| abecedarian | (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
|---|
| abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
|---|
| acedia | (noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: laziness, sloth |
|---|
| antecedence | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
|---|
| antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
|---|
| antecedent | (noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
|---|
| (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
| calcedony | (noun) a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | Synonyms: chalcedony |
|---|
| cedar | (noun) any cedar of the genus Cedrus | Synonyms: cedar tree, true cedar |
|---|
| (noun) any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars | Synonyms: cedar tree |
| (noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedarwood |
| cedarbird | (noun) widely distributed over temperate North America | Synonyms: Bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing |
|---|
| cedarwood | (noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedar |
|---|
| cedi | (noun) the basic unit of money in Ghana | - |
|---|
| cedilla | (noun) a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s | - |
|---|
| ceding | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: cession |
|---|
| chalcedony | (noun) a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | Synonyms: calcedony |
|---|
| conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
|---|
| decedent | (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed |
|---|
| macedoine | (noun) mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold | - |
|---|
| precedence | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedency, precession |
|---|
| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority |
| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedency, priority |
| precedency | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precession |
|---|
| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority |
| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, priority |
| precedent | (noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | Synonyms: case in point |
|---|
| (noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | Synonyms: case law, common law |
| (noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) | - |
| (noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws | Synonyms: case law, common law |
| princedom | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: principality |
|---|
| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a prince | - |
| procedure | (noun) a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | Synonyms: process |
|---|
| (noun) a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings | - |
| (noun) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | Synonyms: operation |
| (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: function, routine, subprogram, subroutine |
| receding | (noun) the act of becoming more distant | Synonyms: recession |
|---|
| (noun) a slow or gradual disappearance | Synonyms: fadeout |
| shamefacedness | (noun) feeling embarrassed about yourself | Synonyms: sheepishness |
|---|
| succedaneum | (noun) (medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another) | - |
|---|