gyrostabiliser | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabilizer |
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gyrostabilizer | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabiliser |
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haemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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haemostasis | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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haemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: hemostat |
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hallstand | (noun) a piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung; usually has a mirror | - |
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handstamp | (noun) a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand | Synonyms: rubber stamp |
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(verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: rubberstamp |
handstand | (noun) the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position | - |
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happenstance | (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: coincidence |
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hastate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base | Synonyms: spearhead-shaped |
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haystack | (noun) a stack of hay | Synonyms: hayrick, rick |
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headstall | (noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headpiece |
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headstand | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands) | - |
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headstay | (noun) the farthest forward forestay that runs from the bow or bowsprit to the top of the mast. | - |
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hemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasis |
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hemostasis | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia |
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hemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: haemostat |
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hemostatic | (adjective) tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels | Synonyms: styptic |
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histaminase | (noun) enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine | - |
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histamine | (noun) amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions | - |
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homeostasis | (noun) (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes | - |
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homeostatic | (adjective) related to or characterized by homeostasis | - |
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homeostatically | (adverb) in a homeostatic manner | - |
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hostage | (noun) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | Synonyms: surety |
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hydrostatic | (adjective) relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit | - |
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hydrostaticity | (noun) The condition of relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. | - |
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hydrostatics | (noun) study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion | - |
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hypostasis | (noun) (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | - |
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(noun) any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united | Synonyms: hypostasis of Christ |
(noun) the accumulation of blood in an organ | - |
(noun) the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene | Synonyms: epistasis |
hypostatisation | (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing | Synonyms: hypostatization, reification |
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hypostatise | (verb) construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity | Synonyms: hypostatize |
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hypostatization | (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing | Synonyms: hypostatisation, reification |
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hypostatize | (verb) construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity | Synonyms: hypostatise |
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inconstancy | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: changefulness |
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(noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: faithlessness, falseness, fickleness |
inconstant | (adjective) likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable | - |
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incontestable | (adjective) incapable of being contested or disputed | Synonyms: incontestible |
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(adjective) not open to question; obviously true | Synonyms: indisputable, undisputable |
incrustation | (noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | Synonyms: encrustation |
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(noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: crust, encrustation |
(noun) the formation of a crust | Synonyms: encrustation |
infestation | (noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants | Synonyms: plague |
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(noun) the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites | - |
ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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inkstand | (noun) a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink | - |
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(noun) a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped | Synonyms: inkwell |
instability | (noun) the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute | Synonyms: unstableness |
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(noun) unreliability attributable to being unstable | - |
(noun) an unstable order | - |
(noun) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium | Synonyms: imbalance, unbalance |
instagay | (noun) A photo on the Instagram website, which is related to homosexuality | - |
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instagood | (adjective) likely to get many upvotes on Instagram | - |
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instal | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: install, put in, set up |
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(verb) place | Synonyms: establish, install, set up |
(verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: install |
instalike | (noun) something that is so good that it deserves to be instantly voted for on social media | - |
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(verb) to instantly vote for something on social media | - |
install | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: instal, put in, set up |
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(verb) place | Synonyms: establish, instal, set up |
(verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: instal |
installation | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installing, installment, instalment |
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(noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: facility |
(noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: induction, initiation |
installing | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installment, instalment |
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installment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, instalment |
(noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: instalment |
(noun) a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals | - |
instalment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, installment |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, installment |
(noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: installment |
instance | (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, illustration, representative |
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(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: case, example |
(verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, illustrate |
instancy | (noun) the quality of being insistent | Synonyms: imperativeness |
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(noun) the quickness of action or occurrence | Synonyms: immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness |
instant | (adjective) occurring with no delay | Synonyms: instantaneous |
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(adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent |
(adjective) in or of the present month | Synonyms: inst |
(noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: minute, moment, second |
(noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
instantaneous | (adjective) occurring with no delay | Synonyms: instant |
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instantaneously | (adverb) without any delay | Synonyms: in a flash, instantly, outright |
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instantaneousness | (noun) the quickness of action or occurrence | Synonyms: immediacy, immediateness, instancy |
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instantiate | (verb) find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word) | - |
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(verb) represent by an instance | - |
instantiation | (noun) a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it | - |
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instantly | (adverb) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening | Synonyms: at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway |
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(adverb) without any delay | Synonyms: in a flash, instantaneously, outright |
instar | (noun) an insect or other arthropod between molts | - |
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instauration | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, institution, introduction, origination |
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insubstantial | (adjective) lacking material form or substance; unreal | Synonyms: unreal, unsubstantial |
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(adjective) lacking in nutritive value | - |
(adjective) lacking solidity or strength | Synonyms: flimsy |
insubstantiality | (noun) lacking substance or reality | - |
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(noun) lack of solid substance and strength | - |
insubstantially | (adverb) not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness | Synonyms: impalpably |
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intercostal | (adjective) located or occurring between the ribs | - |
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(noun) muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration | Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis |
interstate | (adjective) involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States | - |
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(noun) one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States | Synonyms: interstate highway |
intestacy | (noun) the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will | - |
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intestate | (adjective) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will | - |
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intrastate | (adjective) relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state | - |
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isostasy | (noun) (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust | - |
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jumpstart | (noun) starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car | Synonyms: jump-start |
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(verb) start or re-start vigorously | Synonyms: jump-start |
(verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jump |
kickstand | (noun) a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden | - |
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leafstalk | (noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | Synonyms: petiole |
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lexicostatistic | (adjective) pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages | - |
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lexicostatistics | (noun) a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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loadstar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: lodestar |
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(noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: lodestar |
lodestar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: loadstar |
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(noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: loadstar |
longstanding | (adjective) having existed for a long time | Synonyms: long-standing |
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lovastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate | Synonyms: Mevacor |
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mainstay | (noun) the forestay that braces the mainmast | - |
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(noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin |
(noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: pillar |
manifestation | (noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: demonstration |
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(noun) a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing | - |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, reflection, reflexion |
(noun) a clear appearance | - |
(noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
mastaba | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastabah |
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mastabah | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastaba |
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mastalgia | (noun) pain in the breast | - |
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metastability | (noun) the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed | - |
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metastable | (adjective) (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium | - |
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metastasis | (noun) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body | - |
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metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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metastasize | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasise |
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metastatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by metastasis | - |
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microcrystal | (noun) any crystal of microscopic size. | - |
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microcrystalline | (adjective) containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope | - |
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misstate | (verb) state something incorrectly | - |
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misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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mistakable | (adjective) so similar as to be easily identified for another thing | Synonyms: confusable |
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mistake | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, fault |
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(noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, misunderstanding |
(noun) part of a statement that is not correct | Synonyms: error |
(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, slip |
(verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: misidentify |
mistaken | (adjective) arising from error | Synonyms: false |
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(adjective) wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment | Synonyms: misguided |
mistakenly | (adverb) in a mistaken or erroneous manner | Synonyms: erroneously |
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mistaking | (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, misunderstanding |
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misunderstand | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret |
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misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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(noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |