candelabrum | (noun) branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | Synonyms: candelabra |
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cannabin | (noun) a resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana | Synonyms: cannabis resin |
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cannabis | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: ganja, marihuana, marijuana |
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(noun) any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs | Synonyms: hemp |
capability | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capableness |
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(noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capableness, potentiality |
(noun) the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment | Synonyms: capacity |
capableness | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capability |
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(noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capability, potentiality |
carabao | (noun) water buffalo of the Philippines | - |
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carabineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabinier, carbineer |
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carabiner | (noun) an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes | Synonyms: karabiner, snap ring |
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carabinier | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabineer, carbineer |
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casaba | (noun) melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh | Synonyms: casaba melon |
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cascabel | (noun) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh | Synonyms: sleigh bell |
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catabiosis | (noun) normal aging of cells | - |
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catabolism | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism |
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chabasite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum | Synonyms: chabazite |
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chabazite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum | Synonyms: chabasite |
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changeability | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeableness |
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changeableness | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeability |
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charabanc | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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charitableness | (noun) generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate) | - |
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chebab | (noun) a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis | - |
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chinaberry | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, azederach, China tree, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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(noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria |
cinnabar | (noun) large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort | Synonyms: Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth |
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(noun) a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury | - |
clabber | (noun) raw milk that has soured and thickened | - |
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cohabitation | (noun) the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married) | - |
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collaboration | (noun) act of working jointly | Synonyms: coaction |
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(noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaborationism, quislingism |
collaborationism | (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaboration, quislingism |
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collaborationist | (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborator, quisling |
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collaborator | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: cooperator, pardner, partner |
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(noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborationist, quisling |
(noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: confederate, henchman, partner in crime |
collectable | (noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectible |
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comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
commutability | (noun) the quality of being commutable | Synonyms: transmutability |
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(noun) exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable | Synonyms: replaceability, substitutability |
companionability | (noun) suitability to be a companion | Synonyms: companionableness |
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companionableness | (noun) suitability to be a companion | Synonyms: companionability |
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comparability | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: compare, comparison, equivalence |
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conceivability | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivableness |
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conceivableness | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivability |
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confab | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze |
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confabulation | (noun) (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered | - |
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(noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
constable | (noun) a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff | - |
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(noun) a police officer of the lowest rank | Synonyms: police constable |
constabulary | (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: law, police, police force |
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contraband | (noun) goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law | - |
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contrabandist | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler |
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contrabass | (noun) largest and lowest member of the violin family | Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass |
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contrabassoon | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrafagotto, double bassoon |
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crab | (noun) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | - |
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(noun) decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers | - |
(noun) a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | Synonyms: crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse |
(noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crabmeat |
(noun) a quarrelsome grouch | Synonyms: crabby person |
crabapple | (noun) small sour apple; suitable for preserving | Synonyms: crab apple |
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(noun) any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit | Synonyms: crab apple, wild apple |
(noun) any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms | Synonyms: crab apple, cultivated crab apple |
crabbedness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbiness, crossness |
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crabbiness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crossness |
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crabgrass | (noun) grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns | Synonyms: crab grass, finger grass |
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crabmeat | (noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crab |
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crabs | (noun) infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | Synonyms: pediculosis pubis |
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crybaby | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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(noun) a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | Synonyms: chicken, wimp |
culpability | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpableness |
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culpableness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpability |
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curability | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curableness |
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curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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dab | (noun) a light touch or stroke | Synonyms: pat, tap |
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(noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | Synonyms: dabbing |
(noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: splash, splatter |
dabbing | (noun) pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate | - |
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(noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | Synonyms: dab |
dabbler | (noun) any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling | Synonyms: dabbling duck |
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(noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dilettante, sciolist |
dabchick | (noun) small European grebe | Synonyms: little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis |
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database | (noun) an organized body of related information | - |
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decasyllable | (noun) a verse line having ten syllables | - |
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definability | (noun) the quality or state of being capable of being defined, limited, or explained. | - |
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delabialization | (noun) the pronouncing of a sound without lip rounding. | - |
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delectability | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: deliciousness, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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deliverable | (noun) something that can be provided as the product of development | - |
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demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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dependability | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependableness, reliability, reliableness |
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dependableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, reliability, reliableness |
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dermabrasion | (noun) removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer | - |
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deshabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: dishabille |
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desirability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirableness |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirableness, oomph, sex appeal |
desirableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirability |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, oomph, sex appeal |
despicability | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicableness, sordidness |
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despicableness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicability, sordidness |
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destabilisation | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilization |
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destabilization | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilisation |
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(noun) an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) | - |
detectability | (noun) The state of being noticeable. | - |
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diabetes | (noun) a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
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diabetic | (noun) someone who has diabetes | - |
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diablotin | (noun) a thin round slice of bread usually served with soup, especially consomme. | - |
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diabolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: demonolatry, devil-worship |
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diabolism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: demonism, Satanism |
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diabolist | (noun) an adherent of Satan or Satanism | Synonyms: Satanist |
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disability | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disablement, handicap, impairment |
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disabled | (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped | Synonyms: handicapped |
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disablement | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, handicap, impairment |
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disagreeableness | (noun) an ill-tempered and offensive disposition | - |
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(noun) the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
discernability | (noun) distinctness that makes perception easy | Synonyms: legibility |
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disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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dishabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: deshabille |
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dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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dispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensableness |
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dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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disposable | (noun) an item that can be disposed of after it has been used | - |
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disreputability | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputableness, unrespectability |
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disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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dissyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: disyllable |
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distinguishability | (noun) Capability of being perceived as different or distinct. | - |
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