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ruffe (noun): Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.
Synonyms: Eurasian ruffe; ruff; pope
ruffe (noun): Other species in the same genus.
Synonyms: Eurasian ruffe; ruff; pope
superpipe (noun): A large halfpipe, used in certain gravity-based extreme sports such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing
superpipe (noun): Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see super, pipe.
finitude (noun): The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
Synonyms: finiteness; limitedness; finity
Antonyms: infinity; infinitude; limitlessness; unlimitedness; infiniteness
imperially (adv): From an imperial standpoint; with due regard to the whole of an empire, and not only to its metropole.
clusia (noun): Any member of the genus Clusia of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae.
rockrose (noun): Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae. Any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum nummularium (syn. Helianthum vulgare) and the American frostweed, Helianthum canadense.
rockrose (noun): Pavonia lasiopetala (Malvaceae), Texas swampmallow.
reprobate (adj): Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
Example: The reprobate criminal sneered at me.
reprobate (verb): To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.
cointreau (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Cointreau (“serving of Cointreau liqueur”)
gofer (noun): A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
Synonyms: go-fer; dogsbody; gopher
freakout (noun): A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
Synonyms: freak-out
freakout (noun): An occurrence of unrestrained or irrational behaviour.
Synonyms: freak-out
bioinorganic (adj): Describing the influence of inorganic compounds (especially metals) on biological processes, or the metabolism and biosynthesis of inorganic materials (such as silica)
pataca (noun): The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
pataca (noun): A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
pataca (noun): A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.
crorepati (noun): Someone whose net worth is greater than one crore (ten million) rupees or other local currency.
spath (noun): Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum of peace lilies.
sideroad (noun): A lesser road leading off a main road.
Synonyms: side road
dateable (adj): That may be ascribed a date or age.
Synonyms: datable
dateable (adj): Suitable for dating (romantic outings).
Synonyms: datable
mukhiya (noun): A village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal.
loadout (noun): The set of objects (e.g., equipment, supplies) to be carried into battle; all that one needs for a specific purpose.
loadout (noun): A set of items and abilities chosen by the player before embarking on an in-game mission.
loadout (noun): The transfer of an object onto a vessel or vehicle.
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geopotential (noun): The work that must be done at a given altitude in raising a unit mass from sea level to that altitude against the earth's gravitational field.
louver (noun): A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
Synonyms: louvre; lover; loover; luffer
louver (noun): A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
Synonyms: louvre; lover; loover; luffer
louver (noun): Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
Synonyms: louvre; lover; loover; luffer
remilitarization (noun): The act or process of remilitarizing.
Synonyms: remilitarisation
khot (noun): A form of land tenure usually based around hereditary zamindars with proprietary rights.
herradura (noun): A curved masonry wall characteristic of the Ancestral Puebloan road network.
tyrannicide (noun): The killing of a tyrant.
Hypernyms: assassin; assassination; regicide
tyrannicide (noun): Someone who kills a tyrant.
Hypernyms: assassin; assassination; regicide
epenthesis (noun): The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
Hypernyms: metaplasm
dienophile (noun): A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
gaggle (noun): A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
highfather (noun): A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.
Synonyms: high-father; high father
footwall (noun): The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
epimerase (noun): Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry.
jaun (noun): A small palanquin carriage of the kind commonly used by businessmen going to their offices.
faille (noun): A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.
pulsate (verb): To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.
pulsate (verb): To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
Example: The party pulsated with revellers.
hambone (noun): The bone at the center of a ham
Synonyms: tear-cat; hamfatter; overactor; ham-bone; Juba dance
hambone (noun): A ham; an eager or inferior performer
Synonyms: tear-cat; hamfatter; overactor; ham-bone; Juba dance
hambone (noun): A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
Synonyms: tear-cat; hamfatter; overactor; ham-bone; Juba dance
unanswerable (adj): Not answerable; impossible to answer.
Synonyms: unaunswerable
unanswerable (adj): Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive.
Synonyms: unaunswerable
unanswerable (noun): Something that cannot be answered.
Synonyms: unaunswerable
appoggiatura (noun): A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
interoceptive (adj): Of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor.
understate (verb): To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
Synonyms: trivialize
Antonyms: exaggerate; overstate
understate (verb): To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
Synonyms: trivialize
Antonyms: exaggerate; overstate
understate (verb): To state a quantity that is too low.
Synonyms: trivialize
Antonyms: exaggerate; overstate
Example: Coordinate term: underestimate
footstep (noun): The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
Example: follow in someone's footsteps
amaretto (noun): A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.
Example: Amaretto makes a fine digestive.
monocline (noun): A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
gynoid (noun): An android (humanoid robot) in female form.
Synonyms: fembot; robotess
Hypernyms: android
gynoid (adj): Of, pertaining to or following the distribution pattern of the type of body fat, more prevalent in women, that forms around the hips, breasts and thighs and is relatively rich in the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which are important in the development of foetuses.
myxomatosis (noun): A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.
Synonyms: mixi; myxy; myxo
myxomatosis (noun): A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).
Synonyms: mixi; myxy; myxo
pyelonephritis (noun): An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis
Synonyms: pyelitis
twizzle (noun): A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.
biconvex (adj): Having both sides convex.
Synonyms: convexoconvex; convex
Antonyms: biconcave
torte (noun): A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
disgorge (verb): To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
disgorge (verb): To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
handbill (noun): A pruning hook.
Synonyms: hand-bill; hand bill
handbill (noun): A chopping instrument; billhook.
Synonyms: hand-bill; hand bill
handbill (noun): A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
Synonyms: hand-bill; hand bill
instore (noun): a performance or other event taking place within a store or a shop
Example: They are playing an instore tomorrow.
auca (noun): A traditional form of art from Catalonia, consisting of a comic-like series of images with text captions, often rhyming couplets.
tetrahydrate (noun): A hydrate whose solid contains four molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per formula unit
disrespectfully (adv): In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
showbread (noun): The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
Synonyms: shew bread; show bread
scampi (noun): A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus).
Synonyms: scampo
scampi (noun): Any member of a similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns.
Synonyms: scampo
benzophenone (noun): Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C₆H₅)₂CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock.
meddler (noun): One who meddles or interferes in something not of their concern.
Synonyms: marplot; kibitzer; nosey parker; busybody
dextrinoid (adj): Applied to a mushroom that turns reddish-brown upon application of Melzer's reagent
Synonyms: pseudoamyloid
Antonyms: indextrinoid
rivage (noun): 1892, Michael Field, The Death of Procris: […] leaves have taken flight From yon Slim seedling-birch on the rivage, the flock Of herons has the quiet of solitude […] 1892, Michael Field, The Death of Procris
rivage (noun): 1892, Michael Field, The Death of Procris: […] leaves have taken flight From yon Slim seedling-birch on the rivage, the flock Of herons has the quiet of solitude […] […] leaves have taken flight
farb (noun): A historical reenactor (especially an American Civil War reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate (for example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume). The opposite of farb is "hard-core" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an "authenticity fanatic".
farb (verb): To act like a farb; to portray a historical character in an inauthentic way.
dilator (noun): Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
Synonyms: dilatator; dilater
dilator (noun): Any drug that causes such dilation.
Synonyms: dilatator; dilater
dilator (noun): An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
Synonyms: dilatator; dilater
buntline (noun): Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
archosauriform (adj): Belonging to the Archosauriformes, a clade of diapsid reptiles.
snakeroot (noun): Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.
snakeroot (noun): Any of various plants of other genera, including: Eupatorium spp.
snakeroot (noun): Any of various plants of other genera, including: Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
anuran (noun): Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.
anuran (adj): Of or relating to the order Anura.
Synonyms: batrachian
Hypernyms: salientian
overstimulation (noun): Excessive stimulation.
