acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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adhesion | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, attachment |
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(noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond |
(noun) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures | - |
(noun) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen | - |
adhesive | (noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | Synonyms: adhesive agent, adhesive material |
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adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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aesthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: esthesia, sensibility |
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aesthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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alcahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alkahest, universal solvent |
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alkahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alcahest, universal solvent |
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anaesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anesthesia |
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anesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anaesthesia |
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anesthesiologist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthetist |
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anesthesiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics | - |
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anthesis | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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antimetathesis | (noun) A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem". | - |
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antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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(noun) exact opposite | - |
aphesis | (noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' | - |
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archduchess | (noun) a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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archespore | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archesporium |
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archesporium | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archespore |
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bedclothes | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedding |
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behest | (noun) an authoritative command or request | - |
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biosynthesis | (noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biogenesis |
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breeches | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers |
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britches | (noun) (used in the plural) informal term for breeches | - |
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cacoethes | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: mania, passion |
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catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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chess | (noun) a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | Synonyms: chess game |
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(noun) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, cheat |
chessboard | (noun) a checkerboard used to play chess | Synonyms: chess board |
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chessman | (noun) any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | Synonyms: chess piece |
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chest | (noun) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy | - |
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(noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest of drawers, dresser |
(noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pectus, thorax |
(noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: breast |
chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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(noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
chestnut | (noun) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse | - |
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(noun) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg | - |
(noun) the brown color of chestnuts | - |
(noun) edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | - |
(noun) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | Synonyms: chestnut tree |
(noun) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | - |
chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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clothes | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, dress, wearing apparel |
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clothesbrush | (noun) a brush used for cleaning clothing | - |
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clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
clothesline | (noun) a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - |
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clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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clutches | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold |
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cohesion | (noun) (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid | - |
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(noun) (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) | - |
(noun) (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. | - |
(noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesiveness |
cohesiveness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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(noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion |
cryaesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryesthesia |
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cryesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryaesthesia |
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cryoanaesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanesthesia |
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cryoanesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanaesthesia |
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diathesis | (noun) constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality | - |
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duchess | (noun) the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | - |
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epenthesis | (noun) the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier | - |
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esthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: aesthesia, sensibility |
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esthesiology | (noun) the scientific study or description of the sense organs and sensations. | - |
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esthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: aesthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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hesitance | (noun) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | Synonyms: hesitancy |
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hesitancy | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance |
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(noun) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | Synonyms: hesitance |
hesitater | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitator, vacillator, waverer |
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hesitation | (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: falter, faltering, waver |
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(noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance |
(noun) indecision in speech or action | Synonyms: vacillation, wavering |
hesitator | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitater, vacillator, waverer |
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hessian | (noun) (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | Synonyms: Hessian boot, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington boot |
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hessonite | (noun) a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown | Synonyms: cinnamon stone, essonite |
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huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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hypesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypoesthesia |
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hypoesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypesthesia |
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hypothesis | (noun) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | Synonyms: possibility, theory |
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(noun) a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations | - |
(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
khesari | (noun) European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere | Synonyms: grass pea, Indian pea, Lathyrus sativus |
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kinaesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinesthesia |
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(noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
kinaesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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kinanesthesia | (noun) inability to sense movement | - |
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kinesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinaesthesia |
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(noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
kinesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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metathesis | (noun) a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) | Synonyms: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction |
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(noun) a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence | - |
nightclothes | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightwear, sleepwear |
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nucleosynthesis | (noun) (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom | - |
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ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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orchestra | (noun) seating on the main floor in a theater | - |
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(noun) a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players | - |
orchestration | (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: instrumentation |
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(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect | - |
(noun) an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band | - |
orchestrator | (noun) an arranger who writes for orchestras | - |
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overclothes | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: outerwear |
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paraesthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paresthesia |
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parchesi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchisi |
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parenthesis | (noun) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material | - |
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(noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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photosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) | - |
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plainclothesman | (noun) a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty | - |
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prophesier | (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophet, seer, vaticinator |
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prosthesis | (noun) corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | Synonyms: prosthetic device |
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rhesus | (noun) of southern Asia; used in medical research | Synonyms: Macaca mulatta, rhesus monkey |
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riches | (noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: wealth |
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somaesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
somaesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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somataesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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somatesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
somesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation |
somesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia |
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spondylolisthesis | (noun) a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | - |
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starches | (noun) foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | - |
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synaesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synesthesia |
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synesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synaesthesia |
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