thenar | (adjective) of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb | Synonyms: thenal |
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(noun) the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers | Synonyms: palm |
(noun) the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb | - |
thermonuclear | (adjective) using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission | - |
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titular | (adjective) of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to the title of a work of art | - |
(adjective) of or bearing a title signifying status or function | - |
(adjective) of or relating to a legal title to something | Synonyms: titulary |
(adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: nominal |
tollbar | (noun) a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid | Synonyms: tollgate |
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trabecular | (adjective) of or relating to trabeculae | Synonyms: trabeculate |
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tramcar | (noun) a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine | Synonyms: tram |
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(noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | Synonyms: streetcar, tram, trolley, trolley car |
translunar | (adjective) situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth | Synonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunary |
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(adjective) unworldly or ethereal | Synonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunary |
transpolar | (adjective) extending across or crossing either pole | - |
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triangular | (adjective) having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle | - |
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(adjective) having three sides | Synonyms: three-sided, trilateral |
trichobezoar | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, hairball |
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trinuclear | (adjective) having three nuclei | Synonyms: trinucleate, trinucleated |
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trochlear | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis |
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tsar | (noun) a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | Synonyms: czar, tzar |
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tubercular | (adjective) relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle | - |
(adjective) characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles | - |
(adjective) constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus | Synonyms: tuberculous |
(noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: consumptive, lunger |
tubular | (adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | Synonyms: cannular, tube-shaped, tubelike, vasiform |
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tutelar | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: custodial, tutelary |
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tzar | (noun) a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | Synonyms: czar, tsar |
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ulnar | (adjective) relating to or near the ulna | - |
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umbellar | (adjective) bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels | Synonyms: umbellate |
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unbar | (verb) remove a bar from (a door) | - |
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unclear | (adjective) not clear to the mind | - |
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(adjective) poorly stated or described | Synonyms: ill-defined |
(adjective) not easily deciphered | Synonyms: indecipherable, undecipherable, unreadable |
underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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unfamiliar | (adjective) not known or well known | - |
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unicellular | (adjective) having or consisting of a single cell | - |
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unifilar | (adjective) having or using only one filament | - |
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uniovular | (adjective) having a single ovule | Synonyms: uniovulate |
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unipolar | (adjective) having a single pole | - |
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unpopular | (adjective) regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval | - |
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unspectacular | (adjective) not spectacular | - |
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uproar | (noun) loud confused noise from many sources | Synonyms: brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer |
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(noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion | Synonyms: garboil, tumult, tumultuousness |
uvular | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the uvula | - |
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valvular | (adjective) relating to or operating by means of valves | - |
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var | (noun) a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere | Synonyms: volt-ampere |
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variolar | (adjective) relating to small pox | Synonyms: variolic, variolous |
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vascular | (adjective) of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids | - |
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vehicular | (adjective) of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles | - |
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velar | (adjective) of or relating to the velum | - |
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(adjective) produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') | - |
(noun) a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate | Synonyms: velar consonant |
ventricular | (adjective) of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) | - |
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verisimilar | (adjective) appearing to be true or real | - |
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vermicular | (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings | Synonyms: vermiculate, vermiculated |
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vernacular | (adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: common, vulgar |
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(noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
vesicular | (adjective) of or relating to or involving vesicles | - |
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vestibular | (adjective) relating to the sense of equilibrium | - |
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vicar | (noun) a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman | - |
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(noun) (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish | - |
(noun) (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel | - |
vinegar | (noun) sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | Synonyms: acetum |
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(noun) dilute acetic acid | - |
volar | (adjective) relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot | Synonyms: palmar |
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vulgar | (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, earthy, gross |
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(adjective) of or associated with the great masses of people | Synonyms: common, plebeian, unwashed |
(adjective) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | Synonyms: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth |
(adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: common, vernacular |
vulpecular | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox | Synonyms: vulpine |
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vulvar | (adjective) of or relating to the vulva | Synonyms: vulval |
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war | (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | Synonyms: warfare |
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(noun) a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious | - |
(noun) an active struggle between competing entities | Synonyms: warfare |
(noun) a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply | Synonyms: state of war |
(verb) make or wage war | - |
wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
(noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
(verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
(verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
(verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
(verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
(verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
(verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
(verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
(verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
(verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
wheatear | (noun) small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump | - |
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workwear | (noun) heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work | - |
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year | (noun) a body of students who graduate together | Synonyms: class |
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(noun) the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun | - |
(noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | Synonyms: twelvemonth, yr |
(noun) a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity | - |
yesteryear | (noun) the time that has elapsed | Synonyms: past, past times |
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zaatar | (noun) a famous Middle Eastern condiment made from dried hyssop leaves, mixed with sesame seeds, dried sumac, and often salt, as well as other spices. | - |
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