| abalone | (noun) any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior | Synonyms: ear-shell |
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| abandon | (noun) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry | Synonyms: unconstraint, wantonness |
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| (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | Synonyms: wildness |
| abandonment | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: defection, desertion |
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| (noun) the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away | - |
| (noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: desertion, forsaking |
| abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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| abasement | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: humiliation |
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| (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abjection, degradation |
| abashment | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: bashfulness |
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| abatement | (noun) the act of abating | - |
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| (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension |
| abbreviation | (noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it | - |
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| (noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase | - |
| abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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| (noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
| abdomen | (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: belly, stomach, venter |
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| (noun) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm | Synonyms: abdominal cavity |
| 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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| abducens | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
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| abducent | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
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| abduction | (noun) the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife | - |
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| (noun) (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | - |
| abecedarian | (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
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| aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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| aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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| aberrant | (noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group | - |
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| aberration | (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
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| (noun) a disorder in one's mental state | - |
| (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance |
| 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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| abetment | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abettal, instigation |
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| abeyance | (noun) temporary cessation or suspension | Synonyms: suspension |
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| abhenry | (noun) a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry | - |
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| abhorrence | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
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| abidance | (noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) | - |
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| (noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: residence, residency |
| (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: compliance, conformation, conformity |
| abience | (noun) (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object | - |
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| abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| abiogenist | (noun) a believer in abiogenesis | - |
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| abjection | (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, degradation |
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| abjuration | (noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | Synonyms: recantation, retraction |
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| ablactation | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: weaning |
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| (noun) the cessation of lactation | - |
| ablation | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers | - |
| ablution | (noun) the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels | - |
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| abnegation | (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
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| (noun) the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief | - |
| abnegator | (noun) one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something | - |
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| abnormalcy | (noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormality |
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| abnormality | (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality | Synonyms: irregularity |
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| (noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal | Synonyms: freakishness |
| (noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence | Synonyms: mental defectiveness |
| (noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormalcy |
| abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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| abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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| abolition | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolishment |
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| abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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| abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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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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| aboriginal | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
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| aborigine | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native |
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| abortifacient | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
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| abortion | (noun) termination of pregnancy | - |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: miscarriage |
| abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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| abradant | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abrader |
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| (noun) a substance that abrades or wears down | Synonyms: abrasive, abrasive material |
| abrasion | (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: attrition, detrition, grinding |
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| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: attrition, corrasion, detrition |
| (noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: excoriation, scrape, scratch |
| abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |
| abreaction | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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| abridgement | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgment, capsule, condensation |
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| abridgment | (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, capsule, condensation |
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| abrogation | (noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: annulment, repeal |
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| abruption | (noun) an instance of sudden interruption | Synonyms: breaking off |
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| abruptness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
| (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
| abscission | (noun) the act of cutting something off | Synonyms: cutting off |
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| (noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | - |
| absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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| abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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| absence | (noun) failure to be present | - |
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| (noun) the state of being absent | - |
| (noun) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: absence seizure |
| (noun) the time interval during which something or somebody is away | - |
| absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
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| absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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| absinthe | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinth |
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| (noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | Synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man |
| absoluteness | (noun) the quality of being absolute | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: starkness, utterness |
| absolution | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: remission, remission of sin, remittal |
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| (noun) the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance | - |
| absolutisation | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutization |
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| absolutization | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutisation |
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| absorbance | (noun) (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: optical density, photographic density, transmission density |
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| absorbency | (noun) the property of being absorbent | - |
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| absorbent | (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | Synonyms: absorbent material |
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| absorptance | (noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber | Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption |
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| absorption | (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
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| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: concentration, engrossment, immersion |
| (noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid | Synonyms: soaking up |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: assimilation |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | - |
| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: assimilation |
| abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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| (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| abstention | (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstinence |
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| abstinence | (noun) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | - |
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| (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstention |
| abstinent | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, nondrinker |
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| abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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| (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
| (noun) an abstract painting | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
| (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
| abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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| (noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
| abstractionist | (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
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| abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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| abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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| (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
| absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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| abundance | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: copiousness, teemingness |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million | - |
| (noun) (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present | - |
| abutment | (noun) a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge | - |
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| (noun) point of contact between two objects or parts | - |
| 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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| acantha | (noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: spine, spur |
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| acanthion | (noun) the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture | - |
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| acanthocephalan | (noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines | Synonyms: spiny-headed worm |
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| acanthocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm | - |
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| acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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