a | (noun) the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: A |
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aa | (noun) a dry form of lava resembling clinkers | - |
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aah | (verb) express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah' | Synonyms: ooh |
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aalii | (noun) a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood | - |
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aardvark | (noun) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | Synonyms: Orycteropus afer, ant bear, anteater |
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aardwolf | (noun) striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects | Synonyms: Proteles cristata |
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ab | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: abdominal, abdominal muscle |
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aba | (noun) a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs | - |
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(noun) a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair | - |
abaca | (noun) a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines | Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp |
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(noun) Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc | Synonyms: Manila hemp, Musa textilis |
abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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aback | (adverb) having the wind against the forward side of the sails | - |
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(adverb) by surprise | - |
abactinal | (adjective) (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated | - |
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abacus | (noun) a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave | - |
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(noun) a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves | - |
abaft | (adverb) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | Synonyms: aft, astern |
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abalone | (noun) any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior | Synonyms: ear-shell |
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abamp | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abampere |
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abampere | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abamp |
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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 |
abandoned | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: derelict, deserted |
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(adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited | - |
abandonment | (noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: desertion, forsaking |
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(noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: defection, desertion |
(noun) the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away | - |
abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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abase | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: humble, humiliate, mortify, chagrin |
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abasement | (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: degradation, abjection |
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(noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: humiliation |
abash | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: embarrass |
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abashed | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: embarrassed, chagrined |
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abashment | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: bashfulness |
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abasia | (noun) inability to walk | - |
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abasic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abatic |
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abatable | (adjective) capable of being abated | - |
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abate | (verb) make less active or intense | Synonyms: slack, slake |
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(verb) become less in amount or intensity | Synonyms: slack, die away, slack off, let up |
abatement | (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: reprieve, respite, suspension, hiatus |
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(noun) the act of abating | - |
abatic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abasic |
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abatis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abattis |
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abator | (noun) a person who abates a nuisance | - |
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abattis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abatis |
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abattoir | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse |
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abaxial | (adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: dorsal |
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abaxially | (adverb) in an abaxial manner | - |
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abaya | (noun) (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women | - |
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abbacy | (noun) the jurisdiction or office of an abbot | - |
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abbatial | (adjective) of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess | - |
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abbe | (noun) a French abbot | - |
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abbess | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: mother superior, prioress |
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abbey | (noun) a church associated with a monastery or convent | - |
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(noun) a convent ruled by an abbess | - |
(noun) a monastery ruled by an abbot | - |
abbot | (noun) the superior of an abbey of monks | Synonyms: archimandrite |
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abbreviate | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: cut, reduce, contract, shorten, abridge, foreshorten |
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(verb) shorten | - |
abbreviated | (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: brief |
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(adjective) cut short in duration | Synonyms: shortened, truncated |
abbreviation | (noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase | - |
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(noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it | - |
abbreviator | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abridger |
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abcoulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs | - |
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abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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(noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
abdicator | (noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility | - |
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abdomen | (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: belly, stomach, venter |
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(noun) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm | Synonyms: abdominal cavity |
abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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(adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: cite, adduce |
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abducens | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve |
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abducent | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve |
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(adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducting |
abduct | (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: nobble, kidnap, snatch |
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(verb) pull away from the body | - |
abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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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 | - |
abductor | (noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher |
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(noun) a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line | Synonyms: abductor muscle |
abeam | (adverb) at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane | - |
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abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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(noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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abed | (adverb) in bed | - |
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abele | (noun) a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces | Synonyms: Populus alba, white aspen, white poplar, silver-leaved poplar, aspen poplar |
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abelia | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
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abelmosk | (noun) bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus | Synonyms: Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus |
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aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberration, deviance, aberrancy |
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aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberration, deviance, aberrance |
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aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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(noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group | - |
aberrate | (verb) diverge from the expected | - |
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(verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | - |
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 | - |
(noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
abet | (verb) assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing | - |
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abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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abetment | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: instigation, abettal |
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abettal | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: instigation, abetment |
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abetter | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abettor |
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abettor | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abetter |
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abeyance | (noun) temporary cessation or suspension | Synonyms: suspension |
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abeyant | (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: dormant |
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abfarad | (noun) a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads | - |
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abhenry | (noun) a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry | - |
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abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: execrate, abominate, loathe |
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abhorrence | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abomination, execration, detestation, odium, loathing |
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abhorrent | (adjective) offensive to the mind | Synonyms: repugnant, repulsive, detestable, obscene |
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abhorrer | (noun) a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred | - |
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abidance | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: compliance, conformation, conformity |
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(noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: residence, residency |
(noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) | - |
abide | (verb) dwell | Synonyms: stay, bide |
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(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: digest, put up, endure, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, bear, brook, tolerate |
abiding | (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: imperishable, enduring |
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abience | (noun) (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object | - |
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abient | (adjective) characterized by avoidance or withdrawal | - |
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ability | (noun) the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment | - |
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(noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: power |