accordion | (noun) a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player | Synonyms: squeeze box |
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accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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chlordiazepoxide | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism | Synonyms: Libritabs, Librium |
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chorditis | (noun) inflammation of the vocal cords | - |
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(noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord or vocal cords or vocal folds | - |
coordinate | (noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
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coordination | (noun) the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation | - |
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(noun) the skillful and effective interaction of movements | - |
(noun) being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form | - |
coordinator | (noun) someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously | Synonyms: co-ordinator |
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cordial | (noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | Synonyms: liqueur |
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cordiality | (noun) a cordial disposition | Synonyms: amity |
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cordierite | (noun) a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone | - |
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cordite | (noun) explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | - |
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corditis | (noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord, accompanied by pain in the testis, generally caused by an infection originating in the urethra or by a tumor, hydrocele, or varicocele | - |
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exordium | (noun) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse | - |
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extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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fording | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: ford |
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foreordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, preordination |
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geordie | (noun) the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | - |
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harpsichordist | (noun) someone who plays the harpsichord | - |
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incoordination | (noun) a lack of coordination of movements | - |
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inordinateness | (noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excess, excessiveness |
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insubordination | (noun) an insubordinate act | Synonyms: rebelliousness |
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(noun) defiance of authority | - |
ordinal | (noun) the number designating place in an ordered sequence | Synonyms: no., ordinal number |
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ordinance | (noun) the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders | Synonyms: ordination |
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(noun) an authoritative command | Synonyms: regulation |
(noun) a statute enacted by a city government | - |
ordinand | (noun) a person being ordained | - |
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ordinariness | (noun) the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | Synonyms: mundaneness, mundanity |
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ordinary | (noun) (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields | - |
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(noun) an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel | Synonyms: ordinary bicycle |
(noun) a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death | - |
(noun) a judge of a probate court | - |
(noun) the expected or commonplace condition or situation | - |
ordinate | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis | - |
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ordination | (noun) the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders | Synonyms: ordinance |
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(noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: order, ordering |
(noun) the status of being ordained to a sacred office | - |
precordium | (noun) the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach | - |
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preordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, predetermination |
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primordiality | (noun) The quality of being first, earliest or original. | - |
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primordium | (noun) an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development | Synonyms: anlage |
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recording | (noun) the act of making a record (especially an audio record) | Synonyms: transcription |
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(noun) a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded | - |
(noun) a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded | - |
rewording | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rephrasing |
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rutherfordium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized | Synonyms: atomic number 104, element 104, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq |
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sordidness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicability, despicableness |
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(noun) sordid dirtiness | Synonyms: squalidness, squalor |
sordino | (noun) a mute for a violin | Synonyms: sourdine |
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subordinate | (noun) a word that is more specific than a given word | Synonyms: hyponym, subordinate word |
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(noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subsidiary, underling |
subordinateness | (noun) secondary importance | Synonyms: subsidiarity |
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subordination | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: mastery |
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(noun) the quality of obedient submissiveness | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head | - |
(noun) the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | Synonyms: hyponymy |
(noun) the state of being subordinate to something | - |
superordinate | (noun) a word that is more generic than a given word | Synonyms: hypernym, superordinate word |
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(noun) one of greater rank or station or quality | Synonyms: higher-up, superior |
superordination | (noun) the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class | Synonyms: hypernymy |
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wordiness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, windiness |
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wording | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage |
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