| abandon
|
(verb) forsake, leave behind |
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| (verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again |
Synonyms:
give up |
| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of |
Synonyms:
empty,
vacate |
| (verb) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims |
Synonyms:
give up |
| (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
Synonyms:
desert,
desolate,
forsake |
| (noun) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry |
Synonyms:
unconstraint,
wantonness |
| (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity |
Synonyms:
wildness |
| abarticulation
|
(noun) dislocation of a joint |
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| abbreviation
|
(noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase |
- |
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| (noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it |
- |
| abdication
|
(noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers |
Synonyms:
stepping down |
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| (noun) the act of abdicating |
Synonyms:
stepping down |
| abduction
|
(noun) the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife |
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| (noun) (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body |
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| aberration
|
(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
Synonyms:
deviance,
aberrance,
aberrancy |
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| (noun) a disorder in one's mental state |
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| (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image |
Synonyms:
distortion,
optical aberration |
| abjection
|
(noun) a low or downcast state |
Synonyms:
degradation,
abasement |
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| abjuration
|
(noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
Synonyms:
retraction,
recantation |
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| ablactation
|
(noun) the cessation of lactation |
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| (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal |
Synonyms:
weaning |
| ablation
|
(noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
Synonyms:
excision,
extirpation,
cutting out |
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| (noun) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers |
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| ablution
|
(noun) the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels |
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| abnegation
|
(noun) the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief |
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| (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
Synonyms:
denial,
self-abnegation,
self-denial,
self-renunciation |
| abocclusion
|
(noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting |
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| abolition
|
(noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
Synonyms:
abolishment |
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| abomination
|
(noun) a person who is loathsome or disgusting |
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| (noun) hate coupled with disgust |
Synonyms:
execration,
detestation,
odium,
abhorrence,
loathing |
| (noun) an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence |
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| abortion
|
(noun) termination of pregnancy |
- |
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| (noun) failure of a plan |
Synonyms:
miscarriage |
| abrasion
|
(noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
Synonyms:
scratch,
scrape,
excoriation |
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| (noun) erosion by friction |
Synonyms:
detrition,
attrition,
corrasion |
| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice |
Synonyms:
detrition,
grinding,
attrition |
| abreaction
|
(noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions |
Synonyms:
katharsis,
catharsis |
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| abrogation
|
(noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation |
Synonyms:
repeal,
annulment |
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| abruption
|
(noun) an instance of sudden interruption |
Synonyms:
breaking off |
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| abscission
|
(noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant |
- |
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| (noun) the act of cutting something off |
Synonyms:
cutting off |
| absolution
|
(noun) the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
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| (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
Synonyms:
remission,
remission of sin,
remittal |
| absolutisation
|
(noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. |
Synonyms:
absolutization |
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| absolutization
|
(noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. |
Synonyms:
absolutisation |
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| absorption
|
(noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |
Synonyms:
soaking up |
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| (noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium |
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| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
Synonyms:
assimilation |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
Synonyms:
assimilation |
| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort |
Synonyms:
immersion,
concentration,
engrossment |
| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
Synonyms:
preoccupancy,
preoccupation,
engrossment |
| abstention
|
(noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
Synonyms:
abstinence |
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| abstraction
|
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
Synonyms:
abstract |
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| (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something |
- |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances |
Synonyms:
generalisation,
generalization |
| (noun) an abstract painting |
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| (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else |
Synonyms:
abstractedness |
| (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
Synonyms:
abstract entity |
| acanthion
|
(noun) the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture |
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| acceleration
|
(noun) an increase in rate of change |
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| (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed |
Synonyms:
quickening,
speedup |
| (noun) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity |
- |
| accentuation
|
(noun) the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance |
- |
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| (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
Synonyms:
emphasizing,
accenting |
| acceptation
|
(noun) acceptance as true or valid |
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| (noun) the accepted meaning of a word |
Synonyms:
word meaning,
word sense |
| (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception |
Synonyms:
espousal,
acceptance,
adoption |
| accession
|
(noun) a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) |
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| (noun) (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement |
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| (noun) something added to what you already have |
Synonyms:
addition |
| (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) |
Synonyms:
assenting |
| (noun) the right to enter |
Synonyms:
entree,
access,
admission,
admittance |
| (noun) the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) |
Synonyms:
rise to power |
| (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library |
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| acclamation
|
(noun) enthusiastic approval |
Synonyms:
plaudit,
plaudits,
eclat,
acclaim |
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| acclimation
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimatisation,
acclimatization |
