aerogenerator | (noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds | Synonyms: wind generator, windmill |
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cineraria | (noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers | Synonyms: Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus |
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cinerarium | (noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: columbarium |
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degeneracy | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
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(noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneration |
degenerate | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
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degeneration | (noun) passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Synonyms: retrogression |
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(noun) the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Synonyms: devolution |
(noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneracy |
demineralisation | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralization |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralization |
demineralization | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
exoneration | (noun) the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. | Synonyms: vindication |
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(noun) the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation | - |
funeral | (noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated | Synonyms: obsequy |
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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 |
habanera | (noun) a Cuban dance in duple time | - |
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(noun) music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera | - |
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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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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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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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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regeneration | (noun) the activity of spiritual or physical renewal | - |
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(noun) forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting | Synonyms: re-formation |
(noun) (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs | - |
(noun) feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input | Synonyms: positive feedback |
remuneration | (noun) the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses | - |
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(noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, salary, wage |
remunerator | (noun) a person who pays money for something | Synonyms: payer |
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scorzonera | (noun) long black salsify | Synonyms: black salsify |
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(noun) perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots | Synonyms: black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica, viper's grass |
turbogenerator | (noun) generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power | - |
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venerability | (noun) the quality of deserving veneration | Synonyms: venerableness |
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venerableness | (noun) the quality of deserving veneration | Synonyms: venerability |
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veneration | (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: cultism, devotion |
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(noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, fear, reverence |
venerator | (noun) someone who regards with deep respect or reverence | - |
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vulnerability | (noun) susceptibility to injury or attack | - |
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(noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | Synonyms: exposure |