| flourishing | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| floury | (adjective) resembling flour in fine powdery texture | - |
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| floxuridine | (noun) antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair | - |
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| fluorouracil | (noun) an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers | - |
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| flurazepam | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia | Synonyms: Dalmane, flurazepam hydrochloride |
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| flurbiprofen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally | Synonyms: Ansaid |
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| flurry | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, fuss, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that) | Synonyms: snow flurry |
| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, disconcert, put off |
| (verb) move in an agitated or confused manner | - |
| footsure | (adjective) not liable to stumble or fall | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
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| foreclosure | (noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default | - |
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| forecourt | (noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings | - |
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| forfeiture | (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, sacrifice |
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| (noun) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something | Synonyms: forfeit |
| (noun) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeit |
| four | (adjective) being one more than three | Synonyms: 4, iv |
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| (noun) a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips | Synonyms: four-spot |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
| fourfold | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
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| (adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple |
| (adverb) by a factor of four | Synonyms: four times |
| fourhanded | (adjective) (of card games) involving or requiring four players | - |
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| fourpence | (noun) a former English silver coin worth four pennies | Synonyms: groat |
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| fourpenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 1 1/2 in or 3.8 cm long | - |
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| fourscore | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, eighty, lxxx |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | Synonyms: 80, eighty, LXXX |
| foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
| foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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| (noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: square |
| (adverb) with firmness and conviction; without compromise | Synonyms: squarely, straightforwardly |
| (adverb) in a square position | - |
| fourteen | (adjective) being one more than thirteen | Synonyms: 14, xiv |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one | Synonyms: 14, XIV |
| fourteenth | (adjective) coming next after the thirteenth in position | Synonyms: 14th |
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| (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
| fourth | (adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, quaternary |
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| (noun) the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it | - |
| (noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent |
| (noun) following the third position; number four in a countable series | - |
| (adverb) in the fourth place | Synonyms: fourthly |
| fourthly | (adverb) in the fourth place | Synonyms: fourth |
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| fracture | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
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| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) fracture a bone of | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) become fractured | - |
| (verb) violate or abuse | - |
| (verb) break into pieces | - |
| (verb) interrupt, break, or destroy | - |
| frankfurter | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| frotteur | (noun) someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) | - |
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| fructosuria | (noun) the presence of levulose is the urine | - |
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| fulgurant | (adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | Synonyms: dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurous |
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| fulgurating | (adjective) sharp and piercing | - |
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| fulgurous | (adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | Synonyms: dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant |
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| fur | (noun) dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) | - |
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| (noun) a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur | - |
| (noun) the dressed hairy coat of a mammal | Synonyms: pelt |
| furan | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furane, furfuran |
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| furane | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furfuran |
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| furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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| furbish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, burnish |
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| furcate | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, ramify, separate |
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| furcation | (noun) the place where something divides into branches | Synonyms: forking |
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| furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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| furfural | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfuraldehyde |
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| furfuraldehyde | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfural |
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| furfuran | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furane |
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| furious | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: angered, enraged, infuriated, maddened |
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| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, raging, tempestuous, wild |
| (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, fierce, savage |
| furiously | (adverb) (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an impassioned or very angry manner | - |
| (adverb) in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy | - |
| furiousness | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| furket | (noun) A forked pole, about four feet in length, used as a support for muskets. | Synonyms: musket rest |
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| furl | (verb) form into a cylinder by rolling | Synonyms: roll up |
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| furled | (adjective) rolled up and secured | Synonyms: rolled |
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| furlike | (adjective) resembling fur | - |
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| furlong | (noun) a unit of length equal to 220 yards | - |
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| furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty | - |
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| (verb) grant a leave to | - |
| (verb) dismiss, usually for economic reasons | Synonyms: lay off |
| furnace | (noun) an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. | - |
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| furnish | (verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: offer, provide, render, supply |
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| (verb) provide or equip with furniture | - |
| furnished | (adjective) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) | Synonyms: equipped |
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| furnishing | (noun) the act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc. | - |
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| (noun) (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: trappings |
| furniture | (noun) furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy | Synonyms: article of furniture, piece of furniture |
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| furor | (noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest) | Synonyms: furore |
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| (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furore, rage |
| furore | (noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest) | Synonyms: furor |
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| (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furor, rage |
| furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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| furred | (adjective) covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | Synonyms: furry |
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| furrier | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments | Synonyms: cloakmaker |
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| furring | (noun) strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard | Synonyms: furring strip |
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| (noun) a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue | - |
| furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
| (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: groove, rut |
| (verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, wrinkle |
| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, chase |
| furrowed | (adjective) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface | Synonyms: rugged |
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| furry | (adjective) covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | Synonyms: furred |
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| fursuit | (noun) A full body animal suit | - |
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| further | (adjective) more distant in especially degree | Synonyms: farther |
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| (adverb) to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: farther |
| (adverb) to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: farther |
| (adverb) in addition or furthermore | - |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, promote |
| (verb) promote the growth of | Synonyms: cultivate, foster |
| furtherance | (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, promotion |
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| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, promotion |
| furthermore | (adverb) denoting additional information | Synonyms: in addition, moreover, what is more |
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| furthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| furthest | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost |
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| (adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| (adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| furtive | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious |
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| (adjective) secret and sly or sordid | Synonyms: backstair, backstairs |
| furtively | (adverb) in a furtive manner | Synonyms: on the sly |
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| furtiveness | (noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | Synonyms: sneakiness, stealthiness |
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| furuncle | (noun) a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus | Synonyms: boil |
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| furunculosis | (noun) acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles | - |
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| fury | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense anger | Synonyms: madness, rage |
| (noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria |
| furze | (noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | Synonyms: gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin |
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| future | (adjective) yet to be or coming | - |
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| (adjective) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened | - |
| (adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | Synonyms: next, succeeding |
| (adjective) effective in or looking toward the future | - |
| (noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | - |
| (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | Synonyms: future tense |
| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: futurity, hereafter, time to come |
| futureless | (adjective) having no prospect or hope of a future | - |
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| futurism | (noun) the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future | - |
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| (noun) an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age | - |
| futurist | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futuristic |
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| (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: fantast |
| (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future | - |
| futuristic | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futurist |
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| futuristics | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futurology |
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| futurity | (noun) the quality of being in or of the future | - |
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| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, hereafter, time to come |
| futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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| gaur | (noun) wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India | Synonyms: Bibos gaurus |
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| genitourinary | (adjective) of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions | Synonyms: GU |
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| gestural | (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: nonverbal |
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| (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: sign-language, sign, signed |
| gesture | (noun) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | - |
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| (noun) something done as an indication of intention | - |
| (noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: motion |
| (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, motion |
| glamour | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamor |
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| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, hex, jinx, witch |
| glamourisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization |
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| glamourise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, romanticise, romanticize |
| glamourization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation |
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| glamourize | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourise |
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| glamourous | (adjective) having an air of allure, romance and excitement | Synonyms: glamorous |
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| glucosuria | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine | - |
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| glyburide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: DiaBeta, Micronase |
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| glycosuria | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine | - |
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| gourd | (noun) bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd | Synonyms: calabash |
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| (noun) any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds | Synonyms: gourd vine |
| (noun) any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds | - |
| gourde | (noun) the basic unit of money in Haiti | - |
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