| abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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| absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
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| absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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| amniocentesis | (noun) (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | Synonyms: amnio |
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| andante | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow | - |
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| (noun) a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) | - |
| anointer | (noun) one who anoints as a religious ceremony | - |
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| ante | (noun) (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot | - |
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| anteater | (noun) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | Synonyms: New World anteater |
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| (noun) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | Synonyms: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer |
| (noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
| (noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea | Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
| (noun) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites | Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater |
| (noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | Synonyms: banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat |
| antecedence | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedent | (noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
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| (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
| antechamber | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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| antediluvian | (noun) a very old person | Synonyms: ancient |
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| (noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge | Synonyms: antediluvian patriarch |
| antefix | (noun) carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles | - |
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| antelope | (noun) graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles, springboks, impalas, addax, gerenuks, blackbucks, dik-diks | - |
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| antenna | (noun) one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | Synonyms: feeler |
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| (noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: aerial, transmitting aerial |
| (noun) sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ | Synonyms: feeler |
| antepenult | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenultima, antepenultimate |
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| antepenultima | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultimate |
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| antepenultimate | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
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| anterior | (noun) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | Synonyms: front tooth |
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| anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
| anteroom | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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| appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
| archenteron | (noun) central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity | - |
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| arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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| assenter | (noun) a person who assents | - |
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| bacchante | (noun) (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus | - |
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| banteng | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banting, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| banter | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, give-and-take, raillery |
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| barycenter | (noun) (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve | - |
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| bicentenary | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentennial |
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| bicentennial | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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| bounteousness | (noun) (literary) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely | Synonyms: bounty |
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| bunter | (noun) a batter who bunts | - |
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| canteen | (noun) a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | - |
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| (noun) restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat | - |
| (noun) a recreation room in an institution | - |
| (noun) a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | Synonyms: mobile canteen |
| (noun) sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. | - |
| canter | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: lope |
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| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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| celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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| centenarian | (noun) someone who is at least 100 years old | - |
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| centenary | (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centennial |
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| centennial | (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
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| center | (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: centre |
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| (noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: centre, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center field, centerfield, centre |
| (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center of attention, centre, centre of attention |
| (noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: centre, midpoint |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: centre, eye, heart, middle |
| (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: centre, snapper |
| (noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: centre |
| centerboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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| centerfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield | Synonyms: center field |
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| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centre |
| centerfielder | (noun) the person who plays center field | Synonyms: center fielder |
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| centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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| centering | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centring, snap |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
| centerline | (noun) a line that bisects a plane figure | Synonyms: center line |
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| centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
| centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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| centesis | (noun) (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid | - |
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| chanter | (noun) reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | Synonyms: melody pipe |
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| chanterelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle |
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| chantey | (noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chanty, sea chantey, shanty |
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| clientele | (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, patronage |
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| coelenterate | (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | Synonyms: cnidarian |
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| coelenteron | (noun) the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate | - |
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| cognoscente | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: connoisseur |
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| confidante | (noun) a female confidant | - |
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| contemplation | (noun) a long and thoughtful observation | - |
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| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| contemplative | (noun) a person devoted to the contemplative life | - |
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| contemplativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: meditativeness, pensiveness |
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| contemporaneity | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity, modernness |
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| (noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneousness |
| contemporaneousness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, modernism, modernity, modernness |
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| (noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneity |
| contemporaries | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, generation |
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| contemporariness | (noun) The state or quality of being contemporary, modern, of the present age. | - |
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| contemporary | (noun) a person of nearly the same age as another | Synonyms: coeval |
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| contempt | (noun) a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body | - |
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| (noun) a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous | Synonyms: disrespect |
| (noun) open disrespect for a person or thing | Synonyms: scorn |
| (noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: despite, disdain, scorn |
| contemptibility | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, despicability, despicableness, sordidness |
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| contemptuousness | (noun) the manifestation of scorn and contempt | - |
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| contender | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competition, competitor, rival |
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| content | (noun) something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation | Synonyms: depicted object, subject |
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| (noun) the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | Synonyms: cognitive content, mental object |
| (noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: message, subject matter, substance |
| (noun) (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something | Synonyms: contents |
| (noun) the amount that can be contained | Synonyms: capacity |
| (noun) the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. | - |
| (noun) the state of being contented with your situation in life | Synonyms: contentedness |
| contentedness | (noun) the state of being contented with your situation in life | Synonyms: content |
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| contention | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: competition, rivalry |
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| (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
| (noun) a point asserted as part of an argument | - |
| contentiousness | (noun) an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious | Synonyms: quarrelsomeness |
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| contentment | (noun) happiness with one's situation in life | - |
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| contents | (noun) a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start | Synonyms: table of contents |
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| (noun) (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something | Synonyms: content |
| contest | (noun) a struggle between rivals | - |
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| (noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | Synonyms: competition |
| contestant | (noun) a person who participates in competitions | - |
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| (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: dissenter, dissident, objector, protester |
| contestation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| contestee | (noun) a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested | - |
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| contester | (noun) someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.) | - |
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| context | (noun) discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | Synonyms: context of use, linguistic context |
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| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, setting |
| contextualism | (noun) any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms | - |
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| countenance | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face | Synonyms: visage |
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| (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
| (noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
| counter | (noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counterpunch, parry |
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| (noun) table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted | - |
| (noun) a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens | Synonyms: tabulator |
| (noun) a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot | Synonyms: heel counter |
| (noun) game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games | - |
| (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: buffet, sideboard |
| (noun) (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) | - |
| (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte |
| (noun) a person who counts things | - |
| counteraction | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralization |
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| counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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| counterattack | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: countermove |
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| (noun) (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board | Synonyms: counterplay |
| counterattraction | (noun) a rival attraction | - |
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| counterbalance | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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| (noun) a compensating equivalent | Synonyms: offset |
| (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, equilibrium, equipoise |
| counterblast | (noun) a vigorous and unrestrained response | - |
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| counterblow | (noun) a return blow; a retaliatory blow | - |
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| counterbombardment | (noun) bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons | - |
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| counterbore | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: countersink, countersink bit |
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| countercharge | (noun) a retaliatory charge | - |
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| (noun) a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser | - |
| countercheck | (noun) something that checks the correctness of a previous check | Synonyms: double check |
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| (noun) a check that restrains another check | - |
| counterclaim | (noun) a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action | - |
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| countercoup | (noun) a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat | - |
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