| affability | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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| affableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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| affair | (noun) a vaguely specified concern | Synonyms: matter, thing |
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| (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people | Synonyms: function, occasion, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affaire, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
| affaire | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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| affairs | (noun) transactions of professional or public interest | - |
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| (noun) matters of personal concern | Synonyms: personal business, personal matters |
| affect | (noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | - |
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| affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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| affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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| (noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
| affection | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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| affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
| affenpinscher | (noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle | Synonyms: monkey dog, monkey pinscher |
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| afferent | (noun) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system | Synonyms: afferent nerve, sensory nerve |
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| affiant | (noun) a person who makes an affidavit | - |
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| affidavit | (noun) written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath | - |
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| affiliate | (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization | - |
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| (noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization | - |
| affiliation | (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined | - |
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| (noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: association, tie-up, tie |
| affine | (noun) (anthropology) kin by marriage | - |
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| affinity | (noun) inherent resemblance between persons or things | - |
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| (noun) a natural attraction or feeling of kinship | - |
| (noun) the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule | Synonyms: chemical attraction |
| (noun) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody | - |
| (noun) (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship | - |
| (noun) (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts | Synonyms: phylogenetic relation |
| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: kinship |
| affirmation | (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand | - |
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| (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: avouchment, avowal |
| (noun) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) | - |
| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | Synonyms: assertion, statement |
| affirmative | (noun) a reply of affirmation | - |
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| affirmativeness | (noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents | - |
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| affirmer | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: asserter, asseverator, avower, declarer |
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| affix | (noun) a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form | - |
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| affixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of an affix | - |
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| (noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: attachment |
| (noun) the result of adding an affix to a root word | - |
| afflatus | (noun) a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration | - |
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| affliction | (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress | - |
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| (noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health | - |
| (noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | - |
| affluence | (noun) abundant wealth | Synonyms: richness |
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| affluent | (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: confluent, feeder, tributary |
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| (noun) an affluent person; a person who is financially well off | - |
| affluenza | (noun) an inability to understand the consequences of one's actions because of financial privilege | - |
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| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| affray | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: disturbance, fray, ruffle |
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| (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: altercation, fracas |
| affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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| affrication | (noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate | - |
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| affricative | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate, affricate consonant |
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| affright | (noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | Synonyms: panic, terror |
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| affront | (noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | Synonyms: insult |
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| affusion | (noun) the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head | - |
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| aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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| (noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
| baffle | (noun) a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy | Synonyms: baffle board |
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| baffled | (noun) people who are frustrated and perplexed | - |
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| bafflement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| bailiff | (noun) an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
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| bailiffship | (noun) the office of bailiff | - |
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| biff | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: clout, lick, poke, punch, slug |
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| blastoff | (noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | Synonyms: shot |
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| bluff | (noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards | Synonyms: four flush |
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| (noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | - |
| (noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) | - |
| bluffer | (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people | Synonyms: four-flusher |
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| bluffness | (noun) good-natured frankness | - |
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| boffin | (noun) (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research | - |
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| bouffant | (noun) a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance | - |
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| bouffe | (noun) opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken | Synonyms: comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique |
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| breadstuff | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: bread, staff of life |
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| (noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread | - |
| buff | (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buffer |
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| (noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
| (noun) bare skin | - |
| (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: devotee, fan, lover |
| (noun) a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen | - |
| buffalo | (noun) any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo | Synonyms: Old World buffalo |
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| (noun) large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains | Synonyms: American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison |
| (noun) meat from an American bison | - |
| buffalofish | (noun) any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley | Synonyms: buffalo fish |
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| (noun) large carp-like North American fish | - |
| buffer | (noun) a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | Synonyms: fender |
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| (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: polisher |
| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: cowcatcher, fender, pilot |
| (noun) (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system | Synonyms: buffer storage, buffer store |
| (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buff |
| (noun) a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict | Synonyms: buffer zone |
| (noun) (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH | - |
| buffet | (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: counter, sideboard |
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| (noun) usually inexpensive bar | Synonyms: snack bar, snack counter |
| (noun) a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves | - |
| buffeting | (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: pounding |
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| bufflehead | (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage | Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, butterball, dipper |
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| buffoon | (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew |
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| (noun) a rude or vulgar fool | Synonyms: clown |
| buffoonery | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| caff | (noun) informal British term for a cafe | - |
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| caffein | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffeine |
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| caffeine | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffein |
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| caffeinism | (noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | Synonyms: caffeine intoxication |
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| caffer | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffre, kaffir, kafir |
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| caffre | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffer, kaffir, kafir |
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| caitiff | (noun) a cowardly and despicable person | - |
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| candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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| chaff | (noun) foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure | - |
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| (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble |
| chaffinch | (noun) small European finch with a cheerful song | Synonyms: Fringilla coelebs |
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| chaffweed | (noun) weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves | Synonyms: bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel |
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| chauffeur | (noun) a person paid to drive a privately owned car | - |
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| chauffeuse | (noun) a woman chauffeur | - |
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| chiffon | (noun) a sheer fabric of silk or rayon | - |
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| chiffonier | (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: commode |
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| cliff | (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: drop-off, drop |
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| cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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| (noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
| coefficient | (noun) a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | - |
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| coffee | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, chocolate, deep brown, umber |
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| (noun) a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans | Synonyms: java |
| (noun) a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee | Synonyms: coffee bean, coffee berry |
| (noun) any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans | Synonyms: coffee tree |
| coffeeberry | (noun) evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits | Synonyms: California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus |
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| coffeecake | (noun) a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee | Synonyms: coffee cake |
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| coffeehouse | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop |
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| coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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| coffer | (noun) a chest especially for storing valuables | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, lacunar |
| cofferdam | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: caisson, pneumatic caisson |
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| coffin | (noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: casket |
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| coiffeur | (noun) a man hairdresser | - |
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| coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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| coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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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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| counteroffer | (noun) an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer | - |
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| cuff | (noun) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg | Synonyms: turnup |
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| (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: handcuff, handlock, manacle |
| cufflink | (noun) jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt | - |
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| cutoff | (noun) a route shorter than the usual one | Synonyms: crosscut, shortcut |
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| (noun) a device that terminates the flow in a pipe | - |
| (noun) a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated | - |
| 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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| dandruff | (noun) loose scales shed from the scalp | - |
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| (noun) a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp | - |
| dedifferentiation | (noun) the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| difference | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | - |
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| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference of opinion, dispute |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: departure, deviation, divergence |
| (noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: remainder |
| (noun) a significant change | - |
| differentia | (noun) distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
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