| ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
|---|
| (noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
| 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 |
|---|
| apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| (noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
| applejack | (noun) distilled from hard cider | - |
|---|
| applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
|---|
| applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
|---|
| bakeapple | (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus, salmonberry |
|---|
| businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
|---|
| chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
|---|
| complement | (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: accompaniment |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed | - |
| completion | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, culmination, mop up, windup |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| complexness | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexity |
|---|
| counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
|---|
| counterplea | (noun) a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea | - |
|---|
| couple | (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: duet, duo, twosome |
|---|
| (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: match, mates |
| (noun) (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines | - |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| (noun) a small indefinite number | - |
| coupler | (noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupling |
|---|
| couplet | (noun) a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed | - |
|---|
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| crabapple | (noun) small sour apple; suitable for preserving | Synonyms: crab apple |
|---|
| (noun) any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit | Synonyms: crab apple, wild apple |
| (noun) any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms | Synonyms: crab apple, cultivated crab apple |
| cripple | (noun) someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back | - |
|---|
| cystoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoparalysis |
|---|
| dapple | (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot |
|---|
| depletion | (noun) the act of decreasing something markedly | - |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being depleted | - |
| dimple | (noun) a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin | - |
|---|
| (noun) any slight depression in a surface | - |
| (noun) a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached | Synonyms: dimpled chad, pregnant chad |
| diplegia | (noun) paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body | - |
|---|
| disciple | (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: adherent |
|---|
| discipleship | (noun) the position of disciple | - |
|---|
| displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
|---|
| droplet | (noun) a tiny drop | - |
|---|
| duplex | (noun) an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase | Synonyms: duplex apartment |
|---|
| (noun) a house with two units sharing a common wall | Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house |
| epiplexis | (noun) a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them | - |
|---|
| example | (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: exercise |
|---|
| (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: illustration, instance, representative |
| (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: exemplar, good example, model |
| (noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: model |
| (noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson |
| (noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: case, instance |
| expletive | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, oath, swearing, swearword |
|---|
| (noun) a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line | - |
| fipple | (noun) a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) | - |
|---|
| googolplex | (noun) a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol) | - |
|---|
| grapple | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling |
|---|
| (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |
| (noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: clamshell |
| grappler | (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron |
|---|
| (noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: matman, wrestler |
| helplessness | (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: impuissance, weakness |
|---|
| (noun) a feeling of being unable to manage | - |
| (noun) the state of needing help from something | - |
| hemiplegia | (noun) paralysis of one side of the body | Synonyms: unilateral paralysis |
|---|
| hemiplegic | (noun) a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body) | - |
|---|
| hypersplenism | (noun) enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders | - |
|---|
| implement | (noun) instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | - |
|---|
| implementation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: effectuation |
|---|
| (noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | Synonyms: carrying out, execution |
| incompleteness | (noun) the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect | Synonyms: rawness |
|---|
| isopleth | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isarithm, isogram |
|---|
| maple | (noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone | - |
|---|
| (noun) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring | - |
| mayapple | (noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit | Synonyms: May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake |
|---|
| monoplegia | (noun) paralysis of a single limb | - |
|---|
| multiple | (noun) the product of a quantity by an integer | - |
|---|
| multiplex | (noun) a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building | - |
|---|
| (noun) communicates two or more signals over a common channel | - |
| multiplexer | (noun) a device that can interleave two or more activities | - |
|---|
| nipple | (noun) a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier | - |
|---|
| (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, pap, teat, tit |
| ophthalmoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye | - |
|---|
| paraplegia | (noun) paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma) | - |
|---|
| paraplegic | (noun) a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down) | - |
|---|
| participle | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participial |
|---|
| people | (noun) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively | - |
|---|
| (noun) the body of citizens of a state or country | Synonyms: citizenry |
| (noun) members of a family line | - |
| (noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, the great unwashed |
| peoples | (noun) the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group | - |
|---|
| perplexity | (noun) trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
|---|
| pimple | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne | Synonyms: hickey, zit |
|---|
| pineapple | (noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated | Synonyms: ananas |
|---|
| (noun) a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics | Synonyms: Ananas comosus, pineapple plant |
| plea | (noun) an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed | - |
|---|
| (noun) a humble request for help from someone in authority | Synonyms: supplication |
| (noun) (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | - |
| pleader | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor |
|---|
| pleading | (noun) (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | - |
|---|
| pleasance | (noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasure |
|---|
| (noun) a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion | - |
| pleasantness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: sweetness |
|---|
| (noun) the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling | - |
| pleasantry | (noun) an agreeable or amusing remark | - |
|---|
| pleaser | (noun) a pleasing entertainer | - |
|---|
| pleasing | (noun) the act of one who pleases | - |
|---|
| pleasingness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure to the senses | - |
|---|
| pleasure | (noun) sexual gratification | - |
|---|
| (noun) an activity that affords enjoyment | - |
| (noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, joy |
| (noun) a formal expression | - |
| (noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasance |
| pleat | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: plait |
|---|
| pleating | (noun) the act of folding in parallel folds | Synonyms: plication |
|---|
| pleb | (noun) one of the common people | Synonyms: plebeian |
|---|
| plebe | (noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) | Synonyms: cadet |
|---|
| plebeian | (noun) one of the common people | Synonyms: pleb |
|---|
| plebeianism | (noun) The quality or state of being of or pertaining to the common people; of being vulgar, common. | - |
|---|
| plebiscite | (noun) a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance | - |
|---|
| plecopteran | (noun) primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones | Synonyms: stone fly, stonefly |
|---|
| plectognath | (noun) tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines | Synonyms: plectognath fish |
|---|
| plectranthus | (noun) any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus | - |
|---|
| plectron | (noun) a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | Synonyms: pick, plectrum |
|---|
| plectrum | (noun) a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | Synonyms: pick, plectron |
|---|
| pledge | (noun) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | Synonyms: assurance |
|---|
| (noun) a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | Synonyms: toast |
| (noun) someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group | - |
| (noun) a deposit of personal property as security for a debt | - |
| pledgee | (noun) someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge | - |
|---|
| pledger | (noun) someone who makes or gives a pledge | - |
|---|
| plenipotentiary | (noun) a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government | - |
|---|
| plenitude | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty |
|---|
| plenteousness | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenitude, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty |
|---|
| plentifulness | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenitude, plenteousness, plentitude, plenty |
|---|