abatis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abattis |
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abattis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abatis |
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abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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abiogenist | (noun) a believer in abiogenesis | - |
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ableism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ablism |
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ablism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism |
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abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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abscissa | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis | - |
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abscission | (noun) the act of cutting something off | Synonyms: cutting off |
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(noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | - |
absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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absolutisation | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutization |
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absolutism | (noun) the doctrine of an absolute being, often related to idealism in philosophy. | - |
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(noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: totalism, totalitarianism |
(noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
(noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: despotism, tyranny |
absolutist | (noun) one who advocates absolutism | - |
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abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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(noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
abstractionist | (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
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academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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(noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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acantholysis | (noun) a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus) | - |
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acanthosis | (noun) an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis) | - |
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acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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acariosis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acaridiasis |
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acathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual | - |
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acclimatisation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization |
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accompanist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanyist |
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accompanyist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanist |
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accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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acephalism | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephaly |
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achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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acidosis | (noun) abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues | - |
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acmeism | (noun) An early 20th-century Russian school of poetry that rejected the vagueness and emotionality of Symbolism in favor of Imagist clarity and texture. | - |
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acquisition | (noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | - |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, skill |
(noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | Synonyms: learning |
(noun) something acquired | - |
acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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acrocyanosis | (noun) cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion | Synonyms: Raynaud's sign |
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acropolis | (noun) the citadel in ancient Greek towns | - |
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actinism | (noun) the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects | - |
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actinomycosis | (noun) disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses | - |
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activism | (noun) a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal | - |
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activist | (noun) a militant reformer | Synonyms: militant |
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actualisation | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualization, realisation, realization |
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adactylism | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactyly |
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adenitis | (noun) inflammation of a gland or lymph node | - |
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adenohypophysis | (noun) the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland |
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adenomyosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: endometriosis |
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adenosis | (noun) a disorder of the glands of the body | Synonyms: gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder |
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adiposis | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: corpulence, overweight, stoutness |
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administration | (noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: disposal |
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(noun) the act of administering medication | Synonyms: giving medication |
(noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law | Synonyms: judicature |
(noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: governance, governing, government, government activity |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: presidency, presidential term |
administrator | (noun) someone who administers a business | Synonyms: decision maker |
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(noun) the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor | - |
(noun) someone who manages a government agency or department | Synonyms: executive |
administrivia | (noun) the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization | - |
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admissibility | (noun) acceptability by virtue of being admissible | - |
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admission | (noun) the act of admitting someone to enter | Synonyms: admittance |
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(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admittance, entree |
(noun) an acknowledgment of the truth of something | - |
(noun) the fee charged for admission | Synonyms: admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission |
admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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adonis | (noun) any handsome young man | - |
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adventurism | (noun) recklessness in politics or foreign affairs | - |
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advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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advertiser | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertizer |
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advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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(noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
advisability | (noun) the quality of being advisable | - |
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advisee | (noun) someone who receives advice | - |
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advisement | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: deliberation, weighing |
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adviser | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: advisor, consultant |
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advisor | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: adviser, consultant |
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advisory | (noun) an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat | - |
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aegis | (noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: auspices, protection |
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(noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: breastplate, egis |
aepyornis | (noun) huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar | Synonyms: elephant bird |
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aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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aerobiosis | (noun) life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen | - |
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aeroembolism | (noun) obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving | Synonyms: air embolism, gas embolism |
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(noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
aesthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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aetiologist | (noun) a specialist in the etiology of diseases | Synonyms: etiologist |
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agalactosis | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactia |
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agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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ageism | (noun) discrimination on the basis of a person's age | Synonyms: agism |
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agenesis | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesia |
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aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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agism | (noun) discrimination on the basis of a person's age | Synonyms: ageism |
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agnosticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: scepticism, skepticism |
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(noun) a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God | - |
agonist | (noun) (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction | - |
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(noun) a muscle that contracts while another relaxes | - |
(noun) someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) | - |
(noun) the principal character in a work of fiction | Synonyms: protagonist |
agranulocytosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulosis, granulocytopenia |
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agranulosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia |
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agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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agriculturist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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agronomist | (noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production | - |
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aisle | (noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: gangway |
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(noun) part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns | - |
(noun) a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) | - |
akinesis | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesia |
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alarmism | (noun) needless warnings | - |
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alarmist | (noun) a person who alarms others needlessly | - |
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albinism | (noun) the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair | - |
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alchemist | (noun) one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone | - |
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alcoholism | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: dipsomania, potomania |
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(noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation |
aldosteronism | (noun) a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone | Synonyms: hyperaldosteronism |
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algebraist | (noun) a mathematician whose specialty is algebra | - |
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algorism | (noun) computation with Arabic figures | - |
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(noun) the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration | - |