| absorptance | (noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber | Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption |
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| absorption | (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
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| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: concentration, engrossment, immersion |
| (noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid | Synonyms: soaking up |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: assimilation |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | - |
| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: assimilation |
| absorptive | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorbent |
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| absorptivity | (noun) (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body | Synonyms: absorption factor |
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| acarpellous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpelous |
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| acarpelous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpellous |
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| acarpous | (adjective) producing no fruit | - |
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| acrocarp | (noun) a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) | Synonyms: acrocarpous moss |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| actinomorphic | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphous |
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| actinomorphous | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphic |
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| adsorption | (noun) the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid | Synonyms: surface assimilation |
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| adsorptive | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorbent, surface-assimilative |
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| afterpains | (noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus | - |
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| afterpiece | (noun) a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play | - |
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| airplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: aeroplane, plane |
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| airport | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airdrome, drome |
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| airpost | (noun) a system of conveying mail by aircraft | Synonyms: airmail |
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| allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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| allelomorphic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelic |
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| allomorph | (noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | - |
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| (noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | - |
| allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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| altarpiece | (noun) a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table | Synonyms: reredos |
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| amorpha | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers | - |
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| amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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| amorphous | (adjective) lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies | Synonyms: unstructured |
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| (adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: uncrystallised, uncrystallized |
| (adjective) unclear because vague or badly organized | - |
| (adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: formless, shapeless |
| (adjective) (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused | - |
| anamorphic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another | - |
| anamorphism | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphosis |
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| (noun) metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals | - |
| (noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphosis |
| anamorphosis | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphism |
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| (noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphism |
| anchorperson | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorman |
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| angiocarp | (noun) tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk | - |
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| angiocarpic | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpous |
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| angiocarpous | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpic |
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| anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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| anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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| anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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| anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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| anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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| apocarpous | (adjective) (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses | - |
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| apomorphine | (noun) a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative | - |
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| arpeggio | (noun) a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously | - |
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| arpent | (noun) a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre | - |
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| ascocarp | (noun) mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | - |
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| ascocarpous | (adjective) of or relating to ascocarps | - |
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| basidiocarp | (noun) the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells | - |
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| bimorphemic | (adjective) consisting of two morphemes | - |
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| bladderpod | (noun) any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods | - |
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| (noun) any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods | - |
| (noun) annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella | - |
| (noun) North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata |
| boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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| (noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
| brierpatch | (noun) tangled mass of prickly plants | Synonyms: brier, brier patch |
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| burglarproof | (adjective) secure against burglary | - |
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| burp | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burping, eructation |
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| (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: belch, bubble, eruct |
| burping | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, eructation |
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| cardsharp | (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy |
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| cardsharper | (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, sharper, sharpie, sharpy |
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| carp | (noun) any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae | - |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised | - |
| (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: cavil, chicane |
| carpal | (adjective) of or relating to the wrist | - |
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| (noun) any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | Synonyms: carpal bone, wrist bone |
| carpel | (noun) a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil | - |
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| carpellary | (adjective) belonging to or forming or containing carpels | - |
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| carpellate | (adjective) bearing or consisting of carpels | Synonyms: pistillate |
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| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
| carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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| carpentry | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking |
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| carper | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: niggler |
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| carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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| (noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| carpetbag | (adjective) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers | - |
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| (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbagging |
| (noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century | - |
| carpetbagger | (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously | - |
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| carpetbagging | (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbag |
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| carpeted | (adjective) covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| carpophagous | (adjective) feeding on fruit | Synonyms: fruit-eating |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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| carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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| carposporous | (adjective) having carpospores | - |
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| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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| caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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| centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
| chairperson | (noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | Synonyms: chair, president |
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| chamberpot | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: potty, thunder mug |
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| chemisorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorption |
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| chemisorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorptive |
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| chemosorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorption |
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| chemosorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorptive |
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| chirp | (noun) a sharp sound made by small birds or insects | - |
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| (verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: cheep, chirrup, peep |
| (verb) sing in modulation | Synonyms: tweedle |
| chirpily | (adverb) in a cheerfully buoyant manner | Synonyms: buoyantly |
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| chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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| chirpy | (adjective) (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness | Synonyms: buoyant, perky |
| chlorpromazine | (noun) a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer | Synonyms: Thorazine |
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| chlorpyrifos | (noun) a common organophosphate insecticide | - |
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| ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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| cleistocarp | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistothecium |
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| copperplate | (noun) an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: copperplate engraving |
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| (noun) a print made from an engraved copperplate | - |
| (noun) a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings | - |
| corp | (noun) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state | Synonyms: corporation |
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| corporal | (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporate, embodied, incarnate |
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| (adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | Synonyms: bodily, corporeal, somatic |
| (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines | - |
| corporality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporeality, materiality, physicalness |
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| corporate | (adjective) of or belonging to a corporation | - |
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| (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, embodied, incarnate |
| (adjective) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together | Synonyms: collective |
| (adjective) organized and maintained as a legal corporation | Synonyms: incorporated |
| corporation | (noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, pot, potbelly, tummy |
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| (noun) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state | Synonyms: corp |