# las_synset

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take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon


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smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill


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strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison


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search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets


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twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates


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intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data


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wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body


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strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot


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shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix


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touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.


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combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two


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arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible


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to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect


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produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses


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use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed


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inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating


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make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed


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copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of


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make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink


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write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)


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expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass


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to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings


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be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame


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revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction


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pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)


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transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality


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beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all


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dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes


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act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance


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rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road


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transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication


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dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced


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cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull


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cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense


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subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body


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change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact


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reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it


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touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements


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process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature


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lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord


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convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds


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transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs


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transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location


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transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location


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sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations


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sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works


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structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results


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enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts


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gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)


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bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit


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breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit


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supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders


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make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance


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substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured


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provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture


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electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device


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allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of


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detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors


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spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive


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check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard


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be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute


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enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act


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exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for


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stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point


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(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something


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especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part


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being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)


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(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens


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(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being


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( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action


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defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established


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(of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination


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unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)


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(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair


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(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion


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(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature


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(of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well


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not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat


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(of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days


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of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina


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of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina


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of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images


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a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.


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a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression


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relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles


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forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning


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using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)


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involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis


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(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses


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marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure


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characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination


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sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government


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(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception


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(of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles


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having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses


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(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another


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allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time


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relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair


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showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort


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(of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence


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(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants


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(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class


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set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government


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(verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot


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(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot


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especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem


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characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)


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of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky


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of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green


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of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies


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of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk


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being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light


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being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light


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based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals


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on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)


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the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified


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(of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above


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having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual


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occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure


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(of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials


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lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water


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such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared


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capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction


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including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete


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(of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material


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(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use


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(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells


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having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors


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characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is


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(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it


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showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another


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having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority


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having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values


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destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited


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occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series


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`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)


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working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect


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characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality


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used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)


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subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones


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(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct


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composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests


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not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others


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at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction


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(especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases


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sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)


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having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination


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lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


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showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement


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having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament


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being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives


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having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government


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characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control


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used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each


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precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause


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having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side


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having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow


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(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)


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being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance


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(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects


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moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth


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moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth


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having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination


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at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time


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belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness


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relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts


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of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado


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of a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota


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of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming


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of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania


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of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina


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having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer


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containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism


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uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field


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(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law


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denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding


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exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities


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open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead


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admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion


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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding


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being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)


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used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value


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of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation


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filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood


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free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules


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tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans


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not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend


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having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend


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of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person


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used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)


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designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure


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designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure


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(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms


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unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion


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of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond


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of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth


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of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)


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(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition


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rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc


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(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique


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being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides


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national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units


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relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area


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characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities


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characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority


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withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities


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protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights


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(of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights


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(of goods and merchandise) labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use


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(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers


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produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')


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(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')


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of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')


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produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')


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designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals


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marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness


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of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment


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(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')


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corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species


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(of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall


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marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another


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given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system


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used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning


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having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration


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extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm


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wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings


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characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures


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(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness


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of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research


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holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible


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totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring


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of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance


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of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)


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igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt


pos: a
definition:
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior


pos: s
definition:
(of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior


pos: a
definition:
resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination


pos: s
definition:
using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it


pos: a
definition:
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality


pos: s
definition:
of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases


pos: a
definition:
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified


pos: s
definition:
shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another


pos: a
definition:
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified


pos: a
definition:
relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case


pos: a
definition:
used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries


pos: a
definition:
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation


pos: a
definition:
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop


pos: s
definition:
immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage


pos: s
definition:
(especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth


pos: s
definition:
(of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature


pos: s
definition:
of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)


pos: a
definition:
of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor


pos: s
definition:
(of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)


pos: s
definition:
characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages


pos: s
definition:
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult


pos: s
definition:
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage


pos: a
definition:
used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis


pos: a
definition:
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value


pos: a
definition:
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles


pos: a
definition:
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number


pos: a
definition:
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number


pos: a
definition:
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some


pos: a
definition:
(comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree


pos: a
definition:
(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree


pos: a
definition:
the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree


pos: a
definition:
the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree


pos: a
definition:
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number


pos: a
definition:
(superlative of `few' used with count nouns and usually preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the smallest in number


pos: a
definition:
used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion


pos: s
definition:
devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others


pos: s
definition:
having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components


pos: a
definition:
not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material


pos: a
definition:
of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times


pos: s
definition:
relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)


pos: s
definition:
deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence


pos: s
definition:
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War


pos: s
definition:
used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)


pos: s
definition:
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)


pos: s
definition:
given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures


pos: a
definition:
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered


pos: s
definition:
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'


pos: s
definition:
designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another


pos: a
definition:
of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired


pos: s
definition:
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position


pos: s
definition:
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'


