entablature | (noun) (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof | - |
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entire | (noun) uncastrated adult male horse | Synonyms: stallion |
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entireness | (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entirety, integrality, totality |
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entirety | (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, integrality, totality |
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entreaty | (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: appeal, prayer |
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entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
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entree | (noun) an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage | - |
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(noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway |
(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, admittance |
(noun) the principal dish of a meal | Synonyms: main course |
entremets | (noun) a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course | Synonyms: side dish, side order |
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entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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(noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
entrepreneur | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: enterpriser |
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entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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enuresis | (noun) inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination | Synonyms: urinary incontinence |
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epauliere | (noun) armor plate that protects the shoulder | - |
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epicentre | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicenter |
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epicheirema | (noun) a syllogism in which some statement supporting one or both of the premises is introduced with the premises themselves. | - |
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epicure | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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epicurean | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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epicureanism | (noun) a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers | - |
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eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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erasure | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: expunction, expunging |
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(noun) a correction made by erasing | - |
(noun) a surface area where something has been erased | - |
erecting | (noun) the act of building or putting up | Synonyms: erection |
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erection | (noun) the act of building or putting up | Synonyms: erecting |
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(noun) a structure that has been erected | - |
(noun) an erect penis | Synonyms: hard-on |
erectness | (noun) the property of being upright in posture | Synonyms: uprightness |
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(noun) position at right angles to the horizon | Synonyms: uprightness, verticality, verticalness |
eremite | (noun) a Christian recluse | - |
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eremitism | (noun) monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience | - |
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erethism | (noun) an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part | - |
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escritoire | (noun) a desk used for writing | Synonyms: secretaire, secretary, writing table |
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espresso | (noun) strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans | - |
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esquire | (noun) (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood | - |
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etagere | (noun) a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments | - |
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euchre | (noun) a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand | Synonyms: five hundred |
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evergreen | (noun) a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year | Synonyms: evergreen plant |
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excrement | (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excreta, excretion, excretory product |
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excrescence | (noun) (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | - |
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(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
excreta | (noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excretion, excretory product |
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excreting | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding |
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excretion | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding |
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(noun) waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | Synonyms: body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product |
exosphere | (noun) the outermost atmospheric layer | - |
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expenditure | (noun) the act of spending money for goods or services | Synonyms: expending |
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(noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: consumption, using up |
(noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: outgo, outlay, spending |
explorer | (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: adventurer |
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exposure | (noun) abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) | - |
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(noun) the act of exposing film to light | - |
(noun) presentation to view in an open or public manner | - |
(noun) the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience | - |
(noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: photo, photograph, pic, picture |
(noun) vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain | - |
(noun) aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces | - |
(noun) the disclosure of something secret | - |
(noun) the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate | - |
(noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | Synonyms: vulnerability |
express | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: expressage |
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(noun) public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops | Synonyms: limited |
(noun) mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system | Synonyms: express mail |
expressage | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: express |
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expression | (noun) the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing | - |
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(noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, face, facial expression, look |
(noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: locution, saying |
(noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: formulation |
(noun) expression without words | Synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion |
(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: formula |
(noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions | Synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism |
(noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: construction, grammatical construction |
(noun) (genetics) the process of expressing a gene | - |
expressionism | (noun) an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
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expressionist | (noun) an artist who is an adherent of expressionism | - |
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expressiveness | (noun) the quality of being expressive | - |
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expressway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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extraterrestrial | (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
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extreme | (noun) the furthest or highest degree of something | - |
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(noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme point, extremum |
extremeness | (noun) the quality of being extreme | - |
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extremism | (noun) any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies | - |
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extremist | (noun) a person who holds extreme views | - |
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extremity | (noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: appendage, member |
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(noun) that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso | - |
(noun) the outermost or farthest region or point | - |
(noun) the greatest or utmost degree | - |
(noun) an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) | - |
extremum | (noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme, extreme point |
