duplication | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: gemination |
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(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplicate |
duplicator | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: copier |
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duplicitous | (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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duplicity | (noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: double-dealing |
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(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: fraudulence |
dustup | (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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eggcup | (noun) dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg | Synonyms: egg cup |
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erupt | (verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, extravasate |
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(verb) start abruptly | Synonyms: break out |
(verb) erupt or intensify suddenly | Synonyms: break open, burst out, flare, flare up, irrupt |
(verb) become raw or open | Synonyms: break out, recrudesce |
(verb) break out | Synonyms: break through, come out, push through |
(verb) appear on the skin | - |
(verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | Synonyms: break, burst |
(verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, conflagrate, ignite, take fire |
eruption | (noun) the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material | Synonyms: volcanic eruption |
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(noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, clap |
(noun) the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum | - |
(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: irruption, outbreak |
(noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, extravasation |
(noun) symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible | - |
eruptive | (adjective) produced by the action of fire or intense heat | Synonyms: igneous |
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(adjective) producing or characterized by eruptions | - |
(adjective) actively spewing out lava | - |
euphemise | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemize |
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euphemism | (noun) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
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euphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of euphemism | - |
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euphemistically | (adverb) in a euphemistic manner | - |
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euphemize | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemise |
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euphonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonical |
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euphonical | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonic |
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euphonious | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonous |
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(adjective) (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident | - |
euphonium | (noun) a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family | - |
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euphonous | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonious |
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euphony | (noun) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | Synonyms: music |
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euphorbium | (noun) an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: gum eurphorbium |
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euphoria | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | Synonyms: euphory |
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euphoriant | (adjective) tending to produce euphoria | - |
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(noun) a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria | - |
euphoric | (adjective) exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
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euphory | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | Synonyms: euphoria |
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euphuism | (noun) an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | - |
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(noun) any artificially elegant style of language | - |
eupnea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnoea |
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eupneic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupnoeic |
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eupnoea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnea |
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eupnoeic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupneic |
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eyecup | (noun) (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina | Synonyms: optic cup |
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(noun) a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball | Synonyms: eye cup, eyebath |
fluphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders | - |
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followup | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, reexamination, review |
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(noun) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done | Synonyms: follow-up |
(noun) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work | Synonyms: follow-up |
fuckup | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall |
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(noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
getup | (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: outfit, rig, turnout |
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goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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group | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: grouping |
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(noun) a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse | Synonyms: mathematical group |
(noun) (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule | Synonyms: chemical group, radical |
(verb) arrange into a group or groups | - |
(verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: aggroup |
grouped | (adjective) arranged into groups | Synonyms: sorted |
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grouper | (noun) usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas | - |
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(noun) flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass | - |
groupie | (noun) an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around) | - |
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grouping | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: group |
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(noun) the activity of putting things together in groups | - |
(noun) a system for classifying things into groups | Synonyms: pigeonholing |
groupthink | (noun) decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) | - |
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groupware | (noun) software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space | - |
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grownup | (adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown |
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(noun) a fully developed person from maturity onward | Synonyms: adult |
guppy | (noun) small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums | Synonyms: Lebistes reticulatus, rainbow fish |
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hereupon | (adverb) immediately after this | - |
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hiccup | (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, singultus |
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(verb) breathe spasmodically, and make a sound | Synonyms: hiccough |
holdup | (noun) robbery at gunpoint | Synonyms: armed robbery, heist, stickup |
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(noun) the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time | Synonyms: delay |
hookup | (noun) a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose | Synonyms: assemblage |
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(noun) a device providing a connection between a power source and a user | - |
hushpuppy | (noun) deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) | Synonyms: hush puppy |
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ibuprofen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic | Synonyms: Advil, isobutylphenyl propionic acid, Motrin, Nuprin |
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immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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immunosuppressed | (adjective) of persons whose immune response is inadequate | - |
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immunosuppression | (noun) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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immunosuppressive | (adjective) of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression | - |
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(noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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incorrupt | (adjective) free of corruption or immorality | - |
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(adjective) not decayed | Synonyms: undecomposed |
incorrupted | (adjective) without fault or error | Synonyms: faultless, immaculate, impeccable |
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incorruptibility | (noun) the incapability of being corrupted | - |
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incorruptible | (adjective) incapable of being morally corrupted | - |
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incorruption | (noun) characterized by integrity or probity | Synonyms: incorruptness |
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incorruptness | (noun) characterized by integrity or probity | Synonyms: incorruption |
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ingroup | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, inner circle, pack |
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insuperable | (adjective) incapable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: unconquerable |
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(adjective) impossible to surmount | Synonyms: insurmountable |
insuperably | (adverb) to an insuperable degree | - |
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insupportable | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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interrupt | (noun) a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out | - |
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(verb) terminate or end | Synonyms: break |
(verb) destroy the peace or tranquility of | Synonyms: disturb |
(verb) interfere in someone else's activity | Synonyms: disrupt |
(verb) make a break in | Synonyms: break up, cut off, disrupt |
interrupted | (adjective) intermittently stopping and starting | Synonyms: fitful, off-and-on |
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(adjective) discontinued temporarily | - |
interrupter | (noun) a device for automatically interrupting an electric current | - |
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interruption | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, gap |
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(noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | Synonyms: break |
(noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, intermission, pause, suspension |
intragroup | (adjective) occurring within an institution or community | Synonyms: internal |
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irrupt | (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: explode |
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(verb) erupt or intensify suddenly | Synonyms: break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up |
(verb) enter uninvited | Synonyms: intrude |
irruption | (noun) a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in | - |
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(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: eruption, outbreak |
(noun) a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population | - |
irruptive | (adjective) of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro | Synonyms: plutonic |
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jupati | (noun) a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | Synonyms: jupati palm, jupaty, Raffia taedigera |
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jupaty | (noun) a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | Synonyms: jupati, jupati palm, Raffia taedigera |
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ketchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, cetchup, tomato ketchup |
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kingcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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(noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
larrup | (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: paddle, spank |
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layup | (noun) a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) | Synonyms: lay-up |
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letup | (noun) a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished | Synonyms: lull |
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lineup | (noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat | Synonyms: batting order, card |
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(noun) the schedule of programs for a particular period | - |
(noun) a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification | Synonyms: identity parade, police lineup |
linkup | (noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect | Synonyms: link, tie-in, tie |
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lockup | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: locking |
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(noun) jail in a local police station | - |
lookup | (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: search |
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loupe | (noun) small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists | Synonyms: jeweler's loupe |
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lupin | (noun) any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | Synonyms: lupine |
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lupine | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of wolves | - |
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(noun) any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | Synonyms: lupin |
lupulin | (noun) Lupulin is a powder separated from the strobiles of common hop. | - |
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lupus | (noun) any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease | - |
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makeup | (noun) cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance | Synonyms: make-up, war paint |
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(noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, constitution, make-up, physical composition |
(noun) an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event | Synonyms: make-up |
markup | (noun) detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics) | - |
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(noun) the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price | - |
marsupial | (adjective) of or relating to the marsupials | - |
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(noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
marsupium | (noun) an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | - |
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marupa | (noun) tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack | Synonyms: Simarouba amara |
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matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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naupathia | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling on water | Synonyms: mal de mer, seasickness |
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newsgroup | (noun) an area on a computer network, especially on the internet, devoted to the discussion of a specified topic | - |
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nonsuppurative | (adjective) not suppurative | - |
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nonuple | (adjective) having nine units or components | Synonyms: nine-fold, ninefold |
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