baiza | (noun) 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman | Synonyms: baisa |
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baklava | (noun) rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey | - |
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balaclava | (noun) a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face | Synonyms: balaclava helmet |
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balalaika | (noun) a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings | - |
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balata | (noun) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber | Synonyms: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata |
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(noun) when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls | Synonyms: gutta balata |
balboa | (noun) the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos | - |
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ballerina | (noun) a female ballet dancer | Synonyms: danseuse |
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balletomania | (noun) extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets | - |
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ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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balsa | (noun) forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts | Synonyms: Ochroma lagopus |
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(noun) strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats | Synonyms: balsa wood |
banana | (noun) elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh | - |
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(noun) any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits | Synonyms: banana tree |
bandana | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandanna |
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bandanna | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandana |
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banderilla | (noun) a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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banksia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds | - |
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barilla | (noun) Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate | Synonyms: Halogeton souda |
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
barracouta | (noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | Synonyms: snoek |
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barracuda | (noun) any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth | - |
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bartonia | (noun) annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers | Synonyms: Mentzelia lindleyi |
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baryta | (noun) any of several compounds of barium | - |
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basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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(noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
basophilia | (noun) the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes | - |
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batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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baya | (noun) common Indian weaverbird | Synonyms: Ploceus philippinus |
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bazooka | (noun) a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
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begonia | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes | - |
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belladonna | (noun) an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally | - |
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(noun) perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine | Synonyms: Atropa belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade |
beluga | (noun) valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas | Synonyms: Acipenser huso, hausen, white sturgeon |
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(noun) small northern whale that is white when adult | Synonyms: Delphinapterus leucas, white whale |
bema | (noun) area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | Synonyms: chancel, sanctuary |
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bergenia | (noun) any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms | - |
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berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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beta | (adjective) preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product | - |
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(adjective) second in order of importance | - |
(noun) the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
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bibliotheca | (noun) a collection of books | - |
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bilharzia | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharziasis, schistosomiasis |
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biota | (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region | Synonyms: biology |
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biretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, birretta |
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birretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, biretta |
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blastema | (noun) a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops | - |
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blastocytoma | (noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells | Synonyms: blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma |
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blastoma | (noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells | Synonyms: blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma |
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blastula | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastosphere |
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bletia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers | - |
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boa | (noun) any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs | - |
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(noun) a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur | Synonyms: feather boa |
bocconia | (noun) small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers | Synonyms: Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine |
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(noun) herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers | Synonyms: Macleaya cordata, plume poppy |
bodega | (noun) a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries | - |
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bohemia | (noun) a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style | - |
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bola | (noun) a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin | - |
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(noun) a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | Synonyms: bola tie, bolo, bolo tie |
bolivia | (noun) a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded | - |
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bologna | (noun) large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork | Synonyms: Bologna sausage |
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bonanza | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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(noun) an especially rich vein of precious ore | - |
borrelia | (noun) cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever | - |
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bota | (noun) a wine bottle made of leather | - |
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bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
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bra | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bandeau, brassiere |
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brachydactylia | (noun) abnormal shortness of fingers and toes | Synonyms: brachydactyly |
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bradycardia | (noun) abnormally slow heartbeat | - |
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branchia | (noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | Synonyms: gill |
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brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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bravura | (noun) brilliant and showy technical skill | - |
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breccia | (noun) a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand | - |
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bregma | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium | - |
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brodiaea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium | - |
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bronchopneumonia | (noun) pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles | Synonyms: bronchial pneumonia |
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brotula | (noun) deep-sea fishes | - |
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brouhaha | (noun) a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits | - |
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(noun) loud confused noise from many sources | Synonyms: hubbub, katzenjammer, uproar |
browallia | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers | Synonyms: bush violet |
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buccula | (noun) a fold of fatty tissue under the chin | Synonyms: double chin |
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buckleya | (noun) parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits | Synonyms: Buckleya distichophylla |
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buddleia | (noun) tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers | Synonyms: butterfly bush |
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bulimarexia | (noun) a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting | Synonyms: binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulimia nervosa |
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bulimia | (noun) pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) | - |
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(noun) a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | Synonyms: binge-eating syndrome |
bulla | (noun) the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull | - |
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(noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: bleb, blister |
buna | (noun) made by polymerizing butadiene | Synonyms: buna rubber |
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burka | (noun) a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan | Synonyms: burqa |
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burqa | (noun) a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan | Synonyms: burka |
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bursa | (noun) a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints | - |
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cabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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cabana | (noun) a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool | - |
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cabbala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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cachexia | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexy, wasting |
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cadenza | (noun) a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music | - |
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caesura | (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
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(noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) | - |
cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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calaba | (noun) West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice | Synonyms: Calophyllum calaba, Santa Maria tree |
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calabazilla | (noun) perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit | Synonyms: buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin |
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calabura | (noun) a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves | Synonyms: calabur tree, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood |
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caladenia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia | - |
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calceolaria | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: slipperwort |
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caldera | (noun) a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression | - |
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calendula | (noun) any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
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calisaya | (noun) Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark | Synonyms: Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis |
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calla | (noun) South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix | Synonyms: arum lily, calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica |
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calliandra | (noun) any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers | - |
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calosoma | (noun) any beetle of the genus Calosoma | - |
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calvaria | (noun) the dome of the skull | Synonyms: skullcap |
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calyptra | (noun) the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy | - |
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camarilla | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, faction, junto |
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camelia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camellia |
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camellia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camelia |
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