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abbott ~ lawrence lowell (n) Lowell
~ aortic aneurysm (n) AAA
~ delivery (n) cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian
section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian
abide ~ (v) bide, stay; digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up
~ (r) approximately, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so; around; around; around; around; about; almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
absolutism ~ (n) tyranny, despotism; dictatorship, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny; totalitarianism, totalism; absolutism
absorb ~ (v) absorb; assimilate, ingest, take in; take over; suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up; absorb; take in; steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, soak up; absorb; engross, engage, occupy
~ (v) abstract; pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift; abstract; abstract
~ (n) one, 1, I, single, unity; ace; adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz; angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme; Allied Command Europe; ace
acerb ~ (a) acerbic, astringent; acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
acerbic ~ (a) acerb, astringent; acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
acid ~ (a) acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic; acidic, acidulent, acidulous; acid
~ (n) acid; back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen
acme ~ (n) height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top; vertex, peak, apex
~ immune deficiency syndrome (n) AIDS
~-butadiene-styrene (n) ABS
~ of the apostles (n) Acts
actuate ~ (v) trip, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off; motivate, propel, move, prompt, incite
~ (v) add; append, supply; lend, impart, bestow, contribute, bring; add together; total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add together, tally, add up; add
~ up (v) come, amount; total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally; total, number, come, amount; make sense
~ nasomaculatus (n) addax
adept ~ (n) ace, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
adieu ~ (n) adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara,
so long
adios ~ (n) adieu, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara,
so long
administer ~ (v) administrate; administer; distribute, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out; dispense; administer
adolph ~ simon ochs (n) Ochs
adopt ~ (v) follow, espouse; borrow, take over, take up; assume, take on, take over; assume, acquire, take on, take; take in; dramatize, dramatise; espouse, embrace, sweep up
~-onset diabetes (n) type II diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes
mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, adult-onset
diabetes mellitus, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, maturity-onset diabetes, mature-onset diabetes
~-onset diabetes mellitus (n) type II diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes
mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, adult-onset
diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, maturity-onset diabetes, mature-onset diabetes
~ (v) progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on; throw out; boost, supercharge; promote, boost, further, encourage; bring forward; gain, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground; progress, come on, come along, get on, get along, shape up; advance; promote, upgrade, kick upstairs, raise, elevate; advance; set ahead; gain
~ research and development activity (n) ARDA
advantageously ~ (r) well
~ (v) impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch; affect; involve, regard; feign, sham, pretend, dissemble; impress, move, strike
afloat ~ (a) adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected; afloat(p); afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing
~-related macular degeneration (n) AMD
agentive ~ role (n) agent
agitate ~ (v) foment, stir up; rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up; crusade, fight, press, campaign, push; stir, shift, budge; shake; vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
agree ~ (v) hold, concur, concord; agree; match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally; harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in; agree; agree; agree
ahmad ~ shah masoud (n) Masoud
~ (v) take, train, take aim, direct; purpose, purport, propose; drive, get; calculate, direct; target, place, direct, point; aim; draw a bead on, aspire, shoot for
~ force research laboratory (n) AFRL
~ force space command (n) AFSPC
albrecht ~ durer (n) Durer
alcoholics ~ anonymous (n) AA
alexandre ~ dumas (n) Dumas
allot ~ (v) assign, portion; accord, grant; distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, dole out
amaze ~ (v) astonish, astound; perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
~ federation of labor (n) AFL
~ federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations (n) AFL-CIO
~ standard code for information interchange (n) ASCII
amniocentesis ~ (n) amnio
anathemise ~ (v) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, imprecate, maledict; accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathematize, anathematise
anathemize ~ (v) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemise, imprecate, maledict; accurse, execrate, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
anatomy ~ (n) general anatomy; human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh; anatomy
ancestry ~ (n) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, origin, parentage, stemma, stock; lineage, derivation, filiation
andrzej ~ wajda (n) Wajda
anicius ~ manlius severinus boethius (n) Boethius
~ (v) inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt; animize, animise; enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate; recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
~ robert jacques turgot (n) Turgot
annoy ~ (v) rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
