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1. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: actuel
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……

2. adustiǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu……

3. callō̆sitē n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Pathologically hardened tissue. …

4. callǒus adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Of flesh, skin, etc.: hardened, pathologically hard. …

5. carbuncle n.

59 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A precious stone, any of the gems called carbuncles; esp., that carbuncle which shines in the dark; (b) a decorative material made of (or resembling) carbuncles; (c) something excellent or……

6. cā̆se n.(1)

39 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A box, chest, casket, case; as a case, like a chest, as big as a chest; corporal case, corporas case, a case or container for a corporal cloth; (b) a quiver for arrows; a case for bows or bows and……

7. chanel n.

30 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The bed of a river or of the sea; (b) a navigable channel in the estuary of a river. …

8. cūre n.(1)

158 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Attention, heed; nimen cure, to pay attention; taken cure, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no cure, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality……

9. declināciǒun n.

14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration. …

10. decorāciǒun n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Covering blemishes with cosmetics, beautification. …

11. decorātī̆f adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying. …

12. entenciǒun n.

66 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously. …

13. fervent adj.

90 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Hot, burning, fiery; fervent hete, burning heat; (b) fervent oil, hot oil; fervent water, scalding water; (c) fervent ground (lond). …

14. fissūre n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. (a) A cut or crack; lesion, rupture; (b) an incision. …

15. flẹ̄me n.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. A lancet used for letting blood. …

16. follicūle n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. (a) A membranous husk sloughed off after a bone operation; (b) the sac surrounding an encysted abscess. …

17. hūmectāciǒun n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Watering of the eyes; (b) the moistening of bodily tissues, production of moisture in tissues. …

18. imbeuen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To initiate (sb. in the Christian faith), teach; imbeuen with; (b) med. & surg. to keep (sores) wet with humors or pus; ppl. imbeued, of a substance: soaked, saturated; of a liquid: having soaked……

19. impediment n.

50 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) That which hinders or prevents; an obstacle, a difficulty, hindrance; also coll. obstacles; sauns impediment, without hindrance; withouten impediment of, unhindered by (sth.); don impediment unto……

20. imposiciǒun n.

25 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A tax, charge, duty, tribute; (b) the levying of a tax, charge, duty, or tribute. …

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