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(noun) the most extreme possible amount or value | Synonyms: peak |
eyesore | (noun) something very ugly and offensive | - |
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failure | (noun) an act that fails | - |
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(noun) an unexpected omission | - |
(noun) an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | - |
(noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
(noun) lack of success | - |
(noun) loss of ability to function normally | - |
(noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: bankruptcy |
fanfare | (noun) a gaudy outward display | Synonyms: flash, ostentation |
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(noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: flourish, tucket |
fare | (noun) an agenda of things to do | Synonyms: menu |
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(noun) the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed | - |
(noun) a paying (taxi) passenger | - |
(noun) the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance | Synonyms: transportation |
farewell | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: leave-taking, leave, parting |
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(noun) an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting | Synonyms: word of farewell |
farmerette | (noun) a woman working on a farm | - |
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featheredge | (noun) a thin tapering edge | - |
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feature | (noun) an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles | - |
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(noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: lineament |
(noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: characteristic |
(noun) (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind | Synonyms: feature of speech |
(noun) the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater | Synonyms: feature film |
(noun) a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: feature article |
featurelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being without distinguishing features. | - |
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femtometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, fermi |
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fenugreek | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry | Synonyms: fenugreek seed |
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(noun) annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry | Synonyms: Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum |
ferret | (noun) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits | - |
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(noun) musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct | Synonyms: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes |
ferroconcrete | (noun) concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses | Synonyms: reinforced concrete |
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fibre | (noun) a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | Synonyms: fiber, vulcanized fiber |
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(noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: character, fiber |
(noun) any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) | Synonyms: fiber |
(noun) coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | Synonyms: fiber, roughage |
(noun) a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn | Synonyms: fiber |
fibreboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fiberboard, particle board |
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fibreglass | (noun) a covering material made of glass fibers in resins | Synonyms: fiberglass |
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fibreoptics | (noun) the transmission of light signals via glass fibers | Synonyms: fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics |
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fieldfare | (noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: snowbird, Turdus pilaris |
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figure | (noun) a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating | - |
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(noun) a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) | - |
(noun) a decorative or artistic work | Synonyms: design, pattern |
(noun) the impression produced by a person | - |
(noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals | Synonyms: number |
(noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
(noun) a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground | - |
(noun) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material | Synonyms: fig |
(noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure of speech, image, trope |
(noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: name, public figure |
(noun) an amount of money expressed numerically | - |
(noun) one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration | Synonyms: digit |
(noun) a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape | - |
figurehead | (noun) figure on the bow of some sailing vessels | - |
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(noun) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity | Synonyms: front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman |
figurer | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, estimator, reckoner |
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filagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filigree, fillagree |
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filaree | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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filature | (noun) a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread | - |
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filibusterer | (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibuster |
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filigree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, fillagree |
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fillagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, filigree |
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fingerbreadth | (noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | Synonyms: digit, finger's breadth, finger |
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fire | (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: firing |
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(noun) a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning | - |
(noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, blast, flack, flak |
(noun) the event of something burning (often destructive) | - |
(noun) a severe trial | - |
(noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour |
(noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: flame, flaming |
(noun) fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | - |
(noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile | - |
firearm | (noun) a portable gun | Synonyms: piece, small-arm |
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fireball | (noun) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | - |
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(noun) a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | - |
(noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse |
(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: bolide |
firebase | (noun) an artillery base to support advancing troops | - |
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firebird | (noun) eastern subspecies of northern oriole | Synonyms: Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, hangbird, Icterus galbula galbula |
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(noun) the male is bright red with black wings and tail | Synonyms: Piranga olivacea, redbird, scarlet tanager |
(noun) tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage | Synonyms: Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher |
fireboat | (noun) a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront | - |
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firebomb | (noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: incendiary, incendiary bomb |
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firebox | (noun) a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned | - |
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firebrand | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: inciter, instigant, instigator, provoker |
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(noun) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | Synonyms: brand |
firebrat | (noun) lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces | Synonyms: Thermobia domestica |
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firebreak | (noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: fireguard |
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firebrick | (noun) brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys | - |
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firebug | (noun) a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain | - |
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(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, incendiary |
fireclay | (noun) a heat-resistant clay | - |
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firecracker | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: banger, cracker |
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firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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