English to English Dictionary

hirsute

Hairy, shaggy, or having a lot of hair, especially on the face or body.

ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

innuendo

An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

mentation

The action or process of thinking; mental activity.

miasma

A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor.

moribund

At the point of death; in a dying state.

nictitating

Blinking or winking, specifically used in biology to describe a transparent or translucent third eyelid found in certain animals.

noesis

The action or capacity of thought; the intellectual process of perceiving or understanding.

paramour

A illicit lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.

paraphilia

A condition characterized by obsessive sexual desire and arousal focused on unusual objects, situations, or individuals.

parsimony

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources; frugality.

persistent homology

A method for computing topological features of spaces at different spatial resolutions, tracking which features appear and disappear across a range of scales.