anticipant | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipator |
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anticipation | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: prediction, prevision |
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(noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) an expectation | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: expectation |
anticipator | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipant |
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antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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antipasto | (noun) a course of appetizers in an Italian meal | - |
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antipathy | (noun) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided | - |
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(noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: aversion, distaste |
archipallium | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: paleocortex |
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constipation | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: deadening, impairment, stultification |
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(noun) irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis | Synonyms: irregularity |
dissipation | (noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy |
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(noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | Synonyms: waste, wastefulness |
(noun) breaking up and scattering by dispersion | - |
emancipation | (noun) freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child | - |
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emancipationist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: abolitionist |
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emancipator | (noun) someone who frees others from bondage | Synonyms: manumitter |
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equipage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: carriage, rig |
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(noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: materiel |
fissiparity | (noun) the tendency to break into parts | - |
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(noun) reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish | - |
flipagram | (noun) a sequence of photos composed into a video | - |
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frangipane | (noun) pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling | - |
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frangipani | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipanni |
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frangipanni | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipani |
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genipa | (noun) any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind | - |
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genipap | (noun) a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind | Synonyms: genipap fruit |
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hemiparasite | (noun) a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis | Synonyms: semiparasite |
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hyperlipaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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lipaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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liparis | (noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes | - |
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lipase | (noun) an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream | - |
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marzipan | (noun) almond paste and egg whites | Synonyms: marchpane |
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municipality | (noun) people living in a town or city having local self-government | - |
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(noun) an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government | - |
nipa | (noun) made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm | - |
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nonparticipant | (noun) a person who does not participate | - |
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nonparticipation | (noun) withdrawing from the activities of a group | Synonyms: non-engagement, non-involvement |
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nullipara | (noun) (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child | - |
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obstipation | (noun) severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines | - |
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participant | (noun) someone who takes part in an activity | Synonyms: player |
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(noun) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | Synonyms: player |
participation | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, involvement |
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(noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: involvement |
peripatetic | (noun) a person who walks from place to place | - |
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peripateticism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science | Synonyms: Aristotelianism |
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peripatus | (noun) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | Synonyms: onychophoran, velvet worm |
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pipage | (noun) a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | Synonyms: pipe, piping |
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(noun) a fee charged for the use of pipes | - |
pipal | (noun) fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists | Synonyms: bo tree, Ficus religiosa, peepul, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig |
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primipara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time | Synonyms: para I |
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principal | (noun) the educator who has executive authority for a school | Synonyms: head, head teacher, school principal |
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(noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, star |
(noun) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | Synonyms: dealer |
(noun) (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement | - |
(noun) the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated | - |
(noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: corpus, principal sum |
principality | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: princedom |
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principalship | (noun) the post of principal | - |
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quadripara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies | - |
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quasiparticle | (noun) a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle | - |
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quintipara | (noun) (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies | - |
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semiparasite | (noun) a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis | Synonyms: hemiparasite |
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taipan | (noun) large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia | Synonyms: Oxyuranus scutellatus |
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tripalmitin | (noun) a triglyceride of palmitic acid | Synonyms: glycerol tripalmitate |
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