Synonyms: over-stimulation
oiticica (noun): The tree Licania rigida, endemic to Brazil and Puerto Rico.
chowki (noun): The post of a watchman or policeman (chaukidar).
Synonyms: chawki; chauki
chowki (noun): A custom house.
Synonyms: chawki; chauki
chowki (noun): A kind of short stool or bench.
Synonyms: chawki; chauki
cybersquatting (noun): The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
cybersquatting (noun): A form of passing off, often with the intent referred to in the first sense above.
cumulant (noun): Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form
Synonyms: peninvariant; seminvariant; semi-invariant
indiction (noun): A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.
indiction (noun): The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.
notehead (noun): The elliptical head of a note in musical notation.
Synonyms: note head
phytophagous (adj): Feeding on plants, herbivorous.
Synonyms: phytophagic; phytophilous
microcline (noun): A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈.
sulli (noun): A Muslim woman; especially one from Pakistan.
Synonyms: mulli; musalli
delf (noun): A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
Synonyms: delft; delve
delf (noun): A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.
Synonyms: delft; delve
Example: two delves gules
delf (noun): Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”)
Synonyms: delft; delve
Example: Five nothings in five plates of delf
recapitulate (verb): To summarize or repeat in concise form.
Synonyms: concise; recap; capsule; sum up; docket
Antonyms: spell out; expound
Hypernyms: condense; review
recapitulate (verb): To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
Synonyms: concise; recap; capsule; sum up; docket
Antonyms: spell out; expound
Hypernyms: condense; review
recapitulate (verb): (biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
Synonyms: concise; recap; capsule; sum up; docket
Antonyms: spell out; expound
Hypernyms: condense; review
thoracotomy (noun): The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.
arsis (noun): The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
arsis (noun): The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.
katabatic (adj): Downslope on a mountainside.
Synonyms: catabatic
Antonyms: anabatic
katabatic (noun): Short for katabatic wind.
Synonyms: catabatic
stickball (noun): A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
colluvium (noun): A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope
bastable (noun): A cast iron pot that is suspended over an open fire, often with hot coals placed on the lid for more even cooking.
Synonyms: bastible
jako (noun): An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
haem (noun): Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.
impetigo (noun): A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
Synonyms: school sores
akathisia (noun): A sensation of restlessness characterized by an inability to sit still/down or remain motionless/seated, arising from a subjective need or desire to move, often coinciding with the sensation of twitching of muscles, often as a side effect of psychiatric medications.
Synonyms: acathisia
highwire (noun): A highly elevated tightrope.
Synonyms: high-wire
cuprous (adj): Of, or of the nature of, copper.
Synonyms: cupreous
cuprous (adj): Containing copper with an oxidation number of 1.
Synonyms: cupreous
topman (noun): The man stationed in the top on a sailing vessel, responsible for the setting of the sails
inia (noun): Any South American freshwater dolphin of genus (Inia), with a hairy snout.
pseudoknot (noun): A secondary structure in RNA in which half of one stem is intercalated between the two halves of another stem.
rashness (noun): The quality of state of being rash; inconsiderate or presumptuous haste
polyrhythm (noun): Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously.
Synonyms: poly-rhythm
polyrhythm (noun): A rhythm or set of rhythms performed as part of a piece of music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously, typically equally spaced in time and coprime.
Synonyms: poly-rhythm
polyrhythm (noun): Music containing such a rhythm.
Synonyms: poly-rhythm
squally (adj): Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
Synonyms: squallish
squally (adj): Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
Synonyms: squallish
eclogite (noun): A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
zymogen (noun): A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.
coregency (noun): A monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.
Synonyms: co-principality
connectionless (adj): Without the use of a constant connection; sending and receiving data arbitrarily as needed, usually with less reliability than if a connection were held open.
