abiotrophy | (noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury | - |
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achy | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: aching |
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adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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adoxography | (noun) fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects | - |
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airworthy | (adjective) (of aircraft) fit to fly | - |
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allopathy | (noun) the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself | - |
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amyotrophy | (noun) progressive wasting of muscle tissues | Synonyms: amyotrophia |
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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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anarchy | (noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: lawlessness |
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anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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angiopathy | (noun) any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts | - |
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anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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anthroposophy | (noun) a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education | - |
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antipathy | (noun) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided | - |
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(noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: aversion, distaste |
apathy | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: indifference, numbness, spiritlessness |
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(noun) an absence of emotion or enthusiasm | - |
archduchy | (noun) the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess | - |
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arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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arthrography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram | - |
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arthropathy | (noun) a pathology or abnormality of a joint | - |
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ashy | (adjective) of a light grey | Synonyms: ash-gray, ash-grey |
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atrophy | (noun) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) | Synonyms: withering |
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(noun) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | Synonyms: wasting, wasting away |
(verb) undergo atrophy | - |
autarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a single individual | Synonyms: autocracy |
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(noun) economic independence as a national policy | Synonyms: autarky |
autobiography | (noun) a biography of yourself | - |
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autoradiography | (noun) producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed | - |
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bibliography | (noun) a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) | - |
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biogeography | (noun) dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants | - |
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biography | (noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life | Synonyms: life, life history, life story |
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bitchy | (adjective) marked by or arising from malice | Synonyms: cattish, catty |
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blameworthy | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable |
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blotchy | (adjective) marred by discolored spots or blotches | - |
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(adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | Synonyms: blotched, splotched |
bolshy | (adjective) obstreperous | Synonyms: stroppy |
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(noun) emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries | Synonyms: Bolshevik, bolshie, Marxist, red |
botchy | (adjective) poorly done | Synonyms: butcherly, unskillful |
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branchy | (adjective) having many branches | - |
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brushy | (adjective) covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets | Synonyms: bosky |
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bunchy | (adjective) occurring close together in bunches or clusters | - |
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bushy | (adjective) resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading | - |
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(adjective) used of hair; thick and poorly groomed | Synonyms: shaggy-coated, shaggy-haired, shaggy |
cacography | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: scratch, scrawl, scribble |
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calligraphy | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: chirography, penmanship |
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campeachy | (noun) spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye | Synonyms: bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree |
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cardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: electrocardiography |
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cardiomyopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: myocardiopathy |
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cardiopathy | (noun) a disease of the heart | Synonyms: heart disease |
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cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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catchy | (adjective) likely to attract attention | Synonyms: attention-getting |
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(adjective) having concealed difficulty | Synonyms: tricky |
cerography | (noun) the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping. | - |
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chinchy | (adjective) embarrassingly stingy | Synonyms: cheap, chintzy |
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chirography | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: calligraphy, penmanship |
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cholangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected | - |
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chondrodystrophy | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita |
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choreography | (noun) a show involving artistic dancing | Synonyms: stage dancing |
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(noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | - |
(noun) a notation used by choreographers | - |
chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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cinematography | (noun) the act of making a film | Synonyms: filming, motion-picture photography |
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cosmography | (noun) a representation of the earth or the heavens | - |
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(noun) the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) | - |
couthy | (adjective) (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial | Synonyms: couthie |
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creditworthy | (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: responsible |
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cryopathy | (noun) destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene | Synonyms: frostbite |
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cryptography | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: coding, secret writing, steganography |
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(noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology |
crystallography | (noun) the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals | - |
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cushy | (adjective) not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | Synonyms: easygoing, soft |
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demography | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | Synonyms: human ecology |
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diarchy | (noun) a form of government having two joint rulers | Synonyms: dyarchy |
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dinghy | (noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | Synonyms: dory, rowboat |
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discography | (noun) a descriptive catalog of musical recordings | - |
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dishy | (adjective) (informal British) sexually attractive | - |
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doughy | (adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking | Synonyms: soggy |
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duchy | (noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess | Synonyms: dukedom |
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dyarchy | (noun) a form of government having two joint rulers | Synonyms: diarchy |
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dystrophy | (noun) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition | - |
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(noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Synonyms: muscular dystrophy |
earthy | (adjective) of or consisting of or resembling earth | - |
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(adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, gross, vulgar |
(adjective) not far removed from or suggestive of nature | - |
(adjective) sensible and practical | Synonyms: down-to-earth |
(adjective) hearty and lusty | - |
echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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echoencephalography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain | - |
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echography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound |
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ectomorphy | (noun) slender, weak, and lightweight | Synonyms: asthenic type |
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electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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electromyography | (noun) diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph | - |
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empathy | (noun) understanding and entering into another's feelings | - |
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encephalography | (noun) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram | - |
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encephalopathy | (noun) any disorder or disease of the brain | Synonyms: brain disease, brain disorder |
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endomorphy | (noun) round, fat, and heavy | Synonyms: pyknic type |
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entelechy | (noun) (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality | - |
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enteropathy | (noun) a disease of the intestinal tract | - |
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eparchy | (noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church | Synonyms: exarchate |
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(noun) a province in ancient Greece | - |
epigraphy | (noun) the study of ancient inscriptions | - |
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ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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filthy | (adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter | Synonyms: foul, nasty |
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(adjective) characterized by obscenity | Synonyms: cruddy, foul, nasty, smutty |
(adjective) vile; despicable | Synonyms: dirty, lousy |
fishy | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling fish | - |
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(adjective) not as expected | Synonyms: funny, shady, suspect, suspicious |
flashy | (adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | Synonyms: gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty |
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(adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
fleshy | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling flesh | Synonyms: sarcoid |
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(adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it | Synonyms: heavy, overweight |
frothy | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, spumy |
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(adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkly |
gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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geography | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geographics |
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glyptography | (noun) carving or engraving (especially on stones) | - |
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(noun) carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) | Synonyms: glyptic art |
grouchy | (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
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gushy | (adjective) extravagantly demonstrative | Synonyms: effusive, gushing |
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gymnosophy | (noun) the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation | - |
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gynarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a woman | Synonyms: gynecocracy |
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haemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: hemoglobinopathy |
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