aboriginal | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
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aborigine | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native |
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abort | (noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed | - |
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aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
abortifacient | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
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abortion | (noun) termination of pregnancy | - |
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(noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: miscarriage |
abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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abortus | (noun) a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body | - |
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arbor | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbour, bower, pergola |
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(noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: mandrel, mandril, spindle |
(noun) tree (as opposed to shrub) | - |
arboretum | (noun) a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | Synonyms: botanical garden |
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arboriculture | (noun) the tending of and caring for trees | Synonyms: tree farming |
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arboriculturist | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: forester, tree farmer |
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arborist | (noun) a specialist in treating damaged trees | Synonyms: tree surgeon |
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arborolatry | (noun) the worship of trees | Synonyms: tree-worship |
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arborvirus | (noun) a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis | Synonyms: arbovirus |
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arborvitae | (noun) any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis | - |
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borage | (noun) an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked | - |
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(noun) hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach | Synonyms: Borago officinalis, tailwort |
borate | (noun) a salt or ester of boric acid | - |
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borax | (noun) an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent | - |
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bordelaise | (noun) brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine | - |
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bordello | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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border | (noun) a strip forming the outer edge of something | - |
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(noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: molding, moulding |
(noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete |
(noun) the boundary of a surface | Synonyms: edge |
(noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: margin, perimeter |
borderer | (noun) an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England) | - |
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borderland | (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, march, marchland |
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borderline | (noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: border, boundary line, delimitation, mete |
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bore | (noun) a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes | Synonyms: bore-hole, drill hole |
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(noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel | Synonyms: caliber, calibre, gauge |
(noun) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | Synonyms: aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore |
(noun) a person who evokes boredom | Synonyms: dullard |
boreas | (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: north wind, norther, northerly |
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borecole | (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kail, kale |
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boredom | (noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious | Synonyms: ennui, tedium |
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borer | (noun) any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood | Synonyms: woodborer |
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(noun) a drill for penetrating rock | Synonyms: bore bit, rock drill, stone drill |
boring | (noun) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | Synonyms: drilling, oil production |
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(noun) the act of drilling | Synonyms: drilling |
boringness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: dreariness, insipidity, insipidness |
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bornite | (noun) a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits | Synonyms: peacock ore |
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boron | (noun) a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder | Synonyms: atomic number 5, B |
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borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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borough | (noun) one of the administrative divisions of a large city | - |
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(noun) an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament | - |
borrelia | (noun) cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever | - |
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borrower | (noun) someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
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borrowing | (noun) obtaining funds from a lender | - |
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(noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source | Synonyms: adoption |
borsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borscht | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borsh | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borshch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borsht, bortsch |
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borsht | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, bortsch |
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borstal | (noun) formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | - |
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bortsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht |
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borzoi | (noun) tall fast-moving dog breed | Synonyms: Russian wolfhound |
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carborundum | (noun) an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals | - |
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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 |
corroboration | (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, documentation |
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counterbore | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: countersink, countersink bit |
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cyborg | (noun) a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices | - |
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elaborateness | (noun) marked by elaborately complex detail | Synonyms: elaboration, intricacy, involution |
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(noun) an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated | Synonyms: ornateness |
elaboration | (noun) developing in intricate and painstaking detail | Synonyms: working out |
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(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: amplification |
(noun) marked by elaborately complex detail | Synonyms: elaborateness, intricacy, involution |
(noun) a discussion that provides additional information | Synonyms: enlargement, expansion |
(noun) the result of improving something | Synonyms: refinement |
firstborn | (noun) the offspring who came first in the order of birth | Synonyms: eldest |
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fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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harbor | (noun) a place of refuge and comfort and security | Synonyms: harbour |
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(noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | Synonyms: harbour, haven, seaport |
harborage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harbourage |
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hellebore | (noun) any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus | - |
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(noun) perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes | Synonyms: false hellebore |
helleborine | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera | - |
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(noun) any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis | - |
(noun) any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme | Synonyms: rattlesnake plantain |
insubordination | (noun) an insubordinate act | Synonyms: rebelliousness |
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(noun) defiance of authority | - |
jamboree | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala, gala affair |
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labor | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labour, toil |
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(noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labour, project, task, undertaking |
(noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | Synonyms: labour, proletariat, working class |
(noun) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | Synonyms: labor movement, labour, trade union movement |
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
laboratory | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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(noun) a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation | Synonyms: testing ground |
laborer | (noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | Synonyms: jack, labourer, manual laborer |
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laboriousness | (noun) the quality of requiring extended effort | Synonyms: operoseness, toilsomeness |
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neighbor | (noun) a nearby object of the same kind | Synonyms: neighbour |
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(noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another | Synonyms: neighbour |
neighborhood | (noun) people living near one another | Synonyms: neighbourhood |
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(noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity |
(noun) an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) | - |
(noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') | Synonyms: region |
neighborliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighbourliness |
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newborn | (noun) a baby from birth to four weeks | Synonyms: neonate |
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rubor | (noun) a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat | Synonyms: inflammation, redness |
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seaborgium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 106 | Synonyms: atomic number 106, element 106, Sg |
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seborrhea | (noun) a condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily | - |
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smoothbore | (noun) a firearm that has no rifling | - |
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smorgasbord | (noun) an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal | - |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
stubbornness | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: mulishness, obstinacy, obstinance |
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(noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | Synonyms: bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will |
suborder | (noun) (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order | - |
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subordinate | (noun) a word that is more specific than a given word | Synonyms: hyponym, subordinate word |
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(noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subsidiary, underling |
subordinateness | (noun) secondary importance | Synonyms: subsidiarity |
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subordination | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: mastery |
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(noun) the quality of obedient submissiveness | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head | - |
(noun) the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | Synonyms: hyponymy |
(noun) the state of being subordinate to something | - |
subornation | (noun) underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful | - |
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(noun) perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give | - |
suborner | (noun) someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act | Synonyms: briber |
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tabor | (noun) a small drum with one head of soft calfskin | Synonyms: tabour |
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taboret | (noun) a low stool in the shape of a drum | Synonyms: tabouret |
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unneighborliness | (noun) an unneighborly disposition | - |
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woodborer | (noun) any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood | Synonyms: borer |
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