abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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acculturation | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: culture |
(noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: assimilation |
acicula | (noun) a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | - |
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aculea | (noun) small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects | - |
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aculeus | (noun) a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect | - |
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(noun) a stiff sharp-pointed plant process | - |
agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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agriculture | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: farming, husbandry |
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(noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm |
(noun) the class of people engaged in growing food | - |
agriculturist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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animalcule | (noun) microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium | Synonyms: animalculum |
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animalculum | (noun) microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium | Synonyms: animalcule |
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apiculture | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: beekeeping |
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apiculturist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, beekeeper |
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appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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aquiculture | (noun) a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients | Synonyms: hydroponics, tank farming |
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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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articulateness | (noun) the quality of being facile in speech and writing | Synonyms: fluency, volubility |
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articulatio | (noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | Synonyms: articulation, joint |
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articulation | (noun) the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible | - |
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(noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | Synonyms: articulatio, joint |
(noun) the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech | - |
(noun) expressing in coherent verbal form | Synonyms: voice |
(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: join, joint, junction, juncture |
articulator | (noun) a movable speech organ | - |
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(noun) someone who pronounces words | - |
auricula | (noun) a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart | Synonyms: auricular appendage, auricular appendix |
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(noun) yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated | Synonyms: bear's ear, Primula auricula |
auriculare | (noun) the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus | Synonyms: auricular point |
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auscultation | (noun) listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) | - |
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bascule | (noun) a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw) | - |
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binoculars | (noun) (plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes | Synonyms: field glasses, opera glasses |
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buccula | (noun) a fold of fatty tissue under the chin | Synonyms: double chin |
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calculability | (noun) The quality of being subject to or ascertainable by calculation. | - |
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calculation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: computation, computing |
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(noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: computation, figuring, reckoning |
(noun) planning something carefully and intentionally | Synonyms: deliberation |
calculator | (noun) a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic | Synonyms: calculating machine |
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(noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
calculus | (noun) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions | Synonyms: infinitesimal calculus |
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(noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: concretion |
(noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: tartar, tophus |
caliculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus |
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calyculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calycle |
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, epicalyx, false calyx |
canaliculus | (noun) a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants | - |
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canicule | (noun) the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity | Synonyms: canicular days, dog days |
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caracul | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: broadtail, karakul |
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caruncula | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncle |
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circular | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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circularisation | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularization |
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circularity | (noun) the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure | Synonyms: disk shape |
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circularization | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularisation |
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circulation | (noun) the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area | - |
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(noun) the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) | - |
(noun) free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) | - |
(noun) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels | - |
(noun) number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold | - |
(noun) (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period | - |
counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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crepuscule | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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cul | (noun) a passage with access only at one end | Synonyms: cul de sac, dead end |
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culdoscope | (noun) a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs | - |
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culdoscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina | - |
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cull | (noun) the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality | Synonyms: reject |
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cullender | (noun) bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods | Synonyms: colander |
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cullis | (noun) a gutter in a roof | - |
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culm | (noun) stem of plants of the Gramineae | - |
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culmination | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, mop up, windup |
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(noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: climax |
(noun) (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon | - |
(noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: apogee |
culotte | (noun) a divided skirt | - |
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culpability | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpableness |
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culpableness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpability |
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culprit | (noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | Synonyms: perpetrator |
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cult | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cultus, religious cult |
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(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, fad, furor, furore, rage |
(noun) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false | - |
(noun) followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | - |
(noun) followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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cultism | (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: devotion, veneration |
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(noun) devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult | - |
cultist | (noun) a member of a religious cult | - |
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(noun) a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
cultivar | (noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation | - |
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cultivation | (noun) (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | - |
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(noun) socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners | - |
(noun) the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale) | - |
(noun) the process of fostering the growth of something | - |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: culture, finish, polish, refinement |
cultivator | (noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | Synonyms: tiller |
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(noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser |
culturati | (noun) people interested in culture and cultural activities | - |
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culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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(noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
(noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
(noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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culverin | (noun) a medieval musket | - |
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(noun) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
culvert | (noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
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curriculum | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, program, programme, syllabus |
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cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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difficultness | (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficulty |
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difficulty | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: trouble |
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(noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficultness |
diverticulitis | (noun) inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation | - |
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diverticulosis | (noun) presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon | - |
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diverticulum | (noun) a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) | - |
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dracunculiasis | (noun) a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin | Synonyms: Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease |
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dyscalculia | (noun) impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics | - |
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ejaculate | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: come, cum, seed, semen, seminal fluid |
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ejaculation | (noun) an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion | Synonyms: interjection |
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(noun) the discharge of semen in males | - |
ejaculator | (noun) a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation | - |
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(noun) a man who ejaculates semen | - |
emasculation | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: castration |
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(noun) loss of power and masculinity | - |
enculturation | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: acculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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exculpation | (noun) the act of freeing from guilt or blame | - |
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(noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | Synonyms: alibi, excuse, self-justification |
facula | (noun) a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | Synonyms: solar facula |
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(noun) a bright spot on a planet | - |
faculty | (noun) one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | Synonyms: mental faculty, module |
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(noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: staff |
fasciculation | (noun) muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | - |
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fascicule | (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicle |
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fasciculus | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fascicle, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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fecula | (noun) excreta (especially of insects) | - |
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feculence | (noun) something that is feculent | - |
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flocculation | (noun) the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations | - |
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flocculator | (noun) An apparatus used in the process of flocculation. | - |
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floccule | (noun) a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid | Synonyms: floc |
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floriculture | (noun) the cultivation of flowering plants | Synonyms: flower gardening |
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folliculitis | (noun) inflammation of a hair follicle | - |
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funicular | (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
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funiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord) | - |
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funiculus | (noun) any of several body structure resembling a cord | - |
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(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funicle |
furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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