abrader | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abradant |
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academe | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academia |
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academia | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academe |
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academic | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
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academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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(noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
(noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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(noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
academy | (noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | - |
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(noun) a secondary school (usually private) | - |
(noun) a school for special training | - |
(noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | Synonyms: honorary society |
accolade | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: award, honor, honour, laurels |
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ade | (noun) a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice | Synonyms: fruit drink |
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adelgid | (noun) any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers | - |
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adenine | (noun) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | Synonyms: A |
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adenitis | (noun) inflammation of a gland or lymph node | - |
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adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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adenohypophysis | (noun) the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland |
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adenoid | (noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) | Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis |
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adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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adenomyosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: endometriosis |
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adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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adenosis | (noun) a disorder of the glands of the body | Synonyms: gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder |
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adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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adept | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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adeptness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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adequacy | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequateness |
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(noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: sufficiency |
adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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adermin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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alidade | (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles | Synonyms: alidad |
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(noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | Synonyms: alidad |
ambuscade | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambush, lying in wait, trap |
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antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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arcade | (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: colonnade |
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(noun) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side | - |
autoloader | (noun) a firearm that reloads itself | Synonyms: self-loader |
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ballade | (noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy | - |
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balladeer | (noun) a singer of popular ballads | Synonyms: crooner |
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balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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barricade | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: roadblock |
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(noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy | - |
bigarade | (noun) any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock | Synonyms: bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange |
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blade | (noun) the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge | - |
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(noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: brand, steel, sword |
(noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water | Synonyms: vane |
(noun) the part of the skate that slides on the ice | - |
(noun) a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) | - |
(noun) a cut of beef from the shoulder blade | - |
(noun) something long and thin resembling a blade of grass | - |
(noun) a dashing young man | - |
(noun) especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole | Synonyms: leaf blade |
blockade | (noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | Synonyms: encirclement |
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(noun) prevents access or progress | - |
breechloader | (noun) a gun that is loaded at the breech | - |
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brigade | (noun) army unit smaller than a division, typically consisting of a small number of battalions | - |
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broadening | (noun) the action of making broader | - |
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(noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: widening |
(noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: widening |
brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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bullheadedness | (noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | Synonyms: obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness |
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cadence | (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series | Synonyms: cadency |
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(noun) the close of a musical section | - |
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, measure, meter, metre |
cadency | (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series | Synonyms: cadence |
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cadenza | (noun) a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music | - |
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cadet | (noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) | Synonyms: plebe |
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cadetship | (noun) the position of cadet | - |
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caladenia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia | - |
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camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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cannonade | (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire | Synonyms: drumfire |
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cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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(noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
cavalcade | (noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
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charade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: masquerade |
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(noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades | - |
charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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cheerleader | (noun) someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event | - |
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(noun) an enthusiastic and vocal supporter | - |
chickadee | (noun) any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America | - |
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citadel | (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | Synonyms: bastion |
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clade | (noun) a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor | - |
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cockade | (noun) an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat | - |
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colonnade | (noun) structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns | - |
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(noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: arcade |
comrade | (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, familiar, fellow |
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(noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: brother |
comradeliness | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship |
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comradery | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradeship |
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comradeship | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery |
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copyreader | (noun) an editor who prepares text for publication | Synonyms: copy editor, text editor |
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couvade | (noun) a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child | - |
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crusade | (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement |
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crusader | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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deadening | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, impairment, stultification |
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deadeye | (noun) (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud | - |
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(noun) a dead shot | - |
decade | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | Synonyms: 10, ten, tenner, X |
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(noun) a period of 10 years | Synonyms: decennary, decennium |
decadence | (noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadency, degeneracy, degeneration |
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decadency | (noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, degeneracy, degeneration |
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decadent | (noun) a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically) | - |
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defilade | (noun) the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire | - |
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degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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diadem | (noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | Synonyms: crown |
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digitigrade | (noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
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doubleheader | (noun) two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) | Synonyms: double feature, twin bill |
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downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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enfilade | (noun) gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation | Synonyms: enfilade fire |
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escalade | (noun) an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | - |
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escalader | (noun) someone who gains access by the use of ladders | - |
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escapade | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: lark |
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(noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture |
esplanade | (noun) a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore | - |
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eyeshade | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, peak, visor, vizor |
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facade | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: frontage, frontal |
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(noun) a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant | Synonyms: window dressing |
fade | (noun) gradually ceasing to be visible | Synonyms: disappearance |
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(noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: slice, slicing |
fadedness | (noun) The quality of having lost some of a former colour or intensity. | - |
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fadeout | (noun) a slow or gradual disappearance | Synonyms: receding |
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(noun) a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances | - |