agape | (adjective) with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe | Synonyms: gaping |
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(noun) a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship | Synonyms: love feast |
(noun) selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) | Synonyms: agape love |
(noun) (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind | - |
allotrope | (noun) a structurally different form of an element | - |
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angioscope | (noun) a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels | - |
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antelope | (noun) graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles, springboks, impalas, addax, gerenuks, blackbucks, dik-diks | - |
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antipope | (noun) someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected | - |
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antitype | (noun) a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament | - |
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(noun) an opposite or contrasting type | - |
ape | (noun) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all | - |
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(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate | Synonyms: anthropoid |
(noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: aper, copycat, emulator, imitator |
(verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: caricature |
(verb) imitate uncritically and in every aspect | - |
apocope | (noun) abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds | - |
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archetype | (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: original, pilot |
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arthroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination | - |
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aslope | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping |
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audiotape | (noun) magnetic tape for use in recording sound | - |
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(noun) a tape recording of sound | - |
auriscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auroscope, otoscope |
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auroscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auriscope, otoscope |
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autostereotype | (noun) the standardized mental picture held in common by members of a cultural group depicting an oversimplified image of themselves and their behaviour. | - |
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autotype | (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: facsimile |
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(noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotypy |
bagpipe | (noun) a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone | - |
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bathyscape | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscaph, bathyscaphe |
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bioscope | (noun) a kind of early movie projector | - |
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(noun) a South African movie theater | - |
biotype | (noun) organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared | - |
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blowpipe | (noun) a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat | Synonyms: blow tube, blowtube |
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(noun) a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing | Synonyms: blow tube, blowgun, blowtube |
bronchoscope | (noun) a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes | - |
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calliope | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard | Synonyms: steam organ |
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canape | (noun) an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food | - |
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cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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(noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
cape | (noun) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter | Synonyms: mantle |
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(noun) a strip of land projecting into a body of water | Synonyms: ness |
chichipe | (noun) tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit | Synonyms: Lemaireocereus chichipe |
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chronoscope | (noun) an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time | - |
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cityscape | (noun) painting depicting a city or urban area | - |
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(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area | - |
collotype | (noun) a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors | Synonyms: collotype printing, photogelatin process |
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colonoscope | (noun) an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum | - |
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colposcope | (noun) An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues. | Synonyms: vaginoscope |
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cope | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: coping, header |
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(noun) a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions | - |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
coupe | (noun) a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment | - |
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crape | (noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface | Synonyms: crepe |
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(noun) small very thin pancake | Synonyms: crepe, French pancake |
(verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up |
(verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crepe |
crepe | (noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface | Synonyms: crape |
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(noun) small very thin pancake | Synonyms: crape, French pancake |
(noun) paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations | Synonyms: crepe paper |
(verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crape |
croupe | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, hindquarters, rump |
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cryoscope | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points | - |
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culdoscope | (noun) a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs | - |
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daguerreotype | (noun) a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor | - |
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diaphanoscope | (noun) An instrument for illuminating the interior of a cavity to determine the translucency of its walls. | - |
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dope | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
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(noun) slang terms for inside information | Synonyms: low-down, poop, the skinny |
(noun) carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts | Synonyms: cola |
(noun) an ignorant or foolish person | Synonyms: boob, booby, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead |
(verb) give a narcotic to | Synonyms: dope up |
(verb) add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties | - |
(verb) take drugs to improve one's athletic performance | - |
downslope | (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, fall |
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drainpipe | (noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drain, waste pipe |
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drape | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drapery, mantle, pall |
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(noun) a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination | - |
(noun) the manner in which fabric hangs or falls | - |
(verb) arrange in a particular way | - |
(verb) place casually | - |
(verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe |
(verb) cover or dress loosely with cloth | - |
drupe | (noun) fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube | Synonyms: stone fruit |
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dupe | (noun) a person who is tricked or swindled | Synonyms: victim |
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(verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
electroscope | (noun) measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign | - |
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elope | (verb) run away secretly with one's beloved | Synonyms: run off |
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endoscope | (noun) a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery | - |
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enteroscope | (noun) an instrument for inspecting the inside of the intestine. | - |
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envelope | (noun) any wrapper or covering | - |
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(noun) a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. | - |
(noun) the bag containing the gas in a balloon | Synonyms: gasbag |
(noun) the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft) | - |
(noun) a natural covering (as by a fluid) | - |
