| acatalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
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| adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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| alecost | (noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, costmary, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita |
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| analecta | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analects |
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| analects | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analecta |
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| angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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| antielectron | (noun) an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation | Synonyms: positron |
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| applecart | (noun) a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | - |
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| (noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
| atelectasis | (noun) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth | - |
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| bioelectricity | (noun) electric phenomena in animals or plants | - |
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| bottlecap | (noun) a cap that seals a bottle | - |
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| caleche | (noun) the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage | Synonyms: calash, calash top |
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| (noun) a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century | Synonyms: calash |
| catalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
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| celecoxib | (noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract | Synonyms: Celebrex |
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| cholecalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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| cholecystectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain) | - |
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| cholecystitis | (noun) inflammation of the gall bladder | - |
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| cholecystokinin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder; its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine | - |
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| collect | (noun) a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England | - |
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| collectable | (noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectible |
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| collectibility | (noun) The quality of being subject to payment or likely to be paid. | - |
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| collectible | (noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectable |
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| collecting | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, assembling, collection |
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| collection | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, assembling, collecting |
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| (noun) a publication containing a variety of works | Synonyms: compendium |
| (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, ingathering, solicitation |
| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage |
| collective | (noun) members of a cooperative enterprise | - |
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| collectivisation | (noun) the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism | Synonyms: collectivization |
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| collectivism | (noun) a political theory that the people should own the means of production | - |
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| (noun) Soviet communism | Synonyms: Bolshevism, sovietism |
| collectivist | (noun) a person who belongs to the political left | Synonyms: left-winger, leftist |
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| collectivization | (noun) the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism | Synonyms: collectivisation |
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| collector | (noun) the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes | - |
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| (noun) a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth | - |
| (noun) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | Synonyms: accumulator, gatherer |
| (noun) a person who collects things | Synonyms: aggregator |
| cromlech | (noun) a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone | Synonyms: dolmen, portal tomb |
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| deflection | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflexion |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflexion, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflexion |
| (noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting | Synonyms: warp |
| deflector | (noun) a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) | - |
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| delectability | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: deliciousness, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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| delectation | (noun) act of receiving pleasure from something | Synonyms: enjoyment |
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| (noun) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | Synonyms: delight |
| dialect | (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | Synonyms: accent, idiom |
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| dialectic | (noun) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | - |
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| (noun) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction | - |
| dialectician | (noun) a logician skilled in dialectic | - |
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| dialectics | (noun) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces | - |
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| dialectology | (noun) the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects | - |
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| dielectric | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | Synonyms: insulator, nonconductor |
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| dielectrolysis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| dyslectic | (noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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| eclectic | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclecticist |
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| eclecticism | (noun) making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style | Synonyms: eclectic method |
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| eclecticist | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclectic |
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| elecampane | (noun) tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Inula helenium |
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| elect | (noun) an exclusive group of people | Synonyms: chosen |
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| election | (noun) the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice | - |
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| (noun) a vote to select the winner of a position or political office | - |
| (noun) the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) | - |
| (noun) the status or fact of being elected | - |
| electioneering | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, political campaign |
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| (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, canvassing |
| elective | (noun) a course that the student can select from among alternatives | Synonyms: elective course |
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| electiveness | (noun) Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. | Synonyms: optionality |
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| elector | (noun) a citizen who has a legal right to vote | Synonyms: voter |
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| electorate | (noun) the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote | - |
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| electric | (noun) a car that is powered by electricity | Synonyms: electric automobile, electric car |
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| electrician | (noun) a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | Synonyms: lineman, linesman |
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| electricity | (noun) keen and shared excitement | - |
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| (noun) a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons | - |
| (noun) energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor | Synonyms: electrical energy, power |
| electrification | (noun) the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group | - |
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| (noun) the act of providing electricity | - |
| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electrocautery | (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) | - |
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| electrochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions | - |
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| electrocution | (noun) killing by electric shock | - |
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| (noun) execution by electricity | Synonyms: burning |
| electrocutioner | (noun) an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person | - |
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| electrode | (noun) a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | - |
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| electrodeposition | (noun) the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis) | - |
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| electrodynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power | - |
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| electroencephalogram | (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, encephalogram |
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| electroencephalograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain | - |
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| electrograph | (noun) electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures | - |
| electrolocation | (noun) The use of electroreception to locate surrounding objects. | - |
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| electrologist | (noun) someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots | - |
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| electrolysis | (noun) removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions | - |
| electrolyte | (noun) a solution that conducts electricity | - |
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| electrolytic | (noun) a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte | Synonyms: electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic condenser |
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| electromagnet | (noun) a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet | - |
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| electromagnetics | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | Synonyms: electromagnetism |
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| electromagnetism | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | Synonyms: electromagnetics |
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| (noun) magnetism produced by an electric current | - |
| electrometer | (noun) meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source | - |
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| electromyogram | (noun) a graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions | Synonyms: EMG |
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| electromyograph | (noun) a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles | - |
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| electromyography | (noun) diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph | - |
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| electron | (noun) an elementary particle with negative charge | Synonyms: negatron |
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| electronegativity | (noun) (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond | Synonyms: negativity |
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| electronics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices | - |
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| electrophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis |
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| electrophorus | (noun) a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity | - |
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| electroplate | (noun) any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis | - |
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| electroplater | (noun) a plater who uses electrolysis | - |
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| electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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| electroscope | (noun) measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign | - |
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| electroshock | (noun) the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma | Synonyms: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy |
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| electrosleep | (noun) unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain | - |
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| electrostatics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity | - |
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| electrosurgery | (noun) surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) | - |
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| electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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| electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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| electrum | (noun) an alloy of gold and silver | - |
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| embolectomy | (noun) surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery) | - |
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