Antonyms: connection-oriented
makossa (noun): A music genre from Cameroon, with a strong bass rhythm and prominent horn section.
photocurrent (noun): Any electric current that flows as a result of photoconductivity or the photovoltaic effect
macaco (noun): Any of several species of lemurs.
Synonyms: macauco
viscacha (noun): Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae.
Synonyms: biscacha; biscacho; vizcacha; bizcacha; chinchillon
preconception (noun): An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.
neurotypical (adj): Having a normal (usual, ordinary) way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information; often to contrast with autistic.
Synonyms: NT
Antonyms: neurodivergent; autistic; aneurotypical; neuroatypical
neurotypical (noun): One who is neurotypical; one who is not autistic, schizophrenic etc.
fluvoxamine (noun): A synthetic antidepressant drug which acts by prolonging the effect of the neurotransmitter serotonin on the brain.
irrecoverable (adj): Not recoverable; incapable of being recovered.
Example: an irrecoverable debt
irrecoverable (adj): That cannot be recovered from or made good; irremediable.
lordosis (noun): An excessive backwards curvature of the spine, causing a hollow in the back.
Synonyms: saddle back; hollow back
lordosis (noun): A body posture of some female mammals, indicating receptivity to copulation. It involves lowering of the forelimbs but with the rear limbs extended and hips raised, ventral arching of the spine and a raising, or sideward displacement, of the tail.
Synonyms: saddle back; hollow back
lophophore (noun): A feeding organ of brachiopods, bryozoans and phoronids.
restyle (verb): To refashion something in a new style or shape in order to fit another purpose.
toyon (noun): A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.
Synonyms: Christmas berry; California holly
shakha (noun): Either a school of the Vedas, or the traditional texts followed by a school.
Synonyms: Shakha
solicitude (noun): The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
pyrethroid (noun): Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin.
inex (noun): An eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.
eclosion (noun): The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
Synonyms: eclosure
paterfamilias (noun): A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.
Synonyms: patriarch; pater familias
Antonyms: materfamilias
orthogenesis (noun): The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.
hbk (adj): Abbreviation of hardback.
Synonyms: hdbk; hbk
yonkoma (noun): A comic strip of Japanese origin, having four panels usually in a vertical orientation.
airglow (noun): A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
Synonyms: electroglow
thioesterase (noun): Any of various enzymes of the esterase family that exhibit esterase activity specifically at a thiol group.
stong (noun): An area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre; a rood; a stang.
adamantine (adj): Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
Example: adamantine bonds
floorpan (noun): A large sheet-metal stamping, often incorporating smaller welded stampings, that forms the floor of a large vehicle and the position of its external and structural panels.
socius (noun): Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC.
socius (noun): According to Gilles Deleuze, a social body that takes credit for production.
polyglutamine (adj): Involving more than one glutamine; (medicine) applied to a class of trinucleotide repeat disorder.
passphrase (noun): A password that comprises a whole phrase.
Synonyms: keyphrase
garfish (noun): Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
Synonyms: gar-fish
garfish (noun): Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
Synonyms: gar-fish
sulfa (adj): Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.
Synonyms: sulpha
sulfa (noun): A sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.
Synonyms: sulpha
operationalization (noun): The act or process of operationalizing.
Synonyms: operationalisation
rattail (noun): Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
Hypernyms: tail
rattail (noun): A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.
Hypernyms: tail
reoccurrence (noun): Something that takes place again.
Synonyms: repeating; repeat; reoccurrence; iteration; recurring
Antonyms: one-off; nonce; one-shot
wavetable (noun): A collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.
gusset (noun): A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
Synonyms: gousset
gusset (noun): A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
Synonyms: gousset
gusset (noun): A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
Synonyms: gousset
gusset (verb): To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.
Synonyms: gousset
individualization (noun): The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.
Synonyms: individualisation
speciose (adj): Rich in species, such as when many species are members of a single genus.
