acrimony | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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admonition | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonishment, monition |
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(noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | Synonyms: monition, warning, word of advice |
agrimonia | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimony |
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agrimony | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimonia |
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alimony | (noun) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated | Synonyms: maintenance |
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almond | (noun) oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree | - |
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(noun) small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California | Synonyms: Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus dulcis, sweet almond |
almoner | (noun) an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients | Synonyms: medical social worker |
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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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anemone | (noun) marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton | Synonyms: sea anemone |
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(noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: windflower |
antimony | (noun) a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite | Synonyms: atomic number 51, Sb |
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argemone | (noun) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America | Synonyms: devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle |
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backgammon | (noun) a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice | - |
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bimonthly | (noun) a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year) | - |
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bronchopneumonia | (noun) pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles | Synonyms: bronchial pneumonia |
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cacodaemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodemon |
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cacodemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodaemon |
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calamondin | (noun) a fruit of the calamondin tree. | - |
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cardamon | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamom, cardamum |
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(noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum |
ceremonial | (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
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ceremoniousness | (noun) a ceremonial manner | - |
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ceremony | (noun) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion | - |
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(noun) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way | - |
(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance |
cheesemonger | (noun) someone who sells cheese | - |
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cinnamon | (noun) spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground | - |
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(noun) tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon | Synonyms: Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
(noun) aromatic bark used as a spice | Synonyms: cinnamon bark |
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) | - |
cosmonaut | (noun) a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | Synonyms: astronaut, spaceman |
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costermonger | (noun) a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow | Synonyms: barrow-boy, barrow-man |
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counterdemonstration | (noun) a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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counterdemonstrator | (noun) someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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cryptomonad | (noun) common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms | Synonyms: cryptophyte |
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daemon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daimon, demon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a person who is part mortal and part god | Synonyms: demigod |
daimon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, demon, devil, fiend |
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demimondaine | (noun) a female prostitute | - |
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demimonde | (noun) a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior | - |
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demon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: devil, fiend, monster, ogre |
(noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | - |
demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demoniac | (noun) someone who acts as if possessed by a demon | - |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demonism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: diabolism, Satanism |
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demonization | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonisation |
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demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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demonstration | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: presentation, presentment |
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(noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: manifestation |
(noun) a show of military force or preparedness | - |
(noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demo |
(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: monstrance |
demonstrative | (noun) a pronoun that points out an intended referent | Synonyms: demonstrative pronoun |
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demonstrativeness | (noun) tending to express your feelings freely | - |
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demonstrator | (noun) someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | Synonyms: protester |
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(noun) someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer | Synonyms: sales demonstrator |
(noun) a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught | - |
diamond | (noun) the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate | Synonyms: baseball diamond, infield |
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(noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it | - |
(noun) the baseball playing field | Synonyms: ball field, baseball field |
(noun) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
(noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: rhomb, rhombus |
(noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem | Synonyms: adamant |
diamondback | (noun) large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings | Synonyms: Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback rattlesnake |
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disharmony | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: inharmoniousness |
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edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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endaemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: eudemonism |
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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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etymon | (noun) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | Synonyms: root |
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eudaemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudemon, good spirit |
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eudaemonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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eudaimonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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eudemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudaemon, good spirit |
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eudemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: endaemonism |
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fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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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 | - |
gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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gossipmonger | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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gossipmongering | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossiping |
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harmonic | (noun) any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental | - |
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(noun) a tone that is a component of a complex sound | - |
harmonica | (noun) a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | Synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ |
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harmonics | (noun) the study of musical sound | - |
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harmoniousness | (noun) compatibility in opinion and action | Synonyms: harmony |
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(noun) the property of sounding harmonious | Synonyms: consonance |
harmonisation | (noun) singing in harmony | Synonyms: harmonization |
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(noun) a piece of harmonized music | Synonyms: harmonization |
harmoniser | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmonizer |
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(noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmonizer |
harmonium | (noun) a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows | Synonyms: organ, reed organ |
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harmonization | (noun) singing in harmony | Synonyms: harmonisation |
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(noun) a piece of harmonized music | Synonyms: harmonisation |
harmonizer | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmoniser |
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(noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmoniser |
harmony | (noun) an agreeable sound property | - |
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(noun) compatibility in opinion and action | Synonyms: harmoniousness |
(noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concord, concordance |
(noun) the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords | Synonyms: musical harmony |
(noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concord, concordance |
hatemonger | (noun) one who arouses hatred for others | - |
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hegemon | (noun) a leading or paramount power | - |
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hegemony | (noun) the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others | - |
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homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
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homonymy | (noun) the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning | - |
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hormone | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Synonyms: endocrine, internal secretion |
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