| gourmandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gourmandizer | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, trencherman |
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| gourmet | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome |
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| gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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| gymnospermous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae | - |
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| hailstorm | (noun) a storm during which hail falls | - |
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| haloform | (noun) compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom | - |
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| harm | (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: damage, hurt, scathe |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: damage, impairment |
| (noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: hurt, injury, trauma |
| (verb) cause or do harm to | - |
| harmattan | (noun) a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter | - |
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| harmful | (adjective) causing or capable of causing harm | - |
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| harmfully | (adverb) in a detrimental manner | Synonyms: detrimentally, noxiously |
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| harmfulness | (noun) destructiveness that causes harm or injury | Synonyms: injuriousness |
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| (noun) the quality of being noxious | Synonyms: noisomeness, noxiousness |
| harmless | (adjective) not causing or capable of causing harm | - |
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| harmlessly | (adverb) in a harmless manner | - |
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| harmonic | (adjective) of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to harmonics | - |
| (adjective) involving or characterized by harmony | Synonyms: consonant, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized |
| (adjective) relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body | Synonyms: sympathetic |
| (noun) any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental | - |
| (noun) a tone that is a component of a complex sound | - |
| harmonica | (noun) a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | Synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ |
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| harmonical | (adjective) involving or characterized by harmony | Synonyms: consonant, harmonic, harmonised, harmonized |
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| harmonically | (adverb) with respect to harmony | - |
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| harmonics | (noun) the study of musical sound | - |
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| harmonious | (adjective) musically pleasing | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities | Synonyms: proportionate, symmetrical |
| (adjective) existing together in harmony | - |
| (adjective) suitable and fitting | - |
| harmoniously | (adverb) in a harmonious manner | - |
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| harmoniousness | (noun) compatibility in opinion and action | Synonyms: harmony |
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| (noun) the property of sounding harmonious | Synonyms: consonance |
| harmonisation | (noun) singing in harmony | Synonyms: harmonization |
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| (noun) a piece of harmonized music | Synonyms: harmonization |
| harmonise | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: chord, harmonize |
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| (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonize, reconcile |
| (verb) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously | Synonyms: harmonize |
| (verb) sing or play in harmony | Synonyms: harmonize |
| (verb) write a harmony for | Synonyms: harmonize |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonize |
| harmonised | (adjective) involving or characterized by harmony | Synonyms: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized |
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| harmoniser | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmonizer |
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| (noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmonizer |
| harmonium | (noun) a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows | Synonyms: organ, reed organ |
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| harmonizable | (adjective) capable of being made harmonious or consistent | - |
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| harmonization | (noun) singing in harmony | Synonyms: harmonisation |
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| (noun) a piece of harmonized music | Synonyms: harmonisation |
| harmonize | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: chord, harmonise |
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| (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, reconcile |
| (verb) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) sing or play in harmony | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) write a harmony for | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise |
| harmonized | (adjective) involving or characterized by harmony | Synonyms: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonised |
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| harmonizer | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmoniser |
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| (noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmoniser |
| harmony | (noun) an agreeable sound property | - |
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| (noun) compatibility in opinion and action | Synonyms: harmoniousness |
| (noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concord, concordance |
| (noun) the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords | Synonyms: musical harmony |
| (noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concord, concordance |
| heartwarming | (adjective) causing gladness and pleasure | - |
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| herm | (noun) a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost | - |
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| hermaphrodism | (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphroditism |
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| hermaphrodite | (adjective) of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs | Synonyms: hermaphroditic |
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| (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex |
| hermaphroditic | (adjective) of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs | Synonyms: hermaphrodite |
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| (adjective) of or relating to monoclinous plants | - |
| hermaphroditism | (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: androgyny, bisexuality |
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| (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphrodism |
| hermeneutic | (adjective) interpretive or explanatory | - |
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| hermeneutics | (noun) the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis | - |
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| hermetic | (adjective) completely sealed; completely airtight | - |
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| hermetically | (adverb) in an airtight manner | - |
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| hermit | (noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte |
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| (noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: anchorite |
| hermitage | (noun) the abode of a hermit | - |
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| hermitic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitical |
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| hermitical | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic |
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| heterothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: ectothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous |
