anthropoid | (noun) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids | - |
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(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate | Synonyms: ape |
appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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(noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
(noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
(noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
(noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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(noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
ballpoint | (noun) a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper | Synonyms: ballpen, ballpoint pen, Biro |
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bluepoint | (noun) small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island | Synonyms: blue point |
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(noun) oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw | Synonyms: blue point |
checkpoint | (noun) a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance | - |
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chokepoint | (noun) a point of congestion or blockage | - |
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(noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, constriction |
counterpoint | (noun) a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies | - |
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counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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counterpoison | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: antidote |
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despoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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despoiler | (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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despoilment | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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disappointment | (noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone | Synonyms: dashing hopes |
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(noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: letdown |
embonpoint | (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded | Synonyms: plumpness, roundness |
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endpoint | (noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, termination, terminus |
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equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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erythropoiesis | (noun) the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow | - |
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erythropoietin | (noun) a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells | - |
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fingerpointing | (noun) the imputation of blame | Synonyms: finger-pointing |
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flashpoint | (noun) the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air | Synonyms: flash point |
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(noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: hot spot, hotspot, trouble spot |
(noun) point at which something is ready to blow up | Synonyms: flash point |
gunpoint | (noun) the gun muzzle's direction | Synonyms: point |
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haematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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haemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, sanguification |
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hyperlipoidaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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hyperlipoidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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lipoid | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipid, lipide |
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lipoidaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidemia |
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lipoidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia |
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lymphopoiesis | (noun) the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen | - |
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midpoint | (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: center, centre |
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needlepoint | (noun) embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry | Synonyms: needlepoint embroidery |
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(noun) lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern | Synonyms: point lace |
pinpoint | (noun) the sharp point of a pin | - |
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(noun) a very small spot | Synonyms: speck |
(noun) a very brief moment | - |
poi | (noun) Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment | - |
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poignance | (noun) a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | Synonyms: poignancy |
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poignancy | (noun) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) | Synonyms: pathos |
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(noun) a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | Synonyms: poignance |
poikilotherm | (noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals | Synonyms: ectotherm |
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poilu | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, purloo |
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(noun) a French soldier (especially in World War I) | - |
poinciana | (noun) a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | Synonyms: bird of paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii |
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poinsettia | (noun) tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers | Synonyms: Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf |
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point | (noun) sharp end | - |
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(noun) a wall socket | Synonyms: power point |
(noun) the gun muzzle's direction | Synonyms: gunpoint |
(noun) a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs | Synonyms: breaker point, distributor point |
(noun) the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip | Synonyms: pointedness |
(noun) an outstanding characteristic | Synonyms: spot |
(noun) a distinguishing or individuating characteristic | - |
(noun) a geometric element that has position but no extension | - |
(noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
(noun) the object of an activity | - |
(noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, stop |
(noun) a brief version of the essential meaning of something | - |
(noun) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | Synonyms: head |
(noun) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list | Synonyms: item |
(noun) the dot at the left of a decimal fraction | Synonyms: decimal point, percentage point |
(noun) the precise location of something; a spatially limited location | - |
(noun) a promontory extending out into a large body of water | - |
(noun) one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan | - |
(noun) a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch | - |
(noun) the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest | - |
(noun) any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass | Synonyms: compass point |
(noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect | - |
(noun) a V shape | Synonyms: peak, tip |
(noun) a very small circular shape | Synonyms: dot |
(noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: degree, level, stage |
(noun) an instant of time | Synonyms: point in time |
pointedness | (noun) the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip | Synonyms: point |
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(noun) the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing | - |
pointel | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graver, graving tool, pointrel |
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pointer | (noun) a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game | Synonyms: Spanish pointer |
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(noun) an indicator as on a dial | - |
(noun) (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions | Synonyms: cursor |
(noun) a mark to indicate a direction or relation | Synonyms: arrow |
pointfulness | (noun) The state or condition of having meaning, relevance or force. | - |
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pointillism | (noun) a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France | - |
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(noun) a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France | - |
pointillist | (noun) a painter who uses the technique of pointillism | - |
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pointlessness | (noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: inanity, mindlessness, senselessness, vacuity |
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pointrel | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graver, graving tool, pointel |
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pointsman | (noun) a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic | - |
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poise | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, cool, sang-froid |
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(noun) a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second | - |
(noun) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium | - |
poison | (noun) anything that harms or destroys | - |
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(noun) any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism | Synonyms: poisonous substance, toxicant |
poisonberry | (noun) Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible | Synonyms: black nightshade, common nightshade, poison-berry, Solanum nigrum |
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poisoner | (noun) someone who kills with poison | - |
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poisoning | (noun) the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill | - |
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(noun) the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance | Synonyms: intoxication, toxic condition |
porpoise | (noun) any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth | - |
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silverpoint | (noun) a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries) | - |
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spearpoint | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearhead |
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spoil | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation |
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(noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoilage, spoiling |
(noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) | - |
spoilable | (noun) food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | Synonyms: perishable |
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spoilage | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoiling |
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(noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoiling |
(noun) the amount that has spoiled | - |
spoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoliation |
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spoiler | (noun) a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | - |
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(noun) an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | - |
(noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider |
(noun) a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | - |
(noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer |
spoiling | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoilage |
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(noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoilage |
spoilsport | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: killjoy, party pooper, wet blanket |
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standpoint | (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, stand, viewpoint |
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subpoint | (noun) A point (proposition in a debate etc.) that forms part of a larger point. | - |
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talapoin | (noun) smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests | Synonyms: Cercopithecus talapoin |
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unpointedness | (noun) the property of having only a dull tip (if any) | - |
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viewpoint | (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, stand, standpoint |
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(noun) a place from which something can be viewed | Synonyms: vantage point |
wellpoint | (noun) a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area | Synonyms: well point |
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