| acceptability | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptableness |
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| acceptableness | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptability |
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| acceptance | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptation, adoption, espousal |
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| (noun) the act of taking something that is offered | - |
| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: sufferance, toleration |
| (noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true | Synonyms: credence |
| (noun) (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) | - |
| (noun) a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank | Synonyms: banker's acceptance |
| (noun) the state of being acceptable and accepted | - |
| acceptation | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, adoption, espousal |
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| (noun) the accepted meaning of a word | Synonyms: word meaning, word sense |
| (noun) acceptance as true or valid | - |
| acceptor | (noun) the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated | - |
| amboceptor | (noun) an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen. | - |
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| apperception | (noun) the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience | - |
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| baroreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to pressure | - |
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| chemoreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | - |
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| concept | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: conception, construct |
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| conception | (noun) the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon | - |
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| (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: concept, construct |
| (noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: design, excogitation, innovation, invention |
| (noun) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | Synonyms: creation |
| conceptualisation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualization, formulation |
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| (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptuality, conceptualization |
| conceptualism | (noun) the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application | - |
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| conceptuality | (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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| conceptualization | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, formulation |
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| (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptuality |
| conceptus | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg |
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| contraception | (noun) birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery | Synonyms: contraceptive method |
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| contraceptive | (noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device |
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| deception | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, dissembling, dissimulation |
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| (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
| (noun) a misleading falsehood | Synonyms: deceit, misrepresentation |
| deceptiveness | (noun) the quality of being deceptive | Synonyms: obliquity |
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| disceptation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation, tilt |
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| enteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: interoceptor |
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| etanercept | (noun) a genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF; it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: Enbrel |
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| exception | (noun) a deliberate act of omission | Synonyms: elision, exclusion |
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| (noun) an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization | - |
| (noun) grounds for adverse criticism | - |
| exteroception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body | - |
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| exteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body | - |
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| imperceptibility | (noun) the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses | - |
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| inception | (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: origin, origination |
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| intercept | (noun) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis | - |
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| interception | (noun) the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving | - |
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| (noun) (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team | - |
| interceptor | (noun) a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft | - |
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| interoception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | - |
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| interoceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: enteroceptor |
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| intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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| (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
| misconception | (noun) an incorrect conception | - |
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| nonacceptance | (noun) the act of refusing an offer | Synonyms: turndown |
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| osmoreceptor | (noun) sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure | - |
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| percept | (noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept | Synonyms: perception, perceptual experience |
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| perceptibility | (noun) the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses | - |
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| perception | (noun) becoming aware of something via the senses | Synonyms: sensing |
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| (noun) the process of perceiving | - |
| (noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept | Synonyms: percept, perceptual experience |
| (noun) a way of conceiving something | - |
| (noun) knowledge gained by perceiving | - |
| perceptiveness | (noun) the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding | - |
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| (noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: appreciation, discernment, taste |
| (noun) perception of that which is obscure | Synonyms: discernment |
| (noun) a feeling of understanding | Synonyms: insight, perceptivity |
| perceptivity | (noun) a feeling of understanding | Synonyms: insight, perceptiveness |
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| perceptuality | (noun) The quality of being related to the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information. | - |
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| precept | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, teaching |
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| (noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: principle |
| preceptor | (noun) teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) | Synonyms: don |
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| preceptorship | (noun) the position of preceptor | - |
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| preconception | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, prepossession |
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| (noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, prejudice |
| proprioception | (noun) the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts | - |
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| proprioceptor | (noun) special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body | - |
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| receptacle | (noun) a container that is used to put or keep things in | - |
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| (noun) an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert | - |
| (noun) enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts | - |
| reception | (noun) the act of receiving | Synonyms: receipt |
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| (noun) (American football) the act of catching a pass in football | - |
| (noun) quality or fidelity of a received broadcast | - |
| (noun) the manner in which something is greeted | Synonyms: response |
| (noun) a formal party of people; as after a wedding | - |
| receptionist | (noun) a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors | - |
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| receptiveness | (noun) willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) | Synonyms: openness, receptivity |
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| receptivity | (noun) willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) | Synonyms: openness, receptiveness |
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| receptor | (noun) an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | Synonyms: sense organ, sensory receptor |
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| (noun) a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response | - |
| scepter | (noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff | Synonyms: sceptre, verge, wand |
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| (noun) the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter | Synonyms: sceptre |
| sceptic | (noun) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs | Synonyms: doubter, skeptic |
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| scepticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: agnosticism, skepticism |
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| (noun) doubt about the truth of something | Synonyms: disbelief, incredulity, mental rejection, skepticism |
| sceptre | (noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff | Synonyms: scepter, verge, wand |
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| (noun) the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter | Synonyms: scepter |
| subception | (noun) (psychology) perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness. | Synonyms: subliminal perception |
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| susceptibility | (noun) the state of being susceptible; easily affected | Synonyms: susceptibleness |
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| susceptibleness | (noun) the state of being susceptible; easily affected | Synonyms: susceptibility |
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| thermoreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold | - |
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| unacceptability | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: unacceptableness |
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| unacceptableness | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: unacceptability |
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| unperceptiveness | (noun) the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding | - |
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| unsusceptibility | (noun) the state of not being susceptible | Synonyms: immunity |
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