abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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accomplice | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: confederate |
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accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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aeroplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: airplane, plane |
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airplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: aeroplane, plane |
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aminoplast | (noun) a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amino plastic, amino resin |
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amphidiploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent | - |
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amphidiploidy | (noun) the condition of being amphidiploid | - |
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ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
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(noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
(noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
amplifier | (noun) electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | - |
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amplitude | (noun) greatness of magnitude | - |
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(noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: bountifulness, bounty |
(noun) (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave | - |
anadiplosis | (noun) repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | Synonyms: reduplication |
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anaplasia | (noun) loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor | - |
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anaplasmosis | (noun) a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever | - |
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anaplasty | (noun) surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | Synonyms: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery |
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aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
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antineoplastic | (noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
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aplacophoran | (noun) deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle | Synonyms: solenogaster |
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aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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aplite | (noun) light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars | - |
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aplomb | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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apoplexy | (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: cerebrovascular accident, CVA, stroke |
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applauder | (noun) someone who applauds | Synonyms: clapper |
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applause | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: clapping, hand clapping |
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apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
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(noun) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree |
applecart | (noun) a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | - |
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(noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
applejack | (noun) distilled from hard cider | - |
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applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
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applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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(noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
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appliance | (noun) durable goods for home or office use | - |
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(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
applicability | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: pertinence, pertinency |
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applicant | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applier |
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application | (noun) the action of putting something into operation | - |
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(noun) a diligent effort | Synonyms: diligence |
(noun) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | Synonyms: practical application |
(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: coating, covering |
(noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: lotion |
(noun) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | - |
(noun) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | Synonyms: application program, applications programme |
applicator | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applier |
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applier | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applicator |
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(noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applicant |
applique | (noun) a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
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aquaplane | (noun) a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water | - |
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arthroplasty | (noun) surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint | - |
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autoplasty | (noun) surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body | - |
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(noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person | Synonyms: autograft |
backplate | (noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass | - |
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bakeapple | (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus, salmonberry |
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ballplayer | (noun) an athlete who plays baseball | Synonyms: baseball player |
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biplane | (noun) old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other | - |
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birthplace | (noun) the place where someone was born | Synonyms: place of birth |
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(noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience |
biteplate | (noun) a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: bite plate |
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blaxploitation | (noun) the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) | - |
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boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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(noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
bookplate | (noun) a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted | Synonyms: ex libris |
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breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
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byplay | (noun) incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | Synonyms: business, stage business |
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caplin | (noun) very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes | Synonyms: capelan, capelin |
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cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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cataplasm | (noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | Synonyms: plaster, poultice |
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ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
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chaplain | (noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
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chaplaincy | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplainship |
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chaplainship | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplaincy |
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chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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chloroplast | (noun) plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis | - |
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chloroplatinate | (noun) any salt of chloroplatinic acid. | - |
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chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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commonplace | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude |
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commonplaceness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonness, everydayness |
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complacence | (noun) the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself | Synonyms: complacency, self-complacency, self-satisfaction |
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complacency | (noun) the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself | Synonyms: complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction |
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complainant | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: plaintiff |
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complainer | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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complaint | (noun) an expression of grievance or resentment | - |
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(noun) (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow | - |
(noun) (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based | - |
(noun) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | Synonyms: charge |
(noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | Synonyms: ailment, ill |
complaisance | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
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complement | (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: accompaniment |
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(noun) either of two parts that mutually complete each other | - |
(noun) a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction | - |
(noun) number needed to make up a whole force | Synonyms: full complement |
(noun) a complete number or quantity | - |
(noun) one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response | - |
complementarity | (noun) a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities | - |
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(noun) the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other | - |
complementary | (noun) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | Synonyms: complementary color |
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complementation | (noun) (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts | Synonyms: complementary distribution |
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(noun) the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate | - |
completeness | (noun) (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system | - |
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(noun) the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed | - |
completion | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, culmination, mop up, windup |
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(noun) (American football) a successful forward pass in football | Synonyms: pass completion |
complex | (noun) a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures | Synonyms: building complex |
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(noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: composite |
(noun) (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior | - |
(noun) a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | Synonyms: coordination compound |
complexifier | (noun) someone makes things complex | - |
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complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
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(noun) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | - |
(noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face | - |
(noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination | - |
(noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking | - |
complexity | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexness |
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complexness | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexity |
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compliance | (noun) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | Synonyms: submission |
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(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, conformation, conformity |
(noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
compliancy | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, deference, obligingness |
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complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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complication | (noun) the act or process of complicating | - |
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(noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness |
(noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: ramification |
(noun) a situation or condition that is complex or confused | - |
(noun) any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease | - |
complicity | (noun) guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense | - |
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compliment | (noun) a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration | - |
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complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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compliments | (noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: regard, wish |
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complin | (noun) last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring | Synonyms: compline |
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compline | (noun) last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring | Synonyms: complin |
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contemplation | (noun) a long and thoughtful observation | - |
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(noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
contemplative | (noun) a person devoted to the contemplative life | - |
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contemplativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: meditativeness, pensiveness |
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