| anarthria | (noun) partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system | - |
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| anthracite | (noun) a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat | Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal |
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| anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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| anthracosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust | Synonyms: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung |
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| anthrax | (noun) a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people | Synonyms: splenic fever |
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| (noun) a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia | - |
| anthropic | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropical |
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| anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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| anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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| anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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| anthropocentrism | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentricity |
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| anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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| anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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| anthropogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenetic |
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| anthropogeny | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogenesis |
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| anthropoid | (adjective) resembling human beings | Synonyms: manlike |
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| (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoidal, apelike |
| (noun) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids | - |
| (noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate | Synonyms: ape |
| anthropoidal | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, apelike |
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| anthropolatry | (noun) the worship of human beings | Synonyms: worship of man |
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| anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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| anthropologism | (noun) a point of view in which human nature is exhaustively determined by the culture in which a person lives, leaving no room for human agency. | - |
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| anthropologist | (noun) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology | - |
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| anthropology | (noun) the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | - |
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| anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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| anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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| anthropometry | (noun) measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities | - |
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| anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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| anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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| anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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| anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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| anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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| anthropopathism | (noun) Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. | - |
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| anthropophagite | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater |
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| anthropophagous | (adjective) of or relating to eaters of human flesh | - |
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| anthropophagus | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater |
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| anthropophagy | (noun) human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh | - |
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| anthroposophy | (noun) a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education | - |
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| arthralgia | (noun) pain in a joint or joints | - |
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| arthralgic | (adjective) of or relating to arthralgia | - |
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| arthritic | (adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis | Synonyms: creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy |
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| (noun) a person afflicted with arthritis | - |
| arthritis | (noun) inflammation of a joint or joints | - |
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| arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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| arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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| arthrogram | (noun) an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium | - |
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| arthrography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram | - |
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| arthromere | (noun) any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod | - |
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| arthromeric | (adjective) of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals | - |
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| arthropathy | (noun) a pathology or abnormality of a joint | - |
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| arthroplasty | (noun) surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint | - |
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| arthropod | (noun) invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin | - |
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| arthropodal | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodan, arthropodous |
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| arthropodan | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodal, arthropodous |
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| arthropodous | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodal, arthropodan |
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| arthroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination | - |
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| arthroscopy | (noun) a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision | - |
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| arthrospore | (noun) one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi | - |
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| (noun) a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria | - |
| arthrosporic | (adjective) of or relating to arthrospores | Synonyms: arthrosporous |
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| arthrosporous | (adjective) of or relating to arthrospores | Synonyms: arthrosporic |
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| azithromycin | (noun) a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body | Synonyms: Zithromax |
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| bathrobe | (noun) a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim | - |
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| bathroom | (noun) a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet | - |
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| (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet |
| birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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| birthright | (noun) a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth | - |
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| (noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: patrimony |
| birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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| bluethroat | (noun) songbird of northern Europe and Asia | Synonyms: Erithacus svecicus |
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| breakthrough | (noun) a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense | - |
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| (noun) making an important discovery | - |
| (noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: discovery, find |
| brethren | (noun) (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
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| clathrate | (adjective) designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another | - |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellate, cancellated |
| cothromboplastin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor |
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| cutthroat | (adjective) ruthless in competition | Synonyms: bowelless, fierce |
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| (noun) someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat | - |
| deathrate | (noun) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | Synonyms: death rate, fatality rate, mortality, mortality rate |
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| dethrone | (verb) remove a monarch from the throne | - |
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| dethronement | (noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | Synonyms: deposition |
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| diarthrosis | (noun) a joint so articulated as to move freely | Synonyms: articulatio synovialis, synovial joint |
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| dysarthria | (noun) impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature | - |
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| enarthrosis | (noun) a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone | Synonyms: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, spheroid joint |
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| enthral | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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| enthrall | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport |
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| enthralled | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced |
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| enthralling | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating |
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| enthrallingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, captivatingly, enchantingly |
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| enthrallment | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, fascination |
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| enthrone | (verb) put a monarch on the throne | Synonyms: throne |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: invest, vest |
| enthronement | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture |
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| enthronisation | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, investiture |
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| enthronization | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, investiture |
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| erythrina | (noun) any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: coral tree |
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| erythrite | (noun) a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic | Synonyms: cobalt bloom |
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| erythroblast | (noun) a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop | - |
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| erythroblastosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood | - |
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| erythrocyte | (noun) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus | Synonyms: RBC, red blood cell |
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| erythrocytolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin |
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| erythroderma | (noun) any skin disorder involving abnormal redness | - |
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| erythroid | (adjective) relating to erythrocytes | - |
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| erythrolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrocytolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin |
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| erythromycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative | Synonyms: E-Mycin, Erythrocin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin |
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| erythropoiesis | (noun) the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow | - |
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| erythropoietic | (adjective) of or relating to the formation of red blood cells | - |
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| erythropoietin | (noun) a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells | - |
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| flamethrower | (noun) a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
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| forthright | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adverb) directly and without evasion; not roundabout | Synonyms: forthrightly, squarely |
| forthrightly | (adverb) directly and without evasion; not roundabout | Synonyms: forthright, squarely |
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