abduction | (noun) the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife | - |
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(noun) (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | - |
abductor | (noun) a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line | Synonyms: abductor muscle |
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(noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher |
abjection | (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, degradation |
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ablactation | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: weaning |
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(noun) the cessation of lactation | - |
abreaction | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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abstract | (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
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(noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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(noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
(noun) an abstract painting | - |
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
(noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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(noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
abstractionist | (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
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abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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abstractor | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstracter |
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acatalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
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act | (noun) something that people do or cause to happen | Synonyms: deed, human action, human activity |
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(noun) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet | - |
(noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
(noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program | Synonyms: bit, number, routine, turn |
(noun) a manifestation of insincerity | - |
actin | (noun) one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form | - |
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acting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: performing, playacting, playing |
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actinia | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinian, actiniarian |
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actinian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actiniarian |
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actiniarian | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinia, actinian |
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actinide | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinoid, actinon |
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actinism | (noun) the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects | - |
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actinium | (noun) a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores | Synonyms: Ac, atomic number 89 |
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actinoid | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinon |
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actinolite | (noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate | - |
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actinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) | - |
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actinometry | (noun) measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) | - |
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actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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actinomycete | (noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales | - |
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actinomycin | (noun) any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria | - |
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actinomycosis | (noun) disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses | - |
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actinomyxidian | (noun) of or relating to parasites of worms | - |
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actinon | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinoid |
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actinopod | (noun) protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods | - |
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actinotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
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actinozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: anthozoan |
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action | (noun) the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | - |
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(noun) a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong | Synonyms: action at law, legal action |
(noun) something done (usually as opposed to something said) | - |
(noun) a military engagement | Synonyms: military action |
(noun) an act by a government body or supranational organization | - |
(noun) the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | Synonyms: action mechanism |
(noun) In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). | - |
(noun) the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | - |
(noun) the series of events that form a plot | - |
(noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Synonyms: activity, natural action, natural process |
(noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: activeness, activity |
activating | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activation, energizing |
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activation | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activating, energizing |
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(noun) making active and effective (as a bomb) | - |
(noun) stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical | - |
activator | (noun) (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription | - |
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active | (noun) a person who is a participating member of an organization | - |
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(noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb | Synonyms: active voice |
(noun) chemical agent capable of activity | Synonyms: active agent |
activeness | (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activity |
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(noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activity |
activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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activism | (noun) a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal | - |
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activist | (noun) a militant reformer | Synonyms: militant |
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activity | (noun) any specific behavior | - |
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(noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activeness |
(noun) an organic process that takes place in the body | Synonyms: bodily function, bodily process, body process |
(noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Synonyms: action, natural action, natural process |
(noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activeness |
(noun) (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction | - |
actomyosin | (noun) a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions | - |
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actor | (noun) a theatrical performer | Synonyms: histrion, player, role player, thespian |
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(noun) a person who acts and gets things done | Synonyms: doer, worker |
actress | (noun) a female actor | - |
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actualisation | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualization, realisation, realization |
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actuality | (noun) the state of actually existing objectively | - |
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actualization | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, realisation, realization |
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actuary | (noun) someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) | Synonyms: statistician |
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actuation | (noun) the act of propelling | Synonyms: propulsion |
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actuator | (noun) a mechanism that puts something into automatic action | - |
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acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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adactylia | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylism, adactyly |
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adactylism | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactyly |
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adactyly | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactylism |
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addict | (noun) someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity | - |
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(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: freak, junkie, junky, nut |
addiction | (noun) (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master | - |
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(noun) an abnormally strong craving | - |
(noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation |
adduct | (noun) a compound formed by an addition reaction | - |
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adduction | (noun) (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body | - |
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adductor | (noun) a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line | Synonyms: adductor muscle |
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adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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adjective | (noun) a word that expresses an attribute of something | - |
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(noun) the word class that qualifies nouns | - |
adjunct | (noun) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence | - |
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(noun) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it | - |
(noun) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another | - |
adjunction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: junction |
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adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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advection | (noun) (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties | - |
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affect | (noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | - |
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affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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(noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
affection | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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(noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
affliction | (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress | - |
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(noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health | - |
(noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | - |
aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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(noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
agalactia | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactosis |
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agalactosis | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactia |
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amphictyony | (noun) an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center | - |
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analecta | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analects |
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analects | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analecta |
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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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anorectic | (noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorexic |
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antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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antielectron | (noun) an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation | Synonyms: positron |
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apomict | (noun) a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis | - |
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appendectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendicectomy |
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appendicectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendectomy |
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aqueduct | (noun) a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley | - |
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archaebacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archaebacterium | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archaeobacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archeobacteria |
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archeobacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria |
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architect | (noun) someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) | Synonyms: designer |
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architectonics | (noun) the science of architecture | Synonyms: tectonics |
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architecture | (noun) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect | - |
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(noun) an architectural product or work | - |
(noun) (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software | Synonyms: computer architecture |
(noun) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings | - |
arctan | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctangent, inverse tangent |
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arctangent | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent |
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arctic | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: galosh, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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