| asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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| asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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| asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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| (noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
| aspartame | (noun) an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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| disparage | (verb) express a negative opinion of | Synonyms: belittle, pick at |
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| disparagement | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: dispraise |
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| (noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: depreciation, derogation |
| disparager | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, detractor, knocker |
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| disparaging | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogative, derogatory |
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| disparagingly | (adverb) in a disparaging manner | Synonyms: slightingly |
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| disparate | (adjective) fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind | - |
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| (adjective) including markedly dissimilar elements | - |
| disparateness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: distinctiveness |
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| disparity | (noun) inequality or difference in some respect | - |
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| esparcet | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sainfoin, sanfoin |
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| feldspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: felspar |
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| felspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: feldspar |
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| fluorspar | (noun) a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine | Synonyms: fluor, fluorite |
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| semitransparency | (noun) the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely | Synonyms: translucence, translucency |
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| semitransparent | (adjective) allowing light to pass through diffusely | Synonyms: translucent |
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| spar | (noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | Synonyms: sparring |
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| (noun) a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging | - |
| (noun) any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable | - |
| (verb) fight verbally | - |
| (verb) box lightly | - |
| (verb) fight with spurs | - |
| (verb) furnish with spars | - |
| spare | (adjective) lacking in magnitude or quantity | Synonyms: bare, scanty |
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| (adjective) thin and fit | Synonyms: trim |
| (adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, plain, unembellished, unornamented |
| (adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities | Synonyms: free |
| (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
| (adjective) kept in reserve especially for emergency use | - |
| (noun) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls | - |
| (noun) an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | Synonyms: fifth wheel |
| (noun) an extra component of a machine or other apparatus | Synonyms: spare part |
| (verb) use frugally or carefully | - |
| (verb) give up what is not strictly needed | Synonyms: dispense with, give up, part with |
| (verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) save or relieve from an experience or action | - |
| spareness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: sparseness, sparsity, thinness |
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| (noun) the property of having little body fat | Synonyms: leanness, thinness |
| sparer | (noun) someone who refrains from injuring or destroying | - |
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| sparerib | (noun) a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| spareribs | (noun) cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| (noun) baked or roasted with a spicy sauce | Synonyms: barbecued spareribs |
| sparge | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
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| (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sprinkle |
| (verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | - |
| sparid | (noun) spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth | Synonyms: sparid fish |
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| sparing | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, stinting |
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| sparingly | (adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner | Synonyms: meagerly, meagrely, slenderly |
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| spark | (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, sparkle, twinkle |
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| (noun) a momentary flash of light | Synonyms: flicker, glint |
| (noun) a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction | - |
| (noun) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | Synonyms: arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge |
| (noun) a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger | - |
| (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: sparkle |
| sparker | (noun) a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack | Synonyms: spark arrester |
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| sparkle | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation |
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| (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, spark, twinkle |
| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: coruscation, glitter |
| (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth |
| (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: spark |
| sparkleberry | (noun) shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries | Synonyms: farkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum |
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| sparkler | (noun) a firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks | - |
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| (noun) diamonds | Synonyms: ice |
| sparkling | (adjective) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: effervescent |
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| (adjective) shining with brilliant points of light like stars | - |
| (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, twinkle |
| sparkly | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating |
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| (adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating |
| sparling | (noun) the common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus |
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| (noun) common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt |
| sparring | (noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | Synonyms: spar |
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| (noun) an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage | - |
| sparrow | (noun) any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects | Synonyms: true sparrow |
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| (noun) small brownish European songbird | Synonyms: dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis |
| sparse | (adjective) not dense | Synonyms: thin |
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| sparsely | (adverb) in a sparse way | - |
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| sparseness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparsity, thinness |
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| sparsity | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparseness, thinness |
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| spartan | (adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetic, ascetical, austere |
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| (adjective) unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment | Synonyms: severe |
| (adjective) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity | - |
| transparence | (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparency, transparentness |
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| (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: transparency |
| transparency | (noun) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | Synonyms: foil |
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| (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparence, transparentness |
| (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: transparence |
| transparent | (adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | Synonyms: crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid |
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| (adjective) easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety) | - |
| (adjective) free of deceit | Synonyms: guileless |
| (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, vaporous, vapourous |
| transparently | (adverb) so as to allow the passage of light | - |
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| (adverb) so as to be easily understood or seen through | - |
| transparentness | (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparence, transparency |
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| unsparing | (adjective) very generous | Synonyms: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unstinted, unstinting |
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| (adjective) not forbearing; ruthless | - |
| unsparingly | (adverb) in a scathing and unsparing manner | Synonyms: scathingly |
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