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upstream
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unknown quantity
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work
bego
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impulsion
efficient
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significant
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insight
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tentacle
brainwave
knock-on effect
fateful
accountability
fatal
pitfall
him
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influenceless
gangrene
more than one bargained for
give
difference
unplanned
wind
imposition
by-product
indirect
teach
byproduct
baby elephant in the room
confounding
yoink
counteract
affectability
that's saying something
yield
influentially
fortune
play
active
cause
manipulation
bring
implication
make
nevermind
wreak
do
luck
long arm
make for
after-
insult to injury
bear on
lead astray
cross purposes
caprice
heft
deleterious
oversway
flow-on effect
resonate
per se
tell
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efficient
important
significant
fateful
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unplanned
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active
shadow
deleterious
influentially
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X factor
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misinfluence
unknown quantity
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noun
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- do forcibly; exert force
- take by force
noun
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A small degree; a shade.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- That which looms as though a shadow.
- A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An inseparable companion.
- A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
adj
- Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
- Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
- Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
- Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
verb
- To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- To hide; to conceal.
- To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- To shade, cloud, or darken.
- To block light or radio transmission from.
- To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
noun
- having important effects or influence
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- at this time
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
adj
- Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
- In the direction from the client to the server.
- Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
- Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
verb
- To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
- To stream upward.
adv
noun
verb
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
noun
- The ability to affect or influence.
- Physical force or strength.
- Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
- The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
- A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
- The ability to do or undergo something.
- An influential nation, company, or other such body.
- Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
- In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
- A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
- The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
- The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
- A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x⨯x⨯⋯⨯x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
- Cardinality.
- The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
- Electricity or a supply of electricity.
adj
verb
verb
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
noun
verb
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- be employed
- perform as expected when applied
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- proceed along a path
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- move in an agitated manner
- cause to work
- prepare for crops
- behave in a certain way when handled
- have and exert influence or effect
- operate in or through
- cause to operate or function
- provoke or excite
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- make something, usually for a specific function
- move into or onto
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- cause to undergo fermentation
- go sour or spoil
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
noun
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- the occupation for which you are paid
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- a place where work is done
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
adj
- causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)
- expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
- making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
- effective, efficacious
noun
- Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
- A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- An agent or representative.
- A commission agent.
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
verb
noun
- An insidious reach or influence.
- One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
- An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link.
- An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
verb
noun
- An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
- The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
- The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
- Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
noun
- A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
- A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
- An antipattern.
- Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- be the cause or source of
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- organize or be responsible for
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- place into the hands or custody of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- inflict as a punishment
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
noun
- Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- A disagreement or argument.
- An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- The quality of being different.
- The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
noun
- a tendency or force that influences events
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- breath
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
verb
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- extend in curves and turns
- arrange or coil around
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
noun
verb
noun
- An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
- A trick or deception put or laid on others.
- The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
- That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
- Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
- A task imposed on a student as punishment.
- A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
adj
adj
verb
- nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
- To kill.
- To make a yoink sound.
- To hop or bounce.
- To yank or snatch.
- To steal.
- To take or win (something that others want).
intj
- Used for emphasis or to express that one is impressed.
- Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.
noun
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- be the cause or source of
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- give or supply
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- be willing to concede
- be fatally overwhelmed
- bring in
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- consent reluctantly
noun
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
verb
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- participate in games or sport
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
adj
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- characterized by energetic activity
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- engaged in full-time work
adj
noun
verb
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
noun
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
verb
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- go or come after and bring or take back
- bring into a different state
- be accompanied by
- advance or set forth in court
- bestow a quality on
- be sold for a certain price
- attract the attention of
- induce or persuade
noun
- A possible effect or result of a decision or action.
- The act of implicating.
- The state of being implicated.
- An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- Logical consequence.
verb
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
verb
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- engage in
- carry out or perform an action
- get (something) done
- proceed or get along
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- carry on or function
- arrange attractively
- travel or traverse (a distance)
noun
noun
prefix
- With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect; denoting hindrance, setback, inferiority, etc.
- With prepositional effect, forming compound words denoting something which follows the second element of the compound.
- With adverbial or adjectival effect, forming compound words indicating something that comes afterwards in spacial position or time.
noun
- Influence; importance.
- Weight.
- Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness.
- A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
- Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
- The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
- A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook.
- An animal that has become hefted thus.
- A part of a serial publication.
verb
adv
- Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
- In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
- Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
- Being a thing that posits itself and is a principle of its own determination.
adj
verb
- To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- To instruct or inform.
- To narrate.
- To reveal.
- To convey by speech; to say.
- To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
- To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- To be revealed.
- To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
noun
- A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
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