| accenting | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accentuation, emphasizing |
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| accounting | (noun) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business | Synonyms: accountancy |
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| (noun) a system that provides quantitative information about finances | - |
| (noun) a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes | - |
| (noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | Synonyms: account, account statement |
| (noun) a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts | Synonyms: accounting system, method of accounting |
| aching | (noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: ache |
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| acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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| acting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: performing, playacting, playing |
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| activating | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activation, energizing |
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| adducing | (noun) citing as evidence or proof | - |
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| adulting | (noun) acting like an adult | - |
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| advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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| (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
| advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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| ageing | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: aging, senescence |
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| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: aging, ripening |
| aging | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
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| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
| airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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| (noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
| alerting | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alert |
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| (noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alertness |
| almsgiving | (noun) making voluntary contributions to aid the poor | Synonyms: alms-giving |
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| altering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: fixing, neutering |
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| amatungulu | (noun) very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves | Synonyms: Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum |
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| angel | (noun) spiritual being attendant upon God | - |
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| (noun) someone who provides financial support for some venture | Synonyms: backer |
| (noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: holy man, holy person, saint |
| angelfish | (noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | Synonyms: angel shark, monkfish, Squatina squatina |
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| (noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus | - |
| (noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish |
| angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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| (noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
| (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
| angelim | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: andelmin |
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| angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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| angelology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
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| angelus | (noun) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | Synonyms: angelus bell |
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| anger | (noun) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: ira, ire, wrath |
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| (noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | Synonyms: choler, ire |
| (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: angriness |
| angiitis | (noun) inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct | - |
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| angina | (noun) any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | - |
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| (noun) a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart | Synonyms: angina pectoris |
| angiocardiogram | (noun) a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiocarp | (noun) tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk | - |
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| angioedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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| angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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| angiogram | (noun) an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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| angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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| angiologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in angiology | - |
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| angiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders | - |
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| angioma | (noun) a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels | - |
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| angiopathy | (noun) any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts | - |
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| angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
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| angiopteris | (noun) highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall | Synonyms: Angiopteris evecta, giant fern |
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| angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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| angioscope | (noun) a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels | - |
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| angiosperm | (noun) plants having seeds in a closed ovary | Synonyms: flowering plant |
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| angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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| angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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| angiotonin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotensin, Hypertensin |
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| angle | (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: slant |
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| (noun) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians | - |
| angledozer | (noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
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| angler | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| (noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: troller |
| (noun) a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage | - |
| anglerfish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| anglewing | (noun) nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings | - |
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| angleworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| angling | (noun) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | - |
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| anglophil | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophile |
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| anglophile | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophil |
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| anglophobe | (noun) a person who hates England and everything English | - |
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| angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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| angrecum | (noun) any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers | - |
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| angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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| angst | (noun) an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom | - |
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| angstrom | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: A, angstrom unit |
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| anguish | (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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| (noun) extreme distress of body or mind | - |
| angularity | (noun) the property possessed by a shape that has angles | - |
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| (noun) a shape having one or more sharp angles | Synonyms: angular shape |
| angulation | (noun) the act of making angulate (having corners) | - |
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| (noun) the precise measurement of angles | - |
| angwantibo | (noun) a kind of yellow or golden lemur (Arctocebus calabarensis) | Synonyms: Arctocebus calabarensis, golden potto |
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| anhinga | (noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill | Synonyms: darter, snakebird |
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| annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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| annotating | (noun) the act of adding notes | Synonyms: annotation |
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| annoying | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
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| anointing | (noun) the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | Synonyms: anointment |
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| antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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| antifungal | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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| appalling | (noun) an experience that appalls | - |
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| appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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| appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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| appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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| appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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| apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| approaching | (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
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| (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
| (noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
| approving | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
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| aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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| arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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| archangel | (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy | - |
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| (noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica |
| arctangent | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent |
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| arguing | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| arming | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, equipping |
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| arrangement | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arranging, transcription |
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| (noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: placement |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: organisation, organization, system |
| (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | Synonyms: musical arrangement |
| (noun) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging | - |
| arranger | (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: organiser, organizer |
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| (noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: adapter, transcriber |
| arranging | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, transcription |
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| artlang | (noun) a constructed language designed for aesthetic pleasure. | Synonyms: artistic language |
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| ascending | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
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| asking | (noun) the verbal act of requesting | Synonyms: request |
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| assembling | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, collecting, collection |
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| assenting | (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: accession |
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| assigning | (noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assignment |
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| astringence | (noun) a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker | Synonyms: astringency |
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| astringency | (noun) the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids | Synonyms: stypsis |
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| (noun) a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker | Synonyms: astringence |
| astringent | (noun) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Synonyms: astringent drug, styptic |
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| attending | (noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) | Synonyms: attendance |
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| (noun) the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others | Synonyms: attention |
| autosexing | (noun) (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching | - |
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