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| acclimatisation
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimation,
acclimatization |
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| acclimatization
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimation,
acclimatisation |
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| accommodation
|
(noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
Synonyms:
adjustment,
fitting |
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| (noun) a settlement of differences |
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| (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality |
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| (noun) living quarters provided for public convenience |
- |
| (noun) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need |
- |
| (noun) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye |
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| accordion
|
(noun) a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
Synonyms:
squeeze box |
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| accreditation
|
(noun) the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards) |
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| accretion
|
(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition |
Synonyms:
accumulation |
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| (noun) something contributing to growth or increase |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases |
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| (noun) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles |
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| (noun) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment |
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| (noun) (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) |
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| acculturation
|
(noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
Synonyms:
enculturation,
socialisation,
socialization |
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| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
Synonyms:
culture |
| (noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
Synonyms:
assimilation |
| accumulation
|
(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition |
Synonyms:
accretion |
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| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
Synonyms:
collection,
aggregation,
assemblage |
| (noun) the act of accumulating |
Synonyms:
accrual,
accruement |
| (noun) (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation |
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| accusation
|
(noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt |
Synonyms:
accusal |
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| (noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence |
Synonyms:
charge |
| acetylation
|
(noun) the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound |
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| acidification
|
(noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid |
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| acquisition
|
(noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
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| (noun) something acquired |
- |
| (noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge |
Synonyms:
learning |
| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training |
Synonyms:
accomplishment,
attainment,
skill,
acquirement |
| acromion
|
(noun) the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade |
Synonyms:
acromial process |
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| actinon
|
(noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
Synonyms:
actinide,
actinoid |
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| action
|
(noun) something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
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| (noun) the state of being active |
Synonyms:
activity,
activeness |
| (noun) a military engagement |
Synonyms:
military action |
| (noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
Synonyms:
activity,
natural action,
natural process |
| (noun) the series of events that form a plot |
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| (noun) the trait of being active and energetic and forceful |
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| (noun) the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
Synonyms:
action mechanism |
| (noun) a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
Synonyms:
action at law,
legal action |
| (noun) an act by a government body or supranational organization |
- |
| (noun) the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field |
- |
| (noun) In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). |
- |
| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against |
Synonyms:
process,
sue,
litigate |
| (verb) put in effect |
Synonyms:
execute,
carry through,
accomplish,
carry out,
fulfil,
fulfill |
| activation
|
(noun) stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical |
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| (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active |
Synonyms:
energizing,
activating |
| (noun) making active and effective (as a bomb) |
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| actualisation
|
(noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality |
Synonyms:
realisation,
realization,
actualization |
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| actualization
|
(noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality |
Synonyms:
realisation,
realization,
actualisation |
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| actuation
|
(noun) the act of propelling |
Synonyms:
propulsion |
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| acylation
|
(noun) the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound |
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| adaptation
|
(noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form |
Synonyms:
version |
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| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
Synonyms:
adjustment,
adaption |
| (noun) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) |
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| adaption
|
(noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
Synonyms:
adaptation,
adjustment |
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| addiction
|
(noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
Synonyms:
dependency,
habituation,
dependance,
dependence |
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| (noun) an abnormally strong craving |
- |
| (noun) (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master |
- |
| addition
|
(noun) a component that is added to something to improve it |
Synonyms:
improver,
add-on |
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| (noun) the act of adding one thing to another |
- |
| (noun) a quantity that is added |
Synonyms:
increase,
gain |
| (noun) something added to what you already have |
Synonyms:
accession |
| (noun) a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area |
- |
| (noun) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers |
Synonyms:
plus,
summation |
| adduction
|
(noun) (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
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| adhesion
|
(noun) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen |
- |
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| (noun) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures |
- |
| (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition |
Synonyms:
bond,
adherence,
adhesiveness |
| (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion |
Synonyms:
adherence,
attachment |
| adiaphoron
|
(noun) a religious ceremonial or ritual observance that is held to be an affair of the individual conscience because it is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the scriptures. |
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| (noun) (Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit. |
- |
| adjudication
|
(noun) the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented |
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| adjunction
|
(noun) an act of joining or adjoining things |
Synonyms:
junction |