annoyance ~ (n) irritation, vexation, botheration; chafe, vexation; aggravator; bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass; annoying, irritation, vexation
annoyed ~ (a) irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung; harassed, harried, pestered, vexed
~ (a) bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
annul ~ (v) invalidate, quash, void, avoid, nullify; revoke, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
antiballistic ~ missile (n) ABM
anticipate ~ (v) expect; foresee, forestall, counter; previse, foreknow, foresee; predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise; look for, look to; anticipate
apprehend ~ (v) grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass; collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop; quail at
arboreal ~ (a) arborical, arborary, arborous; arboreous, tree-living; arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped
arboreous ~ (a) arboreal, tree-living; arboraceous, woodsy, woody; arboreal, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped
archimandrite ~ (n) abbot
argument ~ (n) statement; controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing; argumentation, debate; literary argument; parameter; argument; argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line
arise ~ (v) originate, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow; come up, bob up; rise, uprise, get up, stand up; come up; rise, lift, move up, go up, come up, uprise; rebel, rise, rise up; get up, turn out, uprise, rise
~ of the covenant (n) Ark
~ high performance computing research center (n) AHPCRC
~ national guard (n) ARNG
~ the bend (a) balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy,
nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky
arouse ~ (v) elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke; wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken; raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth; stimulate, brace, energize, energise, perk up; awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up; stir; sex, excite, turn on, wind up
arrant ~ (a) arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a),
staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated
~ (v) collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop; check, turn back, stop, contain, hold back; catch, get; halt, hold
arrivederci ~ (n) adieu, adios, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so
long
arse ~ (n) buttocks, nates, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end,
rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass; arsehole, asshole, bunghole
~ about (v) bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around,
lounge about
~ around (v) bum, bum around, bum about, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge
about; horse around, fool around, fool
ascertain ~ (v) determine, find, find out; see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, assure; determine, check, find out, see, watch, learn; ascertain
ass ~ (n) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear,
rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny; ass; ass; fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup
assault ~ (v) assail, set on, attack; rape, ravish, violate, dishonor, dishonour, outrage; attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe
asshole ~ (n) bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB; arse, arsehole, bunghole
~ in applied science (n) AAS
~ for the advancement of retired persons (n) AARP
~ of southeast asian nations (n) ASEAN
assortment ~ (n) mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley; categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation
assuage ~ (v) pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle; quench, slake, allay; relieve, alleviate, palliate
assume ~ (v) presume, take for granted; adopt, take on, take over; acquire, adopt, take on, take; bear, take over, accept; take, strike, take up; usurp, seize, take over, arrogate; simulate, sham, feign; assume; wear, put on, get into, don
~ energy commission (n) AEC
atrocious ~ (a) flagitious, grievous, monstrous; abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable; frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
attain ~ (v) achieve, accomplish, reach; reach, hit; fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, discover; reach, make, hit, arrive at, gain
attire ~ (v) overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, get up, rig out,
tog up, tog out
~ revoir (n) adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara,
so long
audacious ~ (a) brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing; barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent; daring, venturesome, venturous
audited ~ account (n) audit
auf ~ wiedersehen (n) adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long
aught ~ (n) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
~ (v) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict; augur
~ friedrich leopold weismann (n) Weismann
augustin ~ eugene scribe (n) Scribe
~ welby northmore pugin (n) Pugin
aurora ~ (n) dawn, dawning, morning, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow; aurora; aurora
auspicate ~ (v) bode, portend, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict; auspicate
authority ~ (n) authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so; authority; authority; assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, sureness; agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office; authorization, authorisation, sanction; authority
~ data processing (n) ADP
avoid ~ (v) avoid; debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off; avoid; keep off; invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify
~ (a) atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable; dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible; nasty; awed; frightful, terrible, tremendous; amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing
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