crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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cuddlesome | (adjective) inviting cuddling or hugging | Synonyms: cuddly |
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cumbersome | (adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, ill-chosen, inapt, inept |
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(adjective) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight | Synonyms: cumbrous |
cumbersomeness | (noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | Synonyms: awkwardness, unwieldiness |
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curassow | (noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food | - |
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cursor | (noun) (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions | Synonyms: pointer |
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cursorial | (adjective) (of limbs and feet) adapted for running | - |
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cursorily | (adverb) without taking pains | Synonyms: quickly |
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cursory | (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial |
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cytosol | (noun) the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended | - |
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damson | (noun) dark purple plum of the damson tree | Synonyms: damson plum |
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dapsone | (noun) antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases | - |
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deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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delusory | (adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | Synonyms: deceptive |
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depersonalisation | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalization, reification |
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(noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
(noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalization |
depersonalise | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalize, objectify |
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depersonalization | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalisation, reification |
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(noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
(noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalisation |
depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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depressor | (noun) a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | - |
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(noun) any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | Synonyms: depressor muscle |
(noun) any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | Synonyms: depressor nerve |
derisorily | (adverb) in a disrespectful and mocking manner | Synonyms: derisively, mockingly, scoffingly |
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derisory | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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desolate | (adjective) crushed by grief | - |
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(adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance | Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, stark |
(verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: depopulate |
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: abandon, desert, forsake |
desolately | (adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects | Synonyms: disconsolately |
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desolation | (noun) an event that results in total destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
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(noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | Synonyms: forlornness, loneliness |
(noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed | Synonyms: devastation |
(noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, bleakness, nakedness |
desorb | (verb) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed | - |
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(verb) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed | - |
desorption | (noun) changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state | - |
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devisor | (noun) someone who devises real property in a will | - |
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dexamethasone | (noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | Synonyms: Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon |
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diapason | (noun) either of the two main stops on a pipe organ | Synonyms: diapason stop |
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dictyosome | (noun) a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) | Synonyms: Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex |
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diffusor | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
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(noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
dipsomania | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: alcoholism, potomania |
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dipsomaniac | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, lush, soaker, souse |
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disassociate | (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
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disassociation | (noun) a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | Synonyms: dissociation |
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(noun) the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination | - |
disconsolate | (adjective) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled | Synonyms: inconsolable, unconsolable |
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(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
disconsolately | (adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects | Synonyms: desolately |
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disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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disobedience | (noun) the failure to obey | Synonyms: noncompliance |
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(noun) the trait of being unwilling to obey | - |
disobedient | (adjective) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority | - |
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(adjective) unwilling to submit to authority | Synonyms: unruly |
disobediently | (adverb) in a disobedient manner | - |
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disobey | (verb) refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient | - |
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disoblige | (verb) ignore someone's wishes | - |
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(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
disobliging | (adjective) intentionally unaccommodating | Synonyms: uncooperative |
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disorder | (noun) a disturbance of the peace or of public order | - |
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(noun) a condition in which things are not in their expected places | Synonyms: disorderliness |
(noun) a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | Synonyms: upset |
(verb) bring disorder to | Synonyms: disarray |
(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
disordered | (adjective) not arranged in order | Synonyms: unordered |
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(adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: broken, confused, upset |
(adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
disorderliness | (noun) untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) | Synonyms: disarray |
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(noun) a condition in which things are not in their expected places | Synonyms: disorder |
(noun) rowdy behavior | Synonyms: roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism |
disorderly | (adjective) undisciplined and unruly | - |
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(adjective) in utter disorder | Synonyms: higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy |
(adjective) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing | Synonyms: chaotic |
disorganisation | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganization |
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(noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganization |
disorganise | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganize |
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disorganised | (adjective) lacking order or methodical arrangement or function | Synonyms: disorganized |