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| hindermost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| homeotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homoiotherm, homotherm |
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| homeothermic | (adjective) of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature | Synonyms: homoiothermic, homothermic |
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| homoiotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homotherm |
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| homoiothermic | (adjective) of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature | Synonyms: homeothermic, homothermic |
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| homotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homoiotherm |
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| homothermic | (adjective) of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature | Synonyms: homeothermic, homoiothermic |
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| hookworm | (noun) parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts | - |
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| (noun) infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin | Synonyms: hookworm disease |
| hormism | (noun) psychology concerned with the purposive factor or force in behavior. | Synonyms: hormic psychology |
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| hormonal | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by hormones | - |
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| hormone | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Synonyms: endocrine, internal secretion |
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| housewarming | (noun) a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home | - |
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| hypermarket | (noun) a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) | - |
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| hypermastigote | (noun) flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites | - |
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| hypermedia | (noun) a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together | Synonyms: hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system |
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| hypermenorrhea | (noun) abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged | Synonyms: menorrhagia |
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| hypermetropia | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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| hypermetropic | (adjective) abnormal ability to focus of distant objects | Synonyms: hyperopic |
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| hypermetropy | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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| hypermotility | (noun) excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| hyperthermal | (adjective) of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia | - |
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| hyperthermia | (noun) abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer) | Synonyms: hyperthermy |
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| hyperthermy | (noun) abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer) | Synonyms: hyperthermia |
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| hypodermal | (adjective) of or relating to the hypodermis | - |
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| hypodermic | (adjective) relating to or located below the epidermis | Synonyms: subcutaneous |
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| (noun) a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections | Synonyms: hypo, hypodermic syringe |
| hypodermis | (noun) layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods | - |
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| hypothermia | (noun) subnormal body temperature | - |
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| hypothermic | (adjective) of or relating to or affected by hypothermia | - |
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| impairment | (noun) damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality | - |
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| (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, stultification |
| (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: damage, harm |
| (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap |
| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: deterioration |
| impermanence | (noun) the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations | Synonyms: impermanency |
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| impermanency | (noun) the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations | Synonyms: impermanence |
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| impermanent | (adjective) not permanent; not lasting | Synonyms: temporary |
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| (adjective) existing or enduring for a limited time only | - |
| impermeability | (noun) the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid | Synonyms: impermeableness |
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| impermeable | (adjective) preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through | - |
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| impermeableness | (noun) the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid | Synonyms: impermeability |
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| impermissibility | (noun) inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted | - |
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| impermissible | (adjective) not permitted | - |
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| (adjective) not allowable | - |
| impermissibly | (adverb) not permissibly | - |
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| inchworm | (noun) small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | Synonyms: looper, measuring worm |
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| indeterminable | (adjective) not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained | Synonyms: undeterminable |
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| (adjective) incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated | - |
| indeterminably | (adverb) in an indeterminable manner | - |
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| indeterminacy | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indeterminate | (adjective) not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance | Synonyms: undetermined |
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| (adjective) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex | - |
| (adjective) of uncertain or ambiguous nature | - |
| (adjective) not leading to a definite ending or result | - |
| (adjective) (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved | - |
| indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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| indetermination | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness |
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| inexterminable | (adjective) incapable of extermination or extirpation | Synonyms: inextirpable |
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| infirm | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) lacking firmness of will or character or purpose | - |
| infirmary | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: hospital |
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| infirmity | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, valetudinarianism |
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| inform | (verb) give character or essence to | - |
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| (verb) impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to | - |
| (verb) act as an informer | - |
| informal | (adjective) not formal | - |
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| (adjective) used of spoken and written language | - |
| (adjective) having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | Synonyms: cosy, cozy, intimate |
| (adjective) not officially recognized or controlled | Synonyms: loose |
| informality | (noun) a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously | - |
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| (noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: ease |