abducens | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
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aftersensation | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: afterimage |
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alpenstock | (noun) a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers | - |
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amanuensis | (noun) someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) | Synonyms: shorthand typist, stenographer |
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angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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apprehension | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding |
(noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: misgiving |
(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread |
apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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ascension | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascent, rise |
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(noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascent, rise, rising |
(noun) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon | - |
avens | (noun) any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers | - |
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biodefense | (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | Synonyms: biodefence, biological defence, biological defense |
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burdensomeness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness |
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censer | (noun) a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) | Synonyms: thurible |
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censor | (noun) a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable | - |
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(noun) someone who censures or condemns | - |
censoring | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censorship |
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(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censorship, security review |
censorship | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censoring |
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(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censoring, security review |
censure | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: animadversion |
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(noun) the state of being excommunicated | Synonyms: exclusion, excommunication |
census | (noun) a periodic count of the population | Synonyms: nose count, nosecount |
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chickenshit | (noun) a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear | - |
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citizenship | (noun) conduct as a citizen | - |
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(noun) the status of a citizen with rights and duties | - |
coextension | (noun) equality of extension or duration | - |
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commensal | (noun) either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent | - |
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commensalism | (noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it | - |
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commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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compensation | (noun) the act of compensating for service or loss or injury | Synonyms: recompense |
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(noun) something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | - |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | - |
comprehensibility | (noun) the quality of comprehensible language or thought | Synonyms: understandability |
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comprehension | (noun) an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) | - |
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(noun) the relation of comprising something | Synonyms: inclusion |
comprehensive | (noun) an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | Synonyms: comp, comprehensive examination |
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comprehensiveness | (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, largeness |
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(noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: fullness |
condensate | (noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensation |
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(noun) a product of condensation | - |
condensation | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensing |
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(noun) (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams | - |
(noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, capsule |
(noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: compression, contraction |
(noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensate |
(noun) the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state | - |
condenser | (noun) lens used to concentrate light on an object | Synonyms: optical condenser |
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(noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitance, capacitor, electrical condenser |
(noun) a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat | - |
(noun) an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid | - |
condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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condescension | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: disdainfulness, superciliousness |
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(noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescendingness |
(noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: disdain, patronage |
consensus | (noun) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | - |
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counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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declension | (noun) a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms | - |
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(noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
(noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: decline in quality, deterioration, worsening |
(noun) the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages | - |
defense | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defence, defensive measure |
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(noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defence |
(noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, demurrer, denial |
(noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defence |
(noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defence, defensive structure |
(noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defence, vindication |
(noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, refutation |
(noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defence, defense lawyers, defense team |
(noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defence, defending team |
(noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence, defence force, defense force |
(noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
defenselessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defencelessness, unprotectedness |
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defensibility | (noun) capability of being defended | - |
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defensive | (noun) an attitude of defensiveness | Synonyms: defensive attitude |
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defensiveness | (noun) excessive sensitivity to criticism | - |
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denseness | (noun) the amount per unit size | Synonyms: density |
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(noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, density, tightness |
(noun) the quality of being mentally slow and limited | Synonyms: dumbness, slow-wittedness |
densification | (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, concretion |
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densimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densitometer |
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densitometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density | - |
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(noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densimeter |
densitometry | (noun) measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission | - |
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density | (noun) the amount per unit size | Synonyms: denseness |
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(noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, denseness, tightness |
descensus | (noun) the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | Synonyms: prolapse, prolapsus |
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desensitisation | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitization |
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desensitization | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitisation |
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diapensia | (noun) any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia | - |
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dickens | (noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion | Synonyms: deuce, devil |
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dimension | (noun) the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) | - |
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(noun) magnitude or extent | Synonyms: proportion |
(noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: attribute, property |
(noun) one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space | - |
dimensionality | (noun) the spatial property of having dimensions | - |
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dispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensableness |
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dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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dispensary | (noun) clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed | - |
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dispensation | (noun) the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) | - |
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(noun) an exemption from some rule or obligation | - |
(noun) a share that has been dispensed or distributed | - |
dispenser | (noun) a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who dispenses | - |
dissension | (noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate | Synonyms: discord |
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(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissonance |
distension | (noun) the act of expanding by pressure from within | Synonyms: distention |
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(noun) the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions | Synonyms: dilatation, distention |
dozens | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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ensemble | (noun) a coordinated outfit (set of clothing) | - |
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(noun) the chorus of a ballet company | Synonyms: corps de ballet |
(noun) a group of musicians playing or singing together | - |
(noun) an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole | Synonyms: tout ensemble |
(noun) a cast other than the principals | Synonyms: supporting players |
ensign | (noun) colors flown by a ship to show its nationality | - |
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(noun) an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality | Synonyms: national flag |
(noun) a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade | - |
ensilage | (noun) fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo | Synonyms: silage |
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enslavement | (noun) the act of making slaves of your captives | - |
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(noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: captivity |
evensong | (noun) (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer | Synonyms: Evening Prayer |
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(noun) the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays | Synonyms: vespers |
expense | (noun) a detriment or sacrifice | - |
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(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement |
(noun) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer | - |
expensiveness | (noun) the quality of being high-priced | - |
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extension | (noun) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students | Synonyms: extension service, university extension |
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(noun) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb | - |
(noun) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available | - |
(noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annex, annexe, wing |
(noun) an addition to the length of something | Synonyms: elongation |
(noun) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line | Synonyms: extension phone, telephone extension |
(noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends | Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation |
(noun) the ability to raise the working leg high in the air | - |
(noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: denotation, reference |
(noun) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename | Synonyms: file name extension, filename extension |
(noun) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions | Synonyms: propagation |
(noun) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt | - |
extensiveness | (noun) large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness | Synonyms: largeness |
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extensor | (noun) a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part | Synonyms: extensor muscle |
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forensics | (noun) scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
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frankincense | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: gum olibanum, olibanum, thus |
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gegenschein | (noun) a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space | Synonyms: counterglow |
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gens | (noun) family based on male descent | Synonyms: name |
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glockenspiel | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers | Synonyms: orchestral bells |
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goldenseal | (noun) perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves | Synonyms: golden seal, Hydrastis Canadensis, turmeric root, yellow root |
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greens | (noun) any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables | Synonyms: green, leafy vegetable |
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greensand | (noun) an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite | - |
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greenshank | (noun) large European sandpiper with greenish legs | Synonyms: Tringa nebularia |
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greensickness | (noun) iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin | Synonyms: chlorosis |
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greenskeeper | (noun) someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course | - |
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greensward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: sod, sward, turf |
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happenstance | (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: coincidence |
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heavens | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin |
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hortensia | (noun) deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue | Synonyms: Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis |
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(noun) very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads | Synonyms: double gold, golden glow, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia |
hyperextension | (noun) greater than normal extension | - |
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hypersensitivity | (noun) extreme sensitivity | - |
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(noun) pathological sensitivity | - |
hypertension | (noun) a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) | Synonyms: high blood pressure |
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hypertensive | (noun) a person who has abnormally high blood pressure | - |
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hypotension | (noun) abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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hypotensive | (noun) a person who has abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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immenseness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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immensity | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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incense | (noun) the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned | - |
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(noun) a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned | - |
incienso | (noun) fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine | Synonyms: brittle bush, brittlebush, Encelia farinosa |
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incomprehensibility | (noun) the quality of being incomprehensible | - |
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incomprehension | (noun) an inability to understand | - |
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