Linguistics p262-281
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| one who is against, or contends with, another in a struggle, fight, or contest; opponent; adversary; foe | show 🗑
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| substance obtained from tiny living organisms that works against harmful bacteria | show 🗑
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| substance manufactured in the body that works against germs or poisons produced by germs | show 🗑
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| remedy that acts against the effects of a poison; countermeasure | show 🗑
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| drug used against certain allergies and cold sympotoms | show 🗑
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| feeling against; distaste; repungnance; dislike; enmity | show 🗑
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| (literally, "against decaying")substance that prevents infection by checking the growth of microorganisms; germicide | show 🗑
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| substance formed in the body as the result of the introduction of a toxin (poison) and capable of acting against that toxin | show 🗑
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| word meaning the opposite of another word; oppostie | show 🗑
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| name formed from the first letter or letters of other words | show 🗑
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| show | anonymous
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| word that sounds like another but differs in meaning | show 🗑
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| use of words whose sound suggests their meaning | show 🗑
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| literally "false name", fictitious name used by an author; pen name; alias | show 🗑
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| show | synonym
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| physician specializing in dermatology, the science dealing with the skin and its diseases | show 🗑
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| show | dermis
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| show | epidermis
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| beneath the skin | show 🗑
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| one who practices taxidermy, yhe art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals in lifelike form | show 🗑
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| literally "land management" branch of agriculture dealing with cropproduction and soil management; husbandry | show 🗑
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| show | astronomical
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| having to do with economics literally "household management"; the social science dealing with production, distribution and consumption | show 🗑
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| managed or managing without waste; thrifty; frugal; sparing | show 🗑
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| show | gastronome
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| person that inflicts just punishment for evil deeds; avenger; scourge. Formidable and usually victorious opponent | show 🗑
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| cellulose substance that "shows" through or permits seeing through; transparent cellulose substance used as a wrapper | show 🗑
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| of such fine texture as to permit seeing through; sheer; trasparent | show 🗑
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| imagination; illusion | show 🗑
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| based on fantasy rather than reason; imaginary; unreal; odd; unbelieveable | show 🗑
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| illusory image; play of the mind; imagination; fancy | show 🗑
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| something that has appearance but no reality; apparition; ghost; specter | show 🗑
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| show | phenomenal
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| literally "an appearance" any observable fact or event; extraordinary person, event, or thing; wonder; prodigy | show 🗑
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| generation of heat in body tissues through high-frequency electric currents for medical purposes | show 🗑
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| show | thermal
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| instrument for measuring temperature | show 🗑
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| having to do with the fusion at an extraordinary high temperature, of the nuclei of atoms | show 🗑
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| automatic device for regulating temperature | show 🗑
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| show | protagonist
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| show | protocol
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| literally "first molded material" fundamental substance of which all living things are composed | show 🗑
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| show | prototype
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| show | protozoan
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| literally "a setting against" direct opposite | show 🗑
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| literally something "placed on" or "added" characterizing word or phrase; descriptive name or title | show 🗑
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| supposition or assumption made as a basis for reasoning or research | show 🗑
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| show | synthesis
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| show | synthetic
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| literally "setting down" claim put forward; proposition; statement; contention. Essay written by a candidate for an advanced degree | show 🗑
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| plant having small starlike flowers | show 🗑
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| show | asterisk
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| very small planet resembling a star in appearance. Starfish | show 🗑
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| show | astrologer
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| traveler in outerspace | show 🗑
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| show | astronomer
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| sudden or extraordinary misfortune; calamity; catastrophe | show 🗑
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| word or phrase formed from another by transporting the letters | show 🗑
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| person who is skilled in the art of mapmaking | show 🗑
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| show | cryptogram
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| show | electrocardiogram
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| show | epigram
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| written or told in a clear, lively manner, vivid; picturesque | show 🗑
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| soft black carbon used in lead pencils | show 🗑
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| literally "one letter" person's initials interwoven or combined into one design | show 🗑
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| show | stenographer
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| pertaining to or occuring in printing | show 🗑
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