Synonyms: specious
Antonyms: paucispecific; oligospecific
corsage (noun): A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
jhum (noun): A tribal form of cultivation in India, where a chosen piece of land is cleared and used to grow crops until its fertility is depleted.
Synonyms: joom; jhoom; jum
corten (noun): Any type of weathering steel, a steel alloy which does not require painting and acquires a stable, rust-like appearance over time
lurker (noun): A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.
soleus (noun): A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.
inradius (noun): the radius of the largest circle that will fit inside any given geometric shape, especially inside a regular polygon
inradius (noun): the radius of the largest sphere that will fit inside any given polyhedron
cenacle (noun): A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
cardiolipin (noun): Any phospholipid having the structure of a bisphosphatidylglycerol present in the muscles of the heart
polyol (noun): Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.
yus (noun): Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.
Synonyms: jus
orach (noun): The saltbush: any of several plants of the genus Atriplex especially Atriplex hortensis
Synonyms: arrach; spear orach; garden orache; mountain spinach; spear saltbush
orach (noun): The saltbush: any of several plants of the genus Atriplex or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach.
Synonyms: arrach; spear orach; garden orache; mountain spinach; spear saltbush
orach (noun): Lamb's quarters: frost-blite (Chenopodium album) or another plant of the genus Chenopodium.
Synonyms: arrach; spear orach; garden orache; mountain spinach; spear saltbush
gyle (noun): The amount of beer brewed at a time.
Synonyms: guile
gyle (noun): Fermented wort used for making vinegar.
Synonyms: guile
glideslope (noun): The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
glideslope (noun): The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing. The vertical descent profile produced by the ILS glideslope transmitters.
minjok (noun): race, especially a politicized, nationalistic Asian notion of it.
strophanthus (noun): Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons.
semidesert (noun): A semiarid region, approaching desert.
Synonyms: semi-desert
cenobitic (adj): Of or pertaining to a cenobite
Synonyms: coenobitic; cenobiac; cœnobitic
lespedeza (noun): Any of many leguminous plants of the genus Lespedeza, including bush clover.
stylite (noun): A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar.
striation (noun): One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
striation (noun): One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
clomifene (noun): A synthetic non-steroidal drug used to treat infertility in women by stimulating ovulation.
Synonyms: clomiphene
blackguard (noun): The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
Synonyms: blaggard
blackguard (noun): A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
Synonyms: blaggard
blackguard (noun): A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
Synonyms: blaggard
blackguard (verb): To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
Synonyms: blaggard
blackguard (verb): To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
Synonyms: blaggard
meldonium (noun): A drug used to treat ischemia, sometimes illicitly used by athletes to enhance performance.
engorgement (noun): The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
grasswren (noun): Any of the birds in the malurid genus Amytornis.
Synonyms: grass wren
Hypernyms: Australasian wren; malurid
brainbuster (noun): A move in which the wrestler drops the opponent on the head to the mat.
zebrina (noun): The flowering plant Tradescantia zebrina (formerly Zebrina pendula), a species of spiderwort.
apomorphine (noun): A crystalline morphine derivative that is a dopamine agonist, used as an emetic and is injected subcutaneously in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₇NO₂·HCl·1/2H₂O to treat episodes of immobility associated with advanced Parkinson's disease.
detractor (noun): A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
Synonyms: mudslinger; vilifier; derogator; disparager; backbiter
Antonyms: adherent; proponant; supporter
Hypernyms: cynic; bully; opponent; enemy; critic
zope (noun): A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia.
Synonyms: blue bream
dayside (noun): The side of a planet or other body that faces towards the sun or star around which it orbits
Antonyms: nightside
chuke (noun): Clipping of pachuco (“Mexican American, especially juvenile delinquent”).
ghatam (noun): An earthenware pot used as a percussion instrument in the Carnatic music of South India.
beachwear (noun): Clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in.
embezzler (noun): One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
Synonyms: peculator
harborside (noun): An area (especially a residential area) near a harbor (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
harborside (adj): Located on or near a harbor.
