| acquaintance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: conversance, conversancy, familiarity |
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| (noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: friend |
| (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintanceship |
| acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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| acquiescence | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: assent |
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| (noun) acceptance without protest | - |
| acquirement | (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, attainment, skill |
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| acquirer | (noun) a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock | - |
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| (noun) the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card | - |
| (noun) a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee | Synonyms: merchant bank |
| (noun) a person who acquires something (usually permanently) | - |
| acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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| acquisition | (noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | - |
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| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, skill |
| (noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | Synonyms: learning |
| (noun) something acquired | - |
| acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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| acquittal | (noun) a judgment of not guilty | - |
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| acquittance | (noun) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | Synonyms: release |
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| adequacy | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequateness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: sufficiency |
| adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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| aliquant | (noun) an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity | Synonyms: aliquant part |
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| aliquot | (noun) an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity | Synonyms: aliquot part |
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| angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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| antiquarian | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquary, archaist |
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| antiquark | (noun) the antiparticle of a quark | - |
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| antiquary | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, archaist |
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| antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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| antique | (noun) any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity | - |
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| (noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
| antiqueness | (noun) the quality or state of being in the style or fashion of former times. | - |
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| antiquity | (noun) an artifact surviving from the past | - |
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| (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: ancientness |
| (noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe | - |
| applique | (noun) a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
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| aqua | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise |
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| aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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| aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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| aquamarine | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise |
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| (noun) a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color | - |
| aquanaut | (noun) an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder | Synonyms: skin-diver |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research | Synonyms: oceanaut |
| aquaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of drowning | - |
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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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| aquarium | (noun) a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals | Synonyms: fish tank, marine museum |
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| aquatic | (noun) a plant that lives in or on water | - |
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| aquatics | (noun) sports that involve bodies of water | Synonyms: water sport |
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| aquatint | (noun) a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color | - |
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| (noun) an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color | - |
| aquavit | (noun) Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds | Synonyms: akvavit |
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| aqueduct | (noun) a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley | - |
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| aquiculture | (noun) a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients | Synonyms: hydroponics, tank farming |
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| aquifer | (noun) underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc | - |
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| aquilege | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilegia, columbine |
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| aquilegia | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, columbine |
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| arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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| (noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
| arquebus | (noun) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | Synonyms: hackbut, hagbut, harquebus |
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| banquet | (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: feast, spread |
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| (noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: feast |
| banqueting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: feasting |
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| banquette | (noun) an upholstered bench | - |
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| barbeque | (noun) a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors | Synonyms: barbecue |
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| (noun) a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit | Synonyms: barbecue |
| (noun) meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | Synonyms: barbecue |
| baroque | (noun) elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | Synonyms: baroqueness |
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| baroqueness | (noun) elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | Synonyms: baroque |
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| barque | (noun) a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts | Synonyms: bark |
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| benzoquinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: quinone |
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| bequest | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will | Synonyms: legacy |
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| bezique | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: penuchle, pinochle, pinocle |
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| biquadrate | (noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic, fourth power, quartic |
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| biquadratic | (noun) a polynomial of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic polynomial, quartic polynomial |
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| (noun) an equation of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic equation |
| (noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadrate, fourth power, quartic |
| bisque | (noun) a thick cream soup made from shellfish | - |
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| blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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| bouquet | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: corsage, nosegay, posy |
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| (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
| boutique | (noun) a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry | Synonyms: dress shop |
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| briquet | (noun) a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel | Synonyms: briquette |
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| briquette | (noun) a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel | Synonyms: briquet |
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| brusqueness | (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: abruptness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
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| burlesque | (noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) | - |
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| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| cacique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cazique |
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| calque | (noun) an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language | Synonyms: calque formation, loan translation |
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| casque | (noun) (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor | - |
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| casquet | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquetel |
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| casquetel | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquet |
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| catafalque | (noun) a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral | - |
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| cazique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cacique |
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| cheque | (noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money | Synonyms: bank check, check |
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| chequebook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: checkbook |
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| chequer | (noun) one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | Synonyms: checker |
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| chequerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, checkerboard |
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| chinquapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinkapin |
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| (noun) shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts | Synonyms: Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin |
| (noun) shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States | Synonyms: Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin |
| chloroquine | (noun) an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus | - |
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| cinque | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
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| cinquefoil | (noun) an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | Synonyms: five-finger |
| cirque | (noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake | Synonyms: corrie, cwm |
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| claque | (noun) a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance | - |
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| clique | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
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| cliquishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, exclusiveness |
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| colloquialism | (noun) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | - |
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| colloquium | (noun) an address to an academic meeting or seminar | - |
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| (noun) an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting | - |
| colloquy | (noun) formal conversation | - |
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| (noun) a conversation especially a formal one | - |
| communique | (noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch |
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| conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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| conqueror | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: vanquisher |
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| conquest | (noun) success in mastering something difficult | - |
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| (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation |
| (noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | Synonyms: seduction |
| conquistador | (noun) an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) | - |
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| consequence | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: import, moment |
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| (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: aftermath |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
| coquet | (noun) a seductive man who uses his sex appeal to exploit women | - |
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| coquetry | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying |
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| coquette | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper |
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| coquille | (noun) a dish in the form of a scallop shell | - |
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| (noun) seafood served in a scallop shell | - |
| critique | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: criticism |
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| (noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, review, review article |
| croquet | (noun) a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg | - |
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| croquette | (noun) minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried | - |
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| cumquat | (noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: kumquat, kumquat tree |
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| daiquiri | (noun) a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice | Synonyms: rum cocktail |
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| delinquency | (noun) an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor | Synonyms: juvenile delinquency |
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| (noun) a tendency to be negligent and uncaring | Synonyms: dereliction, willful neglect |
| (noun) nonpayment of a debt when due | - |