| disinclination | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance |
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| (noun) that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike | - |
| disincline | (verb) make unwilling | Synonyms: indispose |
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| disinclined | (adjective) unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval | - |
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| disinfect | (verb) destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing | - |
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| disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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| (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
| disinfection | (noun) treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms | - |
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| disinfector | (noun) an apparatus for applying disinfectants. | - |
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| disinfest | (verb) rid of vermin | - |
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| disinfestation | (noun) the activity of getting rid of vermin | - |
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| disinflation | (noun) a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments | - |
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| disinformation | (noun) misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.) | - |
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| disingenuous | (adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | Synonyms: artful |
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| disingenuously | (adverb) in a disingenuous manner | Synonyms: artfully |
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| disingenuousness | (noun) the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor | - |
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| disinherit | (verb) prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | Synonyms: disown |
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| disinheritance | (noun) the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit | - |
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| disinherited | (adjective) deprived of your rightful heritage | - |
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| disintegrable | (adjective) capable of melting | Synonyms: meltable |
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| disintegrate | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity | - |
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| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, decompose |
| (verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles | - |
| disintegration | (noun) total destruction | Synonyms: annihilation |
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| (noun) separation into component parts | Synonyms: dissolution |
| (noun) the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | Synonyms: decay, radioactive decay |
| (noun) in a decomposed state | Synonyms: decomposition |
| (noun) a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system | - |
| disintegrative | (adjective) tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts | - |
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| disinter | (verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | Synonyms: exhume |
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| disinterest | (noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: neutrality |
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| (noun) lack of interest | - |
| disinterested | (adjective) unaffected by self-interest | - |
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| disinterestedly | (adverb) without bias; without selfish motives | - |
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| disinterestedness | (noun) freedom from bias or from selfish motives | - |
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| disinterment | (noun) the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried | Synonyms: digging up, exhumation |
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| disinvest | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: divest, strip, undress |
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| (verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | Synonyms: divest |
| (verb) deprive of status or authority | Synonyms: divest |
| disinvestment | (noun) the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation | - |
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| disinvolve | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disentangle |
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| displeasing | (adjective) causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities | - |
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| displeasingly | (adverb) in a displeasing manner | - |
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| distressing | (adjective) bad; unfortunate | Synonyms: deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
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| (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
| distressingly | (adverb) unpleasantly | Synonyms: painfully |
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| distressingness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: painfulness |
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| dousing | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: ducking, immersion, submersion |
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| dowsing | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowse, rhabdomancy |
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| doxazosin | (noun) an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia | Synonyms: Cardura |
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| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| drowsiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: sleepiness, somnolence |
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| drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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| easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
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| (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
| easing | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief |
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| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: moderation, relief |
| embarrassing | (adjective) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Synonyms: awkward, sticky, unenviable |
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| (adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: mortifying |
| embarrassingly | (adverb) causing embarrassment | - |
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| enclosing | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosure, envelopment, inclosure |
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| encompassing | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: circumferent, surrounding |
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| (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide |
| energising | (adjective) supplying motive force | Synonyms: energizing, kinetic |
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| engrossing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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| enterprising | (adjective) marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects | - |
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| enterprisingly | (adverb) in an enterprising manner | - |
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| enterprisingness | (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprise, go-ahead, initiative |
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| eosin | (noun) a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures | Synonyms: bromeosin |
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| eosinopenia | (noun) a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood | - |
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| eosinophil | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophile |
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| eosinophile | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophil |
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| eosinophilia | (noun) a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood | - |
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| eosinophilic | (adjective) of or relating to eosinophil | - |
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| erythrocytolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin |
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| erythrolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrocytolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin |
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| exercising | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercise, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| familiarising | (adjective) serving to make familiar | Synonyms: familiarizing |
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| fibrinolysin | (noun) an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots | Synonyms: plasmin |
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| flimsiness | (noun) the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction | Synonyms: shoddiness |
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| focusing | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focalization |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focussing |
| focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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| fussiness | (noun) unnecessary elaborateness in details | - |
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| (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| galvanising | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanizing |
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| gassing | (noun) the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas | - |
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| (noun) the process of interacting with gas | - |
| glossina | (noun) bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | Synonyms: tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly |
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| glossiness | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, polish |
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| greasiness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness |
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| grissino | (noun) a long slender crusty breadstick | - |
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| guanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: deoxyguanosine |
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| guessing | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, shot |
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| gutsiness | (noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury | Synonyms: pluck, pluckiness |
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| haemolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, hemolysin |
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| hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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| (noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
| handbasin | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl |
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| hemolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin |
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| hissing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation |
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| housing | (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | Synonyms: living accommodations, lodging |
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| (noun) a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component | - |
| (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, trapping |
| imposing | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: distinguished, grand, magisterial |
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| (adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: baronial, noble, stately |
| imposingly | (adverb) in an impressive manner | Synonyms: impressively |
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| increasing | (adjective) becoming greater or larger | - |
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| (adjective) (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
| increasingly | (adverb) advancing in amount or intensity | Synonyms: more and more, progressively |
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| inosine | (noun) a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar | - |
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| insincere | (adjective) lacking sincerity | - |
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| insincerely | (adverb) without sincerity | - |
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| insincerity | (noun) the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | Synonyms: falseness, hollowness |
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| insinuate | (verb) give to understand | Synonyms: adumbrate, intimate |
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| (verb) introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner | - |
| insinuating | (adjective) calculated to please or gain favor | Synonyms: ingratiating, ingratiatory |
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| insinuatingly | (adverb) in an insinuating manner | - |
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| insinuation | (noun) the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments | Synonyms: ingratiation |
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| (noun) an indirect (and usually malicious) implication | Synonyms: innuendo |
| iodopsin | (noun) a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision | - |
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| iodotyrosine | (noun) tyrosine with iodine added | - |
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| isinglass | (noun) any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | Synonyms: mica |
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| kerosine | (noun) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | Synonyms: coal oil, kerosene, lamp oil |
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| khamsin | (noun) an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring | - |
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| kissing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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