emigrant | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer |
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emigration | (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: expatriation, out-migration |
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emigre | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigree, outgoer |
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emigree | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigre, outgoer |
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encephalogram | (noun) an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast | Synonyms: pneumoencephalogram |
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(noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, electroencephalogram |
encephalograph | (noun) Any apparatus used to produce an encephalogram by recording electric currents generated by the brain. | - |
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encephalography | (noun) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram | - |
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engram | (noun) a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | Synonyms: memory trace |
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engraver | (noun) a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate | - |
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(noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching | - |
engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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(noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
(noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
engrossment | (noun) the quality of being intent and concentrated | Synonyms: intentness |
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(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
(noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: absorption, concentration, immersion |
epigram | (noun) a witty saying | Synonyms: quip |
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epigraph | (noun) an engraved inscription | - |
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(noun) a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | - |
epigraphy | (noun) the study of ancient inscriptions | - |
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ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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evergreen | (noun) a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year | Synonyms: evergreen plant |
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fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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fenugreek | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry | Synonyms: fenugreek seed |
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(noun) annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry | Synonyms: Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum |
filaggrin | (noun) the main protein of the keratohyalin granules | - |
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filagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filigree, fillagree |
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filigree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, fillagree |
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fillagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, filigree |
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flagroot | (noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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flipagram | (noun) a sequence of photos composed into a video | - |
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foreground | (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application | - |
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(noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer | - |
foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
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fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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gangrene | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus |
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(noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass | Synonyms: slough, sphacelus |
geographer | (noun) an expert on geography | - |
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geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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geography | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geographics |
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glyptography | (noun) carving or engraving (especially on stones) | - |
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(noun) carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) | Synonyms: glyptic art |
grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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(noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
grabber | (noun) an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately | - |
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grace | (noun) a sense of propriety and consideration for others | Synonyms: seemliness |
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(noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: gracility |
(noun) (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God | Synonyms: free grace, grace of God |
(noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, goodwill |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving |
(noun) (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence | Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace |
(noun) a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | Synonyms: grace period |
gracefulness | (noun) beautiful carriage | - |
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gracelessness | (noun) an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression | Synonyms: ungracefulness |
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(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness |
gracilariid | (noun) small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves | Synonyms: gracilariid moth |
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gracility | (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: grace |
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graciousness | (noun) excellence of manners or social conduct | - |
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(noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, benignity |
grackle | (noun) long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage | Synonyms: crow blackbird |
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(noun) glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech | Synonyms: Gracula religiosa, hill myna, Indian grackle |
grad | (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, graduate |
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(noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grade |
gradation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: graduation |
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(noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: grade |
(noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: step |
grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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(noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
(noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
(noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
(noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
(noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
(noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
(noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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(noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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(noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
(noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
gradual | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
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graduality | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: gradualness |
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gradualness | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: graduality |
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(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gentleness |
graduate | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
graduation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: gradation |
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(noun) the successful completion of a program of study | - |
(noun) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | - |
(noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise |
graffiti | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffito |
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graffito | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffiti |
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graft | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: grafting |
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(noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | Synonyms: bribery |
(noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
grafting | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: graft |
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graham | (noun) flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) | Synonyms: graham flour, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour |
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grail | (noun) (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper | Synonyms: Holy Grail, Sangraal |
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(noun) the object of any prolonged endeavor | - |
grain | (noun) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | - |
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(noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: texture |
(noun) the smallest possible unit of anything | - |
(noun) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | Synonyms: cereal, food grain |
(noun) a relatively small granular particle of a substance | - |
(noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: caryopsis |
(noun) a cereal grass | - |
(noun) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
(noun) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
(noun) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | Synonyms: metric grain |
(noun) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | - |
grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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graininess | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, granularity |
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graining | (noun) a texture like that of wood | Synonyms: woodgraining |
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gram | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gm, gramme |
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grama | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama grass, gramma, gramma grass |
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gramicidin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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gramma | (noun) pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America | Synonyms: grama, grama grass, gramma grass |
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grammar | (noun) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | - |
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grammarian | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: syntactician |
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grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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gramme | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gm, gram |
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gramophone | (noun) an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically | Synonyms: acoustic gramophone |
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gramps | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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grampus | (noun) slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas | Synonyms: Grampus griseus |
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(noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
gran | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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granadilla | (noun) the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers | - |
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(noun) tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit | Synonyms: giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis |
(noun) Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo |
(noun) considered best for fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla |
granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
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granary | (noun) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed | Synonyms: garner |
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grand | (noun) a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs | Synonyms: grand piano |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard |
grandad | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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grandaunt | (noun) an aunt of your father or mother | Synonyms: great-aunt |
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grandchild | (noun) a child of your son or daughter | - |
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granddad | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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granddaddy | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, grandfather, grandpa |
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granddaughter | (noun) a female grandchild | - |
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grandee | (noun) a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal | - |
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grandeur | (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandness, magnificence, splendor, splendour |
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(noun) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | Synonyms: magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness |
grandfather | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandpa |
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grandiloquence | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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grandiosity | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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grandma | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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grandmaster | (noun) a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge | - |
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grandmother | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grannie, granny, nan, nanna |
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grandnephew | (noun) a son of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-nephew |
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grandness | (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour |
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(noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
(noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | Synonyms: impressiveness, magnificence, richness |
(noun) a prominent status | Synonyms: importance |
grandniece | (noun) a daughter of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-niece |
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grandpa | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather |
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grandparent | (noun) a parent of your father or mother | - |
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grandson | (noun) a male grandchild | - |
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