frumenty | (noun) sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat | - |
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fulfillment | (noun) the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) | Synonyms: fulfilment |
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(noun) a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires | Synonyms: fulfilment |
fulfilment | (noun) the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) | Synonyms: fulfillment |
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(noun) a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires | Synonyms: fulfillment |
fundament | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork |
fundamental | (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | Synonyms: first harmonic, fundamental frequency |
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(noun) any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business | - |
fundamentalism | (noun) a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth | - |
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(noun) the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. | - |
fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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(noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
fundamentalness | (noun) The state or condition of being fundamental; essential importance. | - |
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fundamentals | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle |
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garment | (noun) an article of clothing | - |
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garmentmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: dressmaker, garment-worker, garment worker |
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garnishment | (noun) a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee | - |
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government | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governance, governing, government activity |
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(noun) (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed | - |
(noun) the study of government of states and other political units | Synonyms: political science, politics |
(noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: authorities, regime |
habiliment | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, vesture, wear, wearable |
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harassment | (noun) the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism | Synonyms: molestation |
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(noun) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | Synonyms: torment |
hereditament | (noun) any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited | - |
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hutment | (noun) an encampment of huts (chiefly military) | - |
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hyperalimentation | (noun) administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes | Synonyms: total parenteral nutrition, TPN |
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hyperpigmentation | (noun) unusual darkening of the skin | - |
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hypopigmentation | (noun) unusual lack of skin color | - |
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immurement | (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration |
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impairment | (noun) damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality | - |
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(noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, stultification |
(noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: damage, harm |
(noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap |
(noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: deterioration |
impalement | (noun) the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture | - |
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impeachment | (noun) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office | - |
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impediment | (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
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(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance |
impedimenta | (noun) the baggage and equipment carried by an army | - |
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(noun) any structure that makes progress difficult | Synonyms: impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor |
impingement | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impact |
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(noun) a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something | Synonyms: impaction |
implement | (noun) instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | - |
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implementation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: effectuation |
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(noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | Synonyms: carrying out, execution |
impoundment | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, internment, poundage |
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impoverishment | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: pauperisation, pauperization |
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(noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | Synonyms: poorness, poverty |
impressment | (noun) the act of coercing someone into government service | Synonyms: impress |
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imprisonment | (noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | Synonyms: internment |
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(noun) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment | - |
(noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: captivity, immurement, incarceration |
improvement | (noun) the act of improving something | - |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, betterment |
(noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: melioration |
incasement | (noun) the act of enclosing something in a case | Synonyms: encasement |
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incitement | (noun) an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating | Synonyms: incitation |
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(noun) the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion | Synonyms: exhortation |
(noun) needed encouragement | Synonyms: provocation |
(noun) something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action | Synonyms: incitation, provocation |
inclementness | (noun) weather unsuitable for outdoor activities | Synonyms: bad weather, inclemency |
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increment | (noun) the amount by which something increases | Synonyms: increase |
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(noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Synonyms: growth, increase |
incrementation | (noun) the operation of adding one to the operand. | - |
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indictment | (noun) a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense | Synonyms: bill of indictment |
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(noun) an accusation of wrongdoing | - |
indorsement | (noun) the act of endorsing | Synonyms: endorsement |
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(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, sanction, warrant |
(noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: blurb, endorsement |
(noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, second, secondment |
(noun) a signature that validates something | Synonyms: endorsement |
inducement | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducing |
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(noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, motivator |
indument | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indumentum |
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indumentum | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indument |
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infotainment | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary, documentary film |
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infringement | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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(noun) an act that disregards an agreement or a right | Synonyms: violation |
installment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, instalment |
(noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: instalment |
(noun) a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals | - |
instalment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, installment |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, installment |
(noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: installment |
instillment | (noun) the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop | Synonyms: instillation, instilment |
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instilment | (noun) the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop | Synonyms: instillation, instillment |
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instrument | (noun) the means whereby some act is accomplished | Synonyms: tool |
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(noun) a device that requires skill for proper use | - |
(noun) any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds | Synonyms: musical instrument |
(noun) (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | Synonyms: legal document, legal instrument, official document |
(noun) the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process | Synonyms: instrumental role |
(noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, pawn |
instrumentalism | (noun) a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success | - |
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instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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instrumentality | (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentation, means |
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(noun) the quality of being instrumental for some purpose | - |
(noun) a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose | - |
instrumentation | (noun) the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation | - |
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(noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: orchestration |
(noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentality, means |
(noun) the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra | - |
integument | (noun) an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell | - |
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interment | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, sepulture |
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internment | (noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | Synonyms: imprisonment |
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(noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage |
(noun) confinement during wartime | - |
intrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: entrenchment |
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investment | (noun) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | Synonyms: investing |
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(noun) the act of putting on robes or vestments | - |
(noun) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank | Synonyms: investiture |
(noun) outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism | - |
(noun) the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result | - |
(noun) money that is invested with an expectation of profit | Synonyms: investment funds |
involvement | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, participation |
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(noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: interest |
(noun) a connection of inclusion or containment | - |
(noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, amour, intimacy, liaison |
(noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: participation |
judgement | (noun) (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it | Synonyms: judgment, judicial decision |
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(noun) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | Synonyms: assessment, judgment |
(noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgment, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment |
(noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | Synonyms: judging, judgment |
(noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: discernment, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity |
(noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgment, mind |
(noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgment, legal opinion, opinion |
judgment | (noun) (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it | Synonyms: judgement, judicial decision |
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(noun) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | Synonyms: assessment, judgement |
(noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment |
(noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judging |
(noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: discernment, judgement, sagaciousness, sagacity |
(noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgement, mind |
(noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgement, legal opinion, opinion |
jument | (noun) an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work | Synonyms: beast of burden |
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lament | (noun) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead | Synonyms: elegy |
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(noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | Synonyms: coronach, dirge, requiem, threnody |
(noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lamentation, plaint, wail |
lamentation | (noun) the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | Synonyms: mourning |
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(noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, plaint, wail |
lamenter | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, mourner, sorrower |
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ligament | (noun) any connection or unifying bond | - |
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(noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs | - |
lineament | (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: feature |
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(noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: character, quality |
liniment | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: embrocation |
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lodgement | (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodging, lodgment |
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lodgment | (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodgement, lodging |
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loment | (noun) seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments | - |
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macroelement | (noun) a chemical element required in relatively large quantities for the normal physiologic processes of the body. | Synonyms: major mineral |
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maladjustment | (noun) the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability | - |
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malignment | (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: smear, vilification |
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malnourishment | (noun) not having enough food to develop or function normally | Synonyms: undernourishment |
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maltreatment | (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage |
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management | (noun) the act of managing something | Synonyms: direction |
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(noun) those in charge of running a business | - |
maturement | (noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturation, ripening |
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measurement | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measuring, mensuration |
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medicament | (noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | Synonyms: medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
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memento | (noun) a reminder of past events | Synonyms: souvenir |
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mentalism | (noun) (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness | - |
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mentality | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, wit |
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(noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mind-set, mindset, outlook |
mentation | (noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | Synonyms: cerebration, intellection, thinking, thought, thought process |
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mentee | (noun) one who is being mentored | Synonyms: mentoree |
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menthol | (noun) a lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint | - |
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(noun) a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion | - |
mention | (noun) an official recognition of merit | Synonyms: honorable mention |
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(noun) a remark that calls attention to something or someone | Synonyms: reference |
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, quotation, reference |
mentioner | (noun) a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally | - |
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mentor | (noun) a wise and trusted guide and advisor | Synonyms: wise man |
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mentoree | (noun) one who is being mentored | Synonyms: mentee |
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mentum | (noun) a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin | - |
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(noun) the protruding part of the lower jaw | Synonyms: chin |
(noun) a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids | - |
merriment | (noun) activities that are enjoyable or amusing | Synonyms: fun, playfulness |
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(noun) a gay feeling | Synonyms: gaiety |
militainment | (noun) entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated | - |
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misalignment | (noun) the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned | - |
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misgovernment | (noun) government that is inefficient or dishonest | Synonyms: misrule |
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mismanagement | (noun) management that is careless or inefficient | Synonyms: misdirection |
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misplacement | (noun) faulty position | Synonyms: malposition |
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misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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