abamp | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abampere |
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abampere | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abamp |
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afterdamp | (noun) a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine | - |
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amp | (noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: A, ampere |
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amperage | (noun) the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes | - |
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ampere | (noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: A, amp |
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(noun) a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) | Synonyms: international ampere |
ampersand | (noun) a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) | - |
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amphetamine | (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: pep pill, speed, upper |
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amphibia | (noun) the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians | Synonyms: class Amphibia |
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amphibian | (noun) cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | - |
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(noun) an airplane designed to take off and land on water | Synonyms: amphibious aircraft |
(noun) a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water | Synonyms: amphibious vehicle |
amphibole | (noun) a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group | - |
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amphibolite | (noun) a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase | - |
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amphibology | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphiboly |
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amphiboly | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphibology |
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amphibrach | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') | - |
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amphictyony | (noun) an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center | - |
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amphidiploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent | - |
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amphidiploidy | (noun) the condition of being amphidiploid | - |
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amphigory | (noun) nonsensical writing (usually verse) | Synonyms: nonsense verse |
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amphimixis | (noun) union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction | - |
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(noun) reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete | Synonyms: sexual reproduction |
amphioxus | (noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates | Synonyms: lancelet |
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amphipod | (noun) a kind of malacostracan crustacean | - |
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amphisbaena | (noun) (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body | - |
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amphitheater | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheatre, coliseum |
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(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheatre |
amphitheatre | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, coliseum |
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(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheater |
amphiuma | (noun) aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States | Synonyms: blind eel, congo eel, congo snake |
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ampholyte | (noun) A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced. | Synonyms: amphoteric electrolyte |
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amphora | (noun) an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine | - |
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amphotericin | (noun) an antibiotic and antifungal agent | - |
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ampicillin | (noun) semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) | Synonyms: Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin |
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ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
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(noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
(noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
amplifier | (noun) electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | - |
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amplitude | (noun) greatness of magnitude | - |
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(noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: bountifulness, bounty |
(noun) (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave | - |
ampoule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampul, ampule, phial, vial |
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ampul | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampule, phial, vial |
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ampule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, phial, vial |
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ampulla | (noun) a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils | - |
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(noun) the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear | - |
amputation | (noun) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb | - |
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(noun) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs | - |
amputator | (noun) a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb | - |
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amputee | (noun) someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
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blackdamp | (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | Synonyms: chokedamp |
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blowlamp | (noun) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame | Synonyms: blowtorch, torch |
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camp | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, cantonment, encampment |
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(noun) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers | - |
(noun) a penal institution (often for forced labor) | - |
(noun) a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months | Synonyms: summer camp |
(noun) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs | Synonyms: refugee camp |
(noun) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality | - |
(noun) a group of people living together in a camp | - |
(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
campaign | (noun) several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) | Synonyms: military campaign |
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(noun) an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | Synonyms: hunting expedition, safari |
(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement |
(noun) a race between candidates for elective office | Synonyms: political campaign, run |
campaigner | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: candidate, nominee |
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campaigning | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign |
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campana | (noun) the shape of a bell | Synonyms: bell, bell shape |
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campanile | (noun) a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building | Synonyms: belfry |
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campanula | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: bellflower |
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campeachy | (noun) spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye | Synonyms: bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree |
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camper | (noun) a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling | Synonyms: camping bus, motor home |
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(noun) someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation | - |
campfire | (noun) a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
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campground | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
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camphor | (noun) a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment | - |
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camphorweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweed |
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camping | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, encampment, tenting |
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campion | (noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: catchfly, silene |
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campmate | (noun) someone who lives in the same camp you do | - |
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campong | (noun) a native malay village | Synonyms: kampong |
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campsite | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, encampment |
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campstool | (noun) a folding stool | - |
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campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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champ | (noun) someone who has won first place in a competition | Synonyms: champion, title-holder |
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champagne | (noun) a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there | Synonyms: bubbly |
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champaign | (noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: field, plain |
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champerty | (noun) an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded | - |
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champion | (noun) someone who fights for a cause | Synonyms: fighter, hero, paladin |
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(noun) someone who has won first place in a competition | Synonyms: champ, title-holder |
(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, friend, protagonist, supporter |
(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
championship | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, patronage |
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(noun) a competition at which a champion is chosen | - |
(noun) the status of being a champion | Synonyms: title |
chloramphenicol | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | Synonyms: Chloromycetin |
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chokedamp | (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | Synonyms: blackdamp |
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clamp | (noun) a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | Synonyms: clinch |
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clampdown | (noun) sudden restriction on an activity | - |
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counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
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cramp | (noun) a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together | Synonyms: cramp iron |
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(noun) a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued | - |
(noun) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Synonyms: muscle spasm, spasm |
crampbark | (noun) deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries | Synonyms: cranberry tree, European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, guelder rose, Viburnum opulus |
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crampfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: electric ray, numbfish, torpedo |
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crampon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampoon |
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(noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampoon |
crampoon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampon |
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(noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampon |
creampie | (noun) Ejaculate inside a vagina or anus | - |
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damp | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: dampness, moistness |
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dampener | (noun) a device that dampens or moistens something | Synonyms: moistener |
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dampening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: moistening |
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damper | (noun) a depressing restraint | - |
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(noun) a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations | Synonyms: muffler |
(noun) a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace | - |
dampness | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: damp, moistness |
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decampment | (noun) breaking camp | - |
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(noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: abscondment |
dicamptodon | (noun) salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year | Synonyms: dicamptodontid |
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dicamptodontid | (noun) salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year | Synonyms: dicamptodon |
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eclampsia | (noun) a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy | - |
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elecampane | (noun) tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Inula helenium |
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encampment | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, camping, tenting |
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(noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, cantonment |
(noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite |
example | (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: exercise |
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(noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: illustration, instance, representative |
(noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: exemplar, good example, model |
(noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: model |
(noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson |
(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: case, instance |
firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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foglamp | (noun) headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather | - |
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gamp | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: brolly |
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glamping | (noun) Camping glamorously, i.e., with expensive equipment | - |
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gramps | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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grampus | (noun) slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas | Synonyms: Grampus griseus |
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(noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
hamper | (noun) a basket usually with a cover | - |
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(noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: bond, shackle, trammel |
handstamp | (noun) a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand | Synonyms: rubber stamp |
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