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| adjuration
|
(noun) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something |
- |
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| administration
|
(noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) |
Synonyms:
disposal |
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| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something |
Synonyms:
organisation,
organization,
governance,
establishment,
brass,
governing body |
| (noun) the act of administering medication |
Synonyms:
giving medication |
| (noun) the tenure of a president |
Synonyms:
presidency,
presidential term |
| (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority |
Synonyms:
governance,
governing,
government,
government activity |
| (noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law |
Synonyms:
judicature |
| admiration
|
(noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
Synonyms:
esteem |
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| (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising |
Synonyms:
wonder,
wonderment |
| (noun) a favorable judgment |
Synonyms:
appreciation |
| admission
|
(noun) the act of admitting someone to enter |
Synonyms:
admittance |
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| (noun) an acknowledgment of the truth of something |
- |
| (noun) the fee charged for admission |
Synonyms:
price of admission,
entrance fee,
entrance money,
admission charge,
admission fee,
admission price |
| (noun) the right to enter |
Synonyms:
entree,
access,
accession,
admittance |
| admonition
|
(noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) |
Synonyms:
monition,
warning,
word of advice |
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| (noun) a firm rebuke |
Synonyms:
monition,
admonishment |
| adoption
|
(noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception |
Synonyms:
espousal,
acceptance,
acceptation |
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| (noun) a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) |
- |
| (noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source |
Synonyms:
borrowing |
| adoration
|
(noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration |
Synonyms:
worship |
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| (noun) the act of admiring strongly |
Synonyms:
idolisation,
idolization |
| (noun) the worship given to God alone |
Synonyms:
latria |
| adsorption
|
(noun) the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid |
Synonyms:
surface assimilation |
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| adulation
|
(noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise |
- |
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| adulteration
|
(noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |
Synonyms:
debasement |
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| (noun) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) |
- |
| adumbration
|
(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
Synonyms:
prefiguration,
foreshadowing |
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| (noun) a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation |
- |
| advection
|
(noun) (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties |
- |
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| advowson
|
(noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice |
- |
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| aeon
|
(noun) (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe |
Synonyms:
eon |
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| (noun) the longest division of geological time |
Synonyms:
eon |
| (noun) an immeasurably long period of time |
Synonyms:
eon |
| aeration
|
(noun) the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) |
- |
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| (noun) the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent |
- |
| aestivation
|
(noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period |
Synonyms:
estivation |
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| (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens |
Synonyms:
estivation |
| affectation
|
(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
Synonyms:
mannerism,
pose,
affectedness |
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| affection
|
(noun) a positive feeling of liking |
Synonyms:
heart,
warmness,
affectionateness,
fondness,
tenderness,
philia,
warmheartedness |
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| affiliation
|
(noun) a social or business relationship |
Synonyms:
association,
tie,
tie-up |
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| (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined |
- |
| affirmation
|
(noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
Synonyms:
avouchment,
avowal |
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| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
Synonyms:
statement,
assertion |
| (noun) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) |
- |
| (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand |
- |
| affixation
|
(noun) the result of adding an affix to a root word |
- |
|---|
| (noun) formation of a word by means of an affix |
- |
| (noun) the act of attaching or affixing something |
Synonyms:
attachment |
| affliction
|
(noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health |
- |
| (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress |
- |
| afforestation
|
(noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) |
- |
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| affrication
|
(noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate |
- |
|---|
| affusion
|
(noun) the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head |
- |
|---|
| afternoon
|
(noun) the part of the day between noon and evening |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon |
Synonyms:
good afternoon |
| aftersensation
|
(noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
Synonyms:
afterimage |
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| agglomeration
|
(noun) a jumbled collection or mass |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating |
- |
| agglutination
|
(noun) a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining |
- |
| (noun) the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated |
Synonyms:
agglutinating activity |
| aggravation
|
(noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
Synonyms:
exasperation |
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| (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment |
Synonyms:
irritation,
provocation |
| (noun) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse |
Synonyms:
exacerbation |
| aggregation
|
(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
Synonyms:
collection,
accumulation,
assemblage |
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| (noun) the act of gathering something together |
Synonyms:
collecting,
collection,
assembling |
| aggression
|
(noun) a disposition to behave aggressively |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack |
Synonyms:
aggressiveness |
| (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
Synonyms:
hostility |
| (noun) the act of initiating hostilities |
- |
| (noun) deliberately unfriendly behavior |
- |
| agitation
|
(noun) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development |
Synonyms:
ferment,
fermentation,
unrest,
tempestuousness |
| (noun) the feeling of being agitated; not calm |
- |
| (noun) disturbance usually in protest |
Synonyms:
upheaval,
hullabaloo,
excitement,
turmoil |
| (noun) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) |
- |
| agnation
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(noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family |
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patrilineage |
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| agon
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(noun) a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes |
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| agraphon
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(noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. |
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| aileron
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(noun) an airfoil that controls lateral motion |
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