anaglyph | (noun) anything carved in low relief | - |
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(noun) moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed | - |
anaglyphic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphical, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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anaglyphical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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anaglyphy | (noun) the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens | - |
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antisyphilitic | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis | - |
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apocryphal | (adjective) being of questionable authenticity | - |
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apocryphalness | (noun) The property of being of doubtful authenticity, of lacking authority, or of not being regarded as canonical. | - |
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(noun) The property of being of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness. | - |
chlamyphore | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego |
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coryphantha | (noun) a cactus of the genus Coryphantha | - |
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cypher | (noun) a secret method of writing | Synonyms: cipher, cryptograph, secret code |
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(noun) a message written in a secret code | Synonyms: cipher |
(noun) a person of no influence | Synonyms: cipher, nobody, nonentity |
(noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
(noun) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | Synonyms: 0, cipher, nought, zero |
(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, work out |
(verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
dermatoglyphic | (noun) the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | - |
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dermatoglyphics | (noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet | - |
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diaglyph | (noun) glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) | Synonyms: intaglio |
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dihydroxyphenylalanine | (noun) amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | Synonyms: dopa |
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entryphone | (noun) An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell. | - |
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glyph | (noun) glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | - |
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gryphon | (noun) winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | Synonyms: griffin, griffon |
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hieroglyph | (noun) a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
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(noun) writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
hieroglyphic | (adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols | Synonyms: hieroglyphical |
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(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing | Synonyms: hieroglyphical |
(noun) a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
(noun) writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
hieroglyphical | (adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
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(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
hieroglyphically | (adverb) by means of hieroglyphs | - |
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hypha | (noun) any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus | - |
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hyphema | (noun) bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye | - |
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hyphen | (noun) a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text | Synonyms: dash |
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(verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphenate |
hyphenate | (verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphen |
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hyphenation | (noun) connecting syllables and words by hyphens | - |
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(noun) division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page | Synonyms: word division |
kyphosis | (noun) The property of having an abnormal convex curvature in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine. | - |
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(noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: humpback, hunchback |
kyphotic | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked |
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neurosyphilis | (noun) syphilis of the central nervous system | - |
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oxyphenbutazone | (noun) an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis | Synonyms: Tandearil |
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oxyphencyclimine | (noun) an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers | Synonyms: Daricon |
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paratyphoid | (noun) any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever | Synonyms: paratyphoid fever |
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petroglyph | (noun) a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people) | - |
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polyphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: multiphase |
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polyphone | (noun) a letter that has two or more pronunciations | Synonyms: polyphonic letter |
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polyphonic | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: contrapuntal |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by polyphony | Synonyms: polyphonous |
(adjective) having two or more phonetic values | - |
polyphonically | (adverb) in a polyphonic manner | - |
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polyphonous | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by polyphony | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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polyphony | (noun) music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments | Synonyms: concerted music, polyphonic music |
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polyphosphate | (noun) a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid | - |
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propoxyphene | (noun) a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive | Synonyms: Darvon, propoxyphene hydrochloride |
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scyphozoan | (noun) any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle | - |
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scyphus | (noun) an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base | - |
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syph | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues, lues venerea, pox, syphilis |
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syphilis | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues, lues venerea, pox, syph |
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syphilitic | (adjective) of or relating to or infected with syphilis | - |
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(noun) a person suffering from syphilis | - |
syphon | (noun) a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled | Synonyms: siphon |
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(noun) a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube | Synonyms: siphon |
(verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | Synonyms: siphon, siphon off |
typhoid | (noun) serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water | Synonyms: enteric fever, typhoid fever |
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typhoon | (noun) a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | - |
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typhus | (noun) rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever | Synonyms: typhus fever |
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