aboulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: abulia |
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aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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abulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: aboulia |
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abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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alhamdulilah | (noun) An expression meaning 'praise God' in Arabic | - |
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baculiform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped |
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botuliform | (adjective) long with rounded ends | - |
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botulin | (noun) potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon | Synonyms: botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin |
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botulinal | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by the botulinus | - |
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botulinum | (noun) anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism | Synonyms: botulinus, Clostridium botulinum |
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botulinus | (noun) anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism | Synonyms: botulinum, Clostridium botulinum |
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botulism | (noun) food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly | - |
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botulismotoxin | (noun) potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon | Synonyms: botulin, botulinus toxin |
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bulimarexia | (noun) a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting | Synonyms: binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulimia nervosa |
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bulimia | (noun) pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) | - |
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(noun) a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | Synonyms: binge-eating syndrome |
bulimic | (adjective) suffering from bulimia | - |
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(noun) a person suffering from bulimia | - |
cannulisation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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cannulise | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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cannulization | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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cannulize | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, canulate, intubate |
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canulisation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulization, intubation |
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canulization | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, intubation |
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capsulise | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulize, encapsulate |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulize |
capsulize | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, encapsulate |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulise |
capulin | (noun) Mexican black cherry | Synonyms: Mexican black cherry |
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(noun) Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit | Synonyms: capulin tree, Prunus capuli |
cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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(noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
cauline | (adjective) especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem | - |
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(adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: caulescent, stemmed |
cellulite | (noun) lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | - |
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cellulitis | (noun) an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain | - |
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comatulid | (noun) free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms | Synonyms: feather star |
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coulisse | (noun) a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel | - |
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(noun) a flat situated in the wings | Synonyms: wing flat |
credulity | (noun) tendency to believe readily | - |
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culinary | (adjective) of or relating to or used in cooking | - |
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cumuliform | (adjective) shaped like a cumulus cloud | - |
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demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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diverticulitis | (noun) inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation | - |
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douroucouli | (noun) nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur | Synonyms: Aotus trivirgatus |
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dracunculiasis | (noun) a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin | Synonyms: Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease |
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dyscalculia | (noun) impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics | - |
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epauliere | (noun) armor plate that protects the shoulder | - |
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fabulist | (noun) a person who tells or invents fables | - |
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folliculitis | (noun) inflammation of a hair follicle | - |
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funambulism | (noun) walking on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walking |
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funambulist | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walker |
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funiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord) | - |
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garrulity | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness |
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ghoulish | (adjective) suggesting the horror of death and decay | Synonyms: morbid |
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globulin | (noun) a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed | - |
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granuliferous | (adjective) producing or full of granules | - |
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haulier | (noun) a haulage contractor | Synonyms: hauler |
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hauling | (noun) the activity of transporting goods by truck | Synonyms: truckage, trucking |
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hydraulic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of hydraulics | - |
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(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil) | - |
hydraulically | (adverb) in a hydraulic manner | Synonyms: hydraulicly |
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hydraulicly | (adverb) in a hydraulic manner | Synonyms: hydraulically |
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hydraulics | (noun) study of the mechanics of fluids | Synonyms: fluid mechanics |
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hypogammaglobulinemia | (noun) an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection | - |
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immunoglobulin | (noun) a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response | Synonyms: Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin |
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incredulity | (noun) doubt about the truth of something | Synonyms: disbelief, mental rejection, scepticism, skepticism |
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insulin | (noun) hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells | - |
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inulin | (noun) used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function | - |
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julienne | (noun) a vegetable cut into thin strips | Synonyms: julienne vegetable |
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(noun) a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables | - |
(verb) cut into long thin strips | - |
lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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lazuli | (noun) an azure blue semiprecious stone | Synonyms: lapis lazuli |
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lazuline | (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: azure, cerulean, sapphire, sky-blue |
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lupulin | (noun) Lupulin is a powder separated from the strobiles of common hop. | - |
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masculine | (adjective) associated with men and not with women | - |
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(adjective) male (of grammatical gender) | - |
(adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable | - |
(noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | - |
masculinisation | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinization, virilisation, virilization |
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masculinise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinize, virilise, virilize |
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masculinity | (noun) the properties characteristic of the male sex | Synonyms: maleness |
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(noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men | - |
masculinization | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, virilisation, virilization |
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masculinize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, virilise, virilize |
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(verb) give a masculine appearance or character to | - |
moulin | (noun) a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation | Synonyms: glacier mill |
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muliebrity | (noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women | Synonyms: femininity |
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(noun) the state of being an adult woman | Synonyms: womanhood |
mulish | (adjective) unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack | Synonyms: hardheaded |
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mulishly | (adverb) in a stubborn unregenerate manner | Synonyms: cussedly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly |
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mulishness | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: obstinacy, obstinance, stubbornness |
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nebuliser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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nebulizer | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, spray, sprayer |
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noctambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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noctambulist | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalker, somnambulist |
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nummulite | (noun) large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period | - |
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oculism | (noun) the craft of an oculist | - |
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oculist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, ophthalmologist |
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(noun) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses | Synonyms: optometrist |
overcredulity | (noun) too much credulity | - |
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pachouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly |
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(noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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(noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
peculiar | (adjective) characteristic of one only; distinctive or special | - |
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(adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: particular, special |
(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, queer, rum, rummy, singular |
(adjective) markedly different from the usual; special | - |
peculiarity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity |
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(noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: distinctiveness, speciality, specialness, specialty |
(noun) an odd or unusual characteristic | Synonyms: distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic |
peculiarly | (adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curiously, inexplicably, oddly |
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(adverb) uniquely or characteristically | Synonyms: particularly |
(adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, particularly, specially |
pediculicide | (noun) a chemical agent that kills lice | - |
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populism | (noun) the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite | - |
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populist | (noun) someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
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radiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the radicle of a nerve | - |
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ruling | (adjective) exercising power or authority | Synonyms: regnant, reigning |
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(noun) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | Synonyms: opinion |
scheduling | (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programing, programming |
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sedulity | (noun) the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive | Synonyms: sedulousness |
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sipunculid | (noun) small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut | Synonyms: peanut worm |
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somnambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation |
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