abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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(noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
abdicator | (noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility | - |
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acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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adjudication | (noun) the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented | - |
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adjudicator | (noun) a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes | - |
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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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allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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amicability | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicableness |
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(noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicableness |
amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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(noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
ammonification | (noun) impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia | - |
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amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
(noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
anatomical | (noun) an expression that relates to anatomy | Synonyms: anatomical reference |
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angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
anticatalyst | (noun) (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst | - |
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apicalization | (noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | - |
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applicability | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: pertinence, pertinency |
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applicant | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applier |
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application | (noun) the action of putting something into operation | - |
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(noun) a diligent effort | Synonyms: diligence |
(noun) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | Synonyms: practical application |
(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: coating, covering |
(noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: lotion |
(noun) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | - |
(noun) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | Synonyms: application program, applications programme |
applicator | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applier |
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arnica | (noun) an ointment used in treating bruises | - |
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(noun) any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica | - |
(noun) used especially in treating bruises | - |
arsenical | (noun) a pesticide or drug containing arsenic | - |
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atypicality | (noun) any state that is not typical | Synonyms: untypicality |
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authentication | (noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: certification |
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(noun) a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity | Synonyms: assay-mark, hallmark |
authenticator | (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: appraiser |
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barbican | (noun) a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) | Synonyms: barbacan |
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barricade | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: roadblock |
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(noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy | - |
basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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(noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
beatification | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization | - |
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(noun) the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy | - |
(noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatitude, blessedness |
beautification | (noun) the act of making something more beautiful | - |
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bicarbonate | (noun) a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate | Synonyms: hydrogen carbonate |
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borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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botanical | (noun) a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves) | - |
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calcification | (noun) a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) | - |
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(noun) tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts | - |
(noun) an inflexible and unchanging state | - |
caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
certification | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: authentication |
(noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: corroboration, documentation |
(noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, credential, credentials |
chemical | (noun) material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | Synonyms: chemical substance |
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chicane | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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(noun) a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file | - |
(noun) a bridge hand that is void of trumps | - |
chicanery | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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cicada | (noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone | Synonyms: cicala |
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cicala | (noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone | Synonyms: cicada |
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cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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cicatrix | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrice, scar |
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clarification | (noun) the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | Synonyms: clearing |
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(noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | Synonyms: elucidation, illumination |
classical | (noun) traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste | Synonyms: classical music, serious music |
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classicalism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicism |
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classification | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people | - |
(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization |
claudication | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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clericalism | (noun) a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters | - |
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clericalist | (noun) one who advocates clericalism | - |
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clericalization | (noun) The process of increasing the power or influence of a religious hierarchy. | - |
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codification | (noun) the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order | - |
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(noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | Synonyms: code |
comicality | (noun) the quality of being comical | - |
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communicant | (noun) a person entitled to receive Communion | - |
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communicating | (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communication |
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communication | (noun) something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | - |
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(noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communicating |
(noun) a connection allowing access between persons or places | - |
communications | (noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) | Synonyms: communication theory |
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communicativeness | (noun) the trait of being communicative | - |
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communicator | (noun) a person who communicates with others | - |
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complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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complication | (noun) the act or process of complicating | - |
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(noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness |
(noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: ramification |
(noun) a situation or condition that is complex or confused | - |
(noun) any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease | - |
contraindication | (noun) (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment | - |
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criticality | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticalness, cruciality |
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(noun) a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining | - |
criticalness | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, cruciality |
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cylindricality | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | Synonyms: cylindricalness |
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cylindricalness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | Synonyms: cylindricality |
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decalcification | (noun) loss of calcium from bones or teeth | - |
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declassification | (noun) reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon | - |
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decortication | (noun) removal of the outer covering of an organ or part | - |
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dedication | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, commitment, loyalty |
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(noun) complete and wholehearted fidelity | - |
(noun) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something | Synonyms: inscription |
(noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: commitment |
(noun) a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose | - |
deification | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | Synonyms: apotheosis, exaltation |
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(noun) an embodiment of the qualities of a god | - |
(noun) the condition of being treated like a god | - |
delicacy | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: daintiness, fineness |
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(noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: diplomacy, discreetness, finesse |
(noun) lack of physical strength | Synonyms: fragility |
(noun) slenderness | Synonyms: slightness |
(noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: airiness |
(noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: discretion |
(noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat |
delicatessen | (noun) a shop selling ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: deli, food shop |
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(noun) ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: delicatessen food |
denazification | (noun) social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism | Synonyms: de-Nazification |
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densification | (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, concretion |
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deossification | (noun) the loss of the mineral content of bone tissue | - |
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desertification | (noun) the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land | - |
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despicability | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicableness, sordidness |
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despicableness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicability, sordidness |
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detoxification | (noun) treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver) | - |
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(noun) a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances | - |
dicamptodon | (noun) salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year | Synonyms: dicamptodontid |
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dicamptodontid | (noun) salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year | Synonyms: dicamptodon |
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disqualification | (noun) the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | - |
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(noun) unfitness that bars you from participation | - |
divarication | (noun) branching at a wide angle | - |
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diversification | (noun) the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) | Synonyms: variegation |
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(noun) the condition of being varied | - |
domestication | (noun) accommodation to domestic life | - |
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(noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: tameness |
(noun) adaptation to intimate association with human beings | - |
duplicability | (noun) the quality of being reproducible | Synonyms: reproducibility |
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duplicate | (noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplication |
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(noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: extra |
duplication | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: gemination |
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(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplicate |
duplicator | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: copier |
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ecumenicalism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicism, ecumenism |
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edification | (noun) uplifting enlightenment | Synonyms: sophistication |
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efficaciousness | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | Synonyms: efficacy |
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efficacy | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | Synonyms: efficaciousness |
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electrification | (noun) the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group | - |
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(noun) the act of providing electricity | - |
encyclical | (noun) a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world | Synonyms: encyclical letter |
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