| coax | (noun) a transmission line for high-frequency signals | Synonyms: coax cable, coaxial cable |
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| (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
| coaxal | (adjective) having a common axis | Synonyms: coaxial |
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| coaxer | (noun) someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing | Synonyms: wheedler |
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| coaxial | (adjective) having a common axis | Synonyms: coaxal |
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| coaxing | (adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade | Synonyms: ingratiatory |
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| (noun) flattery designed to gain favor | Synonyms: blarney, soft soap, sweet talk |
| coaxingly | (adverb) in a cajoling manner | Synonyms: cajolingly |
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| cocarboxylase | (noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle | Synonyms: thiamine pyrophosphate |
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| coccyx | (noun) the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes | Synonyms: tail bone |
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| codex | (noun) an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) | Synonyms: leaf-book |
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| (noun) an official list of chemicals or medicines etc. | - |
| coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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| (verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
| coexistence | (noun) existing peacefully together | - |
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| coexistent | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexisting |
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| coexisting | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexistent |
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| coextension | (noun) equality of extension or duration | - |
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| coextensive | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: conterminous, coterminous |
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| colpoxerosis | (noun) a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry | - |
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| commix | (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, mingle, mix, unify |
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| commixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| complex | (adjective) complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts | - |
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| (adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complicated |
| (noun) a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures | Synonyms: building complex |
| (noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: composite |
| (noun) (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior | - |
| (noun) a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | Synonyms: coordination compound |
| complexifier | (noun) someone makes things complex | - |
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| complexify | (verb) make complex | - |
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| (verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: ramify |
| complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
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| (noun) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | - |
| (noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face | - |
| (noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination | - |
| (noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking | - |
| (verb) give a certain color to | - |
| complexity | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexness |
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| complexly | (adverb) in a complex manner | - |
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| complexness | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexity |
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| conflux | (noun) a flowing together | Synonyms: confluence, merging |
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| connexion | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connection |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connector |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connection |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, link |
| context | (noun) discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | Synonyms: context of use, linguistic context |
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| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, setting |
| contextual | (adjective) relating to or determined by or in context | - |
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| contextualism | (noun) any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms | - |
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| contextually | (adverb) in a manner dependent on context | - |
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| convex | (adjective) curving or bulging outward | Synonyms: bulging |
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| convexity | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexness |
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| (noun) a shape that curves or bulges outward | Synonyms: convex shape |
| convexly | (adverb) in a convex way | - |
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| convexness | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexity |
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| cortex | (noun) the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal | - |
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| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium |
| (noun) the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | Synonyms: lens cortex |
| counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
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| cowpox | (noun) a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox | Synonyms: vaccinia |
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| cox | (noun) the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew | Synonyms: coxswain |
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| (verb) act as the coxswain, in a boat race | - |
| coxa | (noun) the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum | Synonyms: articulatio coxae, hip, hip joint |
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| coxcomb | (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: cockscomb, comb |
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| (noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red | Synonyms: cockscomb |
| (noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | Synonyms: cockscomb |
| coxsackievirus | (noun) enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis | Synonyms: Coxsackie virus |
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| coxswain | (noun) the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew | Synonyms: cox |
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| crucifix | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally | - |
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| (noun) representation of the cross on which Jesus died | Synonyms: rood-tree, rood |
| crucifixion | (noun) the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross | - |
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| (noun) the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering | Synonyms: excruciation |
| crux | (noun) the most important point | Synonyms: crux of the matter |
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| cx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred | Synonyms: 110, one hundred ten |
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| cxl | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred thirty | Synonyms: 140, one hundred forty |
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| cxlv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred forty | Synonyms: 145, one hundred forty-five |
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| cxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred ten | Synonyms: 115, one hundred fifteen |
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| cxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred ten | Synonyms: 120, one hundred twenty |
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| cxxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred twenty | Synonyms: 125, one hundred twenty-five |
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| cxxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred twenty | Synonyms: 130, one hundred thirty |
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| cxxxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred thirty | Synonyms: 135, one hundred thirty-five |
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| cybersex | (noun) sexual arousal involving communication on the internet | - |
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| cyclohexanol | (noun) a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor | - |
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| cyclooxygenase | (noun) either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin | Synonyms: Cox |
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| cylix | (noun) a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece | Synonyms: kylix |
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| cytotoxic | (adjective) of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells | - |
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| cytotoxicity | (noun) the degree to which something is toxic to living cells | - |
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| cytotoxin | (noun) any substance that has a toxic effect on cells | - |
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| decarboxylase | (noun) any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group | - |
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| decarboxylate | (verb) lose a carboxyl group | - |
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| (verb) remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) | - |
| decarboxylation | (noun) the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen) | - |
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| deedbox | (noun) a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked | Synonyms: strongbox |
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| deflexion | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflection |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflection, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflection |
| deixis | (noun) the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs | - |
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| deluxe | (adjective) elegant and sumptuous | Synonyms: de luxe, luxe |
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| (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous |
| deoxidise | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidize, reduce |
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| deoxidize | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, reduce |
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| deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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| deoxycytidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: cytidine |
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| deoxyephedrine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| deoxygenate | (verb) remove oxygen from (water) | - |
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| deoxyguanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: guanosine |
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| deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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| deoxyribose | (noun) a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids | - |
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| deoxythymidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: thymidine |
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| desex | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| desexualise | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualize |
| desexualize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualise |
| detox | (noun) the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified | - |
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| (verb) treat for alcohol or drug dependence | Synonyms: detoxify |
| detoxicate | (verb) remove poison from | Synonyms: detoxify |
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| detoxification | (noun) treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver) | - |
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| (noun) a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances | - |
| detoxify | (verb) treat for alcohol or drug dependence | Synonyms: detox |
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| (verb) remove poison from | Synonyms: detoxicate |
| dexamethasone | (noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | Synonyms: Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon |
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| dexter | (adjective) on or starting from the wearer's right | - |
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| dexterity | (noun) adroitness in using the hands | Synonyms: manual dexterity, sleight |
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| dexterous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dextrous |
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| dexterously | (adverb) with dexterity; in a dexterous manner | Synonyms: deftly, dextrously |
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| dextral | (adjective) of or on the right | - |
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| (adjective) preferring to use right foot or hand or eye | - |
| dextrality | (noun) preference for using the right hand | Synonyms: right-handedness |
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| dextrin | (noun) any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements | - |
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| dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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| dextroglucose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextrose, grape sugar |
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| dextrorotary | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotatory, right-handed |
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| dextrorotation | (noun) rotation to the right | Synonyms: clockwise rotation |
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| dextrorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed |
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| dextrorsal | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorse |
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| dextrorse | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorsal |
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