| ministry | (noun) the work of a minister of religion | - |
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| (noun) building where the business of a government ministry is transacted | - |
| (noun) a government department under the direction of a minister of state | - |
| (noun) religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian) | - |
| minstrel | (noun) a singer of folk songs | Synonyms: folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour |
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| (noun) a performer in a minstrel show | - |
| (verb) celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels | - |
| minstrelsy | (noun) the art of a minstrel | - |
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| (noun) ballads sung by minstrels | - |
| (noun) a troupe of minstrels | - |
| misconstrual | (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstruction |
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| misconstruction | (noun) an ungrammatical constituent | - |
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| (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstrual |
| misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| mistral | (noun) a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter | - |
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| mistranslate | (verb) translate incorrectly | - |
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| mistranslation | (noun) an incorrect translation | - |
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| mistreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step |
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| mistreated | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: abused, ill-treated, maltreated |
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| mistreatment | (noun) the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | - |
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| mistress | (noun) a woman master who directs the work of others | - |
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| (noun) an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man | Synonyms: fancy woman, kept woman |
| (noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | Synonyms: schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress |
| mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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| mistrust | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, distrustfulness |
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| (noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: distrust, misgiving, suspicion |
| (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
| mistrustful | (adjective) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | Synonyms: leery, suspicious, untrusting, wary |
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| mistrustfully | (adverb) with distrust | Synonyms: distrustfully |
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| monestrous | (adjective) having one estrous cycle per year | Synonyms: monoestrous |
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| monoestrous | (adjective) having one estrous cycle per year | Synonyms: monestrous |
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| monstrance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: ostensorium |
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| (noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: demonstration |
| monstrosity | (noun) something hideous or frightful | - |
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| (noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed | Synonyms: freak, lusus naturae, monster |
| monstrous | (adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel | Synonyms: atrocious, flagitious, grievous |
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| (adjective) abnormally large | - |
| (adjective) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous | Synonyms: grotesque |
| monstrously | (adverb) in a grotesque manner | Synonyms: grotesquely |
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| (adverb) in a terribly evil manner | Synonyms: heinously |
| (adverb) in a hideous manner | Synonyms: hideously, horridly |
| moonstruck | (adjective) insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon | Synonyms: lunatic |
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| nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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| nonindustrial | (adjective) not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises | - |
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| nonrestrictive | (adjective) not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase | - |
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| nonstructural | (adjective) not structural | - |
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| norgestrel | (noun) synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives | - |
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| nostril | (noun) either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose | Synonyms: anterior naris |
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| nostrum | (noun) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable | - |
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| (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: catholicon, cure-all, panacea |
| obstreperous | (adjective) boisterously and noisily aggressive | - |
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| (adjective) noisily and stubbornly defiant | - |
| obstreperously | (adverb) in manner that attracts attention | Synonyms: clamorously, loudly |
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| obstreperousness | (noun) noisy defiance | - |
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| obstruct | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obturate, occlude |
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| (verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: block |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, stymie, stymy |
| obstructed | (adjective) shut off to passage or view or hindered from action | - |
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| obstructer | (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor |
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| (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructionist, obstructor, resister, thwarter |
| obstruction | (noun) getting in someone's way | - |
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| (noun) the act of obstructing | - |
| (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstructor |
| (noun) something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | Synonyms: obstacle |
| (noun) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction | Synonyms: blockage |
| obstructionism | (noun) deliberate interference | - |
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| obstructionist | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructor, resister, thwarter |
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| obstructive | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: clogging, hindering, impeding |
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| obstructively | (adverb) in an obstructive manner | Synonyms: hinderingly |
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| obstructor | (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction |
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| (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, resister, thwarter |
| obstruent | (noun) a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth | - |
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| oestradiol | (noun) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer | Synonyms: estradiol |
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| oestriol | (noun) a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency | Synonyms: estriol |
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| oestrogen | (noun) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | Synonyms: estrogen |
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| oestrone | (noun) a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency | Synonyms: estrone, Estronol, theelin |
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| oestrus | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity | Synonyms: estrus, heat, rut |
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| ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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| orchestra | (noun) seating on the main floor in a theater | - |
