritualism | (noun) exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship | - |
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| (noun) the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies | - |
| ritualist | (noun) an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms | - |
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| (noun) a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies | - |
| ritualistic | (adjective) of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism | - |
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| ritualize | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualise |
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| ritually | (adverb) in a ceremonial manner | Synonyms: ceremonially |
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| ritz | (noun) ostentatious display of elegance | - |
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| ritzy | (adjective) luxuriously elegant | - |
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| salubrity | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubriousness |
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| sclerite | (noun) hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods | - |
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| scleritis | (noun) inflammation of the sclera | - |
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| screenwriter | (noun) someone who writes screenplays | Synonyms: film writer |
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| scriptwriter | (noun) someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas | - |
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| security | (noun) measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc. | Synonyms: security measures |
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| (noun) an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in | Synonyms: security measure, security system |
| (noun) a guarantee that an obligation will be met | Synonyms: surety |
| (noun) freedom from anxiety or fear | - |
| (noun) a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers | Synonyms: security department |
| (noun) property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation | Synonyms: surety |
| (noun) defense against financial failure; financial independence | Synonyms: protection |
| (noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: certificate |
| (noun) the state of being free from danger or injury | - |
| senioritis | (noun) tiredness with the final year of high school | - |
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| seniority | (noun) the property of being long-lived | Synonyms: longevity |
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| (noun) higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service | Synonyms: higher rank, higher status, senior status |
| severity | (noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, stiffness |
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| (noun) used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | Synonyms: badness, severeness |
| (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness |
| (noun) extreme plainness | Synonyms: austereness, severeness |
| siderite | (noun) a meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron | - |
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| (noun) iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate | Synonyms: chalybite |
| similarity | (noun) the quality of being similar | - |
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| (noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit | Synonyms: law of similarity |
| sincerity | (noun) the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness |
| (noun) a quality of naturalness and simplicity | Synonyms: unassumingness |
| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: earnestness, seriousness |
| singularity | (noun) the quality of being one of a kind | Synonyms: uniqueness |
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| (noun) strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual | - |
| skywriting | (noun) writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane | - |
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| solidarity | (noun) a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group | - |
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| songwriter | (noun) a composer of words or music for popular songs | Synonyms: ballad maker, songster |
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| sonority | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| sorority | (noun) a social club for female undergraduates | - |
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| speechwriter | (noun) a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver | - |
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| sphalerite | (noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form | Synonyms: blende, zinc blende |
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| spirit | (noun) a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character | - |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, liveliness, sprightliness |
| (noun) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind | Synonyms: heart |
| (noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: intent, purport |
| (noun) any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | Synonyms: disembodied spirit |
| (noun) the vital principle or animating force within living things | - |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, tone |
| (noun) the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) | Synonyms: emotional state |
| (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: inspirit, spirit up |
| spirited | (adjective) displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness | - |
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| (adjective) made lively or spirited | Synonyms: enlivened |
| (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spunky |
| (adjective) marked by lively action | Synonyms: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, zippy |
| spiritedly | (adverb) in a spirited or lively manner; with animation and vivacity | - |
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| spiritedness | (noun) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous | Synonyms: animation, brio, invigoration, vivification |
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| spiritise | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritize |
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| spiritism | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritualism, spirituality |
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| spiritize | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritise |
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| spiritless | (adjective) lacking ardor or vigor or energy | - |
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| (adjective) evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant | Synonyms: meek |
| spiritlessness | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, indifference, numbness |
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| spiritous | (adjective) containing or of the nature of alcohol | Synonyms: spirituous |
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| spirits | (noun) an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented | Synonyms: booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, strong drink |
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| spiritual | (adjective) lacking material body or form or substance | - |
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| (adjective) concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | Synonyms: religious |
| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral |
| (adjective) concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul | Synonyms: unearthly |
| (noun) a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States | Synonyms: Negro spiritual |
| spiritualisation | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualization |
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| spiritualise | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualize |
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| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualize |
| spiritualism | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritism, spirituality |
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| (noun) the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium) | - |
| (noun) (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God | - |
| spiritualist | (adjective) of or relating to or connected with spiritualism | Synonyms: spiritualistic |
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| (noun) someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead | Synonyms: medium, sensitive |
| spiritualistic | (adjective) of or relating to or connected with spiritualism | Synonyms: spiritualist |
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| spirituality | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism |
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| (noun) property or income owned by a church | Synonyms: church property, spiritualty |
| spiritualization | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualisation |
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| spiritualize | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualise |
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| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, transfigure |
| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualise |
| spiritually | (adverb) in a spiritual manner | - |
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| spiritualty | (noun) property or income owned by a church | Synonyms: church property, spirituality |
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| spirituous | (adjective) containing or of the nature of alcohol | Synonyms: spiritous |
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| spondylarthritis | (noun) arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | - |
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| sportswriter | (noun) a journalist who writes about sports | Synonyms: sports writer |
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| sprit | (noun) a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally | - |
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