| bosom | (noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance | Synonyms: embrace |
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| (noun) cloth that covers the chest or breasts | - |
| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, breast, knocker, tit, titty |
| (noun) a person's breast or chest | - |
| (noun) the locus of feelings and intuitions | Synonyms: heart |
| (noun) the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept | - |
| bottom | (noun) a cargo ship | Synonyms: freighter, merchant ship, merchantman |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: underside, undersurface |
| (noun) the lowest part of anything | - |
| (noun) a depression forming the ground under a body of water | Synonyms: bed |
| (noun) low-lying alluvial land near a river | Synonyms: bottomland |
| (noun) the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat | Synonyms: bottom of the inning |
| bottomland | (noun) low-lying alluvial land near a river | Synonyms: bottom |
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| bottomlessness | (noun) the property of being very deep; without limit | - |
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| bridegroom | (noun) a man who has recently been married | Synonyms: groom |
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| (noun) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony | Synonyms: groom |
| broadloom | (noun) a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams | - |
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| bromance | (noun) non-sexual but intense relationship between two men | - |
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| bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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| brome | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: bromegrass |
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| bromegrass | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: brome |
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| bromeosin | (noun) a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures | Synonyms: eosin |
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| bromide | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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| (noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs | - |
| bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | Synonyms: atomic number 35, Br |
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| bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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| bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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| broom | (noun) a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | - |
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| (noun) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers | - |
| (noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, Scots heather |
| broomcorn | (noun) tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes | Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare technicum |
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| broomstick | (noun) the handle of a broom | Synonyms: broom handle |
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| broomweed | (noun) annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers | Synonyms: broom-weed, Gutierrezia texana |
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| buncombe | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot |
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| burdensomeness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness |
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| burgomaster | (noun) a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria | - |
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| businesswoman | (noun) a female businessperson | - |
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| buxomness | (noun) the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed | - |
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| cacomistle | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| cacomixle | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| callosectomy | (noun) severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy) | Synonyms: callosotomy |
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| callosotomy | (noun) severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy) | Synonyms: callosectomy |
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| calomel | (noun) a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | Synonyms: mercurous chloride |
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| calosoma | (noun) any beetle of the genus Calosoma | - |
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| camomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile |
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| carbomycin | (noun) a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms | - |
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| carcinoma | (noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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| carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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| cardamom | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamon, cardamum |
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| (noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum |
| cardiomegaly | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart | Synonyms: enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia |
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| cardiomyopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: myocardiopathy |
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| cardroom | (noun) a room for gambling on card games | - |
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| carom | (noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | Synonyms: cannon |
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| (noun) a glancing rebound | Synonyms: ricochet |
| catacomb | (noun) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | - |
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| catostomid | (noun) a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae | - |
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| celioma | (noun) an abdominal tumor | - |
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| celom | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celoma, coelom |
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| celoma | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celom, coelom |
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| centromere | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: kinetochore |
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| centrosome | (noun) small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules | Synonyms: central body |
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| cephalhematoma | (noun) a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth | Synonyms: cephalohematoma |
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| cephalohematoma | (noun) a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth | Synonyms: cephalhematoma |
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| cephalometry | (noun) measurement of human heads | - |
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| cerebromeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis |
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| chairwoman | (noun) the female officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
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| chamomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, camomile, Chamaemelum nobilis |
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| charwoman | (noun) a human female employed to do housework | Synonyms: char, cleaning lady, cleaning woman |
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| chatroom | (noun) a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic) | Synonyms: chat room |
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| checkerbloom | (noun) perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated | Synonyms: Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock |
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| checkroom | (noun) a room where baggage or parcels are checked | Synonyms: left-luggage office |
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| chiromancer | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: palmist, palmister |
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| chiromancy | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, palm reading, palmistry |
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| chlorpromazine | (noun) a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer | Synonyms: Thorazine |
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| cholecystectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain) | - |
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| cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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| chomp | (noun) the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws | Synonyms: bite |
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| chomping | (noun) the act of chewing noisily | - |
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| chondriosome | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | Synonyms: mitochondrion |
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| chondroma | (noun) a common benign tumor of cartilage cells | - |
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| chondrosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells | - |
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| chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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| choriomeningitis | (noun) a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | - |
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| chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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| chrisom | (noun) a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | Synonyms: chrism, holy oil, sacramental oil |
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| chroma | (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: intensity, saturation, vividness |
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| chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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| chromate | (noun) any salt or ester of chromic acid | - |
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| chromaticity | (noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | Synonyms: hue |
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| chromatid | (noun) one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | - |
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| chromatin | (noun) the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes | Synonyms: chromatin granule |
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| chromatism | (noun) abnormal pigmentation | - |
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| (noun) hallucinatory perception of colored lights | - |
| chromatogram | (noun) the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography | - |
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| chromatograph | (noun) equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation. | - |
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| chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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| chrome | (noun) another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments | - |
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| chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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| chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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| chromium | (noun) a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | Synonyms: atomic number 24, Cr |
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| chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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| chromogen | (noun) a compound that can be converted to a pigment | - |
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| chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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| chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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| chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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| chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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| chromosome | (noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | - |
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| chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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| chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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| chrysomelid | (noun) brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems | Synonyms: leaf beetle |
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| chylomicron | (noun) a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood | - |
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| clanswoman | (noun) a female member of a clan | - |
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| classroom | (noun) a room in a school where lessons take place | Synonyms: schoolroom |
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| cleome | (noun) any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers | Synonyms: spiderflower |
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| clinometer | (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: inclinometer |
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| clitoridectomy | (noun) excision of the clitoris | Synonyms: female circumcision |
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