(noun) a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves | - |
epidiascope | (noun) an optical projector that gives images of both transparent and opaque objects | - |
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epitope | (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, determinant |
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escape | (noun) the act of escaping physically | Synonyms: flight |
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(noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: dodging, evasion |
(noun) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | Synonyms: escapism |
(noun) an avoidance of danger or difficulty | - |
(noun) a means or way of escaping | - |
(noun) a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level | Synonyms: escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve |
(noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow |
(noun) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | - |
(verb) issue or leak, as from a small opening | - |
(verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: miss |
(verb) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | Synonyms: get away, get by, get off, get out |
(verb) run away from confinement | Synonyms: break loose, get away |
(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
(verb) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | Synonyms: get away |
(verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: elude |
esophagoscope | (noun) an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus | Synonyms: oesophagoscope |
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fetoscope | (noun) a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat | Synonyms: foetoscope |
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fiberscope | (noun) a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs | - |
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fluoroscope | (noun) an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation | Synonyms: roentgenoscope |
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foetoscope | (noun) a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat | Synonyms: fetoscope |
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frappe | (noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: ice |
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(noun) thick milkshake containing ice cream | - |
(noun) liqueur poured over shaved ice | - |
gape | (noun) a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) | - |
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(noun) an expression of openmouthed astonishment | - |
(verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gawk, gawp, goggle |
(verb) be wide open | Synonyms: yaw, yawn |
gastroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach | - |
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genotype | (noun) the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism | Synonyms: genetic constitution |
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(noun) a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution | - |
grape | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grapeshot |
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(noun) any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters | - |
(noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape vine, grapevine |
gripe | (noun) informal terms for objecting | Synonyms: beef, bitch, kick, squawk |
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(verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk |
grippe | (noun) an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease | Synonyms: flu, influenza |
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grope | (noun) the act of groping; and instance of groping | - |
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(verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
(verb) fondle for sexual pleasure | - |
(verb) search blindly or uncertainly | - |
guimpe | (noun) a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress | - |
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(noun) a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit | - |
guttersnipe | (noun) a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas | Synonyms: street urchin |
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gyroscope | (noun) rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | Synonyms: gyro |
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haplotype | (noun) (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together | - |
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hawsepipe | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsehole |
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heliotrope | (noun) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood | Synonyms: bloodstone |
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heliotype | (noun) duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy | Synonyms: hectograph |
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hodoscope | (noun) (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle | - |
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hollygrape | (noun) ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries | Synonyms: holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape |
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holotype | (noun) the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made | Synonyms: type specimen |
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hope | (noun) one of the three Christian virtues | - |
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(noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: promise |
(noun) the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled | - |
(noun) a specific instance of feeling hopeful | - |
(noun) someone (or something) on which expectations are centered | - |
(verb) intend with some possibility of fulfilment | Synonyms: go for |
(verb) be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes | - |
(verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, trust |
hornpipe | (noun) a British solo dance performed by sailors | - |
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(noun) an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone | Synonyms: pibgorn, stockhorn |
(noun) music for dancing the hornpipe | - |
horoscope | (noun) a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place | - |
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(noun) a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets | - |
hosepipe | (noun) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas | Synonyms: hose |
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hygroscope | (noun) hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere | - |
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hype | (noun) blatant or sensational promotion | Synonyms: ballyhoo, hoopla, plug |
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(verb) publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner | - |
hyperope | (noun) a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person | - |
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iconoscope | (noun) the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin | - |
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interlope | (verb) encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license | - |
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isotope | (noun) one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons | - |
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jacksnipe | (noun) American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting | Synonyms: Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper |
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(noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe | Synonyms: half snipe, Limnocryptes minima |
jape | (noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | Synonyms: gag, jest, joke, laugh |
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kaleidoscope | (noun) an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors | - |
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(noun) a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes | - |
karyotype | (noun) the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes) | - |
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keratoscope | (noun) medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface | - |
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kinescope | (noun) a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen | Synonyms: picture tube, television tube |
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lagniappe | (noun) a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) | - |
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landscape | (noun) a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery | Synonyms: landscape painting |
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(noun) painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery | - |
(noun) an extensive mental viewpoint | - |
(noun) an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view | - |
(verb) do landscape gardening | - |
(verb) embellish with plants | - |
laparoscope | (noun) a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery | - |
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laryngoscope | (noun) a medical instrument for examining the larynx | - |
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logotype | (noun) a company emblem or device | Synonyms: logo |
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lope | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: canter |
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(noun) a slow pace of running | Synonyms: jog, trot |
(verb) run easily | - |