annihilation | (noun) destruction by annihilating something | Synonyms: obliteration |
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(noun) total destruction | Synonyms: disintegration |
annihilator | (noun) a total destroyer | - |
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anniversary | (noun) the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: day of remembrance |
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banning | (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding |
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bannister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail |
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beginning | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: commencement, start |
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(noun) the first part or section of something | - |
(noun) the event consisting of the start of something | - |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: origin, root, rootage, source |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
benni | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benne, benny, sesame, Sesamum indicum |
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bennie | (noun) a form of amphetamine | Synonyms: Benzedrine |
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benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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bicentennial | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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biennial | (noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season | - |
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bimillennium | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillenary |
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(noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillenary |
blennioid | (noun) elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins | Synonyms: blennioid fish |
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boutonniere | (noun) a flower that is worn in a buttonhole | - |
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cannibal | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eater |
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cannibalism | (noun) the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind | - |
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cannikin | (noun) a small can | - |
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(noun) a wooden bucket | - |
cannister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: canister, tin |
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caravanning | (noun) the practice of taking holidays in a caravan | - |
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centennial | (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
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clannishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: cliquishness, exclusiveness |
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conniption | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: fit, scene, tantrum |
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connivance | (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: collusion |
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(noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | Synonyms: secret approval, tacit consent |
cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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cunnilingus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilinctus |
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cunning | (noun) crafty artfulness (especially in deception) | - |
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(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
decennium | (noun) a period of 10 years | Synonyms: decade, decennary |
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djinni | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni |
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engelmannia | (noun) common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers | - |
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eonni | (noun) an older other woman, especially a sister, used by a female | - |
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frangipanni | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipani |
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funnies | (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, strip |
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funniness | (noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: clowning, comedy, drollery |
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grannie | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, granny, nan, nanna |
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grinning | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, smile, smiling |
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gunrunning | (noun) the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally | - |
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hausmannite | (noun) a mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide; a source of manganese | - |
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inning | (noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | Synonyms: frame |
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innings | (noun) the batting turn of a cricket player or team | - |
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jinni | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee |
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kenning | (noun) conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry | - |
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mannikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannequin |
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(noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, manikin |
(noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, model |
mannitol | (noun) a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine | Synonyms: Osmitrol |
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millennium | (noun) a span of 1000 years | Synonyms: millenary |
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(noun) (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness | - |
(noun) the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: millenary |
millenniumism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenarism |
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minniebush | (noun) low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs | Synonyms: Menziesia pilosa, minnie bush |
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pannier | (noun) set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips | - |
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(noun) a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person | - |
(noun) either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) | - |
pannikin | (noun) a small pan or cup (usually of tin) | - |
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penni | (noun) 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland | - |
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pennilessness | (noun) a state of lacking money | Synonyms: impecuniousness, penuriousness |
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penning | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: authorship, composition, writing |
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perennial | (noun) (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more | - |
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pfennig | (noun) 100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany | - |
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pinning | (noun) a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin | - |
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pinniped | (noun) aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers | Synonyms: pinnatiped, pinniped mammal |
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planning | (noun) an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action | - |
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(noun) the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise | - |
(noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: preparation, provision |
punning | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, wordplay |
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quadrennium | (noun) a period of four years | - |
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quatercentennial | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentenary |
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quincentennial | (noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quincentenary |
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quinquennium | (noun) a period of five years | - |
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rennin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: chymosin |
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runniness | (noun) the property of flowing easily | Synonyms: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness |
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running | (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track | Synonyms: track |
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(noun) the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace | Synonyms: run |
(noun) the act of administering or being in charge of something | - |
(noun) (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team | Synonyms: run, running game, running play |
(noun) the state of being in operation | - |
scanning | (noun) the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission | - |
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(noun) the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer | - |
semicentennial | (noun) the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: semicentenary |
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sennit | (noun) flat braided cordage that is used on ships | - |
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sesquicentennial | (noun) the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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shunning | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, dodging, turning away |
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sinning | (noun) an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will | Synonyms: sin |
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skinniness | (noun) the bodily property of lacking flesh | Synonyms: scrawniness |
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spinning | (noun) creating thread | - |
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stannite | (noun) a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin | Synonyms: tin pyrites |
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sunniness | (noun) lightness created by sunlight | - |
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(noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheer, cheerfulness, sunshine |
tannia | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, spoonflower, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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tannin | (noun) any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine | Synonyms: tannic acid |
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tanning | (noun) making leather from rawhide | - |
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(noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping |
(noun) process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light | - |
tennis | (noun) a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court | Synonyms: lawn tennis |
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tercentennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, triennial |
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thinning | (noun) the act of diluting something | Synonyms: cutting |
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tinning | (noun) the application of a protective layer of tin | Synonyms: tin-plating |
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(noun) the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them | - |
tinnitus | (noun) a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease | - |
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triennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, tercentennial |
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tyrannicide | (noun) killing a tyrant | - |
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tyrannid | (noun) a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni | - |
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unnie | (noun) a female who is older than the speaker, especially used by Korean female | - |
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unnilquadium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized | Synonyms: atomic number 104, element 104, Rf, rutherfordium, Unq |
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winning | (noun) succeeding with great difficulty | - |
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winnings | (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, win |
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zinnia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads | Synonyms: old maid, old maid flower |
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