fineliner | (noun) A felt-tip pen with a thin tip that produces thin lines. | Synonyms: fineliner pen |
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finery | (noun) elaborate or showy attire and accessories | - |
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foreigner | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, noncitizen, outlander |
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(noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | Synonyms: outsider |
forerunner | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor |
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(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | Synonyms: precursor |
(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: antecedent |
freshener | (noun) anything that freshens | - |
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funeral | (noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated | Synonyms: obsequy |
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gainer | (noun) a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board | Synonyms: full gainer |
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(noun) a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits) | - |
(noun) a person who gains weight | Synonyms: weight gainer |
gardener | (noun) someone who takes care of a garden | Synonyms: nurseryman |
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(noun) someone employed to work in a garden | - |
garner | (noun) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed | Synonyms: granary |
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general | (noun) a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) | - |
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(noun) a general officer of the highest rank | Synonyms: full general |
(noun) the head of a religious order or congregation | Synonyms: superior general |
generalcy | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalship |
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generalisation | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generality, generalization |
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(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalization, induction, inductive reasoning |
(noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalization |
generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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generality | (noun) the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability | - |
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(noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
generalization | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generality |
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(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning |
(noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalisation |
generalship | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalcy |
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(noun) the leadership ability of a military general | - |
generation | (noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: multiplication, propagation |
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(noun) the production of heat or electricity | - |
(noun) a coming into being | Synonyms: genesis |
(noun) group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent | - |
(noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, contemporaries |
(noun) the normal time between successive generations | - |
(noun) a stage of technological development or innovation | - |
generator | (noun) engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction | - |
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(noun) an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas | - |
(noun) an electronic device for producing a signal voltage | - |
(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: author, source |
generic | (noun) any product that can be sold without a brand name | - |
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(noun) wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.) | Synonyms: generic wine |
generosity | (noun) acting generously | Synonyms: unselfishness |
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(noun) the trait of being willing to give your money or time | Synonyms: generousness |
generousness | (noun) the trait of being willing to give your money or time | Synonyms: generosity |
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gesneria | (noun) any plant of the genus Gesneria | - |
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gesneriad | (noun) any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia | - |
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gleaner | (noun) someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters | - |
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(noun) someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully | - |
goner | (noun) a person in desperate straits; someone doomed | Synonyms: toast |
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greenery | (noun) green foliage | Synonyms: verdure |
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grinner | (noun) a person who grins | - |
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groaner | (noun) a person who groans | - |
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gunner | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: artilleryman, cannoneer, machine gunner |
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gunnery | (noun) guns collectively | - |
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gunrunner | (noun) a smuggler of guns | Synonyms: arms-runner |
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habanera | (noun) a Cuban dance in duple time | - |
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(noun) music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera | - |
hardener | (noun) one that hardens, especially a substance added to varnish or paint to give it a harder surface or finish. | - |
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hardliner | (noun) a conservative who is uncompromising | - |
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harpooner | (noun) someone who launches harpoons | Synonyms: harpooneer |
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headliner | (noun) a performer who receives prominent billing | Synonyms: star |
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homeowner | (noun) someone who owns a home | Synonyms: householder |
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honeymooner | (noun) someone recently married | Synonyms: newlywed |
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incineration | (noun) the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes | - |
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incinerator | (noun) a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse) | - |
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inerrancy | (noun) (Christianity) exemption from error | - |
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inertia | (noun) a disposition to remain inactive or inert | Synonyms: inactiveness, inactivity |
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(noun) (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force | - |
inertness | (noun) immobility by virtue of being inert | - |
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innersole | (noun) the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests | Synonyms: insole |
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innervation | (noun) the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region | - |
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(noun) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland | Synonyms: excitation, irritation |
invulnerability | (noun) the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally) | - |
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(noun) having the strength to withstand attack | Synonyms: impregnability |
itinerant | (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gipsy, gypsy |
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itinerary | (noun) a proposed route of travel | Synonyms: travel plan |
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(noun) a guidebook for travelers | Synonyms: travel guidebook |
(noun) an established line of travel or access | Synonyms: path, route |
itineration | (noun) journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing; a preaching tour or lecturing tour | - |
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jetliner | (noun) a large jet plane that carries passengers | - |
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joiner | (noun) a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood | - |
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(noun) a person who likes to join groups | - |
joinery | (noun) the craft of a joiner | Synonyms: cabinetmaking |
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(noun) fine woodwork done by a joiner | - |
karabiner | (noun) an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes | Synonyms: carabiner, snap ring |
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kindergartener | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartner, preschooler |
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kindergartner | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, preschooler |
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krennerite | (noun) an orthorhombic gold telluride mineral which can contain a relatively small amount of silver in the structure. | - |
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lampooner | (noun) mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | Synonyms: parodist |
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landowner | (noun) a holder or proprietor of land | Synonyms: landholder, property owner |
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larcener | (noun) a person who commits larceny | Synonyms: larcenist |
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leaner | (noun) (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake | - |
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learner | (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: assimilator, scholar, student |
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(noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: apprentice, prentice |
lightener | (noun) any type of lightening agent that can be used to brighten the appearance of hair, skin, wood and other surfaces. | - |
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limner | (noun) a painter or drawer of portraits | Synonyms: portrait painter, portraitist, portrayer |
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liner | (noun) (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter | Synonyms: line drive |
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(noun) a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) | Synonyms: ocean liner |
(noun) a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment | Synonyms: lining |
(noun) a protective covering that protects an inside surface | Synonyms: lining |
listener | (noun) someone who listens attentively | Synonyms: attender, auditor, hearer |
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listenership | (noun) all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster. | - |
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loaner | (noun) a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair | - |
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(noun) someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters | Synonyms: lender |
loner | (noun) a person who avoids the company or assistance of others | Synonyms: lone hand, lone wolf |
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machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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(noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
maintainer | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: sustainer, upholder |
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maligner | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
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manner | (noun) a way of acting or behaving | Synonyms: personal manner |
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(noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: fashion, mode, style, way |
(noun) a kind | - |
mannerism | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, pose |
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(noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: foible, idiosyncrasy |
manners | (noun) social deportment | - |
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marathoner | (noun) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) | Synonyms: long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
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mariner | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar |
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meitnerium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 109 | Synonyms: atomic number 109, element 109, Mt |
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mentioner | (noun) a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally | - |
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meshuggener | (noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggeneh |
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milliner | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatmaker, hatter, modiste |
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millinery | (noun) hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner | Synonyms: woman's hat |
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(noun) shop selling women's hats | Synonyms: hat shop |
miner | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: mineworker |
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mineral | (noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | - |
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mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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mineralogist | (noun) a scientist trained in mineralogy | - |
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mineralogy | (noun) the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them | - |
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missioner | (noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country | Synonyms: missionary |
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moaner | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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moistener | (noun) a device that dampens or moistens something | Synonyms: dampener |
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moneran | (noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis | Synonyms: moneron |
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moneron | (noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis | Synonyms: moneran |
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moonshiner | (noun) someone who makes or sells illegal liquor | Synonyms: bootlegger |
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mourner | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, lamenter, sorrower |
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nerd | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, grind, swot, wonk |
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(noun) an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession | - |
nerita | (noun) a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum | - |
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neritid | (noun) operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell | Synonyms: neritid gastropod |
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neritina | (noun) ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters | - |
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nerve | (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: heart, mettle, spunk |
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(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, face |
(noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nervus |
nervelessness | (noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: coolness |
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