ammonal | (noun) Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. | - |
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ammonia | (noun) a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3) | - |
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(noun) a water solution of ammonia | Synonyms: ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide |
ammoniac | (noun) the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant | Synonyms: gum ammoniac |
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ammonification | (noun) impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia | - |
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ammonite | (noun) one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks | Synonyms: ammonoid |
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ammonium | (noun) the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion | Synonyms: ammonium ion |
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ammoniuria | (noun) excessive ammonia in the urine | - |
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ammonoid | (noun) one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks | Synonyms: ammonite |
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backgammon | (noun) a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice | - |
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common | (noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: commons, green, park |
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commonage | (noun) property held in common | - |
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commonality | (noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonness |
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(noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonalty, commons |
commonalty | (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonality, commons |
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commoner | (noun) a person who holds no title | Synonyms: common man, common person |
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commonness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonplaceness, everydayness |
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(noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonality |
(noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity |
(noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: expectedness |
commonplace | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude |
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commonplaceness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonness, everydayness |
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commons | (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonality, commonalty |
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(noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: common, green, park |
(noun) a pasture subject to common use | Synonyms: common land |
commonweal | (noun) the good of a community | Synonyms: common good |
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commonwealth | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
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(noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: democracy, republic |
(noun) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | - |
(noun) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | - |
endopsammon | (noun) The microscopic fauna of sand and mud. | - |
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epipsammon | (noun) Microscopic flora and fauna found on the surface of and/or attached to sand grains. | - |
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gammon | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: ham, jambon |
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(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon | - |
mammon | (noun) wealth regarded as an evil influence | - |
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persimmon | (noun) orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe | - |
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(noun) any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros | Synonyms: persimmon tree |
scammony | (noun) twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin | Synonyms: Convolvulus scammonia |
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(noun) resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia | - |
(noun) tropical American morning glory | Synonyms: Ipomoea orizabensis |
scammonyroot | (noun) tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato | Synonyms: Ipomoea fastigiata, Ipomoea panurata, man-of-the-earth, manroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine |
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summoning | (noun) calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations | Synonyms: evocation |
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summons | (noun) a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | Synonyms: process |
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(noun) a request to be present | Synonyms: bidding |
(noun) an order to appear in person at a given place and time | - |
uncommonness | (noun) extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered | - |
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(noun) extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality | - |