| abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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| abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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| abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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| abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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| abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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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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| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| academia | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academe |
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| academic | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
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| academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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| (noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
| (noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
| academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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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 |
| acetamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: ethanamide |
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| acetaminophen | (noun) an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) | Synonyms: Anacin III, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol |
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| acetonemia | (noun) an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: ketonemia, ketosis |
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| achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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| acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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| acromicria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromikria |
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| acromikria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromicria |
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| acromion | (noun) the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade | Synonyms: acromial process |
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| acrylamide | (noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals | - |
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| adermin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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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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| admirability | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirableness, wonderfulness |
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| admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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| admiral | (noun) any of several brightly colored butterflies | - |
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| (noun) the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral | Synonyms: full admiral |
| admiralty | (noun) the office of admiral | - |
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| (noun) the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) | - |
| admiration | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: appreciation |
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| (noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking | Synonyms: esteem |
| (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: wonder, wonderment |
| admirer | (noun) someone who admires a young woman | Synonyms: adorer |
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| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter |
| (noun) a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves | - |
| 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 |
| admittance | (noun) the act of admitting someone to enter | Synonyms: admission |
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| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, entree |
| admixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| (noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base | Synonyms: intermixture |
| (noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something | Synonyms: alloy |
| adynamia | (noun) lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness) | - |
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| aerodynamics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aeromechanics |
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| afibrinogenemia | (noun) the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding | - |
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| agamid | (noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae | Synonyms: agamid lizard |
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| agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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| agronomist | (noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production | - |
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| alarmism | (noun) needless warnings | - |
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| alarmist | (noun) a person who alarms others needlessly | - |
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| albumin | (noun) a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids | Synonyms: albumen |
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| albuminoid | (noun) a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye | Synonyms: scleroprotein |
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| albuminuria | (noun) the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder | Synonyms: proteinuria |
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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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| alkalemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) | - |
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| 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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| aluminium | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminum, atomic number 13 |
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| aluminum | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminium, atomic number 13 |
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| ambystomid | (noun) small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander | Synonyms: ambystomid salamander |
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| amiability | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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| (noun) a cheerful and agreeable mood | Synonyms: good humor, good humour, good temper |
| amiableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality |
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| amicability | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicableness |
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| (noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicableness |
| amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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| (noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
| amide | (noun) any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 | - |
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| amidopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: aminopyrine |
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| amigo | (noun) a friend or comrade | - |
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| amine | (noun) a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals | Synonyms: aminoalkane |
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| amino | (noun) the radical -NH2 | Synonyms: amino group |
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| aminoaciduria | (noun) abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects | - |
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| aminoalkane | (noun) a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals | Synonyms: amine |
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| aminobenzine | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aniline, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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| aminomethane | (noun) a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical | - |
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| aminopherase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminotransferase, transaminase |
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| aminophylline | (noun) a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis | - |
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| aminoplast | (noun) a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amino plastic, amino resin |
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| aminopyrine | (noun) a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic | Synonyms: amidopyrine |
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| aminotransferase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, transaminase |
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| amiodarone | (noun) an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective | Synonyms: Cordarone |
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| amir | (noun) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) | Synonyms: ameer, emeer, emir |
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| amitosis | (noun) the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes | - |
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| amitriptyline | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications | Synonyms: amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil |
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| amity | (noun) a cordial disposition | Synonyms: cordiality |
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| (noun) a state of friendship and cordiality | - |
| ammine | (noun) a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules | - |
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| amphetamine | (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: pep pill, speed, upper |
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| amphimixis | (noun) union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction | - |
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| (noun) reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete | Synonyms: sexual reproduction |
| anaemia | (noun) a deficiency of red blood cells | Synonyms: anemia |
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| (noun) a lack of vitality | Synonyms: anemia |
| analbuminemia | (noun) an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | - |
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| anatomical | (noun) an expression that relates to anatomy | Synonyms: anatomical reference |
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| anatomist | (noun) an expert in anatomy | - |
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| andelmin | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: angelim |
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| anemia | (noun) a deficiency of red blood cells | Synonyms: anaemia |
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| (noun) a lack of vitality | Synonyms: anaemia |
| animism | (noun) the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls | - |
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| animist | (noun) one who accepts the doctrine of animism | - |
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| anomia | (noun) inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects | Synonyms: amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, anomic aphasia, nominal aphasia |
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| anomie | (noun) lack of moral standards in a society | Synonyms: anomy |
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| (noun) personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation | Synonyms: anomy |
| anonymity | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: namelessness |
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| anorgasmia | (noun) absence of an orgasm in sexual relations | - |
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| anosmia | (noun) absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) | - |
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| anoxemia | (noun) abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood | - |
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| anthelminthic | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge |
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| anthelmintic | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, vermifuge |
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| antiarrhythmic | (noun) a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm | Synonyms: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication |
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| antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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