curvaceous | (adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed |
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curvaceously | (adverb) in a curvaceous way | Synonyms: buxomly |
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curvaceousness | (noun) the quality of having a well-rounded body | Synonyms: shapeliness, voluptuousness |
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evacuant | (adjective) strongly laxative | Synonyms: cathartic, purgative |
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evacuate | (verb) excrete or discharge from the body | Synonyms: empty, void |
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(verb) remove content from | - |
(verb) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) | - |
(verb) move people from their homes or country | - |
(verb) move out of an unsafe location into safety | - |
evacuation | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: emptying, voidance |
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(noun) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection | - |
(noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, excreting, excretion, voiding |
evacuee | (noun) a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place | - |
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larvacean | (noun) any member of the class Larvacea | - |
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larvacide | (noun) an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects | - |
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medevac | (noun) the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care | Synonyms: medical evacuation, medivac |
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medivac | (noun) the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care | Synonyms: medevac, medical evacuation |
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privacy | (noun) the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others | Synonyms: privateness, seclusion |
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(noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden | Synonyms: concealment, privateness, secrecy |
unvaccinated | (adjective) not vaccinated | - |
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vac | (noun) informal term for vacation | Synonyms: vacay |
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vacancy | (noun) an empty area or space | Synonyms: emptiness, vacuum, void |
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(noun) being unoccupied | - |
vacant | (adjective) without an occupant or incumbent | - |
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(adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought | Synonyms: mindless, vacuous |
vacantly | (adverb) in a vacant manner | - |
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vacate | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke |
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(verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: abandon, empty |
(verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, resign |
vacation | (noun) the act of making something legally void | - |
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(noun) leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | Synonyms: holiday |
(verb) spend or take a vacation | Synonyms: holiday |
vacationer | (noun) someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work | Synonyms: vacationist |
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vacationing | (noun) the act of taking a vacation | - |
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vacationist | (noun) someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work | Synonyms: vacationer |
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vacay | (noun) informal term for vacation | Synonyms: vac |
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vaccina | (noun) a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar | Synonyms: vaccinia, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia |
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vaccinate | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, immunize, inoculate |
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vaccinated | (adjective) having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease | Synonyms: immunised, immunized |
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vaccinating | (noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity | Synonyms: inoculating |
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vaccination | (noun) taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease | Synonyms: inoculation |
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(noun) the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine | - |
vaccinator | (noun) a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases | Synonyms: inoculator |
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vaccine | (noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies | Synonyms: vaccinum |
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vaccinee | (noun) a patient who has been vaccinated | - |
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vaccinia | (noun) a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox | Synonyms: cowpox |
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(noun) a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar | Synonyms: vaccina, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia |
vaccinum | (noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies | Synonyms: vaccine |
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vacillant | (adjective) uncertain in purpose or action | Synonyms: vacillating, wavering |
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vacillate | (verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, waver |
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(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate |
vacillating | (adjective) uncertain in purpose or action | Synonyms: vacillant, wavering |
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vacillation | (noun) changing location by moving back and forth | Synonyms: swing, swinging |
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(noun) indecision in speech or action | Synonyms: hesitation, wavering |
vacillator | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitater, hesitator, waverer |
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vacuity | (noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: inanity, mindlessness, pointlessness, senselessness |
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(noun) a region that is devoid of matter | Synonyms: vacuum |
(noun) the absence of matter | Synonyms: vacuum |
vacuolate | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolated |
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vacuolated | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolate |
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vacuolation | (noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles | Synonyms: vacuolisation, vacuolization |
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vacuole | (noun) a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell | - |
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vacuolisation | (noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles | Synonyms: vacuolation, vacuolization |
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vacuolization | (noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles | Synonyms: vacuolation, vacuolisation |
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vacuous | (adjective) devoid of matter | - |
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(adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought | Synonyms: mindless, vacant |
(adjective) devoid of significance or force | Synonyms: empty, hollow |
vacuously | (adverb) in a vacuous manner | - |
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vacuousness | (noun) indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas | - |
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vacuum | (noun) an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction | Synonyms: vacuum cleaner |
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(noun) a region that is devoid of matter | Synonyms: vacuity |
(noun) an empty area or space | Synonyms: emptiness, vacancy, void |
(noun) the absence of matter | Synonyms: vacuity |
(verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: hoover, vacuum-clean |
vivace | (adjective) (of tempo) very fast and lively | - |
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(adverb) lively, in music | - |
vivacious | (adjective) vigorous and animated | Synonyms: vibrant |
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vivaciously | (adverb) with vivacity | - |
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vivacity | (noun) characterized by high spirits and animation | - |
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