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(noun) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement |
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Related Words: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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(verb) stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" |
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Related Words: canoodle, caress, gentle, make out, neck |
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(noun) using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) |
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Synonyms: positron emission tomography |
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Related Words: imaging, tomography |
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(satellite adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" |
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Synonyms: favored, favorite, favourite, preferred |
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(noun) a special loved one |
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Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite |
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Related Words: chosen, lover, macushla, mollycoddle |
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