abomasum | (noun) the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place | Synonyms: fourth stomach |
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basuco | (noun) low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis | - |
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casualness | (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: familiarity |
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(noun) The state of coming without regularity; of being occasional or incidental. | - |
casualty | (noun) a decrease of military personnel or equipment | - |
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(noun) an accident that causes someone to die | Synonyms: fatal accident |
(noun) someone injured or killed in an accident | Synonyms: injured party |
(noun) someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement | - |
casuarina | (noun) any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood | - |
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casuist | (noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | Synonyms: sophist |
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casuistry | (noun) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | - |
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(noun) argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading | - |
chasuble | (noun) a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass | - |
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countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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embrasure | (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: port, porthole |
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erasure | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: expunction, expunging |
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(noun) a correction made by erasing | - |
(noun) a surface area where something has been erased | - |
immeasurability | (noun) the quality of being immeasurable. | - |
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measurability | (noun) the quality of being measurable | Synonyms: quantifiability |
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measure | (noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | Synonyms: amount, quantity |
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(noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration |
(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: step |
(noun) measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | Synonyms: measuring rod, measuring stick |
(noun) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | - |
(noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | Synonyms: bar |
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, cadence, meter, metre |
(noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law | Synonyms: bill |
(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, standard, touchstone |
measurement | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measuring, mensuration |
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measurer | (noun) a person who makes measurements | - |
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measuring | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, mensuration |
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omasum | (noun) the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | Synonyms: psalterium, third stomach |
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pleasure | (noun) sexual gratification | - |
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(noun) an activity that affords enjoyment | - |
(noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, joy |
(noun) a formal expression | - |
(noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasance |
subtreasury | (noun) a subordinate treasury or place of deposit | - |
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treasure | (noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection | Synonyms: gem |
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(noun) a collection of precious things | - |
(noun) accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | Synonyms: hoarded wealth |
(noun) any possession that is highly valued by its owner | - |
treasurer | (noun) an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds | Synonyms: financial officer |
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treasurership | (noun) the position of treasurer | - |
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treasury | (noun) a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely | - |
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(noun) the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues | - |
(noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: exchequer |