amphiuma | (noun) aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States | Synonyms: blind eel, congo eel, congo snake |
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bitumastic | (noun) a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering | - |
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brumal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to winter | Synonyms: hibernal, hiemal |
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circumambulate | (verb) walk around something | Synonyms: walk around |
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consumable | (adjective) may be used up | - |
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contumacious | (adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient | - |
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contumaciously | (adverb) in a rebellious manner | Synonyms: defiantly, rebelliously |
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contumacy | (noun) willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court | - |
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(noun) obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | - |
coumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, cumarone |
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cumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, coumarone |
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decumary | (noun) woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters | Synonyms: Decumaria barbara, Decumaria barbata |
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dehumanisation | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanization |
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dehumanise | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanize |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanize |
dehumanised | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanized, unhuman |
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dehumanization | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanisation |
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dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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deplumate | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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dicoumarol | (noun) an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin | Synonyms: dicumarol |
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dicumarol | (noun) an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin | Synonyms: dicoumarol |
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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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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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hanuman | (noun) langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | Synonyms: entellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus |
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human | (adjective) having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of humanity | - |
(adjective) relating to a person | - |
(noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: homo, human being, man |
humane | (adjective) marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humanist, humanistic |
(adjective) showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement | - |
humanely | (adverb) in a humane manner | - |
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humaneness | (noun) the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) | - |
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humanisation | (noun) the act of making more human | Synonyms: humanization |
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humanise | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanize |
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humanism | (noun) the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural | Synonyms: secular humanism |
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(noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanitarianism |
(noun) the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies | - |
humanist | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanistic |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanistic |
(adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanistic |
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian |
(noun) a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts | - |
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanitarian |
humanistic | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanist |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanist |
(adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanist |
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanitarian |
humanitarian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism | - |
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(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic |
(noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, improver |
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanist |
humanitarianism | (noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanism |
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humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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humanity | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world |
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(noun) the quality of being humane | - |
(noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanness, manhood |
humanization | (noun) the act of making more human | Synonyms: humanisation |
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humanize | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanise |
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humankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world |
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humanlike | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous |
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humanly | (adverb) in the manner of human beings | - |
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humanness | (noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanity, manhood |
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humanoid | (noun) an automaton that resembles a human being | Synonyms: android, mechanical man |
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humans | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, man, mankind, world |
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humate | (noun) material that is high in humic acids | - |
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infrahuman | (adjective) belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development | - |
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inhuman | (adjective) without compunction or human feeling | Synonyms: cold-blooded, cold, insensate |
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(adjective) belonging to or resembling something nonhuman | - |
inhumane | (adjective) lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion | - |
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inhumanely | (adverb) in an inhumane manner | - |
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inhumaneness | (noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumanity |
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inhumanity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: atrocity |
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(noun) the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | Synonyms: inhumaneness |
inhumation | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, interment, sepulture |
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naumachia | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachy |
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naumachy | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachia |
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nonhuman | (adjective) not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings | - |
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plumage | (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds | Synonyms: plume |
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plumaged | (adjective) having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form | - |
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plumate | (adjective) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft | Synonyms: plumed, plumose |
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pneumatic | (adjective) of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas) | - |
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pneumatically | (adverb) in a pneumatic manner | - |
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pneumatics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases | - |
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pneumatophore | (noun) an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant | - |
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presumable | (adjective) capable of being inferred on slight grounds | Synonyms: supposable, surmisable |
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presumably | (adverb) by reasonable assumption | Synonyms: presumptively |
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puma | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: catamount, cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther |
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rheumatic | (adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis | Synonyms: arthritic, creaky, rheumatoid, rheumy |
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(noun) a person suffering with rheumatism | - |
rheumatism | (noun) any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues | - |
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(noun) a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint | Synonyms: atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis |
rheumatoid | (adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis | Synonyms: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumy |
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rheumatologist | (noun) a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases | - |
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rheumatology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints | - |
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satsuma | (noun) medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin | - |
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(noun) a variety of mandarin orange, known commonly as cold hardy mandarin, Christmas orange, or tangerine | Synonyms: satsuma tree |
shumac | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: sumac, sumach |
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struma | (noun) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet | Synonyms: goiter, goitre, thyromegaly |
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(noun) a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands | Synonyms: king's evil, scrofula |
subhuman | (adjective) less than human or not worthy of a human being | - |
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(adjective) unfit for human beings | - |
sumac | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: shumac, sumach |
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(noun) wood of a sumac | - |
sumach | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: shumac, sumac |
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superhuman | (adjective) above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance | - |
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superhumanity | (noun) The state or condition of being beyond what is possible for a human being. | - |
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thaumatolatry | (noun) the worship of miracles | Synonyms: miracle-worship |
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thaumaturge | (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturgist, wizard |
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thaumaturgist | (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard |
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thaumaturgy | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, trick |
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(noun) any art that invokes supernatural powers | Synonyms: magic |
thingumabob | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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thingumajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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trauma | (noun) an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects | Synonyms: psychic trauma |
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(noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: harm, hurt, injury |
traumatic | (adjective) of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body | - |
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(adjective) psychologically painful | - |
traumatise | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatize |
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traumatize | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatise |
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traumatology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents | Synonyms: accident surgery |
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traumatophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of battle or physical injury | - |
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unhuman | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, dehumanized |
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