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aa2 | (volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.] |
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aba5 | A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. |
aga4 | Alternative spelling of agha |
aha6 | An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition. |
ala3 | (anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone. |
ama5 | Alternative spelling of amah |
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abba8 | (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period. |
acta6 | |
agha8 | An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries. |
agma7 | (uncountable) The nasalized velar consonant found in such words as song or wink. |
alba6 | A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn. |
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abaca9 | Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18th century.] |
abaka11 | Alternative spelling of abaca |
abaya10 | Synonym of aba |
aboma9 | Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera. |
aceta7 |
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abasia8 | (medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination. |
abelia8 | Any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia. [Mid 19th century.] |
abolla8 | A cloak made of a piece of cloth folded double, worn by Ancient Greeks and Romans draped over one shoulder and fastened with a brooch. |
abulia8 | (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.] |
acacia10 | (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] |
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abomasa11 | plural of abomasum |
aboulia9 | Alternative spelling of abulia |
abrosia9 | Abstinence. |
acantha12 | (botany) A prickle. |
acapnia11 | The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal. |
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abdomina13 | plural of abdomen |
abrachia15 | (medicine) The congenital absence of both arms |
abscissa12 | (geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.[First attested in the late 17th century.] |
academia13 | (collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956] |
aceldama13 | The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood. |
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acetabula13 | plural of acetabulum |
achalasia14 | A neuromuscular problem where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully; usually with reference to gastrointestinal smooth muscles and usually with reference to esophageal achalasia when not otherwise specified. |
adenomata12 | plural of adenoma |
aesthesia12 | The ability to perceive sensations. |
agalactia12 | (medicine) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth. |
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acrophobia19 | Fear of heights. |
adventitia14 | (anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ. |
aerenchyma20 | (botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants |
aficionada16 | (rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado. |
algolagnia12 | A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones. |
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abracadabra18 | A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.] |
agoraphobia19 | The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions. |
albuminuria15 | (pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease |
amphisbaena20 | (mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction. |
anaesthesia14 | (British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesia |
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acciaccatura20 | (music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem. |
achlorhydria24 | (medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach |
appoggiatura18 | (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows. |
armamentaria16 | plural of armamentarium |
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aminoaciduria18 | (medicine) The presence of amino acids in the urine. |
anisometropia17 | (ophthalmology) A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power. |
antepenultima17 | (poetry) The last syllable of a word except two |
antiguerrilla14 | (military) Opposing or countering guerrillas. |
antimarijuana22 | Opposed to, or countering, the use of marijuana. |
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achondroplasia22 | (teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism. |
adenocarcinoma21 | (oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue |
archaebacteria23 | plural of archaebacterium |
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