antagonism | (noun) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure | - |
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(noun) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility | - |
(noun) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors | - |
(noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will | Synonyms: enmity, hostility |
antagonist | (noun) a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug | - |
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(noun) a muscle that relaxes while another contracts | - |
(noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, opponent, opposer, resister |
anthologist | (noun) an editor who makes selections for an anthology | - |
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anthology | (noun) a collection of selected literary passages | - |
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anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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anthropogeny | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogenesis |
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anthropologism | (noun) a point of view in which human nature is exhaustively determined by the culture in which a person lives, leaving no room for human agency. | - |
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anthropologist | (noun) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology | - |
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anthropology | (noun) the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | - |
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anthropophagite | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater |
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anthropophagus | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater |
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anthropophagy | (noun) human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh | - |
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antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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anticholinergic | (noun) a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine | Synonyms: anticholinergic drug |
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anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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antifungal | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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antigen | (noun) any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) | - |
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antigram | (noun) an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase | - |
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antilog | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilogarithm |
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antilogarithm | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilog |
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antilogism | (noun) an inconsistent triad of propositions in logic of which two are premises of a valid syllogism while the third is the contradictory of its conclusion. | - |
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antireligiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being opposed to religion. | - |
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apanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: appanage |
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(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: appanage |
aphagia | (noun) loss of the ability to swallow | - |
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apogamy | (noun) (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization | - |
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apogee | (noun) apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth | - |
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(noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: culmination |
apologetics | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines | - |
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apologia | (noun) a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | Synonyms: apology |
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apologist | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: justifier, vindicator |
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apologue | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: allegory, fable, parable |
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apology | (noun) a poor example | Synonyms: excuse |
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(noun) an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone | - |
(noun) a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | Synonyms: apologia |
apophthegm | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: aphorism, apothegm |
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apothegm | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: aphorism, apophthegm |
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appalling | (noun) an experience that appalls | - |
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appanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: apanage |
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(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: apanage |
appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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(noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
(noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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approaching | (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
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(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
approving | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
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aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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aquilege | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilegia, columbine |
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aquilegia | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, columbine |
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aragonite | (noun) a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite | - |
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arbitrage | (noun) a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price | - |
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arbitrager | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arb, arbitrageur |
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arbitrageur | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arb, arbitrager |
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arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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arcdegree | (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: degree |
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archaeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archeologist |
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archaeology | (noun) the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | Synonyms: archeology |
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archangel | (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy | - |
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(noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica |
archegonium | (noun) a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms | - |
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archeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archaeologist |
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archeology | (noun) the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | Synonyms: archaeology |
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archipelago | (noun) a group of many islands in a large body of water | - |
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arctangent | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent |
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argal | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argali, Ovis ammon |
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argali | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argal, Ovis ammon |
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argasid | (noun) tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head | Synonyms: soft tick |
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argemone | (noun) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America | Synonyms: devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle |
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argent | (noun) a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance | - |
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argentine | (noun) any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes | - |
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argentinosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina | - |
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argentite | (noun) a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) | - |
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argil | (noun) a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) | - |
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argillite | (noun) a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages | - |
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arginine | (noun) a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa | - |
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argon | (noun) a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere | Synonyms: Ar, atomic number 18 |
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argonaut | (noun) someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure | - |
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argonon | (noun) any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table | Synonyms: inert gas, noble gas |
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argosy | (noun) one or more large merchant ships | - |
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argot | (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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arguer | (noun) someone who engages in debate | Synonyms: debater |
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arguing | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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argument | (noun) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable | - |
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(noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argumentation, debate |
(noun) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie | Synonyms: literary argument |
(noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: statement |
(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
(noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: parameter |
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 |
argus | (noun) large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant | Synonyms: argus pheasant |
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argyle | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyll |
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(noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyll |
(noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyll |
argyll | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyle |
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(noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyle |
(noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyle |
argyrodite | (noun) a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur | - |
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armguard | (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: bracer |
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armiger | (noun) a squire carrying the armor of a knight | Synonyms: armor-bearer |
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(noun) a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms | - |
arming | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, equipping |
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arpeggio | (noun) a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously | - |
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arraignment | (noun) a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment | - |
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arrangement | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arranging, transcription |
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(noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: placement |
(noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: organisation, organization, system |
(noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: agreement |
(noun) a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | Synonyms: musical arrangement |
(noun) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging | - |
arranger | (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: organiser, organizer |
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(noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: adapter, transcriber |
arranging | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, transcription |
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arrogance | (noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | Synonyms: haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
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arrogation | (noun) seizure by the government | Synonyms: confiscation |
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arrogator | (noun) a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess | - |
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arteriogram | (noun) an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium | - |
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