Example: We met at a harborside cafe.
friarbird (noun): Any of several species of large Australian honeyeaters in the genus Philemon.
Synonyms: friar bird; leatherhead
flophouse (noun): A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
Synonyms: flop; flop-house; doss-house
Hypernyms: house
flophouse (verb): To stay in a flophouse.
Synonyms: flop-house
homorganic (adj): Of consonants: having the same place of articulation. For example, labial m, b, p, alveolar n, d, t, velar ŋ, g, k. Indic alphabets such as Devanagari, as well as the Korean hangul alphabet, are rationally arranged so that homorganic consonants are grouped together.
psychopomp (noun): A spirit, deity, person, etc., who guides the souls of the dead to the afterlife.
burnish (verb): To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
burnish (verb): Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
burnish (noun): A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
burnish (noun): The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
burnish (verb): Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
burnish (verb): Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
poststructuralist (adj): Of, pertaining to, or advocating post-structuralism
poststructuralist (noun): An advocate of post-structuralism
Synonyms: post-structuralist
colorimetry (noun): The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
Synonyms: colourimetry
colorimetry (noun): Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.
Synonyms: colourimetry
chamfer (noun): An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
galip (noun): A Melanesian tree, Canarium indicum, that produces edible nuts.
shyster (noun): Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
Synonyms: shiester; schister; sheister; shaista; scheister
shyster (verb): To act in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
Synonyms: shiester; schister; sheister; shaista; scheister
shyster (verb): To exploit (someone or something) in this way.
Synonyms: shiester; schister; sheister; shaista; scheister
kensho (noun): Prize money given to encourage rikishi by sponsors.
Synonyms: kensho-kin
glaringly (adv): In a glaring manner: With intense light.
Synonyms: plainly; obviously; blatantly
glaringly (adv): In a glaring manner: So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.
Synonyms: plainly; obviously; blatantly
Example: Her accent is glaringly Kaaps;
mojito (noun): A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.
lunula (noun): Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
Synonyms: lunule
lunula (noun): A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.
Synonyms: lunule
astaxanthin (noun): A xanthophyll pigment that occurs widely in plants and animals, especially crustaceans.
Synonyms: E161j when used as a food colouring
aonach (noun): An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices.
Synonyms: oenach
obstructionist (noun): Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others. Someone who attempts to impede the progress of legislation.
sponson (noun): A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.
Synonyms: sponsing
sponson (verb): To mount on a projection on the side of a vessel.
Synonyms: sponsing
cribriform (adj): Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
Synonyms: cribrous
suppletive (adj): Supplying an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).
suppletive (adj): Relating to laws which can apply in a contract if the parties choose to agree to this.
runout (noun): Something that has been run out.
Synonyms: run-out
Example: The landslide had a long runout.
runout (noun): A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
Synonyms: run-out
runout (noun): A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
Synonyms: run-out
bedstead (noun): The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.
sharpener (noun): An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.
glassblower (noun): A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
Synonyms: glassmith; gaffer
maftir (noun): The Torah portion read for or by the person who will read the Haftarah, most often the last few lines of the weekly parashah.
slutwalk (noun): A kind of protest march against rape culture and slut-shaming, generally led by young women who dress in revealing clothing.
lawfare (noun): The use of the judicial system against one's opponents, often only to attack or condemn a rival.
diskless (adj): Without the use of floppy disks.
Synonyms: discless
vigesimal (adj): Occurring in intervals of twenty.
Synonyms: vigenary; vicenarious; vicesimal; vicenary
vigesimal (adj): To the base twenty.
Synonyms: vigenary; vicenarious; vicesimal; vicenary
gyrodyne (noun): A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight
checkoff (noun): The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
checkoff (noun): The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
checkoff (noun): A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
grammaticality (noun): (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
Synonyms: grammaticalness
inchoative (adj): Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
terebinth (noun): A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)
cauterization (noun): The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
Synonyms: cauterisation
prosector (noun): A person who prepares a body for dissection by students, or dissects them as demonstrations.
methylglyoxal (noun): The aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.
