capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
citadel | (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | Synonyms: bastion |
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citation | (noun) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | Synonyms: commendation |
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(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference |
(noun) a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding | - |
(noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | Synonyms: quotation, quote |
(noun) (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) | - |
elicitation | (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: evocation, induction |
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excitability | (noun) being easily excited | Synonyms: excitableness, volatility |
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(noun) excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part | Synonyms: irritability |
excitableness | (noun) being easily excited | Synonyms: excitability, volatility |
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excitant | (noun) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process | Synonyms: stimulant, stimulant drug |
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excitation | (noun) something that agitates and arouses | Synonyms: excitement |
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(noun) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland | Synonyms: innervation, irritation |
(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitement, fervor, fervour, inflammation |
felicitation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: congratulation |
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(noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: congratulation |
incitation | (noun) an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating | Synonyms: incitement |
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(noun) something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action | Synonyms: incitement, provocation |
leoncita | (noun) small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: lion marmoset, lion monkey, tamarin |
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oscitance | (noun) an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | Synonyms: oscitancy, yawn, yawning |
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(noun) drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning | Synonyms: oscitancy |
oscitancy | (noun) an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | Synonyms: oscitance, yawn, yawning |
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(noun) drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning | Synonyms: oscitance |
recital | (noun) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | Synonyms: narration, yarn |
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(noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: reading, recitation |
(noun) performance of music or dance especially by soloists | - |
(noun) a detailed account or description of something | - |
recitalist | (noun) a musician who gives recitals | - |
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recitation | (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice, practice session |
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(noun) a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study | Synonyms: class period, course session |
(noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: reading, recital |
(noun) written matter that is recited from memory | - |
recitative | (noun) a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech | - |
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resuscitation | (noun) the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness | - |
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resuscitator | (noun) a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration | - |
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solicitation | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: allurement |
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(noun) an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status | - |
(noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, ingathering |
zalcitabine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, dideoxycytosine |
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