admiral | (noun) any of several brightly colored butterflies | - |
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(noun) the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral | Synonyms: full admiral |
admiralty | (noun) the office of admiral | - |
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(noun) the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) | - |
agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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amoralism | (noun) the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid | - |
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amoralist | (noun) someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid | - |
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amorality | (noun) the quality of being amoral | - |
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antiviral | (noun) any drug that destroys viruses | Synonyms: antiviral agent, antiviral drug |
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aralia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers | - |
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arthralgia | (noun) pain in a joint or joints | - |
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austral | (noun) the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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australopithecine | (noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
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balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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bilateralism | (noun) the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | Synonyms: bilateral symmetry, bilaterality |
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bilaterality | (noun) the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | Synonyms: bilateral symmetry, bilateralism |
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cathedral | (noun) any large and important church | - |
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(noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: duomo |
central | (noun) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | Synonyms: exchange, telephone exchange |
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centralisation | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralization |
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(noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralization |
centralism | (noun) the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization | - |
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centrality | (noun) the property of being central | - |
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centralization | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralisation |
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(noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralisation |
chaparral | (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, scrub |
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chiralgia | (noun) a pain in the hand that is not traumatic | - |
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choral | (noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: chorale |
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chorale | (noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: choral |
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collateral | (noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan | - |
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conferral | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferment |
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contralto | (noun) the lowest female singing voice | Synonyms: alto |
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(noun) a woman singer having a contralto voice | - |
coral | (noun) marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs | - |
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(noun) a variable color averaging a deep pink | - |
(noun) unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces | - |
(noun) the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry | Synonyms: precious coral, red coral |
coralbells | (noun) perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental | Synonyms: Heuchera sanguinea |
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coralberry | (noun) shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India | Synonyms: Ardisia crenata, spiceberry |
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(noun) North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits | Synonyms: Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
coralroot | (noun) European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock | Synonyms: Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Dentaria bulbifera |
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coralwood | (noun) East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood |
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coralwort | (noun) European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock | Synonyms: Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, Dentaria bulbifera |
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corporal | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines | - |
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corporality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporeality, materiality, physicalness |
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corral | (noun) a pen for cattle | Synonyms: cattle pen, cow pen |
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coverall | (noun) a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
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cystoparalysis | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoplegia |
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decentralisation | (noun) the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments | Synonyms: decentralization |
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decentralization | (noun) the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments | Synonyms: decentralisation |
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(noun) the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts | Synonyms: decentalisation |
deferral | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, postponement |
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(noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business | Synonyms: recess |
demineralisation | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralization |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralization |
demineralization | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
demoralisation | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralization |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralization |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralization |
demoralization | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralisation |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralisation |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralisation |
demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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dextrality | (noun) preference for using the right hand | Synonyms: right-handedness |
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emerald | (noun) the green color of an emerald | - |
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(noun) a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
(noun) a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone | - |
enthrallment | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, fascination |
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ephemeral | (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form | Synonyms: ephemeron |
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ephemerality | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeralness, fleetingness |
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ephemeralness | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemerality, fleetingness |
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epidural | (noun) regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery | Synonyms: epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia |
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equilateral | (noun) a figure whose sides are all equal | - |
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federalisation | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
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(noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
federalism | (noun) the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units | - |
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federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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federalization | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
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(noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
folderal | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
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funeral | (noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated | Synonyms: obsequy |
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furfural | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfuraldehyde |
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furfuraldehyde | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfural |
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gastralgia | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, stomach ache, stomachache |
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general | (noun) a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) | - |
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(noun) a general officer of the highest rank | Synonyms: full general |
(noun) the head of a religious order or congregation | Synonyms: superior general |
generalcy | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalship |
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generalisation | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generality, generalization |
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(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalization, induction, inductive reasoning |
(noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalization |
generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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generality | (noun) the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability | - |
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(noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
generalization | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generality |
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(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning |
(noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalisation |
generalship | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalcy |
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(noun) the leadership ability of a military general | - |
glyceraldehyde | (noun) a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars | Synonyms: glyceric aldehyde |
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goral | (noun) small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains | Synonyms: Naemorhedus goral |
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guttural | (noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat | Synonyms: guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant |
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hemeralopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in bright light | Synonyms: day blindness |
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herald | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, precursor, predecessor |
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(noun) (formal) a person who announces important news | Synonyms: trumpeter |
heraldry | (noun) emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms | - |
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(noun) the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies | - |
hydralazine | (noun) an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure | Synonyms: Apresoline |
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hyperaldosteronism | (noun) a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone | Synonyms: aldosteronism |
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hyperalimentation | (noun) administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes | Synonyms: total parenteral nutrition, TPN |
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illiberality | (noun) a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money | - |
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immorality | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, iniquity, wickedness |
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(noun) the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct | - |
inaugural | (noun) the ceremonial induction into a position | Synonyms: inauguration |
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(noun) an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) | Synonyms: inaugural address |
integral | (noun) the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x) | - |
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integrality | (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, entirety, totality |
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lateral | (noun) a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer | Synonyms: lateral pass |
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lateralisation | (noun) localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain | Synonyms: laterality, lateralization |
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laterality | (noun) superior development of one side of the body | Synonyms: dominance |
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(noun) the property of using one hand more than the other | Synonyms: handedness |
(noun) localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain | Synonyms: lateralisation, lateralization |
lateralization | (noun) localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain | Synonyms: lateralisation, laterality |
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liberal | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberalist, progressive |
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(noun) a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets | - |
liberalisation | (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalization, relaxation |
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liberalism | (noun) a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution | - |
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(noun) an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market | - |
liberalist | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberal, progressive |
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liberality | (noun) the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament | Synonyms: liberalness |
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(noun) an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom | Synonyms: liberalness |
liberalization | (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalisation, relaxation |
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liberalness | (noun) the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament | Synonyms: liberality |
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(noun) an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom | Synonyms: liberality |
literal | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error |
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literalism | (noun) the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature | - |
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(noun) a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense | - |
literalness | (noun) adhering to the concrete construal of something | - |
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litoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: littoral, littoral zone, sands |
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