| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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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| anatomist | (noun) an expert in anatomy | - |
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| 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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| armistice | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: cease-fire, truce |
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| artemisia | (noun) any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage | - |
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| atomisation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomization, fragmentation |
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| (noun) annihilation by reducing something to atoms | Synonyms: atomization |
| atomiser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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| atomism | (noun) (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles | Synonyms: atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory |
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| (noun) (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association | - |
| bigamist | (noun) someone who marries one person while already legally married to another | - |
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| biochemist | (noun) someone with special training in biochemistry | - |
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| biochemistry | (noun) the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry | - |
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| blemish | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: defect, mar |
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| cacomistle | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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| camisole | (noun) a short negligee | - |
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| (noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: underbodice |
| ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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| chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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| (noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
| chemisorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorption |
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| chemist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in chemistry | - |
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| (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
| chemistry | (noun) the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | Synonyms: chemical science |
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| (noun) the way two individuals relate to each other | Synonyms: alchemy, interpersonal chemistry |
| (noun) the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object | - |
| commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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| (noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
| commissar | (noun) an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | Synonyms: political commissar |
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| commissariat | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: provender, provisions, viands, victuals |
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| commissary | (noun) a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) | - |
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| (noun) a snack bar in a film studio | - |
| commission | (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: charge, mission |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: committal, perpetration |
| (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commissioning |
| (noun) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces | Synonyms: military commission |
| (noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | Synonyms: charge, direction |
| (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: committee |
| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission |
| (noun) a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary) | - |
| (noun) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation | - |
| commissionaire | (noun) a uniformed doorman | - |
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| commissioner | (noun) a government administrator | - |
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| (noun) a member of a commission | - |
| commissioning | (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commission |
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| commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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| compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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| (noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
| compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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| conformism | (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformity |
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| conformist | (noun) someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) | - |
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| demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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| demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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| demister | (noun) heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car | - |
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| dermis | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: corium, derma |
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| dichotomisation | (noun) the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | Synonyms: dichotomization |
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| dismissal | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| (noun) a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial | Synonyms: judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal |
| (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job | Synonyms: dismission, pink slip |
| (noun) permission to go; the sending away of someone | - |
| dismission | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job | Synonyms: dismissal, pink slip |
| dynamism | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: oomph, pizzaz, pizzazz, zing |
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| (noun) active strength of body or mind | Synonyms: heartiness, vigor, vigour |
| (noun) any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy | - |
| dysphemism | (noun) an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one | - |
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| economiser | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economizer |
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| economist | (noun) an expert in the science of economics | Synonyms: economic expert |
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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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| emissary | (noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | Synonyms: envoy |
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| emission | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | Synonyms: emanation |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) | - |
| (noun) the release of electrons from parent atoms | - |
| (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, expelling |
| (noun) a substance that is emitted or released | Synonyms: discharge |
| endemism | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: autochthony, indigenousness |
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| epidermis | (noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: cuticle |
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| epididymis | (noun) a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens | - |
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| euphemism | (noun) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
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| extremism | (noun) any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies | - |
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| extremist | (noun) a person who holds extreme views | - |
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| famishment | (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: starvation |
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| femtochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses | - |
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| geochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of the earth's crust | - |
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| headmistress | (noun) a woman headmaster | - |
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| headmistressship | (noun) the position of headmistress | - |
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| hemidemisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note | Synonyms: sixty-fourth note |
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| hemisphere | (noun) either half of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral hemisphere |
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| (noun) half of the terrestrial globe | - |
| (noun) half of a sphere | - |
| hormism | (noun) psychology concerned with the purposive factor or force in behavior. | Synonyms: hormic psychology |
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| hypodermis | (noun) layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods | - |
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| immunochemistry | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: chemoimmunology |
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| immunohistochemistry | (noun) an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase) | - |
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| impermissibility | (noun) inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted | - |
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| inadmissibility | (noun) unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible | - |
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| intermission | (noun) the act of suspending activity temporarily | - |
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| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, interruption, pause, suspension |
| intromission | (noun) the act of putting one thing into another | Synonyms: insertion, introduction |
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| itemisation | (noun) the act of making a list of items | Synonyms: itemization, listing |
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| koumiss | (noun) an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia | Synonyms: kumis |
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| kumis | (noun) an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia | Synonyms: koumiss |
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| macroeconomist | (noun) an economist who specializes in macroeconomics | Synonyms: macroeconomic expert |
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| manumission | (noun) the formal act of freeing from slavery | - |
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| maximisation | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximization |
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| microeconomist | (noun) an economist who specializes in microeconomics | Synonyms: microeconomic expert |
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| millenniumism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenarism |
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| minimisation | (noun) the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position | Synonyms: minimization |
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| misadventure | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: mischance, mishap |
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| misalignment | (noun) the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned | - |
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| misalliance | (noun) an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) | - |
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| misanthrope | (noun) someone who dislikes people in general | Synonyms: misanthropist |
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| misanthropist | (noun) someone who dislikes people in general | Synonyms: misanthrope |
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| misanthropy | (noun) a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people | - |
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| (noun) hatred of mankind | - |
| misapplication | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation |
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| (noun) wrong use or application | - |
| misapprehension | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: mistake, misunderstanding |
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| misappropriation | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation |
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| (noun) wrongful borrowing | - |
| misbehavior | (noun) improper or wicked or immoral behavior | Synonyms: misbehaviour, misdeed |
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| misbehaviour | (noun) improper or wicked or immoral behavior | Synonyms: misbehavior, misdeed |
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| misbeliever | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: heretic, religious outcast |
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| miscalculation | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: misestimation, misreckoning |
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| miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
| miscegenation | (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, interbreeding |
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| miscellanea | (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
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