alphanumerics | (noun) a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation | Synonyms: alphanumeric characters |
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aluminum | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminium, atomic number 13 |
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annum | (noun) (Latin) year | - |
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arcanum | (noun) information known only to a special group | Synonyms: secret |
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botulinum | (noun) anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism | Synonyms: botulinus, Clostridium botulinum |
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duodenum | (noun) the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum | - |
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enumeration | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, counting, numeration, reckoning, tally |
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(noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: numbering |
enumerator | (noun) someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes | Synonyms: census taker |
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eriogonum | (noun) any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers | - |
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galbanum | (noun) a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida | Synonyms: gum albanum |
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hanuman | (noun) langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | Synonyms: entellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus |
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innumerableness | (noun) a number beyond counting | Synonyms: countlessness |
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interregnum | (noun) the time between two reigns, governments, etc. | - |
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jejunum | (noun) the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum | - |
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labdanum | (noun) a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative | Synonyms: ladanum |
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(noun) a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses | Synonyms: gum labdanum |
ladanum | (noun) a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative | Synonyms: labdanum |
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lanthanum | (noun) a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth | Synonyms: atomic number 57, La |
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laudanum | (noun) narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient | Synonyms: tincture of opium |
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lignum | (noun) woody tissue | - |
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magnum | (noun) a large wine bottle for liquor or wine | - |
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manumission | (noun) the formal act of freeing from slavery | - |
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manumitter | (noun) someone who frees others from bondage | Synonyms: emancipator |
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mediastinum | (noun) the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus | - |
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molybdenum | (noun) a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel | Synonyms: atomic number 42, Mo |
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monument | (noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | Synonyms: memorial |
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(noun) a burial vault (usually for some famous person) | Synonyms: repository |
(noun) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property | - |
numbat | (noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | Synonyms: anteater, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus |
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number | (noun) an item of clothing | - |
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(noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals | Synonyms: figure |
(noun) a clothing measurement | - |
(noun) one of a series published periodically | Synonyms: issue |
(noun) a symbol used to represent a number | Synonyms: numeral |
(noun) a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc. | - |
(noun) the number is used in calling a particular telephone | Synonyms: phone number, telephone number |
(noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program | Synonyms: act, bit, routine, turn |
(noun) the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural) | - |
(noun) a numbered item in a series | - |
(noun) a select company of people | - |
(noun) a concept of quantity involving zero and units | - |
numbering | (noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: enumeration |
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numberplate | (noun) a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number | Synonyms: license plate |
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numbers | (noun) an illegal daily lottery | Synonyms: numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket |
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numbfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: crampfish, electric ray, torpedo |
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numbness | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, indifference, spiritlessness |
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(noun) partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction | - |
numdah | (noun) an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt | Synonyms: nammad, numdah rug |
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numen | (noun) a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) | - |
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numeracy | (noun) skill with numbers and mathematics | - |
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numeral | (noun) a symbol used to represent a number | Synonyms: number |
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(noun) a word expressing a number. | - |
numeration | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, counting, enumeration, reckoning, tally |
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(noun) naming numbers | - |
numerator | (noun) the dividend of a fraction | - |
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numerologist | (noun) a believer in numerology | - |
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numerology | (noun) the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs | - |
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numerosity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: multiplicity, numerousness |
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numerousness | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: multiplicity, numerosity |
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numismatics | (noun) the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collecting, coin collection, numismatology |
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numismatist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatologist |
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numismatologist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatist |
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numismatology | (noun) the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collecting, coin collection, numismatics |
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nummulite | (noun) large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period | - |
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numskull | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, shithead |
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olibanum | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: frankincense, gum olibanum, thus |
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origanum | (noun) any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings | - |
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penumbra | (noun) a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra | - |
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platinum | (noun) a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits | Synonyms: atomic number 78, Pt |
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plenum | (noun) an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside | - |
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(noun) a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present | - |
sangapenum | (noun) a variety of gum | Synonyms: gum sangapenum |
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sphagnum | (noun) any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat | Synonyms: bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum moss |
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sternum | (noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | Synonyms: breastbone |
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supernumerary | (noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes | Synonyms: extra, spear carrier |
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(noun) a person serving no apparent function | - |
tympanum | (noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | Synonyms: kettle, kettledrum, timpani, tympani |
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(noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: eardrum, myringa, tympanic membrane |
(noun) the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear | Synonyms: middle ear, tympanic cavity |
vaccinum | (noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies | Synonyms: vaccine |
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