abampere | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abamp |
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agape | (noun) a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship | Synonyms: love feast |
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(noun) selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) | Synonyms: agape love |
(noun) (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind | - |
airspeed | (noun) the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying | - |
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allotrope | (noun) a structurally different form of an element | - |
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alopecia | (noun) loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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alpenstock | (noun) a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers | - |
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amperage | (noun) the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes | - |
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ampere | (noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: A, amp |
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(noun) a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) | Synonyms: international ampere |
ampersand | (noun) a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) | - |
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anapest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapaest |
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anchorperson | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorman |
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angioscope | (noun) a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels | - |
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angiosperm | (noun) plants having seeds in a closed ovary | Synonyms: flowering plant |
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antapex | (noun) the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from | - |
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antelope | (noun) graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles, springboks, impalas, addax, gerenuks, blackbucks, dik-diks | - |
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antepenult | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenultima, antepenultimate |
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antepenultima | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultimate |
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antepenultimate | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
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antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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antiperspirant | (noun) an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration | - |
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antipope | (noun) someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected | - |
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antitype | (noun) a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament | - |
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(noun) an opposite or contrasting type | - |
ape | (noun) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all | - |
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(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate | Synonyms: anthropoid |
(noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: aper, copycat, emulator, imitator |
aper | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, copycat, emulator, imitator |
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apercu | (noun) a short synopsis | - |
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aperea | (noun) South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig | Synonyms: Cavia porcellus, wild cavy |
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aperient | (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: cathartic, physic, purgative |
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aperitif | (noun) alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer | - |
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aperture | (noun) an man-made opening; usually small | - |
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(noun) a device that controls amount of light admitted | - |
(noun) a natural opening in something | - |
apery | (noun) the act of mimicking; imitative behavior | Synonyms: mimicry |
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apex | (noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, peak, vertex |
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(noun) the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars | Synonyms: apex of the sun's way, solar apex |
apocope | (noun) abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds | - |
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aposiopesis | (noun) breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) | - |
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appeal | (noun) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | - |
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(noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
(noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
(noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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appearance | (noun) the act of appearing in public view | - |
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(noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearing, coming into court |
(noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: show |
(noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | Synonyms: visual aspect |
(noun) a mental representation | - |
(noun) the event of coming into sight | - |
appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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appeaser | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands | - |
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appellant | (noun) the party who appeals a decision of a lower court | Synonyms: plaintiff in error |
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appellation | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellative, denomination, designation |
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(noun) a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown | - |
appellative | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, denomination, designation |
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appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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(noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
(noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
appendectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendicectomy |
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appendicectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendectomy |
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appendicitis | (noun) inflammation of the vermiform appendix | - |
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appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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appendix | (noun) a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | Synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process |
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(noun) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book | - |
apperception | (noun) the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience | - |
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appetence | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetency, appetite |
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appetency | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetite |
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appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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appetite | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetency |
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appetizer | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, starter |
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appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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archetype | (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: original, pilot |
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archipelago | (noun) a group of many islands in a large body of water | - |
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arpeggio | (noun) a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously | - |
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arpent | (noun) a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre | - |
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arthroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination | - |
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aspect | (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: expression, face, facial expression, look |
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(noun) a characteristic to be considered | - |
(noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem | Synonyms: facet |
(noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista |
(noun) the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb | - |
aspen | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind | - |
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asper | (noun) 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey | - |
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aspergill | (noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspersorium |
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aspergillosis | (noun) an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs | - |
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(noun) disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs | - |
(noun) severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys | Synonyms: brooder pneumonia |
asperity | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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(noun) harshness of manner | Synonyms: sharpness |
aspersion | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: calumny, defamation, denigration, slander |
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(noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: sprinkling |
(noun) a disparaging remark | Synonyms: slur |
aspersorium | (noun) the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches | - |
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(noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspergill |
audiotape | (noun) magnetic tape for use in recording sound | - |
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(noun) a tape recording of sound | - |
auriscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auroscope, otoscope |
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auroscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auriscope, otoscope |
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auspex | (noun) (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | Synonyms: augur |
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autostereotype | (noun) the standardized mental picture held in common by members of a cultural group depicting an oversimplified image of themselves and their behaviour. | - |
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autotype | (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: facsimile |
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(noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotypy |
backslapper | (noun) someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality | - |
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bagpipe | (noun) a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone | - |
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bagpiper | (noun) someone who plays the bagpipe | Synonyms: piper |
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ballpen | (noun) a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper | Synonyms: ballpoint, ballpoint pen, Biro |
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barkeeper | (noun) an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | Synonyms: barkeep, bartender, mixologist |
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bathyscape | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscaph, bathyscaphe |
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beekeeper | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, apiculturist |
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beeper | (noun) an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged | Synonyms: pager |
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benzylpenicillin | (noun) the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics | Synonyms: penicillin G |
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bioscope | (noun) a kind of early movie projector | - |
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(noun) a South African movie theater | - |
biotype | (noun) organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared | - |
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biped | (noun) an animal with two feet | - |
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bipedalism | (noun) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet | - |
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blooper | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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blowpipe | (noun) a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat | Synonyms: blow tube, blowtube |
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(noun) a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing | Synonyms: blow tube, blowgun, blowtube |
bondsperson | (noun) someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
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bookkeeper | (noun) someone who records the transactions of a business | - |
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bopeep | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: peekaboo |
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bronchoscope | (noun) a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes | - |
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bullpen | (noun) a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily | Synonyms: detention cell, detention centre |
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(noun) a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game | - |
bumper | (noun) a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage | - |
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(noun) a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast) | - |
businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
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businessperson | (noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: bourgeois |
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caliper | (noun) an instrument for measuring the distance between two points | Synonyms: calliper |
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