ferrocyanide | (noun) salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate | - |
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feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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fidelity | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: faithfulness |
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(noun) accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal | - |
filicide | (noun) the murder of your own son or daughter | - |
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(noun) a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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(noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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fluoride | (noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
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fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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(noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
(noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
fungicide | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent |
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furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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genocide | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | Synonyms: race murder, racial extermination |
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germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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glide | (noun) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | Synonyms: coast, slide |
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(noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring |
(noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: semivowel |
glider | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: sailplane |
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glipizide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: Glucotrol |
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glucoside | (noun) a glycoside derived from glucose | - |
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glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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glyburide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: DiaBeta, Micronase |
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glyceride | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: acylglycerol |
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glycoside | (noun) a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides | - |
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guide | (noun) a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something | - |
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(noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: template, templet |
(noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guidebook |
(noun) someone employed to conduct others | Synonyms: usher |
(noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: pathfinder, scout |
(noun) someone who shows the way by leading or advising | - |
guidebook | (noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guide |
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guideline | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guidepost, rule of thumb |
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(noun) a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action | Synonyms: road map |
(noun) a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters | - |
guidepost | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb |
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(noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: signpost |
guideword | (noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: catchword, guide word |
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haemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: hemorrhoidectomy |
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haemosiderin | (noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | Synonyms: hemosiderin |
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haemosiderosis | (noun) abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis | Synonyms: hemosiderosis |
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halide | (noun) a salt of any halogen acid | - |
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handmaiden | (noun) a personal maid or female attendant | Synonyms: handmaid |
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(noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, servant |
hemidemisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note | Synonyms: sixty-fourth note |
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hemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: haemorrhoidectomy |
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hemosiderin | (noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | Synonyms: haemosiderin |
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hemosiderosis | (noun) abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis | Synonyms: haemosiderosis |
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herbicide | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: weed killer, weedkiller |
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hide | (noun) body covering of a living animal | Synonyms: pelt, skin |
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(noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | Synonyms: fell |
hideaway | (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: retreat |
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(noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: den, hideout |
hideousness | (noun) dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness | - |
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hideout | (noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: den, hideaway |
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hillside | (noun) the side or slope of a hill | - |
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homicide | (noun) the killing of a human being by another human being | - |
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horsehide | (noun) leather from the hide of a horse | - |
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hydrazide | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds sharing a common functional group characterized by a nitrogen to nitrogen covalent bond with 4 substituents with at least one of them being an acyl group. | - |
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hydride | (noun) any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements | - |
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hydrochloride | (noun) a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride | - |
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hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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hydroflumethiazide | (noun) diuretic used to treat hypertension and edema | - |
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hydroxide | (noun) a compound of an oxide with water | Synonyms: hydrated oxide |
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(noun) a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group | - |
hyperlipidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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hyperlipoidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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idea | (noun) the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about | Synonyms: thought |
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(noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: mind |
(noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, estimation |
(noun) a personal view | - |
(noun) (music) melodic subject of a musical composition | Synonyms: melodic theme, musical theme, theme |
ideal | (noun) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain | - |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
idealisation | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealization |
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(noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealization |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealization |
idealism | (noun) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are | - |
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(noun) elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued | Synonyms: high-mindedness, noble-mindedness |
(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality | - |
idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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ideality | (noun) the quality of being ideal | - |
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idealization | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealisation |
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(noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealisation |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealisation |
idealogue | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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ideation | (noun) the process of forming and relating ideas | - |
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identicalness | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identity, indistinguishability |
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identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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(noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
(noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
(noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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(noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
(noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
(noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
ideogram | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideograph |
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ideograph | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideogram |
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ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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ideologization | (noun) the process of giving an ideological character or interpretation to; especially of changing or interpreting in relation to a sociopolitical ideology often seen as biased or limited. | - |
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ideologue | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologist |
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ideology | (noun) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | Synonyms: political orientation, political theory |
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(noun) imaginary or visionary theorization | - |
ides | (noun) in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month | - |
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idesia | (noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries | Synonyms: Idesia polycarpa |
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imide | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO- | - |
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improvidence | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: shortsightedness |
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incidence | (noun) the striking of a light beam on a surface | - |
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(noun) the relative frequency of occurrence of something | Synonyms: relative incidence |
incident | (noun) a single distinct event | - |
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(noun) a public disturbance | - |
incidental | (noun) an item that is incidental | - |
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(noun) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | Synonyms: incidental expense, minor expense |
inconsiderateness | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsideration, thoughtlessness |
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inconsideration | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness |
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indapamide | (noun) diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Lozal |
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infanticide | (noun) murdering an infant | - |
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(noun) a person who murders an infant | - |
infidel | (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god | Synonyms: gentile, heathen, pagan |
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infidelity | (noun) the quality of being unfaithful | Synonyms: unfaithfulness |
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insecticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill insects | Synonyms: insect powder |
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inside | (noun) the inner or enclosed surface of something | Synonyms: interior |
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(noun) the region that is inside of something | Synonyms: interior |
insider | (noun) an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations | - |
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insides | (noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) | Synonyms: entrails, innards, viscera |
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iodide | (noun) a salt or ester of hydriodic acid | - |
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iproclozide | (noun) an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor | - |
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iridectomy | (noun) an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye | - |
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iridescence | (noun) the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface | Synonyms: opalescence |
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ironside | (noun) a man of great strength or bravery | - |
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irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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irridentism | (noun) the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related | Synonyms: irredentism |
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irridentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irredentist |
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isosorbide | (noun) drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure | Synonyms: Isordil |
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joyride | (noun) a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure | - |
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lactide | (noun) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones. | - |
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