ampul | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampule, phial, vial |
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ampule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, phial, vial |
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ampulla | (noun) a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils | - |
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(noun) the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear | - |
bellpull | (noun) a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc. | - |
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capulin | (noun) Mexican black cherry | Synonyms: Mexican black cherry |
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(noun) Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit | Synonyms: capulin tree, Prunus capuli |
catapult | (noun) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles | - |
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(noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: sling, slingshot |
(noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: launcher |
compulsion | (noun) using force to cause something to occur | Synonyms: coercion |
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(noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | Synonyms: obsession |
(noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
compulsive | (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
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compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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compulsivity | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsiveness |
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copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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copulative | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
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corpulence | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, overweight, stoutness |
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corpulency | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: fleshiness, obesity |
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crapulence | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness |
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cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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(noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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expulsion | (noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | Synonyms: ejection, forcing out, projection |
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(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, riddance |
(noun) squeezing out by applying pressure | Synonyms: extrusion |
harpulla | (noun) fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building | Synonyms: Harpullia cupanioides |
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harpullia | (noun) any of various tree of the genus Harpullia | - |
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impulse | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impetus, impulsion |
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(noun) an impelling force or strength | Synonyms: momentum |
(noun) the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | Synonyms: nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse |
(noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: pulsation, pulse, pulsing |
(noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: caprice, whim |
(noun) an instinctive motive | Synonyms: urge |
impulsion | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impetus, impulse |
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(noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: drift, impetus |
impulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection | - |
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lupulin | (noun) Lupulin is a powder separated from the strobiles of common hop. | - |
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manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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(noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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(noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
opulence | (noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | Synonyms: luxuriousness, luxury, sumptuousness |
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overpopulation | (noun) too much population | - |
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papule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) | - |
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papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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peepul | (noun) fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists | Synonyms: bo tree, Ficus religiosa, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig |
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pipul | (noun) fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists | Synonyms: bo tree, Ficus religiosa, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, sacred fig |
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populace | (noun) people in general considered as a whole | Synonyms: public, world |
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popularisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularization |
populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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popularism | (noun) music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority | - |
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popularity | (noun) the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | - |
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popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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population | (noun) the act of populating (causing to live in a place) | - |
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(noun) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | Synonyms: universe |
(noun) the people who inhabit a territory or state | - |
(noun) a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area | - |
(noun) the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.) | - |
populism | (noun) the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite | - |
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populist | (noun) someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
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propulsion | (noun) the act of propelling | Synonyms: actuation |
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(noun) a propelling force | - |
pul | (noun) 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan | - |
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pula | (noun) the basic unit of money in Botswana | - |
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pulasan | (noun) fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter | Synonyms: pulassan |
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(noun) East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan | Synonyms: Nephelium mutabile, pulasan tree, pulassan |
pulassan | (noun) fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter | Synonyms: pulasan |
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(noun) East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan | Synonyms: Nephelium mutabile, pulasan, pulasan tree |
pulchritude | (noun) physical beauty (especially of a woman) | - |
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pull | (noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | Synonyms: pulling |
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(noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, puff |
(noun) a sustained effort | - |
(noun) a device used for pulling something | - |
(noun) special advantage or influence | Synonyms: clout |
(noun) the force used in pulling | - |
(noun) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | Synonyms: twist, wrench |
pullback | (noun) (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) | - |
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(noun) a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back | Synonyms: tieback |
puller | (noun) someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | Synonyms: dragger, tugger |
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(noun) someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself | - |
pullet | (noun) young hen usually less than a year old | - |
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(noun) flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying | Synonyms: frier, fryer |
pulley | (noun) a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Synonyms: block, pulley-block, pulley block |
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pulling | (noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | Synonyms: pull |
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pullout | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: disengagement, fallback |
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pullover | (noun) a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | Synonyms: slipover |
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pullulation | (noun) a rapid and abundant increase | - |
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(noun) asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual | Synonyms: gemmation |
pulp | (noun) the soft inner part of a tooth | - |
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(noun) an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper | Synonyms: pulp magazine |
(noun) any soft or soggy mass | Synonyms: mush |
(noun) a soft moist part of a fruit | Synonyms: flesh |
(noun) a mixture of cellulose fibers | - |
pulpiness | (noun) a mushy pulpy softness | Synonyms: mushiness |
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pulpit | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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pulpwood | (noun) softwood used to make paper | - |
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pulque | (noun) fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey | - |
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pulsar | (noun) a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation | - |
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pulsation | (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulse, pulsing |
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(noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulse |
(noun) a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity | - |
pulse | (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulsation |
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(noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulsing |
(noun) edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) | - |
(noun) the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health | Synonyms: heart rate, pulse rate |
pulsing | (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulse |
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pulverisation | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverization |
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(noun) annihilation by pulverizing something | Synonyms: pulverization |
(noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: powder, pulverization |
pulverization | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverisation |
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(noun) annihilation by pulverizing something | Synonyms: pulverisation |
(noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: powder, pulverisation |
repulse | (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: rebuff, snub |
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repulsion | (noun) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand | Synonyms: standoff |
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(noun) intense aversion | Synonyms: horror, repugnance, revulsion |
(noun) the force by which bodies repel one another | Synonyms: repulsive force |
repulsiveness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness |
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repulsor | (noun) a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe. | Synonyms: repulsorlift, repulsorlift engine |
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(noun) A repulsor is either one of two drives located in the gauntlets of Iron Man's armor; they have been referred to as being magnetic, a blast of charged particles, and as a force beam. | - |
repulsorlift | (noun) a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe. | Synonyms: repulsor, repulsorlift engine |
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scapula | (noun) either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings | Synonyms: shoulder blade, shoulder bone |
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scapular | (noun) a feather covering the shoulder of a bird | - |
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(noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapulary |
scapulary | (noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapular |
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scrupulousness | (noun) conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence | - |
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(noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulosity, meticulousness, punctiliousness |
sepulcher | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture |
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sepulchre | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulture |
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sepulture | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre |
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(noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment |
stipulation | (noun) a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement | Synonyms: specification |
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(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: condition, precondition |
(noun) (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record | Synonyms: judicial admission |
stipule | (noun) a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed | - |
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subpopulation | (noun) a population that is part of a larger population | - |
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unpopularity | (noun) the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance | - |
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unscrupulousness | (noun) the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty | - |
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vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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