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| (noun) a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players | - |
| orchestral | (adjective) relating to or composed for an orchestra | - |
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| orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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| (verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
| orchestrated | (adjective) arranged for performance by an orchestra | - |
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| orchestration | (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: instrumentation |
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| (noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band | - |
| orchestrator | (noun) an arranger who writes for orchestras | - |
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| osteodystrophy | (noun) defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism | - |
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| osteostracan | (noun) extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head | Synonyms: cephalaspid |
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| ostracise | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracize |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun |
| ostracism | (noun) the act of excluding someone from society by general consent | - |
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| (noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: banishment, Coventry |
| ostracize | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracise |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun |
| ostracod | (noun) tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell | Synonyms: mussel shrimp, seed shrimp |
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| ostracoderm | (noun) extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic | - |
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| ostrich | (noun) fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird | Synonyms: Struthio camelus |
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| (noun) a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) | - |
| outstretched | (adjective) fully extended especially in length | - |
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| outstrip | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, surmount, surpass |
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| (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: distance, outdistance |
| outstroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft | - |
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| overstrain | (noun) too much strain | - |
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| (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
| overstress | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overemphasize |
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| overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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| overstrung | (adjective) too tightly strung | - |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, restive, uptight |
| palaestra | (noun) a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes | Synonyms: palestra |
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| paleostriatum | (noun) the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus | Synonyms: globus pallidus, pallidum |
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| palestra | (noun) a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes | Synonyms: palaestra |
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| palmistry | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, chiromancy, palm reading |
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| pastrami | (noun) highly seasoned cut of smoked beef | - |
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| pastry | (noun) any of various baked foods made of dough or batter | - |
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| (noun) a dough of flour and water and shortening | Synonyms: pastry dough |
| pedestrian | (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, prosaic, prosy |
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| (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, walker |
| perestroika | (noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
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| photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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| phytochemistry | (noun) the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants | - |
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| piastre | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piaster |
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| (noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piaster |
| pinstripe | (noun) a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric) | - |
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| (noun) a fabric with very thin stripes | - |
| (noun) a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes | - |
| pinstriped | (adjective) having very thin stripes | - |
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| pipistrel | (noun) small European brown bat | Synonyms: pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
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| pipistrelle | (noun) small European brown bat | Synonyms: pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
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| plastron | (noun) (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside | - |
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| (noun) a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest | - |
| (noun) a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail | - |
| (noun) the front of man's dress shirt | - |
| (noun) the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt | - |
| pneumogastric | (adjective) of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the vagus nerve | Synonyms: vagal |
| (noun) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera | Synonyms: nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve |
| polyestrous | (adjective) having more than one period of estrus per year | Synonyms: polyoestrous |
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| polyoestrous | (adjective) having more than one period of estrus per year | Synonyms: polyestrous |
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| postindustrial | (adjective) of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research | - |
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| postmistress | (noun) a woman postmaster | - |
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| premenstrual | (adjective) of or relating to or occurring during the time just before menstruation | - |
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| prostrate | (adjective) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground | Synonyms: flat |
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| (adjective) lying face downward | Synonyms: prone |
| (verb) render helpless or defenseless | - |
| (verb) throw down flat, as on the ground | - |
| (verb) get into a prostrate position, as in submission | Synonyms: bow down |
| prostration | (noun) the act of assuming a prostrate position | - |
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| (noun) abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body | - |
| (noun) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | Synonyms: collapse |
| pyrochemistry | (noun) processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures | Synonyms: pyrochemical process |
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| radiochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of radioactive substances | Synonyms: nuclear chemistry |
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| reconstruct | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: redo, remodel |
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| (verb) cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically | - |
| (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: construct, retrace |
| (verb) build again | Synonyms: rebuild |
| (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition | Synonyms: restore |
| reconstructed | (adjective) adapted to social or economic change | - |
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| reconstruction | (noun) the activity of constructing something again | - |
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| (noun) recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall | Synonyms: reconstructive memory |
| (noun) an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence | - |