| appreciativeness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: gratefulness, thankfulness |
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| appreciator | (noun) a person who is fully aware of something and understands it | - |
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| apprehender | (noun) a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) | - |
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| (noun) a person who knows or apprehends | Synonyms: knower |
| apprehension | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding |
| (noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: misgiving |
| (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread |
| apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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| apprentice | (noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: learner, prentice |
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| apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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| aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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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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| arbitrement | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitrament, arbitration |
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| arboretum | (noun) a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | Synonyms: botanical garden |
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| arboriculture | (noun) the tending of and caring for trees | Synonyms: tree farming |
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| arcdegree | (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: degree |
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| archespore | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archesporium |
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| architecture | (noun) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect | - |
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| (noun) an architectural product or work | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software | Synonyms: computer architecture |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings | - |
| are | (noun) a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters | Synonyms: ar |
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| area | (noun) a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function | - |
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| (noun) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | Synonyms: expanse, surface area |
| (noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve | Synonyms: region |
| (noun) a subject of study | - |
| (noun) a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) | Synonyms: country |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
| areaway | (noun) a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement | - |
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| areca | (noun) any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts | - |
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| areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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| arena | (noun) a playing field where sports events take place | Synonyms: scene of action |
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| (noun) a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments | Synonyms: bowl, sports stadium, stadium |
| (noun) the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand | - |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
| arenavirus | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae | - |
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| areola | (noun) small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | Synonyms: ring of color |
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| (noun) small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing | - |
| arere | (noun) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood | Synonyms: obeche, obechi, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon |
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| arete | (noun) a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | - |
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| arethusa | (noun) any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers | - |
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| armature | (noun) coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field | - |
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| armoire | (noun) a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons | - |
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| armorer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armourer |
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| (noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armourer, artificer |
| (noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armourer |
| armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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| (noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
| (noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
| armrest | (noun) a support for the arm | - |
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| arrears | (noun) an unpaid overdue debt | - |
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| (noun) the state of being behind in payments | - |
| arrest | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
| arrester | (noun) a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier | Synonyms: arrester hook |
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| arthromere | (noun) any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod | - |
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| arthrospore | (noun) one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi | - |
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| (noun) a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria | - |
| ascospore | (noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus | - |
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| aspirer | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
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| assuredness | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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| astereognosis | (noun) a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them | Synonyms: tactile agnosia |
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| asthenosphere | (noun) the lower layer of the crust | - |
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| atmosphere | (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, aura |
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| (noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth | Synonyms: air |
| (noun) the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body | - |
| (noun) a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade | Synonyms: atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure |
| (noun) the weather or climate at some place | Synonyms: atmospheric state |
| (noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambiance, ambience |
| atresia | (noun) an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent | - |
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| attire | (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: dress, garb |
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| aureole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| (noun) the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse | Synonyms: corona |
| auriculare | (noun) the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus | Synonyms: auricular point |
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| austereness | (noun) extreme plainness | Synonyms: severeness, severity |
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| authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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| autocorrect | (noun) a system for automatically correcting text | - |
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| autofluorescence | (noun) self-induced fluorescence | - |
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| autoregulation | (noun) (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism | - |
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| autostereotype | (noun) the standardized mental picture held in common by members of a cultural group depicting an oversimplified image of themselves and their behaviour. | - |
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| aviatress | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatrix |
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| awareness | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: cognisance, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness |
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| (noun) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | Synonyms: sentience |
| axletree | (noun) a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve | - |
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| aztreonam | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects | Synonyms: Azactam |
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| azure | (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue |
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| baccalaureate | (noun) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies | Synonyms: bachelor's degree |
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| (noun) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies | - |
| bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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| backfire | (noun) a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | Synonyms: boomerang |
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| (noun) a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine | - |
| (noun) the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | Synonyms: blowback |
| (noun) a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path | - |
| backrest | (noun) a support that you can lean against while sitting | Synonyms: back |
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| bacteremia | (noun) transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | Synonyms: bacteriaemia, bacteriemia |
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| badgerer | (noun) someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections | Synonyms: heckler |
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| balefire | (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | Synonyms: bonfire |
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| balldress | (noun) a suit or dress for formal occasions | - |
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| banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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| barbwire | (noun) strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage | Synonyms: barbed wire |
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| bareboat | (noun) a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions | - |
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| bareboating | (noun) boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions | - |
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| bareness | (noun) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation | Synonyms: starkness |
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| (noun) the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body) | - |
| (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bleakness, desolation, nakedness |
| baroreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to pressure | - |
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| barrel | (noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids | Synonyms: cask |
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| (noun) a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired | Synonyms: gun barrel |
| (noun) any of various units of capacity | Synonyms: bbl |
| (noun) the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | Synonyms: barrelful |
| (noun) a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends | Synonyms: drum |
| barrelfish | (noun) blackish fish of New England waters | Synonyms: black rudderfish, Hyperglyphe perciformis |
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| barrelful | (noun) the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | Synonyms: barrel |
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| barrelhouse | (noun) a cheap drinking and dancing establishment | Synonyms: honky-tonk |
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| barrels | (noun) the amount that many barrels might hold | - |
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| barren | (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | Synonyms: waste, wasteland |
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| barrenness | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: aridity, fruitlessness |
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| (noun) the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children | - |
| barrenwort | (noun) slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover | Synonyms: bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum |
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| barrette | (noun) a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
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| barretter | (noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | Synonyms: ballast, ballast resistor |
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| barterer | (noun) a trader who exchanges goods and not money | - |
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| basidiospore | (noun) a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium | - |
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| bathysphere | (noun) spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration | - |
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| battledore | (noun) an ancient racket game | Synonyms: battledore and shuttlecock |
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| (noun) a light long-handled racket used by badminton players | Synonyms: badminton racket, badminton racquet |
| bearer | (noun) a messenger who bears or presents | - |
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| (noun) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | Synonyms: pallbearer |
| (noun) the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it | Synonyms: holder |
| (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: carrier, toter |
| beaugregory | (noun) a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies | Synonyms: Pomacentrus leucostictus |
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| bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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| bedsore | (noun) a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients) | Synonyms: decubitus ulcer, pressure sore |
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| bedspread | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, counterpane, spread |
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| beebread | (noun) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae | Synonyms: ambrosia |
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| belligerence | (noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: aggressiveness, pugnacity |
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| (noun) hostile or warlike attitude or nature | Synonyms: belligerency |
| belligerency | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: hostilities |
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| (noun) hostile or warlike attitude or nature | Synonyms: belligerence |
| belligerent | (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
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| belvedere | (noun) a gazebo sited to command a fine view | - |
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| (noun) densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | Synonyms: Bassia scoparia, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, Kochia scoparia, summer cypress |
| benefactress | (noun) a woman benefactor | - |
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| bereaved | (noun) a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved | Synonyms: bereaved person |
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| bereavement | (noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: mourning |
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| beret | (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
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| berretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: biretta, birretta |
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