-
acetylcholine
0
n 1: a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline;
released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and
parasympathetic nervous systems
-
adrenalin
0
n 1: a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response
to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic
nerve action [syn: epinephrine, epinephrin,
adrenaline, Adrenalin]
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akin
0
adj 1: similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to
terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related
to the collector" [syn: akin(p), kindred]
2: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate,
consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)]
-
aniline
0
n 1: oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and
used to make dyes and plastics and medicines [syn:
aniline, aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine]
-
begin
0
n 1: Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister
of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then
the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) [syn: Begin,
Menachem Begin]
v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's
get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get,
start out, start, set about, set out, commence]
[ant: end, terminate]
2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative
sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second
movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes
start at $250,000" [syn: begin, start] [ant: cease,
end, finish, stop, terminate]
3: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the
Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new
chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start,
commence] [ant: end, terminate]
4: begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or
start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the
sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The
convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939
when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour
begins next month"
7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The
novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the
three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The
semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin,
start]
8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or
inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She
started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics
in 10th grade" [syn: begin, start]
9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in
the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to
deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin
to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She
began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth
grade"
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bin
0
n 1: a container; usually has a lid
2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: bin, binful]
3: an identification number consisting of a two-part code
assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part
shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
[syn: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit
number]
v 1: store in bins
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bowline
0
n 1: a loop knot that neither slips nor jams [syn: bowline,
bowline knot]
-
capelin
0
n 1: very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine
mammals and other fishes [syn: capelin, capelan,
caplin]
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chagrin
0
n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin,
humiliation, mortification]
v 1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
-
chin
0
n 1: the protruding part of the lower jaw [syn: chin,
mentum]
2: Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh
and easternmost India [syn: Kuki, Chin, Kuki-Chin]
v 1: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's
chin is level with the support bar [syn: chin, chin up]
-
crinoline
0
n 1: a skirt stiffened with hoops [syn: hoopskirt,
crinoline]
2: a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric
3: a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
-
drumlin
0
n 1: a mound of glacial drift
-
fin
0
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear
fenders of an automobile [syn: tail fin, tailfin, fin]
3: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit
air and reject rain [syn: louver, louvre, fin]
4: a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in
swimming (especially underwater) [syn: flipper, fin]
5: a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
6: organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other
aquatic animals
v 1: equip (a car) with fins
2: propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
3: show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks
were finning near the surface" [syn: fin, break water]
-
formalin
0
n 1: a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a
disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens [syn:
formalin, formol]
-
gin
0
n 1: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
2: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
[syn: snare, gin, noose]
3: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
[syn: cotton gin, gin]
4: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards
remaining in their hand total less than 10 points [syn:
gin, gin rummy, knock rummy]
v 1: separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
2: trap with a snare; "gin game"
-
globulin
0
n 1: a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and
in plant seed
-
gremlin
0
n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
-
grin
0
n 1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners
of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn:
smile, smiling, grin, grinning]
v 1: to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile,
grimace, or snarl
-
herein
0
adv 1: in this place or thing or document; "I shall discuss the
question herein"
-
hobgoblin
0
n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob,
hobgoblin]
2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a
bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn: bugbear,
hobgoblin]
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hyaline
0
adj 1: resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the
morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell
Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid]
n 1: a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline
cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline,
hyalin]
-
in
0
adv 1: to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the
door" [syn: in, inwards, inward]
adj 1: holding office; "the in party"
2: directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"
3: currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder
pads are in"
n 1: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot [syn:
inch, in]
2: a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small
quantities in sphalerite [syn: indium, In, atomic number
49]
3: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Indiana, Hoosier
State, IN]
-
inn
0
n 1: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn:
hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
-
insulin
0
n 1: hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the
pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and
accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
-
javelin
0
n 1: an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far
as possible
2: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
-
kaolin
0
n 1: a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of
aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as
an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: china
clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain
clay, terra alba]
-
kin
0
adj 1: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related,
cognate, consanguine, consanguineous,
consanguineal, kin(p)]
n 1: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin";
"he's family" [syn: kin, kinsperson, family]
2: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin,
kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
-
lanolin
0
n 1: a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture
of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and
cosmetics [syn: lanolin, wool fat, wool grease]
2: an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained
from the wool of sheep)
-
mandolin
0
n 1: a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played
with a plectrum
-
marlin
0
n 1: large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to
sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded
i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
-
marline
0
n 1: a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
-
masculine
0
adj 1: of grammatical gender [ant: feminine, neuter]
2: associated with men and not with women [ant: feminine]
3: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a
masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"
n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males
or to objects classified as male
-
maudlin
0
adj 1: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin,
mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy,
sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]
-
mescaline
0
n 1: the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in
mescal buttons [syn: mescaline, peyote]
-
min
0
n 1: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;
"he ran a 4 minute mile" [syn: minute, min]
2: any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province [syn:
Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese,
Amoy, Taiwanese]
3: an Egyptian god of procreation
-
myelin
0
n 1: a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath
around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers [syn:
myelin, myeline, medulla]
-
oxyacetylene
0
n 1: a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high
temperatures for cutting or welding metals
-
pangolin
0
n 1: toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body
covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on
ants and termites [syn: pangolin, scaly anteater,
anteater]
-
penicillin
0
n 1: any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds
(or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of
various infections and diseases
-
pin
0
n 1: a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
2: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn:
fall, pin]
3: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. [syn: peg, pin]
4: a number you choose and use to gain access to various
accounts [syn: personal identification number, PIN, PIN
number]
5: informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: pin, peg, stick]
6: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that
turns [syn: pivot, pin]
7: cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in
place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt
can be thrown [syn: pin, pin tumbler]
8: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf
green [syn: pin, flag]
9: a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used
to support or fasten or attach things
10: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg,
pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]
11: a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in
triangular groups of ten as the target [syn: bowling pin,
pin]
v 1: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned
under the fallen tree" [syn: trap, pin, immobilize,
immobilise]
2: attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the
needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
[ant: unpin]
3: pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"
4: immobilize a piece
-
ptyalin
0
n 1: an amylase secreted in saliva
-
ratline
0
n 1: (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a
sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft [syn:
ratline, ratlin]
-
shin
0
n 1: the front part of the human leg between the knee and the
ankle
2: a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg [syn: shin,
shin bone]
3: the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
4: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin
bone, shin]
v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle,
sputter]
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sin
0
n 1: estrangement from god [syn: sin, sinfulness,
wickedness]
2: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of
God's will [syn: sin, sinning]
3: ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to
the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle [syn:
sine, sin]
4: (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
5: the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
6: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
[syn: sin, hell]
v 1: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn:
sin, transgress, trespass]
2: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I
blundered during the job interview" [syn: drop the ball,
sin, blunder, boob, goof]
-
skin
0
n 1: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of
touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn:
skin, tegument, cutis]
2: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
3: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt,
skin]
4: a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his
skin"
5: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin]
6: a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the
hide of an animal
v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle,
sputter]
2: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy
skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape]
3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin]
4: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel,
pare]
-
spin
0
n 1: a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl,
twist, twisting, whirl]
3: a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"
4: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral [syn:
tailspin, spin]
5: a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by
politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a
favorable spin on the story"
v 1: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
2: stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course
through the woods"
3: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin,
twirl]
4: make up a story; "spin a yarn"
5: form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
6: work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
7: twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The
President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less
embarrassing"
8: prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" [syn: spin, spin
