abandoned | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: derelict, deserted |
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(adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited | - |
abashed | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: chagrined, embarrassed |
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abbreviated | (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: brief |
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(adjective) cut short in duration | Synonyms: shortened, truncated |
abed | (adverb) in bed | - |
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abfarad | (noun) a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads | - |
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ablated | (adjective) made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization | - |
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aboard | (adverb) on first or second or third base | - |
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(adverb) on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle | Synonyms: on board |
(adverb) part of a group | - |
(adverb) side by side | Synonyms: alongside |
aborad | (adverb) away from the mouth or oral region | - |
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abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
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(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
aboveboard | (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: straightforward |
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(adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: honestly |
aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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abridged | (adjective) (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting | - |
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abroad | (adjective) in a foreign country | Synonyms: overseas |
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(adverb) to or in a foreign country | - |
(adverb) in a place across an ocean | Synonyms: overseas |
(adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: afield |
abscessed | (adjective) infected and filled with pus | - |
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abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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absentminded | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, abstracted, scatty |
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absolved | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
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absorbed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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(adjective) retained without reflection | - |
abstracted | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty |
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absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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(adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
(noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | Synonyms: the absurd |
abused | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated |
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(adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs | - |
acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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acarid | (noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks | - |
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accelerated | (adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course | - |
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accented | (adjective) bearing a stress or accent | Synonyms: stressed |
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(adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch | Synonyms: tonic |
accepted | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: recognised, recognized |
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accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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(adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
accord | (noun) sympathetic compatibility | - |
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(noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accordance, conformity |
(noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: pact, treaty |
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: agreement |
(verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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accoutred | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutered |
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accredited | (adjective) given official approval to act | Synonyms: commissioned, licenced, licensed |
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accrued | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accumulated |
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accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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accursed | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accurst, maledict |
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accused | (noun) a defendant in a criminal proceeding | - |
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accustomed | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: customary, habitual, wonted |
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acetanilid | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilide, phenylacetamide |
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acid | (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid | - |
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(adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acidic, acidulent, acidulous |
(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
(noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | - |
acknowledged | (adjective) recognized or made known or admitted | - |
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(adjective) generally accepted | - |
acned | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: pimpled, pimply, pustulate |
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acold | (adjective) of persons; feeling cold | - |
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acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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acquired | (adjective) gotten through environmental forces | - |
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acquitted | (adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | Synonyms: not guilty |
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acrid | (adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: pungent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acridid | (noun) grasshopper with short antennae | Synonyms: short-horned grasshopper |
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actinoid | (adjective) having a radial form | - |
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(noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinon |
actinopod | (noun) protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods | - |
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activated | (adjective) rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive | - |
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(adjective) (military) set up and placed on active assignment | - |
(adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | Synonyms: excited |
(adjective) (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition | - |
actuated | (adjective) moved to action | - |
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aculeated | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeate |
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ad | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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adapted | (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: altered |
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add | (verb) make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of | - |
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(verb) make an addition by combining numbers | Synonyms: add together |
(verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
(verb) state or say further | Synonyms: append, supply |
(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend |
(verb) constitute an addition | - |
addend | (noun) a number that is added to another number (the augend) | - |
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addicted | (adjective) compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming | - |
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addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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addled | (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
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(adjective) (of eggs) no longer edible | - |
addlehead | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, birdbrain, loon |
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addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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adelgid | (noun) any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers | - |
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adenoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue | - |
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(noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) | Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis |
adjusted | (adjective) altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation | - |
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(adjective) adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability | - |
(adjective) (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted | - |
(adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: familiarised, familiarized |
admired | (adjective) regarded with admiration | - |
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adopted | (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adoptive |
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adored | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: idolised, idolized, worshipped |
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adorned | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: decorated |
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adpressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: appressed |
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adscripted | (adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner | Synonyms: adscript |
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adulterated | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, debased |
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adulthood | (noun) the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity | - |
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(noun) the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed | Synonyms: maturity |
advanced | (adjective) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry | - |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advance, in advance |
(adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: sophisticated |
(adjective) far along in time | Synonyms: ripe |
(adjective) comparatively late in a course of development | - |
(adjective) farther along in physical or mental development | - |
(adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern |
(adjective) at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill | - |
advertised | (adjective) called to public attention | - |
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advised | (adjective) having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel | Synonyms: well-advised |
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(adjective) having received information | - |
aerated | (adjective) supplied with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: charged |
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(adjective) (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification | - |
aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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afeard | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeared |
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afeared | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeard |
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affected | (adjective) acted upon; influenced | - |
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(adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: unnatural |
(adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: moved, stirred, touched |
affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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affined | (adjective) closely related | - |
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affixed | (adjective) firmly attached | - |
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afflicted | (adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: stricken |
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(adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: impaired |
afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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(verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
(verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
(verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
afield | (adverb) off the subject; beyond the point at issue | - |
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(adverb) in or into a field (especially a field of battle) | - |
(adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: abroad |
aforementioned | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforesaid, said |
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aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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afraid | (adjective) filled with fear or apprehension | - |
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(adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement | - |
(adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness | - |
(adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity | - |
aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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afterward | (adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | Synonyms: after, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently |
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afterworld | (noun) the place where you are after you die | - |
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agamid | (noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae | Synonyms: agamid lizard |
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aged | (adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | Synonyms: cured |
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(adjective) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: ripened |
(adjective) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) | - |
(adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: elderly, older, senior |
(adjective) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: of age |
(noun) people who are old collectively | Synonyms: elderly |
agglomerated | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerative, clustered |
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aggravated | (adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger | Synonyms: provoked |
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(adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law | - |
aggregated | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregative, mass |
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agitated | (adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply | - |
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(adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion | - |