| hydroxytetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin |
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| icetray | (noun) a tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator | - |
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| illustrate | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, instance |
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| (verb) depict with an illustration | - |
| (verb) supply with illustrations | - |
| illustration | (noun) a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand | - |
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| (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, instance, representative |
| (noun) artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | - |
| (noun) showing by example | Synonyms: exemplification |
| illustrative | (adjective) clarifying by use of examples | Synonyms: exemplifying |
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| (adjective) serving to demonstrate | Synonyms: demonstrative |
| illustrator | (noun) an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - |
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| impenetrability | (noun) the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: imperviousness |
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| (noun) incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | Synonyms: impenetrableness |
| impenetrable | (adjective) not admitting of penetration or passage into or through | - |
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| (adjective) impossible to understand | - |
| (adjective) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | Synonyms: dense, heavy |
| impenetrableness | (noun) incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | Synonyms: impenetrability |
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| infiltrate | (verb) pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict | Synonyms: pass through |
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| (verb) cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices | - |
| (verb) pass into or through by filtering or permeating | - |
| (verb) enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | Synonyms: penetrate |
| infiltration | (noun) a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) | - |
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| (noun) the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium | Synonyms: percolation |
| infiltrator | (noun) an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent | - |
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| (noun) someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage | - |
| interpenetrate | (verb) penetrate mutually or be interlocked | Synonyms: permeate |
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| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| interpenetration | (noun) mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other | Synonyms: permeation |
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| (noun) the action of penetrating between or among | - |
| interstratify | (verb) arrange rocks in alternating strata | - |
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| intracellular | (adjective) located or occurring within a cell or cells | - |
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| intracerebral | (adjective) within the brain | - |
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| intracranial | (adjective) within the skull | - |
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| intractability | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractableness |
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| intractable | (adjective) not tractable; difficult to manage or mold | - |
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| intractableness | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractability |
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| intractably | (adverb) in an intractable manner | - |
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| intracutaneous | (adjective) relating to areas between the layers of the skin | Synonyms: intradermal, intradermic |
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| intradepartmental | (adjective) within a department | - |
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| intradermal | (adjective) relating to areas between the layers of the skin | Synonyms: intracutaneous, intradermic |
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| intradermally | (adverb) into the skin | - |
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| intradermic | (adjective) relating to areas between the layers of the skin | Synonyms: intracutaneous, intradermal |
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| intrados | (noun) the interior curve of an arch | - |
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| intragroup | (adjective) occurring within an institution or community | Synonyms: internal |
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| intralinguistic | (adjective) within a particular language | - |
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| intralobular | (adjective) inside lobes or lobules | - |
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| intramolecular | (adjective) within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule | - |
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| intramural | (adjective) carried on within the bounds of an institution or community | - |
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| intramuscular | (adjective) within a muscle | - |
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| intramuscularly | (adverb) in an intramuscular way | - |
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| intranet | (noun) a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software | - |
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| intransigence | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigency |
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| intransigency | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigence |
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| intransigent | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
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| intransitive | (adjective) designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object | - |
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| (noun) a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object | Synonyms: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form |
| intransitively | (adverb) in an intransitive manner | - |
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| intransitiveness | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitivity |
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| intransitivise | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivize |
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| intransitivity | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitiveness |
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| intransitivize | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise |
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| intrapulmonary | (adjective) being or occurring within a lung | - |
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| intrasentential | (adjective) of or relating to constituents within a sentence | - |
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| intraspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecific |
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| intraspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecies |
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| intrastate | (adjective) relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state | - |
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| intrauterine | (adjective) within the womb | - |
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| intravasation | (noun) entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel | - |
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| intravenous | (adjective) within or by means of a vein | Synonyms: endovenous |
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| intravenously | (adverb) in an intravenous manner | - |
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| intraventricular | (adjective) within the system of ventricles in the brain | - |
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| itraconazole | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Sporanox |
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| jackstraw | (noun) a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws | Synonyms: spillikin |
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| jackstraws | (noun) a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others | Synonyms: spillikins |
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| jockstrap | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, supporter, suspensor |
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| kilometrage | (noun) the number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle. | - |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| lustrate | (verb) purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials | - |
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| magistracy | (noun) the position of magistrate | Synonyms: magistrature |
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| magistrate | (noun) a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) | - |
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| magistrature | (noun) the position of magistrate | Synonyms: magistracy |
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| mantra | (noun) (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns | - |
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| (noun) a commonly repeated word or phrase | - |
| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| mestranol | (noun) a synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives | - |
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| metralgia | (noun) pain in the uterus | - |
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| ministrant | (adjective) giving practical help to | Synonyms: attending |
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| (noun) someone who serves as a minister | - |
| ministration | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: relief, succor, succour |
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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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| mitral | (adjective) of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics | - |
| 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 |
| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| narcotraffic | (noun) traffic in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug traffic, drug trafficking |
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| neurotransmitter | (noun) a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse | - |
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| neutral | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: achromatic |
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| (adjective) possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics | - |
| (adjective) lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics | - |
| (adjective) not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest | - |
| (adjective) having no personal preference | Synonyms: impersonal |
| (adjective) having no net electric charge | Synonyms: electroneutral |
| (adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive | Synonyms: indifferent, inert |
| (noun) one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute | - |
| neutralisation | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: counteraction, neutralization |
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| (noun) action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war | Synonyms: neutralization |
| (noun) (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) | Synonyms: neutralization |
| (noun) a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water | Synonyms: neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction |
| neutralise | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralize |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralize, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralize |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, waste |
| neutralised | (adjective) made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | Synonyms: neutralized |
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| neutralism | (noun) a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs | - |
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| neutralist | (noun) an advocate of neutrality in international affairs | - |
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| neutrality | (noun) nonparticipation in a dispute or war | - |
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| (noun) pH value of 7 | - |
| (noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: disinterest |
| neutralization | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: counteraction, neutralisation |
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| (noun) action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war | Synonyms: neutralisation |
| (noun) (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) | Synonyms: neutralisation |
| (noun) a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water | Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization reaction |
| neutralize | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralise |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralise |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste |
| (verb) make politically neutral and thus inoffensive | - |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail |
| neutralized | (adjective) made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | Synonyms: neutralised |
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| nitramine | (noun) a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators | Synonyms: tetryl |
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| nitrate | (noun) any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | - |
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| (verb) treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate | - |
| nitrazepam | (noun) a hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type | - |
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| nonarbitrable | (adjective) not appropriate for or subject to arbitration | - |
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| nonarbitrary | (adjective) not subject to individual determination | Synonyms: unarbitrary |
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| nonprotractile | (adjective) not extensile | Synonyms: inextensible, nonextensile |
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| nonretractable | (adjective) not capable of being retracted | Synonyms: nonretractile |
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| nonretractile | (adjective) not capable of being retracted | Synonyms: nonretractable |
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| nontraditional | (adjective) not conforming to or in accord with tradition | Synonyms: untraditional |
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| nontransferable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: unassignable, untransferable |
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| nontranslational | (adjective) of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation | - |
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