Synonyms: pyruvaldehyde
graptolite (noun): Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
shmoo (noun): A fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp, shaped like a smooth, plump bowling pin with stubby legs.
shmoo (noun): A projection from yeast in response to mating pheromones.
epact (noun): the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter
terephthalic (adj): Pertaining to, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
dashcam (noun): A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.
Synonyms: dash cam; dash camera
Hypernyms: digital video recorder
faan (noun): A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.
Synonyms: faaan
prizewinning (adj): Having won at least one prize.
Synonyms: prize-winning
godchild (noun): A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.
Synonyms: godkid
anlage (noun): A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.
anlage (noun): An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).
premillennial (adj): Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming will take place before the millennium.
Synonyms: pre-millennial
premillennial (adj): Occurring before, or in anticipation of, a new millennium.
Synonyms: pre-millennial
premillennial (noun): One who believes in the advent of Christ before the new millennium.
Synonyms: pre-millennial
hypochondria (noun): A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.
Synonyms: hypochondry
Antonyms: hyperchondria
hypochondria (noun): Melancholy; depression
Synonyms: hypochondry
Antonyms: hyperchondria
nightstand (noun): A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.
Synonyms: night stand; night table; night-stand; bedside table
Hypernyms: end table; side table
transgenderism (noun): The state of being transgender. (See usage notes)
Synonyms: transgenderness
transgenderism (noun): A purported ideology behind transgender identities, trans activism and trans rights movements; transness as an ideology. (Compare homosexual agenda.)
Synonyms: transgenderness
execration (noun): An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
roccella (noun): Any of a group of lichens of genus Roccella, especially Rocella tinctoria from which litmus is extracted.
anticommunism (noun): Opposition to communism.
Synonyms: anti-communism; anti-Communism
nanomolar (adj): Describing concentrations one billionth (10⁻⁹) of molar
pulvinar (noun): A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
diopside (noun): A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi₂O₆, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
speedrun (noun): A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.
Synonyms: speed run
speedrun (verb): To do something or undergo some process as quickly as possible.
Synonyms: speed run
bubbler (noun): Something that emits bubbles.
Synonyms: drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler bong
bubbler (noun): An airstone for an aquarium.
Synonyms: drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler bong
bubbler (noun): A drinking fountain.
Synonyms: drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler bong
decagon (noun): A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
Synonyms: 10-gon
spruit (noun): A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
bellhouse (noun): A structure housing a bell or bells; bell tower; belfry
Synonyms: bell-house
queenly (adj): Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
Synonyms: reginal; queenlike
queenly (adv): In a queenly manner; regally.
Synonyms: reginally; queenlily
lotic (adj): Characterised by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
tragelaphus (noun): A fictional animal, half goat, half stag, used by the philosopher Aristotle as an example of something that is knowable even though it does not exist.
felting (noun): The tangling of woolen fibres (such as when an article of clothing is washed at too high a temperature)
nitrobenzene (noun): A nitro derivative of benzene, C₆H₅NO₂, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups
Synonyms: nitrobenzol; oil of mirbane; nitrobenzole
hemiplegic (adj): Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
skylit (adj): Receiving all or most light from the sky
Synonyms: sky-lit
skylit (adj): Furnished with one or more skylights.
Synonyms: sky-lit
oddness (noun): The state or quality of being odd.
Synonyms: strangeness; oddity; weirdness
oddness (noun): The result or product of being odd.
Synonyms: strangeness; oddity; weirdness
whinstone (noun): A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle.
provine (verb): To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
oneiric (adj): Of or pertaining to dreams.
Synonyms: oniric
oneiric (adj): Resembling a dream; dreamlike.
