| aesthetic | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: esthetic |
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| aesthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: esthetician |
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| (noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: esthetician |
| aesthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: esthetics |
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| anaesthetic | (noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent |
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| analphabetic | (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabet |
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| anesthetic | (noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent |
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| antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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| antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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| antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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| antipyretic | (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
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| apologetics | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines | - |
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| arithmetic | (noun) the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | - |
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| arithmetician | (noun) someone who specializes in arithmetic | - |
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| ascetic | (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: abstainer |
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| asceticism | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: ascesis |
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| (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: austerity, nonindulgence |
| (noun) the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state | - |
| athleticism | (noun) intense energy | Synonyms: strenuosity |
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| athletics | (noun) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | Synonyms: sport |
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| (noun) participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | - |
| (noun) a contest between athletes | Synonyms: athletic competition, athletic contest |
| bluetick | (noun) a very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey | - |
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| cosmetic | (noun) a toiletry designed to beautify the body | - |
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| cosmetician | (noun) someone who sells or applies cosmetics | - |
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| (noun) someone who works in a beauty parlor | Synonyms: beautician |
| cybernetics | (noun) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) | - |
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| cytogeneticist | (noun) a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity | - |
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| cytogenetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) | - |
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| diabetic | (noun) someone who has diabetes | - |
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| diaphoretic | (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
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| dietetics | (noun) the scientific study of food preparation and intake | - |
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| dietician | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietitian |
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| diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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| electromagnetics | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | Synonyms: electromagnetism |
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| emetic | (noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: nauseant, vomit, vomitive |
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| esthetic | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: aesthetic |
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| esthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: aesthetician |
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| (noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: aesthetician |
| esthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: aesthetics |
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| fetich | (noun) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | Synonyms: fetish |
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| (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo |
| fetichism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetishism |
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| (noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetishism |
| feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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| geneticism | (noun) the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically | - |
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| geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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| genetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | Synonyms: genetic science |
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| heretic | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: misbeliever, religious outcast |
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| (noun) a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) | - |
| homiletics | (noun) the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies | - |
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| (noun) the art of preaching | - |
| hydrokinetics | (noun) study of fluids in motion | Synonyms: hydrodynamics |
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| hypothetical | (noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. | - |
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| kinesthetics | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| kinetics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | Synonyms: dynamics |
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| magnetics | (noun) the branch of science that studies magnetism | Synonyms: magnetism |
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| memetics | (noun) a theory of mental content based on an analogy with Darwinian evolution. | - |
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| metic | (noun) an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city | - |
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| metical | (noun) the basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| meticulosity | (noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulousness, punctiliousness, scrupulousness |
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| meticulousness | (noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulosity, punctiliousness, scrupulousness |
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| parasympathetic | (noun) originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels | Synonyms: parasympathetic nervous system |
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| parenthetical | (noun) an expression in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical expression |
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| paretic | (noun) a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) | - |
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| peripatetic | (noun) a person who walks from place to place | - |
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| peripateticism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science | Synonyms: Aristotelianism |
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| pharmacogenetics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms | - |
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| pharmacokinetics | (noun) the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc. | - |
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| phonetician | (noun) a specialist in phonetics | - |
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| phonetics | (noun) the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis | - |
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| poeticism | (noun) a poetic phrase, utterance, etc. | - |
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| poetics | (noun) study of poetic works | - |
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| prosthetics | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts | - |
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| reticence | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | Synonyms: reserve, taciturnity |
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| reticle | (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticule |
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| reticulation | (noun) an arrangement resembling a net or network | - |
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| (noun) (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion | - |
| reticule | (noun) a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries | - |
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| (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticle |
| reticulocyte | (noun) an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules | - |
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| reticulum | (noun) the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | Synonyms: second stomach |
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| (noun) any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) | - |
| synthetic | (noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions | Synonyms: synthetic substance |
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| theoretician | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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