abortus | (noun) a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body | - |
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afflatus | (noun) a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration | - |
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altostratus | (noun) a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altostratus cloud |
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antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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apparatus | (noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: setup |
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(noun) (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function | - |
arbutus | (noun) any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America | - |
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cactus | (noun) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines | - |
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cirrostratus | (noun) a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude | Synonyms: cirrostratus cloud |
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coitus | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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conceptus | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg |
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conspectus | (noun) an overall summary | - |
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contuse | (verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | Synonyms: bruise |
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contusion | (noun) the action of bruising | - |
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(noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: bruise |
costusroot | (noun) annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs | Synonyms: Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa |
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cubitus | (noun) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | Synonyms: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow |
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(noun) the arm from the elbow to the fingertips | - |
cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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decubitus | (noun) a reclining position (as in a bed) | - |
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detritus | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble |
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(noun) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks | - |
detusk | (verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: tusk |
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echinocactus | (noun) any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil | Synonyms: barrel cactus |
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emeritus | (adjective) honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus' | - |
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(noun) a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties | - |
eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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eucalyptus | (noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus | Synonyms: eucalypt, eucalyptus tree |
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(noun) wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber | - |
fetus | (noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | Synonyms: foetus |
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flatus | (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, wind |
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foetus | (noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | Synonyms: fetus |
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habitus | (noun) constitution of the human body | Synonyms: body-build, build, physique |
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(noun) person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease) | - |
halitus | (noun) exhaled breath | Synonyms: exhalation |
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hiatus | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | Synonyms: foramen |
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(noun) a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | - |
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension |
ictus | (noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: raptus, seizure |
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impetus | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impulse, impulsion |
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(noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: drift, impulsion |
introitus | (noun) entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening) | - |
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intussuscept | (verb) introvert or invaginate | - |
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intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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(noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
lotus | (noun) white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians | Synonyms: Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus, white lily, white lotus |
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(noun) native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers | Synonyms: Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus |
lotusland | (noun) an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence | Synonyms: lotus land |
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macrotus | (noun) large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico | Synonyms: Macrotus californicus |
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meatus | (noun) a natural body passageway | - |
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melilotus | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilot, sweet clover |
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obtuse | (adjective) of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees | - |
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(adjective) (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex | - |
(adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow |
(adjective) lacking in insight or discernment | Synonyms: purblind |
obtusely | (adverb) stupidly or insensitively | Synonyms: densely, dumbly |
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obtuseness | (noun) the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point | - |
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(noun) the quality of being slow to understand | Synonyms: dullness |
pectus | (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: chest, thorax |
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peripatus | (noun) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | Synonyms: onychophoran, velvet worm |
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pertussis | (noun) a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane | Synonyms: whooping cough |
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propositus | (noun) the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action | - |
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prospectus | (noun) a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university | Synonyms: course catalog, course catalogue |
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(noun) a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise | - |
pruritus | (noun) an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) | - |
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quietus | (noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, rest, sleep |
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raptus | (noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, transport |
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(noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: ictus, seizure |
rectus | (noun) any of various straight muscles | - |
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rictus | (noun) a gaping grimace | - |
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saleratus | (noun) a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid | Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate |
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scorbutus | (noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | Synonyms: scurvy |
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serratus | (noun) any of several muscles of the trunk | Synonyms: serratus muscles |
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singultus | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, hiccup |
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status | (noun) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society | Synonyms: position |
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(noun) a state at a particular time | Synonyms: condition |
stratus | (noun) a large dark low cloud | Synonyms: stratus cloud |
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tinnitus | (noun) a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease | - |
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tush | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie |
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tushery | (noun) writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words | - |
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tusk | (noun) a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog | - |
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(noun) a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | Synonyms: ivory |
(verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: detusk |
(verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | Synonyms: horn |
tusked | (adjective) having tusks | - |
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tusker | (noun) any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) | - |
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tussah | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tusseh, tusser, tussore, tussur |
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tusseh | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusser, tussore, tussur |
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tusser | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tussore, tussur |
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tussle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle |
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(verb) make messy or untidy | Synonyms: muss |
(verb) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters | Synonyms: scuffle |
tussock | (noun) a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass | Synonyms: tuft |
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tussore | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussur |
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tussur | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore |
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vomitus | (noun) the matter ejected in vomiting | Synonyms: barf, puke, vomit |
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