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startle |
Noun
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a sudden involuntary movement |
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startle |
Verb
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to stimulate to action |
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startle |
Verb
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move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
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sexual union |
Noun
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the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes |
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stretch reflex |
Noun
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reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled |
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suckling reflex |
Noun
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reflex behavior in newborn mammals |
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sexual perversion |
Noun
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an aberrant sexual practice |
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side-glance |
Noun
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a glance sideways |
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side-look |
Noun
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a glance sideways |
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seminar |
Noun
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a course offered for a small group of advanced students |
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seminar |
Noun
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any meeting for an exchange of ideas |
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shop class |
Noun
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a course of instruction in a trade such as carpentry |
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shop |
Noun
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a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity) |
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shop |
Noun
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a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services |
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shop |
Noun
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small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done |
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shop |
Verb
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give away information about somebody |
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shop |
Verb
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do one's shopping |
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shop |
Verb
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shop around |
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shop |
Verb
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do one's shopping at |
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smell |
Noun
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the act of perceiving the odor of something |
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smell |
Noun
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any property detected by the olfactory system |
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smell |
Noun
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the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents |
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smell |
Noun
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the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form |
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smell |
Noun
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people |
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smell |
Verb
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become aware of not through the senses but instinctively |
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smell |
Verb
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emit an odor |
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smell |
Verb
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to have an unpleasant odor |
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smell |
Verb
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inhale the odor of |
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smell |
Verb
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have an element suggestive (of something) |
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stare |
Noun
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a fixed look with eyes open wide |
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stare |
Verb
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fixate one's eyes |
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stare |
Verb
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look at with fixed eyes |
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short division |
Noun
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the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
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smelling |
Noun
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the act of perceiving the odor of something |
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smelling |
Adjective
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(used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous |
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sleep-learning |
Noun
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teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) |
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sniff |
Noun
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sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose |
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sniff |
Verb
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inhale audibly through the nose |
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sniff |
Verb
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perceive by inhaling through the nose |
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summation |
Noun
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the arithmetic operation of summing |
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summation |
Noun
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a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) |
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summation |
Noun
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the final aggregate |
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summation |
Noun
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(physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce |
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spoonfeeding |
Noun
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teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought |
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spoonfeeding |
Noun
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feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon |
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sightseeing |
Noun
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going about to look at places of interest |
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sighting |
Noun
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the act of observing |
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stargazing |
Noun
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observation of the stars |
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secondary education |
Noun
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education beyond the elementary grades |
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spectator sport |
Noun
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a sport that many people find entertaining to watch |