cladding | (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: facing |
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cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
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claudication | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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clonidine | (noun) an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches | Synonyms: Catapres |
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clostridia | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridium |
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clostridium | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridia |
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cloudiness | (noun) the quality of being cloudy | Synonyms: muddiness, murkiness |
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(noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, overcast |
(noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: overcast |
clouding | (noun) the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | Synonyms: clouding up |
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coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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coccidiosis | (noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia | - |
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coccidium | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: eimeria |
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codicil | (noun) a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will | - |
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codification | (noun) the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order | - |
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(noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | Synonyms: code |
coding | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptography, secret writing, steganography |
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collodion | (noun) a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films | - |
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coloradillo | (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil | Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia |
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comedian | (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comic |
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(noun) an actor in a comedy | - |
comedienne | (noun) a female comedian | - |
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(noun) a female actor in a comedy | - |
commodiousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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commodity | (noun) a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes | Synonyms: good, trade good |
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compendium | (noun) a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | - |
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(noun) a publication containing a variety of works | Synonyms: collection |
compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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condescendingness | (noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescension |
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condiment | (noun) a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | - |
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condition | (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, consideration |
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(noun) the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | Synonyms: experimental condition |
(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: precondition, stipulation |
(noun) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | Synonyms: strings, term |
(noun) a state at a particular time | Synonyms: status |
(noun) a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing | - |
(noun) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') | Synonyms: shape |
(noun) an illness, disease, or other medical problem | - |
conditionality | (noun) the state of being conditional | - |
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conditioner | (noun) exercise that conditions the body | - |
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(noun) a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer | - |
(noun) a trainer of athletes | - |
conditioning | (noun) a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment | - |
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conditions | (noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition |
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(noun) the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare | - |
(noun) the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process | - |
conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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conidium | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidiospore |
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consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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consuetudinary | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinal |
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contadino | (noun) an Italian farmer | - |
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contrabandist | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler |
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contradiction | (noun) the speech act of contradicting someone | - |
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(noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily false | Synonyms: contradiction in terms |
(noun) opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas | - |
contradictoriness | (noun) the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | - |
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contradictory | (noun) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time | - |
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contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
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contraindication | (noun) (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment | - |
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coordinate | (noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
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coordination | (noun) the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation | - |
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(noun) the skillful and effective interaction of movements | - |
(noun) being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form | - |
coordinator | (noun) someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously | Synonyms: co-ordinator |
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cordial | (noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | Synonyms: liqueur |
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cordiality | (noun) a cordial disposition | Synonyms: amity |
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cordierite | (noun) a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone | - |
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cordite | (noun) explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | - |
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corditis | (noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord, accompanied by pain in the testis, generally caused by an infection originating in the urethra or by a tumor, hydrocele, or varicocele | - |
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corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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cowardice | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardliness |
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credibility | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibleness |
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credibleness | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibility |
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credit | (noun) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours | Synonyms: course credit |
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(noun) used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise | - |
(noun) an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments | Synonyms: credit rating |
(noun) approval | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work | - |
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference |
(noun) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services | Synonyms: deferred payment |
(noun) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items | Synonyms: credit entry |
(noun) money available for a client to borrow | - |
creditor | (noun) a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | - |
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credits | (noun) a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) | - |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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crocodile | (noun) large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters | - |
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crocodilian | (noun) extant archosaurian reptile | Synonyms: crocodilian reptile |
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crossbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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(noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: interbreeding, miscegenation |
crossheading | (noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text | Synonyms: crosshead |
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crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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crowding | (noun) a situation in which people or things are crowded together | - |
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crudites | (noun) raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip | - |
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crudity | (noun) an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | Synonyms: crudeness, gaucheness |
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(noun) a wild or unrefined state | Synonyms: crudeness, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness |
cryptorchidism | (noun) failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops | Synonyms: cryptorchidy, cryptorchism |
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ctenidium | (noun) comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks | - |
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cuckolding | (noun) A sexual act where a married person has sex with another person while their spouse watches | - |
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cupidity | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness |
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custodian | (noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: keeper, steward |
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custodianship | (noun) the position of custodian | - |
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cyclopaedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | Synonyms: cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia |
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cyclopedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | Synonyms: cyclopaedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia |
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cymbidium | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers | Synonyms: cymbid |
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cypripedia | (noun) a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium | - |
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cyproheptadine | (noun) an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions | Synonyms: Periactin |
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cytidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: deoxycytidine |
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daffodil | (noun) any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown | Synonyms: Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
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deciding | (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision | Synonyms: decision making |
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decoding | (noun) the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | Synonyms: decipherment, decryption |
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dedication | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, commitment, loyalty |
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(noun) complete and wholehearted fidelity | - |
(noun) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something | Synonyms: inscription |
(noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: commitment |
(noun) a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose | - |
dedifferentiation | (noun) the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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dehumidifier | (noun) an appliance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable | - |
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delavirdine | (noun) a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: Rescriptor |
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deoxycytidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: cytidine |
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deoxythymidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: thymidine |
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dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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diabetes | (noun) a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
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diabetic | (noun) someone who has diabetes | - |
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diablotin | (noun) a thin round slice of bread usually served with soup, especially consomme. | - |
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diabolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: demonolatry, devil-worship |
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diabolism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: demonism, Satanism |
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diabolist | (noun) an adherent of Satan or Satanism | Synonyms: Satanist |
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diacetylmorphine | (noun) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | Synonyms: heroin |
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diachrony | (noun) the study of linguistic change | Synonyms: diachronic linguistics, historical linguistics |
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diacritic | (noun) a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation | Synonyms: diacritical mark |
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diadem | (noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | Synonyms: crown |
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diaeresis | (noun) a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel | Synonyms: dieresis |
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