| abacus | (noun) a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves | - |
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| (noun) a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave | - |
| abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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| abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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| abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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| abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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| abortus | (noun) a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body | - |
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| abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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| abstemious | (adjective) sparing in consumption of especially food and drink | - |
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| (adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence | Synonyms: light |
| abstemiously | (adverb) in a sparing manner; without overindulgence | Synonyms: temperately |
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| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| abstentious | (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | Synonyms: abstinent |
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| abstruse | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: deep, recondite |
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| abstrusely | (adverb) in a manner difficult to understand | - |
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| abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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| (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
| abstrusity | (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
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| abuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: misuse |
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| (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment |
| (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
| (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: misuse, pervert |
| (verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
| (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout |
| (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step |
| abused | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated |
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| (adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs | - |
| abuser | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: maltreater |
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| abusive | (adjective) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment | - |
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| (adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: opprobrious, scurrilous |
| abusively | (adverb) in an abusive manner | - |
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| acanthous | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthoid, spinous |
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| acanthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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| acarpellous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpelous |
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| acarpelous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpellous |
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| acarpous | (adjective) producing no fruit | - |
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| acarus | (noun) any of several mites of the order Acarina | Synonyms: genus Acarus |
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| acclivitous | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: rising, uphill |
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| accoucheuse | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: midwife |
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| accusal | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusation |
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| accusation | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusal |
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| (noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: charge |
| accusative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: objective |
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| (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive |
| (noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb | Synonyms: accusative case, objective case |
| accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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| accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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| accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: criminate, impeach, incriminate |
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| (verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
| accused | (noun) a defendant in a criminal proceeding | - |
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| accuser | (noun) someone who imputes guilt or blame | - |
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| accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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| accusingly | (adverb) in an accusing manner | - |
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| accusive | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusing |
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| accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
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| accustomed | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: customary, habitual, wonted |
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| acephalous | (adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head | - |
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| acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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| acetous | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetose, vinegarish, vinegary |
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| achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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| achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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| achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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| acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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| acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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| acidulous | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulent |
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| acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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| acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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| acinus | (noun) one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland | - |
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| (noun) one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry | - |
| acousma | (noun) illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds | Synonyms: auditory hallucination |
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| acoustic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustical |
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| (noun) a remedy for hearing loss or deafness | - |
| acoustical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustic |
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| acoustically | (adverb) with respect to acoustics | - |
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| acoustician | (noun) a physicist who specializes in acoustics | - |
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| acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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| acoustics | (noun) the study of the physical properties of sound | - |
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| acrimonious | (adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism | Synonyms: bitter |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| acrogenous | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenic |
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| acromphalus | (noun) abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia | - |
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| acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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| actinomorphous | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphic |
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| actinomycetous | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetal |
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| aculeus | (noun) a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect | - |
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| (noun) a stiff sharp-pointed plant process | - |
| adactylous | (adjective) without fingers and/or toes | - |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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| adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
| (verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
| (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
| (verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
| adjustable | (adjective) capable of being changed so as to match or fit | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being regulated | - |
| adjusted | (adjective) altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation | - |
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| (adjective) adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability | - |
| (adjective) (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted | - |
| (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: familiarised, familiarized |
| adjuster | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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| adjustive | (adjective) conducive to adjustment | - |
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| adjustment | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: alteration, modification |
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| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: readjustment, registration |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, fitting |
| (noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | Synonyms: allowance |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaptation, adaption |
| adjustor | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjuster, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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| adscititious | (adjective) added or derived from something outside; not inherent | - |
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| (adjective) supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing | - |
| adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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| (adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
| adulterously | (adverb) in an adulterous manner | - |
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| adulterousness | (noun) The quality of being adulterous, involving sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. | - |
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| adust | (adjective) burned brown by the sun | - |
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| (adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked |
| advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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| (adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
| advantageously | (adverb) in a manner affording benefit or advantage | Synonyms: well |
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| advantageousness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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| adventitious | (adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part | - |
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| adventurous | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventuresome |
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| adventurousness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: venturesomeness |
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| aeriferous | (adjective) conveying air; as the bronchial tubes | - |
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| aerophilous | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilic |
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| aeschynanthus | (noun) a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex | - |
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| afflatus | (noun) a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration | - |
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| affusion | (noun) the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head | - |
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| agamous | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| agapanthus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers | Synonyms: lily of the Nile |
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| agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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| ailanthus | (noun) any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus | - |
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| airbrush | (noun) an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air | - |
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| (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
| airbus | (noun) a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances | - |
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