pos: a
definition:
positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually


pos: s
definition:
of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran


pos: s
definition:
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves


pos: s
definition:
(often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets


pos: s
definition:
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)


pos: a
definition:
slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled


pos: s
definition:
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face


pos: s
definition:
belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire


pos: s
definition:
showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment


pos: a
definition:
characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line


pos: s
definition:
(of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line


pos: s
definition:
pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively


pos: s
definition:
having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel


pos: s
definition:
producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis


pos: s
definition:
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats


pos: a
definition:
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features


pos: a
definition:
reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion


pos: a
definition:
(often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind


pos: a
definition:
characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)


pos: s
definition:
characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position


pos: a
definition:
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence


pos: s
definition:
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior


pos: a
definition:
concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually


pos: a
definition:
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride


pos: a
definition:
subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)


pos: s
definition:
positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions


pos: s
definition:
emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation


pos: s
definition:
(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)


pos: s
definition:
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes


pos: s
definition:
(computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data


pos: s
definition:
holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill


pos: a
definition:
(of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book


pos: a
definition:
(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula


pos: a
definition:
(of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement


pos: s
definition:
having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables


pos: s
definition:
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability


pos: s
definition:
presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament


pos: s
definition:
suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior


pos: s
definition:
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son


pos: s
definition:
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father


pos: s
definition:
(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity


pos: s
definition:
of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation


pos: s
definition:
highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era


pos: s
definition:
(of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)


pos: s
definition:
(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets


pos: s
definition:
(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets


pos: s
definition:
involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)


pos: s
definition:
a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)


pos: s
definition:
(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units


pos: a
definition:
(of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds


pos: a
definition:
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity


pos: a
definition:
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of


pos: a
definition:
quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class


pos: s
definition:
(used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception


pos: s
definition:
exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment


pos: s
definition:
induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)


pos: a
definition:
not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)


pos: a
definition:
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities


pos: a
definition:
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind


pos: s
definition:
vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze


pos: a
definition:
capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent


pos: s
definition:
(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment


pos: a
definition:
(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject


pos: a
definition:
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation


pos: a
definition:
expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward


pos: a
definition:
concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents


pos: a
definition:
(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions


pos: a
definition:
(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself


pos: s
definition:
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities


pos: s
definition:
related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people


pos: a
definition:
having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled


pos: a
definition:
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions


pos: s
definition:
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)


pos: s
definition:
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others


pos: s
definition:
divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members


pos: s
definition:
changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged


pos: s
definition:
(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel


pos: s
definition:
having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end


pos: s
definition:
having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end


pos: a
definition:
associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money


pos: s
definition:
suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord


pos: a
definition:
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet


pos: a
definition:
possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)


pos: a
definition:
possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe


pos: a
definition:
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently


pos: a
definition:
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously


pos: a
definition:
of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition


pos: a
definition:
of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms


pos: a
definition:
denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible)


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt)


pos: a
definition:
the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle


pos: a
definition:
of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another


pos: a
definition:
relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance


pos: a
definition:
relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis


pos: a
definition:
of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)


pos: a
definition:
relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)


pos: a
definition:
relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees


pos: a
definition:
of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe


pos: a
definition:
(of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing


pos: a
definition:
of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity)


pos: a
definition:
related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)


pos: a
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concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation


pos: a
definition:
unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed


pos: a
definition:
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)


pos: a
definition:
of or denoting a person who assists physicians and nurses or is trained physicians and nurses in their activities


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared


pos: a
definition:
related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud


pos: a
definition:
resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to former Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a vocation or occupation; especially providing or undergoing training in special skills


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture


pos: a
definition:
relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population


pos: a
definition:
serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes


pos: a
definition:
(of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium


pos: a
definition:
relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury


pos: a
definition:
of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla)


pos: a
definition:
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles


pos: a
definition:
relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)


pos: a
definition:
of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud


pos: a
definition:
characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament


pos: a
definition:
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures


pos: a
definition:
through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)


pos: a
definition:
having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750


pos: a
definition:
preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum


pos: a
definition:
capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability


pos: a
definition:
relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth


pos: a
definition:
specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor


pos: a
definition:
especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge


pos: a
definition:
belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago


pos: a
definition:
of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia


pos: a
definition:
administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)


pos: a
definition:
(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole


pos: a
definition:
beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent)


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values


pos: a
definition:
of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude


pos: a
definition:
pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis


pos: a
definition:
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system


pos: a
definition:
relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen


pos: a
definition:
of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye


pos: a
definition:
passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid


pos: r
definition:
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')


pos: r
definition:
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)


pos: r
definition:
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')


pos: r
definition:
used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement


pos: r
definition:
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time


pos: r
definition:
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)


pos: r
definition:
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)


pos: r
definition:
to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)


pos: r
definition:
to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)


pos: r
definition:
comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.


pos: r
definition:
to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)


pos: r
definition:
to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)


pos: r
definition:
in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')