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disorganization | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganisation |
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(noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganisation |
disorganize | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganise |
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disorganized | (adjective) lacking order or methodical arrangement or function | Synonyms: disorganised |
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disorient | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorientate |
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disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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disorientation | (noun) a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) | Synonyms: freak out |
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(noun) confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | - |
disoriented | (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, lost |
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(adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, anomic |
disorienting | (adjective) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings | - |
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disown | (verb) cast off | Synonyms: renounce, repudiate |
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(verb) prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | Synonyms: disinherit |
disowning | (noun) refusal to acknowledge as one's own | Synonyms: disownment |
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disownment | (noun) refusal to acknowledge as one's own | Synonyms: disowning |
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dissociable | (adjective) capable of being divided or dissociated | Synonyms: separable, severable |
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dissociate | (verb) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms | - |
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(verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: decouple |
(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce |
dissociation | (noun) the act of removing from association | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions | - |
(noun) a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | Synonyms: disassociation |
dissociative | (adjective) tending to produce dissociation | - |
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dissolubility | (noun) the property of being dissoluble | Synonyms: solubleness |
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dissoluble | (adjective) capable of dissolving | Synonyms: dissolvable |
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dissolute | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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dissolutely | (adverb) in a dissolute way | Synonyms: profligately |
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dissoluteness | (noun) indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures | Synonyms: incontinence, self-gratification |
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dissolution | (noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | Synonyms: breakup |
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(noun) the termination of a meeting | Synonyms: adjournment |
(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissipation, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy |
(noun) separation into component parts | Synonyms: disintegration |
(noun) the process of going into solution | Synonyms: dissolving |
dissolvable | (adjective) capable of dissolving | Synonyms: dissoluble |
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dissolve | (noun) (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out | - |
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(verb) pass into a solution | - |
(verb) cause to go into a solution | Synonyms: break up, resolve |
(verb) come to an end | Synonyms: break up |
(verb) grow less and less substantial until it disappears | Synonyms: fade away, fade out |
(verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw |
(verb) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up | Synonyms: break up |
(verb) declare void | Synonyms: dismiss |
(verb) cause to fade away | - |
(verb) lose control emotionally | - |
(verb) cause to lose control emotionally | - |
(verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit | Synonyms: disband |
dissolved | (adjective) (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form | - |
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dissolvent | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent |
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dissolver | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolvent, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent |
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dissolving | (noun) the process of going into solution | Synonyms: dissolution |
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dissonance | (noun) disagreeable sounds | - |
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(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: noise, racket |
(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissension |
dissonant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, discrepant |
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(adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic |
(adjective) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved | Synonyms: unresolved |
dissonate | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: disharmonize |
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(verb) be dissonant or harsh | - |
divisor | (noun) the number by which a dividend is divided | - |
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(noun) one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | Synonyms: factor |
dobson | (noun) large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait | Synonyms: Corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly |
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(noun) large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait | Synonyms: hellgrammiate |
dobsonfly | (noun) large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait | Synonyms: Corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobson fly |
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dorsoventral | (adjective) extending from the back to the belly | - |
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dorsoventrally | (adverb) in a dorsoventral direction | - |
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draftsperson | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draughtsman |
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drosophila | (noun) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance | Synonyms: Drosophila melanogaster |
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dysomia | (noun) impairment of the sense of smell | - |
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dysosmia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of smell | Synonyms: olfactory impairment, parosamia |
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eightsome | (noun) a Scottish reel for eight dancers | - |
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(noun) eight people considered as a unit | Synonyms: octet, octette |
ellipsoid | (adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid | Synonyms: ellipsoidal, spheroidal |
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(noun) a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles | - |
ellipsoidal | (adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid | Synonyms: ellipsoid, spheroidal |
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encrimson | (verb) make crimson | - |
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ensorcelled | (adjective) captured, as if under a spell | Synonyms: bewitched |
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entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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episode | (noun) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie | Synonyms: sequence |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: installment, instalment |
(noun) a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series | - |
(noun) a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events | - |
episodic | (adjective) of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes | - |
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(adjective) limited in duration to a single episode | - |
(adjective) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals | Synonyms: occasional |
episodically | (adverb) in an episodic manner | - |
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episodicity | (noun) The quality of being sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly. | - |
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