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aldosterone (al-DAHS-tuh-rohn)
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A steriod hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates the salt and water balance in the body.
Aldosterone is one of the most important of the many hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex. |
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Americanism (uh-MER-i-kuh-niz-uhm)
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| 1. A custom, trait, or tradition originating in the United States. 2. A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of English as it is spoken in the United States. 3. Allegiance to the United States and its customs and institutions. |
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Anechoic (an-e-KOH-ik)
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| Neither having nor producing echoes: an anechoic chamber. |
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Antipruritic (an-tee-prooh-RIT-ik)
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| Preventing or relieving itching: an antipruritic agent |
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Apraxia (a-PRAK-see-ah)
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| Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment |
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Bioenvironmental (bii-oh-en-vii-ren-MEN-tl)
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| Having to do with the relationship between the environment and living organisms: Bioenvironmental engineers are studying the effects of toxic chemicals on life in the area. |
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Caballero (kab-uh-LAIR-oh)
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| 1. A spanish gentlmen; a cavalier. 2. One who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horsemen. The handsome caballero looked dashing astride his gleaming black horse. |
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Calorimeter (kal-uh-RIM-i-tuhr)
Noun
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| 1. An apparatus for measuring the heat generated by a chemical reaction, change of state, or formation of a solution. 2. The part of this apparatus, usually a container for holding a sample, in which the heat measured causes a change of state. |
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Camorra (kuh-MAWR-uh), camorra (kuh-MAHR-uh)
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Camorra- A Neapolitan secret society organized about 1820, notorious for practicing violence and blackmail.
camorra- An unscrupulous, clandestine group |
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Celerity (suh-LER-i-tee)
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Swiftness of action or motion; speed
The little puppy showed great celerity as he chased the squirrels. |
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Compatible (kuhm-PAT-uh-buhl)
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1. Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others. 2. Capable of orderly, efficient integration and operation with other elements in a system with no modification. 3. Capable of forming a chemically or biochemically stable system. 4. Of or relating to a television system in which color boradcasts can be received in black and white by sets incapable of color reception. |
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Conjugate (KAHN-ju-gayt)
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1. Grammar-to inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood, and tense.
2. To join together, especially in a pair or pairs; coupled.
The students were required to conjugate the Spanish verb. |
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Contumacy (KAHN-too-muh-see)
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Obstinant or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness
Mrs. Anderson warned Shane that his contumacy might result in expulsion from school |
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Coronagraph, coronograph (kuh-ROH-nuh-graf)
Noun
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A telescope or an attachment for a telescope equipped with a disk that blacks out most of the sun, used to photograph the sun's corona.
Before the invention of the coronograph, one could observe the sun's corona only during a total eclipse. |
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Counterterrorism (koun-turh-TER-uh-riz-uhm)
noun for counterterror-adj. |
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Adj.-Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism.
Noun.-Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism.
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| A critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature; a critical discussion of a specified topic; the art of criticism |
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Disquisition (dis-kwi-ZISH-uhn)
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A formal discourse on a subject, often in writing
The editorial was a disquisition on the failing health care system |
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Ecophysiology(ee-koh-fiz-ee-AHL-uh-jee)
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| The study of the interrelationship between an organism's physical functioning and its environment. |
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Ellipticity (i-lip-TIS-i-tee)
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Deviation from perfect circular or spherical form toward elliptic or ellipsoidal from; the degree of this deviation.
The professor explained how to determine the ellipticity of the earth. |
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Emanate (EM-uh-nayt)
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| To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat |
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In one group or body; all together
The peace activists marched en masse to the capital. |
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| A country of northwest Europe, the northernmost of the Baltic States. Settled before the 1st century A.D., it was divided many times and held by the Danes, German Livonian Knights, Swedes, and Russians. Estonia was incorporated into the U.S.S.R as a constituent republic in 1940 and gained its independence in 1991. Tallin is the capital. Population, 1,530,000 |
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Fluoroscope (FLOOHR-uh-skohp)
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A device equipped with a fluorescent screen on which the internal structures of an optically opaque object, such as the human body, may be continuously viewed by a shadowy images formed by the different transmission of x-rays through the object. Also called roentgenoscope.