Synonyms: oniric
summable (adj): Able to be summed (able to be added); that is, able to be summed up (able to be added up); thus: Addible.
summable (adj): Able to be summed (able to be added); that is, able to be summed up (able to be added up); thus: Able to be summarized; summarizable.
solarization (noun): Exposure to the rays of the sun
Synonyms: solarisation
solarization (noun): fumigation of soil by covering it with a plastic sheet and exposing it to the sun
Synonyms: solarisation
solarization (noun): Whole or partial reversal of tone in a negative or photographic print, such that dark areas appear light or vice versa
Synonyms: solarisation
supergene (noun): A group of neighbouring genes on a chromosome that are inherited together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary sense.
supergene (adj): leached and then deposited by descending waters
Antonyms: hypogene
abelisaurid (noun): Any of the Abelisauridae, a family of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs.
tomentum (noun): A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
tomentum (noun): A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.
opara (noun): The oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.
edger (noun): A woodworking tool for straightening the edges of wood and cutting it into boards.
flavoprotein (noun): any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
phosphonium (noun): the tetravalent positively-charged phosphorus cation R₄P⁺
equinoctial (adj): Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.
Synonyms: æquinoctial; equinoctal; equinoxial; equatorial
equinoctial (adj): Of or relating to the celestial equator.
Synonyms: æquinoctial; equinoctal; equinoxial; equatorial
equinoctial (adj): Equatorial: Of or relating to the equator of the Earth.
Synonyms: æquinoctial; equinoctal; equinoxial; equatorial
equinoctial (noun): The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.
Synonyms: æquinoctial
equinoctial (noun): The terrestrial equator.
Synonyms: æquinoctial
equinoctial (noun): An equinoctial gale.
Synonyms: æquinoctial
carcanet (noun): A richly decorative collar.
Synonyms: carkanet
premedical (adj): Describing activities prior to, or in preparation for, a study of medicine.
Synonyms: pre-med; premed
hepcidin (noun): A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
superdelegate (noun): A member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention to help select a nominee for president.
Synonyms: super delegate; super-delegate
madala (noun): In certain countries of Eastern Africa, an elder or mzee; a person worthy of much esteem.
rotogravure (noun): A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
westwork (noun): The vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.
tzedakah (noun): The Jewish tradition of charity.
Synonyms: tzedaka; zedakah; tsedakah
hypsodont (adj): Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores)
Antonyms: brachydont
antistatic (adj): Preventing the buildup of static electricity.
Synonyms: anti-static
enucleation (noun): The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
Synonyms: ophthalmectomy
enucleation (noun): The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.
Synonyms: ophthalmectomy
structuration (noun): A theory proposed by Anthony Giddens in an attempt to reconcile theoretical dichotomies of social systems such as agency/structure, subjective/objective, and micro/macro perspectives.
matrilocal (adj): Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.
Synonyms: uxorilocal
Antonyms: patrilocal
matrilocal (adj): In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.
Synonyms: uxorilocal
Antonyms: patrilocal
defocus (verb): To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
defocus (noun): The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
oshana (noun): A kind of seasonally inundated depression, particularly in Namibia's Oshana Region.
dyslipidemia (noun): an imbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia
lousewort (noun): Any of very many semiparasitic flowering plants, of the genus Pedicularis, related to wood betony.
imagism (noun): A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
Synonyms: Imagism
imagism (noun): The theory that thinking is based on the formation of images in the mind.
Synonyms: Imagism
righteously (adv): In a righteous manner.
Synonyms: rightwisely
graphology (noun): The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character.
sonication (noun): The process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.
passim (adv): Throughout (used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited).
byssus (noun): The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.
byssus (noun): The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.
circumbinary (adj): Having an orbit around both stars in a binary star system, or relating to such an orbit.
shellcode (noun): A small piece of code, used as the payload of a virus or other malware, that launches a shell so that the attacker can control the compromised computer.
vanishingly (adv): So as to vanish, or appear to vanish; especially, very small or rare.
Example: vanishingly rare