| abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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| abomination | (noun) an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence | - |
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| (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
| (noun) a person who is loathsome or disgusting | - |
| abominator | (noun) one who hates or loathes | Synonyms: loather |
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| aboriginal | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
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| agglutination | (noun) the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining | - |
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| (noun) a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) | - |
| (noun) the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated | Synonyms: agglutinating activity |
| alumina | (noun) any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum | Synonyms: aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide |
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| aluminate | (noun) a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
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| angina | (noun) any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | - |
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| (noun) a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart | Synonyms: angina pectoris |
| asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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| assassination | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack | - |
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| (noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: blackwash, character assassination |
| assassinator | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, bravo |
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| attainability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainableness |
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| attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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| badinage | (noun) frivolous banter | - |
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| ballerina | (noun) a female ballet dancer | Synonyms: danseuse |
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| bastinado | (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | Synonyms: falanga |
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| (noun) a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet | - |
| binary | (noun) a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system | Synonyms: binary program |
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| (noun) a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation | Synonyms: binary star, double star |
| bombination | (noun) sound of rapid vibration | Synonyms: bombilation, buzz |
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| calcination | (noun) the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature | - |
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| cardinal | (noun) crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | Synonyms: cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, Richmondena Cardinalis |
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| (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: carmine |
| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes | - |
| (noun) the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order | Synonyms: cardinal number |
| cardinalate | (noun) the office of cardinal | Synonyms: cardinalship |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope | Synonyms: College of Cardinals, Sacred College, Sacred College of Cardinals |
| cardinalfish | (noun) small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters | - |
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| cardinality | (noun) (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping) | - |
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| cardinalship | (noun) the office of cardinal | Synonyms: cardinalate |
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| carina | (noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom | - |
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| carinate | (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
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| carminative | (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
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| casuarina | (noun) any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood | - |
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| china | (noun) high quality porcelain originally made only in China | - |
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| (noun) dishware made of high quality porcelain | Synonyms: chinaware |
| chinaberry | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, azederach, China tree, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria |
| chinaware | (noun) dishware made of high quality porcelain | Synonyms: china |
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| chlorination | (noun) disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound | - |
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| (noun) the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds | - |
| chloroplatinate | (noun) any salt of chloroplatinic acid. | - |
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| coinage | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
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| (noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
| (noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: metal money, mintage, specie |
| combination | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combining, compounding |
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| (noun) the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order | - |
| (noun) a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | - |
| (noun) a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose | - |
| (noun) a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock | - |
| (noun) an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) | - |
| (noun) a coordinated sequence of chess moves | - |
| commelina | (noun) any plant of the genus Commelina | - |
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| commination | (noun) a threat of divine punishment or vengeance | - |
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| (noun) prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday | - |
| complainant | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: plaintiff |
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| concertina | (noun) free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds | - |
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| (noun) coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle | - |
| concubinage | (noun) cohabitation without being legally married | - |
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| conglutination | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion |
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| (noun) healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones | Synonyms: union |
| consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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| consuetudinary | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinal |
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| contaminant | (noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contamination |
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| contamination | (noun) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | Synonyms: pollution |
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| (noun) the state of being contaminated | Synonyms: taint |
| (noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contaminant |
| coordinate | (noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
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| coordination | (noun) the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation | - |
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| (noun) the skillful and effective interaction of movements | - |
| (noun) being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | - |
| (noun) the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form | - |
| coordinator | (noun) someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously | Synonyms: co-ordinator |
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| corbina | (noun) bluish-grey whiting of California coast | Synonyms: Menticirrhus undulatus |
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| cortina | (noun) a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils | - |
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| criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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| criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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| criminality | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminalness |
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| criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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| criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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| culmination | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, mop up, windup |
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| (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: climax |
| (noun) (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon | - |
| (noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: apogee |
| czarina | (noun) the wife or widow of a czar | Synonyms: czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina |
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| deamination | (noun) removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound | Synonyms: deaminization |
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| declination | (noun) a polite refusal of an invitation | Synonyms: regrets |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere | Synonyms: celestial latitude, dec |
| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
| (noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | Synonyms: decline |
| decontamination | (noun) the removal of contaminants | - |
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| decriminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalization |
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| decriminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalisation |
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| definability | (noun) the quality or state of being capable of being defined, limited, or explained. | - |
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| demyelination | (noun) loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function | - |
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| denomination | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, designation |
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| (noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | - |
| (noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | - |
| denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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| (noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
| denominator | (noun) the divisor of a fraction | - |
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| deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
| desalination | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalinisation, desalinization |
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| destination | (noun) the ultimate goal for which something is done | Synonyms: terminus |
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| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: address, name and address |
| (noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: finish, goal |
| determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
| (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
| determinateness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: definiteness |
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| determination | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: finding |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
| (noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: purpose |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
| (noun) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature | - |
| determinative | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determiner |
| dimenhydrinate | (noun) antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Dramamine |
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| dinar | (noun) the basic unit of money in Algeria | Synonyms: Algerian dinar |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Bahrain dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Iraqi dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Jordanian dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Kuwaiti dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Libya | Synonyms: Libyan dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tunisia | Synonyms: Tunisian dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia | Synonyms: Yugoslavian dinar |
| (noun) 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran | Synonyms: Iranian dinar |
| discina | (noun) any fungus of the genus Discina | - |
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| disciplinarian | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: martinet, moralist |
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| discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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| (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
| discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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| disinclination | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance |
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| (noun) that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike | - |
| dissemination | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dispersion |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: diffusion |
| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: airing, public exposure, spreading |
| disseminator | (noun) someone who spreads the news | Synonyms: propagator |
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| divination | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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| (noun) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration | Synonyms: prophecy |
| (noun) successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck | - |
| doctrinaire | (noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions | Synonyms: dogmatist |
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| dominance | (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so |
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| (noun) superior development of one side of the body | Synonyms: laterality |
| (noun) the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not | - |
| (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control |
| dominant | (noun) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | Synonyms: dominant allele |
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| (noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | - |
| domination | (noun) social control by dominating | - |
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| (noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: mastery, supremacy |
| dominatrix | (noun) a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) | - |
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| drainage | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drain |
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| effeminacy | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effeminateness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| elimination | (noun) the murder of a competitor | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: riddance |
| (noun) the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations | - |
| (noun) analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives | Synonyms: reasoning by elimination |
| (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding |
| eliminator | (noun) an agent that eliminates something | - |
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| enterokinase | (noun) enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin | - |
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| erythrina | (noun) any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: coral tree |
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| examination | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | Synonyms: scrutiny |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: testing |
| (noun) a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) | Synonyms: examen |
| (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | Synonyms: exam, test |
| (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogatory |
| extermination | (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) complete annihilation | Synonyms: extinction |
| exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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