| dumper | (noun) truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity | Synonyms: dump truck, tip truck, tipper, tipper lorry, tipper truck |
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| dumpiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: squattiness |
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| dumping | (noun) selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market | - |
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| dumpling | (noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | Synonyms: dumplings |
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| (noun) dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry | - |
| dumplings | (noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | Synonyms: dumpling |
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| dumps | (noun) an informal expression for a mildly depressed state | Synonyms: mopes |
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| dumpsite | (noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | Synonyms: dump, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard |
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| dumpy | (adjective) resembling a garbage dump | - |
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| (adjective) short and plump | Synonyms: podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby |
| (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy |
| duodenum | (noun) the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum | - |
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| durum | (noun) wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America | Synonyms: durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum |
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| dysprosium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic | Synonyms: atomic number 66, Dy |
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| eardrum | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| ecumenic | (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenical, oecumenic, oecumenical |
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| ecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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| (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical |
| ecumenicalism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicism, ecumenism |
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| ecumenicism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenism |
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| ecumenism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenicism |
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| (noun) a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) | Synonyms: oecumenism |
| effluvium | (noun) a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) | - |
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| einsteinium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | Synonyms: atomic number 99, E, Es |
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| electrum | (noun) an alloy of gold and silver | - |
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| emolument | (noun) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) | - |
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| emporium | (noun) a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain | Synonyms: department store |
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| emunctorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: purificator, purificatorium |
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| encomium | (noun) a formal expression of praise | Synonyms: eulogy, paean, panegyric, pean |
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| encumber | (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, restrain |
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| encumbered | (adjective) loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load | - |
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| encumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
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| (noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, incumbrance, load, onus |
| (noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | Synonyms: incumbrance |
| endocardium | (noun) the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves | - |
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| endocranium | (noun) membrane lining the inside of the skull | - |
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| endometrium | (noun) (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition | - |
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| endoneurium | (noun) delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve | - |
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| endosteum | (noun) vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones | - |
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| endothelium | (noun) an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities | - |
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| enumerable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: countable, denumerable, numerable |
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| enumerate | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: itemise, itemize, recite |
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| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: count, number, numerate |
| enumeration | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, counting, numeration, reckoning, tally |
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| (noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: numbering |
| enumerator | (noun) someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes | Synonyms: census taker |
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| epicardium | (noun) the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium | Synonyms: visceral pericardium |
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| epicranium | (noun) the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium | - |
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| epigastrium | (noun) the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) | - |
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| epimythium | (noun) a moral at the end of a story. | - |
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| epiphyllum | (noun) any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers | Synonyms: orchid cactus |
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| epithalamium | (noun) an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom | - |
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| epithelium | (noun) membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body | Synonyms: epithelial tissue |
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| equilibrium | (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head | Synonyms: labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense |
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| (noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates | Synonyms: chemical equilibrium |
| (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equipoise |
| (noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another | - |
| erbium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium | Synonyms: atomic number 68, Er |
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| eriogonum | (noun) any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers | - |
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| erratum | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error |
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| eubacterium | (noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | Synonyms: eubacteria, true bacteria |
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| eulogium | (noun) a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently | Synonyms: eulogy |
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| euphonium | (noun) a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family | - |
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| euphorbium | (noun) an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: gum eurphorbium |
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| europium | (noun) a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 63, Eu |
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| eusporangium | (noun) a sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells | - |
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| exhumation | (noun) the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried | Synonyms: digging up, disinterment |
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| exhume | (verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | Synonyms: disinter |
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| exordium | (noun) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse | - |
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| explanandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explicandum |
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| explicandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explanandum |
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| extremum | (noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme, extreme point |
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| (noun) the most extreme possible amount or value | Synonyms: peak |
| factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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| fermium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | Synonyms: atomic number 100, Fm |
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| ferrocerium | (noun) a pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints | - |
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| filum | (noun) a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) | Synonyms: filament |
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| flagellum | (noun) a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) | - |
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| (noun) a whip used to inflict punishment | Synonyms: scourge |
| flerovium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element | Synonyms: Fl |
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| florilegium | (noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: garland, miscellany |
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| flume | (noun) watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs | - |
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| (noun) a narrow gorge with a stream running through it | Synonyms: gulch |
| flummery | (noun) meaningless ceremonies and flattery | Synonyms: mummery |
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| (noun) a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal | - |
| flummox | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| flump | (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
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| (verb) fall heavily | Synonyms: flump down |
| folium | (noun) a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock | - |
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| forum | (noun) a public facility to meet for open discussion | Synonyms: assembly, meeting place |
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| (noun) a public meeting or assembly for open discussion | - |
| foumart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| francium | (noun) a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium | Synonyms: atomic number 87, Fr |
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| frumenty | (noun) sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat | - |
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| frump | (noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman | Synonyms: dog |
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| frumpily | (adverb) in a dowdy unfashionable manner | Synonyms: dowdily, frumpishly |
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| frumpish | (adjective) primly out of date | Synonyms: dowdy, frumpy |
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| frumpishly | (adverb) in a dowdy unfashionable manner | Synonyms: dowdily, frumpily |
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| frumpy | (adjective) primly out of date | Synonyms: dowdy, frumpish |
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| frustum | (noun) a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed | - |
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| fulcrum | (noun) the pivot about which a lever turns | - |
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| fumble | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: muff |
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| (verb) drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder | - |
| (verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: grope |
| (verb) handle clumsily | - |
| (verb) make one's way clumsily or blindly | Synonyms: blunder |
| (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
| fumbler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, sad sack, stumbler |
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| fumbling | (adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude | Synonyms: bungling, clumsy, incompetent |
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| fume | (noun) a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas | Synonyms: smoke |
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| (verb) be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face | Synonyms: reek |
| (verb) be mad, angry, or furious | - |
| (verb) treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests | Synonyms: fumigate |
| (verb) emit a cloud of fine particles | Synonyms: smoke |
| fumed | (adjective) (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes | - |
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| fumeroot | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumewort, fumitory |
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| (noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumewort |
| fumes | (noun) gases ejected from an engine as waste products | Synonyms: exhaust, exhaust fumes |
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| fumewort | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumitory |
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| (noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumeroot |
| fumigant | (noun) a chemical substance used in fumigation | - |
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| fumigate | (verb) treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests | Synonyms: fume |
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| fumigation | (noun) the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it | - |
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| fumigator | (noun) a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests | - |
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| (noun) someone whose job is to fumigate | - |
| fumitory | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumewort |
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| gadolinium | (noun) a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 64, Gd |
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| galbanum | (noun) a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida | Synonyms: gum albanum |
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| gallium | (noun) a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores | Synonyms: atomic number 31, Ga |
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| galumph | (verb) move around heavily and clumsily | - |
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