| administrivia | (noun) the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization | - |
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| airstrip | (noun) an airfield without normal airport facilities | Synonyms: flight strip, landing strip, strip |
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| alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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| alastrim | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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| anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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| astride | (adverb) with one leg on each side | Synonyms: astraddle |
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| (adverb) with the legs stretched far apart | - |
| astringe | (verb) become constricted or compressed | - |
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| (verb) constrict or bind or draw together | - |
| astringence | (noun) a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker | Synonyms: astringency |
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| astringency | (noun) the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids | Synonyms: stypsis |
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| (noun) a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker | Synonyms: astringence |
| astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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| (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
| (noun) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Synonyms: astringent drug, styptic |
| awestricken | (adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | Synonyms: awed, awestruck |
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| bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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| bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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| (adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
| bowstring | (noun) the string of an archer's bow | - |
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| clostridia | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridium |
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| clostridium | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridia |
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| constrict | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constringe, narrow |
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| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze |
| constricted | (adjective) drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically | - |
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| (adjective) especially tense; especially in some dialects | - |
| constricting | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constrictive, narrowing |
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| constriction | (noun) the action or process of compressing | - |
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| (noun) a tight feeling in some part of the body | Synonyms: tightness |
| (noun) tight or narrow compression | Synonyms: coarctation |
| (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, chokepoint |
| constrictive | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constricting, narrowing |
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| (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, limiting, restricting |
| constrictor | (noun) any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils | - |
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| constringe | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, narrow |
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| counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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| derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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| distributary | (noun) a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it | - |
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| distribute | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) to arrange in a systematic order | Synonyms: stagger |
| (verb) distribute or disperse widely | Synonyms: spread |
| (verb) cause to be distributed | Synonyms: circulate, pass around, pass on |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| (verb) give to several people | Synonyms: give out, hand out, pass out |
| (verb) release | - |
| (verb) be mathematically distributive | - |
| (verb) be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses | - |
| (verb) spread throughout a given area | - |
| distributed | (adjective) spread out or scattered about or divided up | - |
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| distributer | (noun) electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence | Synonyms: distributor, electrical distributor |
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| (noun) someone who markets merchandise | Synonyms: distributor |
| distribution | (noun) the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning | - |
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| (noun) the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer | - |
| (noun) the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume | Synonyms: dispersion |
| (noun) (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence | Synonyms: statistical distribution |
| distributional | (adjective) of or relating to spatial distribution | - |
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| distributive | (adjective) serving to distribute or allot or disperse | - |
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| distributively | (adverb) in a distributive manner | - |
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| (adverb) as individuals or as separate units (not collectively) | - |
| distributor | (noun) electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence | Synonyms: distributer, electrical distributor |
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| (noun) a company that markets merchandise | - |
| (noun) someone who markets merchandise | Synonyms: distributer |
| (noun) a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion | Synonyms: allocator |
| district | (noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | Synonyms: dominion, territorial dominion, territory |
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| (verb) regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | Synonyms: zone |
| drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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| dumbstricken | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| epigastric | (adjective) lying on or over the stomach | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen | - |
| epigastrium | (noun) the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) | - |
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| equestrian | (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights | - |
| (noun) a person skilled in equitation | Synonyms: horseback rider |
| equidistribution | (noun) a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence | - |
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| estriol | (noun) a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency | Synonyms: oestriol |
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| extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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| (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
| gastric | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: stomachal, stomachic |
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| gastrin | (noun) polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated | - |
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| gastritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating | - |
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| hamstring | (noun) one of the tendons at the back of the knee | Synonyms: hamstring tendon |
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| (verb) cripple by cutting the hamstring | - |
| (verb) make ineffective or powerless | - |
| heartstrings | (noun) your deepest feelings of love and compassion | - |
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| histrion | (noun) a theatrical performer | Synonyms: actor, player, role player, thespian |
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| histrionic | (adjective) characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | Synonyms: melodramatic |
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| histrionics | (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: representation, theatrical, theatrical performance |
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| (noun) a deliberate display of emotion for effect | - |
| illustrious | (adjective) having or conferring glory | - |
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| (adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, notable, noted, renowned |
| illustriously | (adverb) in an illustrious manner | - |
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| illustriousness | (noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | Synonyms: greatness |
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| industrial | (adjective) having highly developed industries | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or resulting from industry | - |
| (adjective) employed in industry | - |
| (adjective) suitable to stand up to hard wear | - |
| industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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| industrialise | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialize |
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| (verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialize |
| industrialised | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialized |
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| industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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| industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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| industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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| industrialize | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialise |
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| (verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialise |
| industrialized | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialised |
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| industrially | (adverb) by industrial means | - |
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| industrious | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: hardworking, tireless, untiring |
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| (adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming |
| industriously | (adverb) in an industrious manner | - |
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| industriousness | (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industry |
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| lacustrine | (adjective) of or relating to or living near lakes | - |
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| latchstring | (noun) opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside | - |
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| loosestrife | (noun) any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | - |
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| (noun) any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia | - |
| mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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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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| nostril | (noun) either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose | Synonyms: anterior naris |
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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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| 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) | - |
| 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 |
| paleostriatum | (noun) the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus | Synonyms: globus pallidus, pallidum |
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| pedestrian | (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, prosaic, prosy |
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| (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, walker |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| redistribute | (verb) distribute anew | - |
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| redistributed | (adjective) having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas | - |
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| redistribution | (noun) distributing again | - |
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| restrict | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, curtail, cut back |
| (verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: control |
| (verb) prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed | - |
| restricted | (adjective) subject to restriction or subjected to restriction | - |
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| (adjective) the lowest level of official classification for documents | - |
| (adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') | Synonyms: qualified |
| restricting | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting |
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| restriction | (noun) an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) | Synonyms: limitation |
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| (noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: confinement |
| (noun) a principle that limits the extent of something | Synonyms: limitation |
| restrictive | (adjective) serving to restrict | - |
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| (adjective) (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports | - |
| restrictively | (adverb) in a restrictive manner | - |
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| restrictiveness | (noun) a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits | Synonyms: unpermissiveness |
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| (noun) a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') | - |
| semestrial | (adjective) occurring every six months or during every period of six months | Synonyms: semestral |
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| semiterrestrial | (adjective) chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial | - |
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| shoestring | (noun) a lace used for fastening shoes | Synonyms: shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace |
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| (noun) a small amount of money | Synonyms: shoe string |
| stria | (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, banding, striation |
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| (noun) any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue | Synonyms: striation |
| striate | (adjective) marked with stria or striations | - |
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| (verb) mark with striae or striations | - |