| abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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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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| 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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| carminative | (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
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| commination | (noun) a threat of divine punishment or vengeance | - |
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| (noun) prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday | - |
| contaminant | (noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contamination |
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| contamination | (noun) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | Synonyms: pollution |
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| (noun) the state of being contaminated | Synonyms: taint |
| (noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contaminant |
| criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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| criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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| criminality | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminalness |
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| criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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| criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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| culmination | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, mop up, windup |
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| (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: climax |
| (noun) (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon | - |
| (noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: apogee |
| deamination | (noun) removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound | Synonyms: deaminization |
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| decontamination | (noun) the removal of contaminants | - |
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| decriminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalization |
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| decriminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalisation |
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| denomination | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, designation |
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| (noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | - |
| (noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | - |
| denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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| (noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
| denominator | (noun) the divisor of a fraction | - |
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| determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
| (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
| determinateness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: definiteness |
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| determination | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: finding |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
| (noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: purpose |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
| (noun) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature | - |
| determinative | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determiner |
| discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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| (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
| discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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| dissemination | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dispersion |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: diffusion |
| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: airing, public exposure, spreading |
| disseminator | (noun) someone who spreads the news | Synonyms: propagator |
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| dominance | (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so |
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| (noun) superior development of one side of the body | Synonyms: laterality |
| (noun) the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not | - |
| (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control |
| dominant | (noun) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | Synonyms: dominant allele |
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| (noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | - |
| domination | (noun) social control by dominating | - |
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| (noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: mastery, supremacy |
| dominatrix | (noun) a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) | - |
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| effeminacy | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effeminateness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| elimination | (noun) the murder of a competitor | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: riddance |
| (noun) the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations | - |
| (noun) analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives | Synonyms: reasoning by elimination |
| (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding |
| eliminator | (noun) an agent that eliminates something | - |
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| examination | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | Synonyms: scrutiny |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: testing |
| (noun) a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) | Synonyms: examen |
| (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | Synonyms: exam, test |
| (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogatory |
| extermination | (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) complete annihilation | Synonyms: extinction |
| exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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| fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid | - |
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| fulmination | (noun) the act of exploding with noise and violence | - |
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| (noun) thunderous verbal attack | Synonyms: diatribe |
| geminate | (noun) a doubled or long consonant | - |
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| gemination | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: duplication |
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| (noun) the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) | - |
| germination | (noun) the origin of some development | - |
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| (noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: sprouting |
| histaminase | (noun) enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine | - |
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| illuminance | (noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illumination |
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| illuminant | (noun) something that can serve as a source of light | - |
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| illumination | (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: miniature |
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| (noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illuminance |
| (noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | Synonyms: clarification, elucidation |
| (noun) the degree of visibility of your environment | - |
| (noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | Synonyms: light |
| iminazole | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: glyoxaline, imidazole |
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| incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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| indeterminacy | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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| indetermination | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness |
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| insemination | (noun) the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female | - |
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| (noun) the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) | - |
| lamina | (noun) a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) | - |
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| laminate | (noun) a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers | - |
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| lamination | (noun) bonding thin sheets together | - |
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| (noun) a layered structure | - |
| laminator | (noun) Any of a range of machines used for lamination. | Synonyms: laminating machine |
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| (noun) a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) | - |
| luminaire | (noun) an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp; all light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement | Synonyms: light fitting, light fixture |
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| luminance | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminosity, luminousness |
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| luminary | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, notability, notable |
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| mina | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minah | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: mina, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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| nominal | (noun) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb | Synonyms: nominal phrase, noun phrase |
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| nominalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name | - |
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| nominalist | (noun) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism | - |
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| nomination | (noun) the act of officially naming a candidate | - |
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| (noun) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election | Synonyms: nominating address, nominating speech |
| (noun) the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election | - |
| nominative | (noun) the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb | Synonyms: nominative case, subject case |
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| nominator | (noun) someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election | - |
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| predetermination | (noun) the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place | - |
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| (noun) a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something | - |
| (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, preordination |
| predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predomination |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predomination, prepotency |
| predomination | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predominance |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, prepotency |
| preliminary | (noun) a minor match preceding the main event | Synonyms: prelim |
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| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: overture, prelude |
| pronominal | (noun) a phrase that functions as a pronoun | Synonyms: pronominal phrase |
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| proseminar | (noun) a course of study like a graduate seminar but often open to advanced undergraduates. | - |
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| recrimination | (noun) mutual accusations | - |
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| redetermination | (noun) determining again | - |
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| reexamination | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, followup, review |
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| (noun) (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination | Synonyms: redirect examination |
| ruminant | (noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | - |
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| rumination | (noun) regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding | - |
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| (noun) (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) | - |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness |
| ruminator | (noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muller, muser, ponderer |
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| seminar | (noun) a course offered for a small group of advanced students | - |
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| (noun) any meeting for an exchange of ideas | - |
| seminarian | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarist |
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| seminarist | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarian |
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| seminary | (noun) a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis | - |
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| (noun) a private place of education for the young | - |
| stamina | (noun) enduring strength and energy | Synonyms: staying power, toughness |
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| subdominant | (noun) (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale | - |
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| terminal | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminus |
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| (noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: pole |
| (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | - |
| (noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: end |
| terminality | (noun) The quality or state of being fatal, of resulting in death. | - |
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| termination | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: conclusion, ending |
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| (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | Synonyms: ending |
| (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, outcome, result, resultant |
| (noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, endpoint, terminus |
| (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiration, expiry |
| terminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, exterminator |
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| transaminase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, aminotransferase |
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| transamination | (noun) the process of transferring an amino group from one compound to another | - |
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| (noun) the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound | - |
| trigeminal | (noun) the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication | Synonyms: fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus |
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