| accidental | (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
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| alimentation | (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: feeding |
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| (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
| antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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| argumentation | (noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argument, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
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| (noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, debate |
| armamentarium | (noun) the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine | - |
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| augmentation | (noun) the act of augmenting | - |
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| (noun) the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) | - |
| (noun) the amount by which something becomes greater | - |
| aventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: camail, ventail |
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| cental | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight |
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| centare | (noun) a unit of measurement for area, defined as the area of a square with sides of exactly 1 metre; a centiare is 1/100th of an are | Synonyms: square meter, square metre |
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| centas | (noun) 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania | - |
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| centaur | (noun) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse | - |
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| centaury | (noun) any plant of the genus Centaurea | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Centaurium | - |
| centavo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal | - |
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| clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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| commentary | (noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: comment |
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| commentator | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: reviewer |
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| (noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: observer |
| compartmentalisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalization |
| compartmentalization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation |
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| (noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalisation |
| complementarity | (noun) a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities | - |
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| (noun) the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other | - |
| complementary | (noun) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | Synonyms: complementary color |
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| complementation | (noun) (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts | Synonyms: complementary distribution |
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| (noun) the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate | - |
| complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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| decentalisation | (noun) the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts | Synonyms: decentralization |
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| decrementation | (noun) the operation of subtracting one from the operand. | - |
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| dental | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental consonant |
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| depigmentation | (noun) absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair | - |
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| disentanglement | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: extrication, unsnarling, untangling |
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| disentangler | (noun) a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state | Synonyms: unraveler, unraveller |
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| disorientation | (noun) a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) | Synonyms: freak out |
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| (noun) confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | - |
| documentary | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary film, infotainment |
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| documentation | (noun) documentary validation | Synonyms: support |
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| (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, corroboration |
| (noun) program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs | Synonyms: software documentation |
| edentate | (noun) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | - |
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| entablature | (noun) (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof | - |
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| entail | (noun) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple | - |
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| (noun) land received by fee tail | - |
| entailment | (noun) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) | Synonyms: deduction, implication |
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| entanglement | (noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | Synonyms: web |
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| entasis | (noun) a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight | - |
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| environmentalism | (noun) the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction | - |
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| (noun) the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth | - |
| environmentalist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: conservationist |
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| establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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| experimentalism | (noun) an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation | - |
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| (noun) an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | - |
| experimentation | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experiment |
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| (noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experiment |
| fermentation | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest |
| fomentation | (noun) deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) | Synonyms: instigation |
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| (noun) application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation | - |
| (noun) a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice | - |
| fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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| (noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
| (noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |
| frequentative | (noun) a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action | - |
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| fundamental | (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | Synonyms: first harmonic, fundamental frequency |
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| (noun) any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business | - |
| fundamentalism | (noun) a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth | - |
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| (noun) the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. | - |
| fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
| fundamentalness | (noun) The state or condition of being fundamental; essential importance. | - |
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| fundamentals | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle |
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| gentamicin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Garamycin |
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| hyperalimentation | (noun) administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes | Synonyms: total parenteral nutrition, TPN |
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| hyperpigmentation | (noun) unusual darkening of the skin | - |
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| hypopigmentation | (noun) unusual lack of skin color | - |
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| impedimenta | (noun) the baggage and equipment carried by an army | - |
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| (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
| implementation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: effectuation |
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| (noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | Synonyms: carrying out, execution |
| incidental | (noun) an item that is incidental | - |
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| (noun) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | Synonyms: incidental expense, minor expense |
| incrementation | (noun) the operation of adding one to the operand. | - |
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| indentation | (noun) the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indention, indenture |
| (noun) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | Synonyms: pitting, roughness |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indenture |
| instrumentalism | (noun) a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success | - |
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| instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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| instrumentality | (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentation, means |
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| (noun) the quality of being instrumental for some purpose | - |
| (noun) a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose | - |
| instrumentation | (noun) the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: orchestration |
| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentality, means |
| (noun) the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra | - |
| irredenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irridenta |
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| irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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| kentan | (noun) east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals | Synonyms: devil lily, Lilium lancifolium, tiger lily |
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| labiodental | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth | Synonyms: labiodental consonant |
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| lamentation | (noun) the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | Synonyms: mourning |
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| (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, plaint, wail |
| magenta | (noun) a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta | - |
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| mentalism | (noun) (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness | - |
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| mentality | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, wit |
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| (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mind-set, mindset, outlook |
| mentation | (noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | Synonyms: cerebration, intellection, thinking, thought, thought process |
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| misrepresentation | (noun) a willful perversion of facts | Synonyms: falsification |
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| (noun) a misleading falsehood | Synonyms: deceit, deception |
| occidentalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations | - |
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| orientalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations | - |
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| orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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| orientation | (noun) the act of orienting | - |
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| (noun) a course introducing a new situation or environment | Synonyms: orientation course |
| (noun) an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| (noun) a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships | - |
| (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: predilection, preference |
| (noun) position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions | - |
| ornamental | (noun) any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value | - |
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| ornamentalism | (noun) the practice of ornamental display | - |
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| ornamentalist | (noun) someone who decorates | Synonyms: decorator |
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| ornamentation | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: embellishment |
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| (noun) something used to beautify | Synonyms: decoration, ornament |
| (noun) the state of being ornamented | - |
| ostentation | (noun) pretentious or showy or vulgar display | - |
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| (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
| (noun) a gaudy outward display | Synonyms: fanfare, flash |
| ostentatiousness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
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| parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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| (noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
| (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
| parliamentarian | (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures | - |
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| pentacle | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentagram, pentangle |
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| pentad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
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| pentaerythritol | (noun) a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris | Synonyms: Peritrate |
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| pentagon | (noun) a five-sided polygon | - |
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| pentagram | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentacle, pentangle |
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| pentahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having five plane faces | - |
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| pentail | (noun) brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia | Synonyms: pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew |
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| pentameter | (noun) a verse line having five metrical feet | - |
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| pentamethylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentylenetetrazol |
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| pentangle | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentacle, pentagram |
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| pentastomid | (noun) wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals | Synonyms: tongue worm |
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| pentathlete | (noun) an athlete who competes in a pentathlon | - |
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| pentathlon | (noun) an athletic contest consisting of five different events | - |
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| pentatone | (noun) a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted | Synonyms: pentatonic scale |
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