ammonal | (noun) Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. | - |
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antiphonal | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
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atonalism | (noun) the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system | Synonyms: atonality |
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atonality | (noun) the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system | Synonyms: atonalism |
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commonality | (noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonness |
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(noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonalty, commons |
commonalty | (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonality, commons |
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conditionality | (noun) the state of being conditional | - |
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confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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constitutional | (noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
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constitutionalism | (noun) advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles | - |
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(noun) a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) | - |
constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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conventionalism | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionality |
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conventionality | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionalism |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being too conventional | - |
(noun) conformity with conventional thought and behavior | - |
conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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coronal | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, garland, lei, wreath |
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denationalisation | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalization, privatisation, privatization |
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denationalization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, privatisation, privatization |
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denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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(noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
depersonalisation | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalization, reification |
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(noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
(noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalization |
depersonalization | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalisation, reification |
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(noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
(noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalisation |
devotional | (noun) a short religious service | - |
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diagonal | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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(noun) an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard | - |
(noun) (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry | - |
(noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | Synonyms: bias |
(noun) (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent | - |
diagonalisation | (noun) changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | Synonyms: diagonalization |
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diagonalization | (noun) changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | Synonyms: diagonalisation |
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dimensionality | (noun) the spatial property of having dimensions | - |
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directionality | (noun) the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another | Synonyms: directivity |
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(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction | - |
dysfunctionality | (noun) The condition of functioning incorrectly or abnormally. | - |
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educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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emotionalism | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionality |
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emotionality | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionalism |
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fictionalisation | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalization |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalization |
fictionalization | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalisation |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalisation |
functionalism | (noun) a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment | - |
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(noun) any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose | - |
functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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functionality | (noun) capable of serving a purpose well | - |
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intentionality | (noun) expressive of intentions | - |
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internationalisation | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalization |
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internationalism | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationality |
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(noun) the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences | - |
internationalist | (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
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(noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
internationality | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationalism |
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internationalization | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalisation |
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irrational | (noun) a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number | Synonyms: irrational number |
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irrationality | (noun) the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding | Synonyms: unreason |
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monal | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monaul |
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monoclonal | (noun) any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules | Synonyms: monoclonal antibody |
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multidimensionality | (noun) The property of having many aspects or facets. | - |
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multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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national | (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: subject |
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nationalisation | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalization |
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(noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalization |
(noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalization |
nationalism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: patriotism |
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(noun) the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other | - |
(noun) the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals | - |
(noun) the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination | - |
nationalist | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: patriot |
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(noun) an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government | - |
nationality | (noun) people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | - |
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(noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization | - |
nationalization | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalisation |
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(noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalisation |
(noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalisation |
nonalignment | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalinement |
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nonalinement | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalignment |
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nonallele | (noun) genes that are not competitors at the same locus | - |
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operationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it | - |
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oppositionality | (noun) The quality of opposing or of being in conflict. | - |
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optionality | (noun) Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. | Synonyms: electiveness |
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orthogonality | (noun) the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, perpendicularity |
paraprofessional | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional | - |
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personal | (noun) a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
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personality | (noun) the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual | - |
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(noun) a person of considerable prominence | - |
personalty | (noun) movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | Synonyms: personal estate, personal property, private property |
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polytonalism | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonality |
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polytonality | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonalism |
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processional | (noun) religious music used in a procession | Synonyms: prosodion |
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professional | (noun) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | Synonyms: professional person |
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(noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: master |
(noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: pro |
professionalisation | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalization |
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professionalism | (noun) the expertness characteristic of a professional person | - |
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professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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propionaldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propanal |
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proportional | (noun) one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion | - |
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proportionality | (noun) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | Synonyms: balance, proportion |
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(noun) a ratio of two quantities that is constant | - |
rational | (noun) an integer or a fraction | Synonyms: rational number |
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rationale | (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: principle |
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rationalisation | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalization, systematisation, systematization |
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(noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalization |
rationalism | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: freethinking |
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(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience | - |
(noun) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth | - |
rationalist | (noun) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | Synonyms: positivist |
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rationality | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationalness |
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(noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: reason, reasonableness |
rationalization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization |
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(noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalisation |
rationalness | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationality |
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recessional | (noun) a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw | - |
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(noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | Synonyms: recession |
regionalism | (noun) loyalty to the interests of a particular region | - |
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(noun) a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region | - |
(noun) a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas | - |
regionality | (noun) The property of being of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. | - |
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(noun) The property of being of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. | - |
seasonal | (noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
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sectional | (noun) a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together | - |
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sectionalisation | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalization, segmentation |
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sectionalism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, provincialism |
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sectionalization | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, segmentation |
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semiprofessional | (noun) an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis | Synonyms: semipro |
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sensationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Synonyms: empiricism, empiricist philosophy |
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(noun) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good | Synonyms: sensualism |
(noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | Synonyms: luridness |
(noun) subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes | - |
sensationalist | (noun) someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention | Synonyms: ballyhoo artist |
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tonality | (noun) any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music | Synonyms: key |
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traditionalism | (noun) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters) | - |
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(noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionality |
(noun) the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions | - |
traditionalist | (noun) one who adheres to traditional views | Synonyms: diehard |
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traditionality | (noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionalism |
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ultranationalism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism |
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