| synecdochical | (adjective) using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it | Synonyms: synecdochic |
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| synechia | (noun) adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness | - |
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| syneresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: synaeresis |
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| (noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: synaeresis |
| synergetic | (adjective) working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect | Synonyms: synergistic |
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| synergism | (noun) the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace | - |
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| (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergy |
| synergist | (noun) a drug that augments the activity of another drug | - |
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| synergistic | (adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) | Synonyms: interactive |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism | - |
| (adjective) working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect | Synonyms: synergetic |
| synergistically | (adverb) (of drugs or muscles) in a synergistic or interactive manner | - |
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| (adverb) (of group) in a synergistic or cooperative manner | - |
| synergy | (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergism |
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| synesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synaesthesia |
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| synesthetic | (adjective) relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense | Synonyms: synaesthetic |
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| synezesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synizesis |
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| synizesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synezesis |
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| synod | (noun) a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business | - |
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| synoecious | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium | Synonyms: synoicous |
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| synoicous | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium | Synonyms: synoecious |
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| synonym | (noun) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context | Synonyms: equivalent word |
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| synonymist | (noun) a student of synonyms | - |
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| synonymity | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymousness, synonymy |
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| synonymous | (adjective) (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | - |
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| synonymously | (adverb) in a synonymous manner | - |
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| synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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| synonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymousness |
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| synopsis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, outline, precis |
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| synoptic | (adjective) presenting a summary or general view of a whole | - |
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| (adjective) presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament | Synonyms: synoptical |
| synoptical | (adjective) presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament | Synonyms: synoptic |
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| synovia | (noun) viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. | Synonyms: synovial fluid |
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| synovial | (adjective) relating to or secreting synovia | - |
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| synovitis | (noun) inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling | - |
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| synovium | (noun) a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid | Synonyms: synovial membrane |
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| synsemantic | (adjective) of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words | - |
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| synset | (noun) a set of one or more synonyms | - |
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| syntactic | (adjective) of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | Synonyms: syntactical |
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| syntactical | (adjective) of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | Synonyms: syntactic |
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| syntactically | (adverb) with respect to syntax | - |
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| syntactician | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: grammarian |
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| syntagm | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagma |
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| syntagma | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagm |
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| syntagmatic | (adjective) related as members of a syntagma | - |
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| syntax | (noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences | - |
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| (noun) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | Synonyms: phrase structure, sentence structure |
| (noun) a systematic orderly arrangement | - |
| synthesis | (noun) the combination of ideas into a complex whole | Synonyms: synthetic thinking |
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| (noun) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | Synonyms: deduction, deductive reasoning |
| (noun) the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) | - |
| synthesise | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesize |
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| synthesiser | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesizer |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesist, synthesizer |
| synthesist | (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesizer |
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| synthesize | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesise |
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| (verb) combine and form a synthesis | - |
| synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |
| synthetic | (adjective) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts | Synonyms: synthetical |
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| (adjective) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words | - |
| (adjective) involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis | Synonyms: synthetical |
| (adjective) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | Synonyms: man-made, semisynthetic |
| (adjective) not genuine or natural | - |
| (adjective) artificial as if portrayed in a film | Synonyms: celluloid |
| (noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions | Synonyms: synthetic substance |
| synthetical | (adjective) involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis | Synonyms: synthetic |
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| (adjective) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts | Synonyms: synthetic |
| synthetically | (adverb) by synthesis; in a synthetic manner | - |
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| synthetism | (noun) a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas | - |
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| syntony | (noun) the state of being normally responsive to and in harmony with the environment. | - |
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| tendosynovitis | (noun) inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath | Synonyms: tendonous synovitis, tenosynovitis |
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| tenosynovitis | (noun) inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath | Synonyms: tendonous synovitis, tendosynovitis |
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| unsynchronised | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronous |
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| unsynchronized | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: nonsynchronous, unsynchronised, unsynchronous |
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| unsynchronous | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: nonsynchronous, unsynchronised, unsynchronized |
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