antiperspirant | (noun) an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration | - |
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aspirant | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspiring, wishful |
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(noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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(noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
(verb) inhale (air, water, etc.) | - |
(verb) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds | - |
(verb) remove by suction | Synonyms: draw out, suck out |
aspiration | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake |
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(noun) a will to succeed | - |
(noun) a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath | - |
(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, dream |
aspirator | (noun) a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid | - |
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aspire | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aim, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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aspirer | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
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aspirin | (noun) the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph |
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aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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buspirone | (noun) a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety | Synonyms: BuSpar |
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cardiorespiratory | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions | Synonyms: cardiopulmonary |
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coconspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: conspirator, machinator, plotter |
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coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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conspiracy | (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | Synonyms: cabal |
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(noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: confederacy |
(noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: confederacy |
conspirative | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators | Synonyms: conspiratorial |
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conspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, machinator, plotter |
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conspiratorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators | Synonyms: conspirative |
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conspire | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, machinate |
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(verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: collude |
dispirit | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down |
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dispirited | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, depressed, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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(adjective) marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm | Synonyms: listless |
dispiritedly | (adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope | Synonyms: hopelessly |
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dispiritedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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dispiriting | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening |
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fitspiration | (noun) something that inspires you to exercise | - |
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inspiration | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, intake |
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(noun) arousing to a particular emotion or action | Synonyms: stirring |
(noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: brainchild |
(noun) (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings | Synonyms: divine guidance |
(noun) a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem | - |
(noun) arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity | - |
inspirational | (adjective) imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul | - |
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inspirationally | (adverb) with inspiration; in an inspiring manner | - |
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inspiratory | (adjective) pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration | - |
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inspire | (verb) draw in (air) | Synonyms: breathe in, inhale |
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(verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: revolutionise, revolutionize |
(verb) serve as the inciting cause of | Synonyms: instigate, prompt |
(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, cheer, exhort, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
(verb) supply the inspiration for | - |
(verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: animate, enliven, exalt, invigorate |
inspired | (adjective) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | Synonyms: divine, elysian |
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inspirer | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvaniser, galvanizer |
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inspiring | (adjective) stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
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inspirit | (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: spirit, spirit up |
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inspiriting | (adjective) cheerfully encouraging | Synonyms: heartening |
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leptospira | (noun) important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever | - |
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leptospirosis | (noun) an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever | Synonyms: swamp fever |
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meanspirited | (adjective) lacking in magnanimity | Synonyms: ungenerous |
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(adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | Synonyms: base, mean |
meanspiritedly | (adverb) in a meanspirited manner | - |
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perspiration | (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: sudor, sweat |
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(noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sweating |
perspire | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: sudate, sweat |
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perspirer | (noun) a person who perspires | Synonyms: sweater |
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respiration | (noun) the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs | Synonyms: cellular respiration, internal respiration |
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(noun) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | Synonyms: breathing, external respiration, ventilation |
(noun) a single complete act of breathing in and out | - |
respirator | (noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: inhalator |
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(noun) a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases | Synonyms: gas helmet, gasmask |
respiratory | (adjective) pertaining to respiration | - |
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respire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, suspire, take a breath |
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(verb) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide | - |
(verb) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety | - |
spiracle | (noun) a breathing orifice | - |
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spiraea | (noun) any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers | Synonyms: spirea |
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(noun) a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming | Synonyms: Astilbe japonica, spirea |
spiral | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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(noun) flying downward in a helical path with a large radius | - |
(noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: coil, helix, volute, whorl |
(noun) ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center | Synonyms: volute |
(noun) a continuously accelerating change in the economy | - |
(noun) a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center | - |
(noun) a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle | Synonyms: helix |
(verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: coil, gyrate |
(verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: corkscrew |
(verb) form a spiral | - |
spiraling | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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spiralling | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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spirally | (adverb) with spirals | - |
