agility | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness |
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aging | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
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(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
agio | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agiotage, exchange premium, premium |
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agiotage | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agio, exchange premium, premium |
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(noun) speculative dealing in stock exchange securities or foreign exchange. | - |
agism | (noun) discrimination on the basis of a person's age | Synonyms: ageism |
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agitation | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval |
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(noun) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | - |
(noun) the feeling of being agitated; not calm | - |
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
(noun) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | - |
agitator | (noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker | Synonyms: fomenter |
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agitprop | (noun) political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema | - |
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aglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aiglet, aiguillette |
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(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aiglet |
agnail | (noun) a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected | Synonyms: hangnail |
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agnate | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
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agnathan | (noun) eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms | Synonyms: jawless fish, jawless vertebrate |
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agnation | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: patrilineage |
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agnomen | (noun) an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great') | - |
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agnosia | (noun) inability to recognize objects by use of the senses | - |
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agnostic | (noun) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) | - |
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(noun) someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | Synonyms: doubter |
agnosticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: scepticism, skepticism |
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(noun) a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God | - |
agon | (noun) a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes | - |
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agonist | (noun) (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction | - |
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(noun) a muscle that contracts while another relaxes | - |
(noun) someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) | - |
(noun) the principal character in a work of fiction | Synonyms: protagonist |
agony | (noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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(noun) a state of acute pain | Synonyms: excruciation, suffering |
agora | (noun) 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel | - |
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(noun) a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece | Synonyms: public square |
(noun) the marketplace in ancient Greece | - |
agoraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | - |
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agouti | (noun) agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food | Synonyms: Dasyprocta aguti |
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agranulocytosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulosis, granulocytopenia |
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agranulosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia |
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agrapha | (noun) sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels | - |
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agraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: anorthography, logagraphia |
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agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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agreeability | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeableness |
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agreeableness | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeability |
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(noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: amenity |
agreement | (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: correspondence |
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(noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: arrangement |
(noun) the verbal act of agreeing | - |
(noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: understanding |
(noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: concord |
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: accord |
agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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agriculture | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: farming, husbandry |
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(noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm |
(noun) the class of people engaged in growing food | - |
agriculturist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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agrimonia | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimony |
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agrimony | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimonia |
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agrobiology | (noun) the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield | - |
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agrology | (noun) science of soils in relation to crops | - |
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agromania | (noun) an intense desire to be alone or out in the open | - |
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agronomist | (noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production | - |
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agronomy | (noun) the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production | Synonyms: scientific agriculture |
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agrypnia | (noun) a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter) | - |
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agua | (noun) largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests | Synonyms: agua toad, Bufo marinus |
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aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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ague | (noun) a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: acute, acute accent |
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(noun) a fit of shivering or shaking | - |
(noun) successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria | Synonyms: chills and fever |
agueweed | (noun) gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers | Synonyms: ague weed, five-flowered gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian |
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(noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
aiglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiguillette |
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(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aglet |
aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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airgun | (noun) a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air | Synonyms: air gun, air rifle |
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airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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(noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
(noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
albuginea | (noun) whitish tunic | - |
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alerting | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alert |
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(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alertness |
alga | (noun) primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | Synonyms: algae |
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algae | (noun) primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | Synonyms: alga |
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algarobilla | (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarroba, algarrobilla |
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algarroba | (noun) evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob | Synonyms: carob, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua |
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(noun) mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela | Synonyms: Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora |
(noun) long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod |
(noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarobilla, algarrobilla |
algarrobilla | (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarobilla, algarroba |
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algebra | (noun) the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations | - |
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algebraist | (noun) a mathematician whose specialty is algebra | - |
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algidity | (noun) prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure | - |
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algin | (noun) a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier | Synonyms: alginic acid |
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algolagnia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algophilia |
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algology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies algae | Synonyms: phycology |
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algometer | (noun) device for measuring pain caused by pressure | - |
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algometry | (noun) measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure | - |
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algophilia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algolagnia |
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algophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of pain | - |
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algorism | (noun) computation with Arabic figures | - |
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(noun) the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration | - |
algorithm | (noun) a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem | Synonyms: algorithmic program, algorithmic rule |
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alienage | (noun) the quality of being alien | Synonyms: alienism |
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alignment | (noun) the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other | - |
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(noun) the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines | - |
(noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | Synonyms: conjunction |
(noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: alinement, alliance, coalition |
allegation | (noun) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) | - |
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(noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegement |
allegement | (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegation |
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allegiance | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: commitment, dedication, loyalty |
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(noun) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) | Synonyms: fealty |
allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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allegorizer | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegoriser |
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allegory | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable |
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(noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | - |
(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: emblem |
allegretto | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
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(noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
allegro | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner | - |
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(noun) a brisk and lively tempo | - |
allergen | (noun) any substance that can cause an allergy | - |
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allergist | (noun) a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies | - |
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allergology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the causes and treatment of allergies | - |
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allergy | (noun) hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | Synonyms: allergic reaction |
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allgood | (noun) European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb | Synonyms: Chenopodium bonus-henricus, fat hen, good-king-henry, wild spinach |
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alligator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: gator |
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(noun) leather made from alligator's hide | - |
alligatorfish | (noun) small very elongate sea poachers | Synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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allogamy | (noun) cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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allograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: homograft |
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allograph | (noun) a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme | - |
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(noun) a signature written by one person for another | - |
almsgiver | (noun) a person who gives alms | - |
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almsgiving | (noun) making voluntary contributions to aid the poor | Synonyms: alms-giving |
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altering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: fixing, neutering |
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altogether | (noun) informal terms for nakedness | Synonyms: birthday suit, raw |
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amalgam | (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things | - |
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(noun) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams | Synonyms: dental amalgam |
amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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