achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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acromicria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromikria |
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acromikria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromicria |
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acromion | (noun) the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade | Synonyms: acromial process |
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antidromic | (adjective) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
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bromic | (adjective) relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine) | - |
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bromide | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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(noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs | - |
bromidic | (adjective) given to uttering bromides | - |
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(adjective) dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality | Synonyms: corny, platitudinal, platitudinous |
brominate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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(verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | Synonyms: atomic number 35, Br |
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chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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chromium | (noun) a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | Synonyms: atomic number 24, Cr |
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compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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(noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
(verb) settle by concession | - |
(verb) make a compromise; arrive at a compromise | - |
(verb) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute | - |
compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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compromising | (adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: conciliatory, flexible |
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(adjective) vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion | - |
dichromia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia |
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gyromitra | (noun) any fungus of the genus Gyromitra | - |
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immunocompromised | (adjective) unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy | - |
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intromission | (noun) the act of putting one thing into another | Synonyms: insertion, introduction |
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intromit | (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: admit, allow in, let in |
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merbromine | (noun) a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark | Synonyms: Mercurochrome |
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micromicron | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter | Synonyms: picometer, picometre |
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micromillimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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micromillimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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monochromia | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism |
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monochromic | (adjective) having or appearing to have only one color | Synonyms: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromous |
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peperomia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage | - |
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polychromic | (adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychromatic, polychrome |
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polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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prodromic | (adjective) symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease | Synonyms: prodromal |
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prominence | (noun) relative importance or fame | - |
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(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
(noun) the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent | - |
prominent | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking |
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(adjective) conspicuous in position or importance | Synonyms: big, large |
prominently | (adverb) in a prominent way | Synonyms: conspicuously |
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promiscuity | (noun) indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations | Synonyms: promiscuousness, sleeping around |
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promiscuous | (adjective) not selective of a single class or person | - |
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(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, light, loose, sluttish, wanton |
promiscuously | (adverb) in a licentious and promiscuous manner | Synonyms: licentiously, wantonly |
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(adverb) in an indiscriminate manner | Synonyms: indiscriminately |
promiscuousness | (noun) indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations | Synonyms: promiscuity, sleeping around |
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promise | (noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: hope |
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(noun) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | - |
(verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: assure |
(verb) promise to undertake or give | - |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate |
(verb) give grounds for expectations | - |
promisee | (noun) a person to whom a promise is made | - |
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promiser | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promisor |
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promising | (adjective) likely to turn out well in the future | Synonyms: bright, hopeful |
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(adjective) showing possibility of achievement or excellence | - |
promisingly | (adverb) in a manner that gives hope | - |
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promisor | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promiser |
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promissory | (adjective) relating to or having the character of a promise | - |
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romish | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papist, papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist |
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tranylcypromine | (noun) an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate | - |
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uncompromising | (adjective) not making concessions | Synonyms: inflexible, sturdy |
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uncompromisingly | (adverb) in an uncompromising manner | - |
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unpromised | (adjective) not promised in marriage | Synonyms: unengaged, unpledged |
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unpromising | (adjective) unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment | - |
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