bayberry | (noun) West Indian tree; source of bay rum | Synonyms: bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, wild cinnamon |
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(noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry |
chalybeate | (adjective) containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron | - |
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cyberart | (noun) art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software | - |
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cybercafe | (noun) a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink | - |
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cybercrime | (noun) crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs | - |
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cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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cybernate | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, computerize |
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cybernation | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: computerization |
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cybernaut | (noun) a computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace | - |
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cybernetic | (adjective) of or relating the principles of cybernetics | - |
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cybernetics | (noun) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) | - |
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cyberphobia | (noun) irrational fear of computers or technology | - |
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cyberpunk | (noun) a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies | - |
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(noun) a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology | - |
(noun) a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism | Synonyms: cyber-terrorist |
cybersex | (noun) sexual arousal involving communication on the internet | - |
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cyberspace | (noun) a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange | Synonyms: internet, net |
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cyberwar | (noun) an assault on electronic communication networks | Synonyms: cyber-terrorism |
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daybed | (noun) a long chair; for reclining | Synonyms: chaise, chaise longue |
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(noun) an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night | Synonyms: divan bed |
graybeard | (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: greybeard, Methuselah, old man |
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greybeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
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(noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: graybeard, Methuselah, old man |
gybe | (verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other | Synonyms: change course, jib, jibe |
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honeybee | (noun) social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces | Synonyms: Apis mellifera |
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honeybells | (noun) African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs | Synonyms: Hermannia verticillata, honey bell, Mahernia verticillata |
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hydroxybenzene | (noun) a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally | Synonyms: carbolic acid, oxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid |
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ladybeetle | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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maybe | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
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oxybenzene | (noun) a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally | Synonyms: carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid |
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soybean | (noun) the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) | Synonyms: soy, soya, soya bean |
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(noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean plant |
(noun) a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food | Synonyms: soy, soya bean |