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acupuncture
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n 1: treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of
needles at specific points on the skin [syn: acupuncture,
stylostixis]
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architecture
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n 1: an architectural product or work
2: the discipline dealing with the principles of design and
construction and ornamentation of fine buildings;
"architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is
sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
3: the profession of designing buildings and environments with
consideration for their esthetic effect
4: (computer science) the structure and organization of a
computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of
a computer's system software" [syn: computer architecture,
architecture]
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cincture
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n 1: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a
skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash,
waistband, waistcloth]
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conjecture
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n 1: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or
conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);
"speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he
dismissed it as mere conjecture" [syn: speculation,
conjecture]
2: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
[syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise,
surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]
3: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from
incomplete evidence
v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
[syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture,
hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
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conjuncture
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n 1: a critical combination of events or circumstances
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disjuncture
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n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction,
disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant:
connectedness, connection, link]
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fracture
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n 1: breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty
fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
[syn: fracture, break]
2: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the
displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they
built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the
faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting,
geological fault, shift, fracture, break]
3: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack,
cracking]
v 1: violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the
language"
2: interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
3: break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
4: become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the
iron pipe"
5: break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
6: fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
[syn: fracture, break]
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infrastructure
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n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization
[syn: infrastructure, substructure]
2: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed
for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial
base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, base]
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juncture
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n 1: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures
he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on
special occasions" [syn: juncture, occasion]
2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision
must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do";
"he must be made to realize that the company stands at a
critical point" [syn: juncture, critical point,
crossroads]
3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint,
juncture, junction]
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lecture
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n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture
on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture,
talk]
2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of
discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn:
lecture, speech, talking to]
3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to
a class) [syn: lecture, lecturing]
v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next
week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture,
talk]
2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime
Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing
cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task,
rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture,
reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
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manufacture
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n 1: the organized action of making of goods and services for
sale; "American industry is making increased use of
computers to control production" [syn: industry,
manufacture]
2: the act of making something (a product) from raw materials;
"the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an
improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing
is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication,
manufacture, manufacturing]
v 1: put together out of artificial or natural components or
parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They
manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
[syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct]
2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate,
manufacture, cook up, make up, invent]
3: produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific
substance only"
4: create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has
been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
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picture
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n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or
abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the
pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images
projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn:
picture, image, icon, ikon]
2: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by
applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso";
"he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang
in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture]
3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental
picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of
himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent
impression in his mind" [syn: mental picture, picture,
impression]
4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the
dictionary had many pictures" [syn: picture, pictorial
matter]
6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a
sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous
movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the
film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture,
moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture,
motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick]
7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could
still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn:
video, picture]
8: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the
narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author
gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet
contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn:
word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction,
picture, characterization, characterisation]
9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture
of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
10: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print
or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-
sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure,
picture, pic]
v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him
on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise,
envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture,
image]
2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict,
render, show]
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prefecture
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n 1: the district administered by a prefect (as in France or
Japan or the Roman Empire)
2: the office of prefect
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puncture
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n 1: loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some
sharp object
2: a small hole made by a sharp object
3: the act of puncturing or perforating
v 1: pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a
tire"
2: make by piercing; "puncture a hole"
3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review
of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate,
puncture]
4: cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture
an air balloon"
5: be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
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restructure
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v 1: construct or form anew or provide with a new structure;
"After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The
governing board was reconstituted" [syn: restructure,
reconstitute]
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stricture
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n 1: abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn:
stenosis, stricture]
2: severe criticism
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structure
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n 1: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many
parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches";
"she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and
ribbons" [syn: structure, construction]
2: the manner of construction of something and the arrangement
of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human
body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"
3: the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their
combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
4: a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he
has good bone structure" [syn: structure, anatomical
structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body
structure]
5: the people in a society considered as a system organized by a
characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social
organization of England and America is very different";
"sociologists have studied the changing structure of the
family" [syn: social organization, social organisation,
social structure, social system, structure]
v 1: give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"
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substructure
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n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization
[syn: infrastructure, substructure]
2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn:
foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork,
substructure, understructure]
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superstructure
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n 1: structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main
deck
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tincture
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n 1: a substances that colors metals
2: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't
a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture,
shadow]
3: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another
color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that
she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone]
4: (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an
alcohol solution
v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic
tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate,
infuse, instill, tincture]
2: stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a
bright red"
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chirr
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v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
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venipuncture
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n 1: (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to
withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip
or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
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churr
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v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr,
whirr]
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facture
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microstructure
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venepuncture
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chirre
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