parasitical

  • 111gapeworm — n. parasitical worm in birds that causes gaping (frequent opening of the mouth) …

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  • 112gapeworms — n. parasitical worm in birds that causes gaping (frequent opening of the mouth) …

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  • 113parasitic — adjective living as a parasite. ↘resulting from infestation by a parasite. Derivatives parasitical adjective parasitically adverb parasitism noun …

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  • 114helminth — n. Parasitical worm, intestinal worm …

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  • 115parasitic — a.; (also parasitical) Sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive …

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  • 116supple — a. 1. Pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent, elastic. 2. Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, soft. 3. Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic, flattering, supple chapped,… …

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  • 117parasitic — also parasitical adjective 1 living in or on another plant or animal and getting food from them: parasitic fungi 2 a parasitic person is lazy, does no work, and depends on other people 3 a parasitic disease is caused by parasites parasitically /… …

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  • 118limp — limp, floppy, flaccid, flabby, flimsy, sleazy mean deficient in firmness of texture, substance, or structure and therefore unable to keep a shape or in shape. Limp applies to something that lacks or has lost the stiffness or firmness necessary to …

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  • 119audit — An independent review of an asset, liability, activity, organization, or set of *financial statements. Audits are usually performed to support or refute defined *audit objectives, and normally result in an *audit opinion on the matter under… …

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  • 120audit society — A term coined by *Michael Power to denote allegedly pervasive and negative influences of auditing practices in modern life. Power has elaborated the concept in, among other writings, The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification (1997), and has… …

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