adjournment | (noun) the termination of a meeting | Synonyms: dissolution |
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(noun) the act of postponing to another time or place | - |
amour | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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arbour | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbor, bower, pergola |
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ardour | (noun) intense feeling of love | Synonyms: ardor |
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(noun) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) | Synonyms: ardor, elan, zeal |
(noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
armour | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armor |
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(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armor |
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armor |
armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
armoury | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
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(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armory, inventory |
behaviour | (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself | Synonyms: behavior, conduct, doings |
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(noun) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | Synonyms: behavior |
(noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment |
(noun) the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances | Synonyms: behavior |
behaviourism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology |
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behaviourist | (noun) a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist |
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bourbon | (noun) whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels | - |
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bourdon | (noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone | Synonyms: drone, drone pipe |
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bourgeois | (noun) a member of the middle class | Synonyms: burgher |
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(noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: businessperson |
bourgeoisie | (noun) the social class between the lower and upper classes | Synonyms: middle class |
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bourguignon | (noun) reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter | Synonyms: bourguignon sauce, Burgundy sauce |
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bourn | (noun) an archaic term for a goal or destination | Synonyms: bourne |
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(noun) an archaic term for a boundary | Synonyms: bourne |
bourne | (noun) an archaic term for a goal or destination | Synonyms: bourn |
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(noun) an archaic term for a boundary | Synonyms: bourn |
bourtree | (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | Synonyms: black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra |
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candour | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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(noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, fair-mindedness, fairness |
carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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clamour | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry |
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clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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clangour | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clank, clash, crash |
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colour | (noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colouring |
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(noun) the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation | Synonyms: color |
(noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colouration |
(noun) interest and variety and intensity | Synonyms: color, vividness |
(noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | Synonyms: color, gloss, semblance |
(noun) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction | Synonyms: color |
(noun) any material used for its color | Synonyms: color, coloring material, colouring material |
colouration | (noun) choice and use of colors (as by an artist) | Synonyms: coloration |
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(noun) appearance with regard to color | Synonyms: coloration |
(noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colour |
colourcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colorcast |
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coloured | (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
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colouring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: coloring |
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(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colour |
(noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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colours | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colors |
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(noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colors |
concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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(noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
(noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
contour | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, form, shape |
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(noun) a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure | - |
(noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | Synonyms: contour line |
cornflour | (noun) starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | Synonyms: cornstarch |
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courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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courante | (noun) a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats | - |
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courbaril | (noun) West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood | Synonyms: Hymenaea courbaril |
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courgette | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: zucchini |
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(noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: zucchini |
courier | (noun) a person who carries a message | Synonyms: messenger |
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courlan | (noun) wading bird of South America and Central America | Synonyms: Aramus guarauna |
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course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
(noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
(noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
(noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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court | (noun) respectful deference | Synonyms: homage |
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(noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: courtyard |
(noun) a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played | - |
(noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: courtroom |
(noun) a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area | Synonyms: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court |
(noun) the residence of a sovereign or nobleman | - |
(noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: judicature, tribunal |
(noun) the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state | Synonyms: royal court |
(noun) the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince | Synonyms: royal court |
courtesan | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, doxy, paramour |
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courtesy | (noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate act | - |
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(noun) a courteous manner | Synonyms: good manners |
(noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate remark | - |
courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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(noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
courtier | (noun) an attendant at the court of a sovereign | - |
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courting | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courtship, suit, wooing |
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courtliness | (noun) elegance suggestive of a royal court | - |
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courtroom | (noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: court |
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courtship | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courting, suit, wooing |
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courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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damourite | (noun) a variety of muscovite | - |
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demeanour | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, deportment |
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deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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detour | (noun) a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) | Synonyms: roundabout way |
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devourer | (noun) someone who eats greedily or voraciously | - |
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discolouration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discoloration |
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(noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, stain |
discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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(noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
(noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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(noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
(noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
discourtesy | (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: offence, offense, offensive activity |
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(noun) a manner that is rude and insulting | Synonyms: rudeness |
(noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: disrespect |
disfavour | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, dislike |
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(noun) the state of being out of favor | Synonyms: disfavor |
dishonour | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonor |
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(noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonor |
dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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dolour | (noun) (poetry) painful grief | Synonyms: dolor |
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doura | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: dourah, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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dourah | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: doura, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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douroucouli | (noun) nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur | Synonyms: Aotus trivirgatus |
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downpour | (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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ecotourism | (noun) tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature | - |
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encouragement | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: boost |
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(noun) the expression of approval and support | - |
(noun) the feeling of being encouraged | - |
endeavour | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, try |
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(noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, enterprise |
entourage | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: cortege, retinue, suite |
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faubourg | (noun) a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city | - |
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favour | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favor |
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(noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favor, party favor, party favour |
(noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favor |
(noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favor |
(noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favor |
favourableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favorableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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favourite | (noun) something regarded with special favor or liking | Synonyms: favorite |
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(noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, pet |
(noun) a competitor thought likely to win | Synonyms: favorite, front-runner |
favouritism | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: discrimination, favoritism |
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(noun) an inclination to favor some person or group | Synonyms: favoritism |
fervour | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire |
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(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation |
flavour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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(noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavor |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone |
flavourer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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flour | (noun) fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain | - |
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flouriness | (noun) The state or condition of resembling flour, of being a fine soft powder. | - |
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flourish | (noun) the act of waving | Synonyms: brandish |
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(noun) a display of ornamental speech or language | - |
(noun) a showy gesture | - |
(noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: fanfare, tucket |
(noun) an ornamental embellishment in writing | - |
fluorouracil | (noun) an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers | - |
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forecourt | (noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings | - |
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four | (noun) a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips | Synonyms: four-spot |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
fourpence | (noun) a former English silver coin worth four pennies | Synonyms: groat |
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fourscore | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | Synonyms: 80, eighty, LXXX |
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foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
foursquare | (noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: square |
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fourteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one | Synonyms: 14, XIV |
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fourteenth | (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
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fourth | (noun) the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it | - |
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(noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent |
(noun) following the third position; number four in a countable series | - |