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spirant | (adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | Synonyms: continuant, fricative, sibilant, strident |
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(noun) a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract | Synonyms: fricative, fricative consonant |
spire | (noun) a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | Synonyms: steeple |
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spirea | (noun) any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers | Synonyms: spiraea |
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(noun) a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming | Synonyms: Astilbe japonica, spiraea |
spirilla | (noun) any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form | Synonyms: spirillum |
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spirillum | (noun) any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form | Synonyms: spirilla |
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(noun) spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water | - |
spirit | (noun) a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character | - |
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(noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, liveliness, sprightliness |
(noun) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind | Synonyms: heart |
(noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: intent, purport |
(noun) any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | Synonyms: disembodied spirit |
(noun) the vital principle or animating force within living things | - |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, tone |
(noun) the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) | Synonyms: emotional state |
(verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: inspirit, spirit up |
spirited | (adjective) displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness | - |
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(adjective) made lively or spirited | Synonyms: enlivened |
(adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spunky |
(adjective) marked by lively action | Synonyms: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, zippy |
spiritedly | (adverb) in a spirited or lively manner; with animation and vivacity | - |
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spiritedness | (noun) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous | Synonyms: animation, brio, invigoration, vivification |
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spiritise | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritize |
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spiritism | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritualism, spirituality |
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spiritize | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritise |
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spiritless | (adjective) lacking ardor or vigor or energy | - |
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(adjective) evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant | Synonyms: meek |
spiritlessness | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, indifference, numbness |
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spiritous | (adjective) containing or of the nature of alcohol | Synonyms: spirituous |
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spirits | (noun) an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented | Synonyms: booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, strong drink |
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spiritual | (adjective) lacking material body or form or substance | - |
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(adjective) concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | Synonyms: religious |
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral |
(adjective) concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul | Synonyms: unearthly |
(noun) a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States | Synonyms: Negro spiritual |
spiritualisation | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualization |
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spiritualise | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualize |
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(verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualize |
spiritualism | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritism, spirituality |
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(noun) the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium) | - |
(noun) (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God | - |
spiritualist | (adjective) of or relating to or connected with spiritualism | Synonyms: spiritualistic |
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(noun) someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead | Synonyms: medium, sensitive |
spiritualistic | (adjective) of or relating to or connected with spiritualism | Synonyms: spiritualist |
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spirituality | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism |
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(noun) property or income owned by a church | Synonyms: church property, spiritualty |
spiritualization | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualisation |
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spiritualize | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualise |
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(verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, transfigure |
(verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualise |
spiritually | (adverb) in a spiritual manner | - |
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spiritualty | (noun) property or income owned by a church | Synonyms: church property, spirituality |
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spirituous | (adjective) containing or of the nature of alcohol | Synonyms: spiritous |
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spirochaete | (noun) parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Synonyms: spirochete |
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spirochete | (noun) parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Synonyms: spirochaete |
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spirogram | (noun) a recording of breathing made with a spirograph | - |
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spirograph | (noun) a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements | - |
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spirogyra | (noun) freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands | - |
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spirometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs | - |
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spirometry | (noun) the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity | - |
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spironolactone | (noun) a synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Aldactone |
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spirt | (noun) the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | Synonyms: jet, spurt, squirt |
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(verb) move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy | Synonyms: forge, spurt |
(verb) gush forth in a sudden stream or jet | Synonyms: gush, spout, spurt |
spirula | (noun) a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral | Synonyms: Spirula peronii |
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suspiration | (noun) an utterance made by exhaling audibly | Synonyms: sigh |
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suspire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, respire, take a breath |
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(verb) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily | Synonyms: sigh |
transpirate | (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpire |
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transpiration | (noun) the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants | - |
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(noun) the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature | - |
(noun) the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes | - |
transpire | (verb) give off (water) through the skin | - |
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(verb) come to light; become known | - |
(verb) exude water vapor | - |
(verb) come about, happen, or occur | - |
(verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpirate |
transpiring | (adjective) that is passing through | - |
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uninspired | (adjective) deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention | Synonyms: sterile, unimaginative, uninventive |
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(adjective) having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement | - |
uninspiring | (adjective) depressing to the spirit | - |
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