The test involves the use of a fluoroscope which can detect osteoporosis. |
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Fugleman (FYOO-guhl-muhn)
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| A leader especially a political leader; Archaic. A soldier who once served as a guide and model for his company |
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Garnishee (gahr-ni-shee)
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| A third party who has been notified that money or property in his or her hands but belonging to a defendant has been attached. |
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Glossolalia (glaw-so-LAY-lee-uh)
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| Fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizophrenic syndromes; an ecstatic utterance that is partly or wholly unintelligible to hearers, especially such an utterance considered as a charismatic gift in certain Christian congregations |
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Greenhouse Effect (GREEN-hous-i-FEKT)
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| The phenomenon whereby the earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation, caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through but absorb heat radiated back from the earth's surface. |
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Incentivize (in-SEN-tuh-Viiz)
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| To offer incentives or an incentive to; motivate: "This bill will help incentivize everybody to solve that part of the problem" |
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Irreconcilable (i-rek-uhn-SII-luh-buhl)
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Adj.-Impossible to reconcile
Noun-A person, especially a member of a group, who will not compromise, adjust, or submit; one of two or more conflicting ideas or beliefs that cannot be brought into harmony. |
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Kaiserin (KII-zuhr-in)
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The wife of a Kaiser; Used as the title for such a woman.
The Kaiserin never revealed tht she did not always agree with her husband's political views. |
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Marbleize (MAHR-buh-liiz)
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To Marble.
Wendy chose light pink stationary which looked marbleized. |
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Mentholated (MEN-thaw-lay-tid)
adjective form of menthol
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Menthol-A white crystalline organic compoud, CH3C6H9(C3H7)OH, obtained from a peppermint oil or synthesized. It is used in perfumes, in cigarettes, as a mild topical anethetic, and as a mint flavoring
The mentholated drops soothed my throat |
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Misericord, misericorde (MIZ-uhr-i-kawrd)
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| A relaxation of monastic rules, as a dispensation from fasting; a bracket attached to the underside of a hinged seat in a church stall against which a standing person may lean; a narrow dagger used in midieval times to deliver the death stroke to a seriously wounded knight. |
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Multifaceted (mul-tee-FAS-i-tid)
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Having many facets or aspects
The treasury secretary presented a multifaceted program to protect the banking system. |
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| A source of harm or ruin; Retributive justice in its execution or outcome; an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome; one that inflicts retribution or vengeance |
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Neologize (nee-AHL-uh-jiiz)
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To coin or use neologisms
The term "Reagonomics" is a good example of how existing words are neologized to fit a situation. |
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Noctilucent (nahk-tuh-LOO-suhnt)
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Luminous at night. Used especially of certain high clouds
Noctilucent clouds drifted slowly across the full moon |
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Oculogyric (ahk-yuh-loh-JII-rik)
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Of or relating to the turning of the eyeballs in the sockets
The fixation of the eyeballs upward indicated that the patient had experienced what is known as oculogyric crisis. |
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Palmetto (pal-MET-oh)
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| Any of several small, mostly tropical palms having fan-shaped leaves, especially one of the genus Sabal, such as S; Leaf strips of any of these plants, using in weaving. |
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Pastorium (pa-STAWR-ee-uhm)
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The residence of a pastor; a parsonage.
The members of the church spent hours preparing the pastorium for the new pastor. |
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Predation (pri-DAY-shuhn)
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The act or practice of plundering or marauding; the capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life.
Were it not for predation by coyotes, the rabbit population might increase rapidly. |
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Proliferous (pruh-LIF-uhr-uhs)
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Reproducing freely by means of buds and side branches, as corals do; Freely producing buds or offshoots, especially from unusual places, as shoots from flowers or fruits from fruits.
The botanist noted that the plants were proliferous |
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Pyromancy (PII-ruh-man-see)
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Divination by fire or flames
The augur used pyromancy to foretell the future |
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A long scarf worn over the head and shoulders chiefly by Mexican women.
Maria put on a long black rebozo before leaving the house |
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Residuum (ri-ZIJ-oo-uhm)
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Something remaining after removal of a part; a residue
Using the residuum and wasting nothing, the manufacturers had created an environmentally friendly product |
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Reverential (rev-uh-REN-shuhl)
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Expressing reverence; reverent; inspiring reverence
The members of the congregation listened in reverential awe as the choir sang
Syn: respectful, deferential, humble |
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Ruminate (ROO-muh-nayt)
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To turn a matter over and over in the mind; ponder; to chew cud; to reflect on over and over again
Walter ruminated about the mysterious message left on his answering machine. |
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Sanskrit (SAN-skrit)
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| An ancient Indic language that is the language of Hinduism and the Vedas and is the classical literary language of India |
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Satinwood (SAT-n-woohd)
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| A deciduous tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of India and Sri Lanka, having hard, yellowish, close-grained wood; A west Indian (Zanthoxylum flavum) tree having smooth, slightly oily, lustrous wood; the wood of either of these trees, used for furniture and cabinetwork |
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Shamanism (SHAH-muh-niz-uhm)
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| The animistic religion of certain peoples of northern Asia in which mediation between the visible and spirit worlds is effected by shamans; a similar religion or set of beliefs, especially among certain Native American peoples |
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