aspartame | (noun) an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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catamenia | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period |
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catamenial | (adjective) of or relating to menstruation or the menses | Synonyms: menstrual |
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hereditament | (noun) any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited | - |
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metamere | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: somite |
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metameric | (adjective) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters | Synonyms: segmental, segmented |
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octameter | (noun) a verse line having eight metrical feet | - |
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pentamerous | (adjective) divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members | - |
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pentameter | (noun) a verse line having five metrical feet | - |
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pentamethylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentylenetetrazol |
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putamen | (noun) the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus | - |
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stamen | (noun) the male reproductive organ of a flower | - |
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tame | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tamed |
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(adjective) very restrained or quiet | - |
(adjective) very docile | Synonyms: meek |
(adjective) flat and uninspiring | - |
(verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, subdue |
(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
(verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: domesticate |
(verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
(verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: moderate, tone down |
tameable | (adjective) capable of being tamed | Synonyms: tamable |
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tamed | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tame |
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(adjective) brought from wildness | - |
tamely | (adverb) in a tame manner | - |
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tameness | (noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: domestication |
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(noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, vapidity, vapidness |
tamer | (noun) an animal trainer who tames wild animals | - |
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testament | (noun) a profession of belief | - |
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(noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: will |
(noun) strong evidence for something | - |
testamentary | (adjective) of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament | - |
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untamed | (adjective) in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated | Synonyms: wild |
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