out]
-
tarpaulin
0
n 1: waterproofed canvas [syn: tarpaulin, tarp]
-
therein
0
adv 1: (formal) in or into that thing or place; "they can read
therein what our plans are" [syn: therein, in this,
in that]
-
thin
0
adv 1: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn:
thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly]
adj 1: of relatively small extent from one surface to the
opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin
chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
[ant: thick]
2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin";
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn:
thin, lean] [ant: fat]
3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender,
thin]
4: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn:
sparse, thin]
5: relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not
viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup";
"skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
[ant: thick]
6: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
[ant: full]
7: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
8: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
[syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]
v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: inspissate,
thicken]
2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: inspissate,
thicken]
3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut]
4: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight,
slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain, put
on]
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tin
0
n 1: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists
corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to
prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where
it occurs as tin oxide [syn: tin, Sn, atomic number
50]
2: a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used
mainly in baking
3: metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
[syn: canister, cannister, tin]
4: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can]
v 1: plate with tin
2: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
[syn: can, tin, put up]
3: prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin
layer of solder to the surface
-
tuberculin
0
n 1: a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative
of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of
tuberculosis
-
twin
0
adj 1: being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching,
twin(a), twinned]
n 1: either of two offspring born at the same time from the same
pregnancy
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini
[syn: Gemini, Twin]
3: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn:
Twin, Twin Falls]
4: a duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin]
v 1: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate,
parallel]
2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn:
match, mate, couple, pair, twin]
3: grow as twins; "twin crystals"
4: give birth to twins
-
vanillin
0
n 1: a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some
balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings
-
violin
0
n 1: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the
violin family; this instrument has four strings and a
hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with
a bow [syn: violin, fiddle]
-
win
0
n 1: a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was
happy to get the win"
2: something won (especially money) [syn: winnings, win,
profits] [ant: losings, losses]
v 1: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;
"He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won";
"Win the game" [ant: lose]
2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing
knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of
international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant:
lose]
3: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was
gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers
pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one
playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain,
advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead,
gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind,
lose, recede]
4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise
succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
"she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon,
deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry]
-
within
0
adv 1: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn:
inside, within] [ant: outside]
-
yin
0
n 1: the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic
cosmology; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the
harmony of the universe" [ant: yang]
-
kremlin
0
n 1: citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian
government
2: citadel of a Russian town
-
merlin
0
n 1: (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's
advisor
2: small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with
black-barred tail; used in falconry [syn: pigeon hawk,
merlin, Falco columbarius]
-
stalin
0
n 1: Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist
Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all
opposition (1879-1953) [syn: Stalin, Joseph Stalin,
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili]
-
finn
0
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Finland
-
gwyn
0
n 1: Celtic underworld god
-
lin
0
n 1: United States sculptor and architect whose public works
include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in
Washington (born in 1959) [syn: Lin, Maya Lin]
-
quin
0
n 1: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]
-
berlin
0
n 1: capital of Germany located in eastern Germany [syn:
Berlin, German capital]
2: United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than
1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) [syn:
Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline]
3: a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back
seats
-
qin
0
n 1: the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that
established the first centralized imperial government and
built much of the Great Wall [syn: Qin, Qin dynasty,
Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty]
-
hamelin
0
n 1: a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as
the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper [syn:
Hameln, Hamelin]
-
caroline
0
adj 1: of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I
or Charles II of England [syn: Caroline, Carolean]
-
digitalin
0
n 1: a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn:
digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin]
-
hyalin
0
n 1: a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline
cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline,
hyalin]
-
pyroxylin
0
n 1: highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion
and plastics and lacquers [syn: pyroxylin, pyroxyline]
-
lublin
0
n 1: an industrial city of eastern Poland
-
ampicillin
0
n 1: semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and
Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) [syn: ampicillin,
Principen, Polycillin, SK-Ampicillin]
-
been
0
-
carline
0
-
cipolin
0
-
francolin
0
-
purlin
0
-
when
0
-
wherein
0
-
gyn
0
-
madeleine
0
-
knin
0
-
bihn
0
-
binn
0
-
blinn
0
-
brin
0
-
brinn
0
-
bryn
0
-
chinh
0
-
chinn
0
-
flynn
0
-
jin
0
-
linn
0
-
linne
0
-
lwin
0
-
lyn
0
-
lynn
0
-
lynne
0
-
minh
0