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| afterglow |
a warm, pleasing memory of a recent experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| amnesia |
partial or complete loss of memory as a result of an injury to the brain, illness, or shock. |
| Angelus |
(often l.c.) a prayer recited by some Roman Catholics at morning, noon, and night in memory of the Annunciation. [1/2 definitions] |
| blackout |
loss of memory, as from alcohol or drugs. [1/4 definitions] |
| brain |
the organ inside the skull of humans and animals. The brain is the main part of the central nervous system. It controls the body's movements and activities and is the center of thought, memory, and feelings. [1/3 definitions] |
| by heart |
by memory. |
| CD-ROM |
an abbreviation for "compact disk, read only memory." |
| cenotaph |
a monument in memory of a dead person who is buried at a different location. |
| come back |
to return to one's memory. [1/5 definitions] |
| come to (something or someone) |
of a thought, memory or idea, to enter into one's mind. [1/3 definitions] |
| come up with |
to search one's memory or use one's imagination to produce a word, name, idea, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| commemorate |
to honor the memory of. |
| commemoration |
a ceremony to honor the memory of a person or event. [1/2 definitions] |
| computer worm |
a computer program that can propagate, by itself, from host to host, often causing loss of memory space and sometimes minor harm to a system. |
| concentration |
a card game that requires a keen memory for location of cards that have been revealed only once. [1/5 definitions] |
| confabulate |
in psychiatry, to substitute fantasy for fact in the memory. [1/2 definitions] |
| confabulation |
in psychiatry, the substitution of fantasy for fact in the memory. [1/2 definitions] |
| embalm |
to preserve in memory. [1/3 definitions] |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. [1/2 definitions] |
| faculty |
one of the abilities of the human mind. Memory, reasoning, and perception are all faculties. [1/3 definitions] |
| flash |
to have a sudden insight or memory about (usu. fol. by "on"). [1/15 definitions] |
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