abruption | (noun) an instance of sudden interruption | Synonyms: breaking off |
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abruptness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
(noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
bankrupt | (noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: insolvent |
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bankruptcy | (noun) a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent | - |
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(noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: failure |
(noun) a state of complete lack of some abstract property | - |
chirrup | (noun) a series of chirps | Synonyms: twitter |
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corruptibility | (noun) the capability of being corrupted | - |
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corruption | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: subversion |
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(noun) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | - |
(noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruptness |
(noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
(noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | - |
(noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
corruptness | (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruption |
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(noun) the state of being corrupt | - |
crupper | (noun) a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward | - |
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disruption | (noun) the act of causing disorder | Synonyms: perturbation |
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(noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, gap, interruption |
(noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity | Synonyms: dislocation |
(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
drupe | (noun) fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube | Synonyms: stone fruit |
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drupelet | (noun) a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe | - |
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eruption | (noun) the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material | Synonyms: volcanic eruption |
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(noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, clap |
(noun) the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum | - |
(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: irruption, outbreak |
(noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, extravasation |
(noun) symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible | - |
incorruptibility | (noun) the incapability of being corrupted | - |
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incorruption | (noun) characterized by integrity or probity | Synonyms: incorruptness |
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incorruptness | (noun) characterized by integrity or probity | Synonyms: incorruption |
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interrupt | (noun) a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out | - |
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interrupter | (noun) a device for automatically interrupting an electric current | - |
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interruption | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, gap |
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(noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | Synonyms: break |
(noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, intermission, pause, suspension |
irruption | (noun) a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in | - |
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(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: eruption, outbreak |
(noun) a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population | - |
marupa | (noun) tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack | Synonyms: Simarouba amara |
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quadruped | (noun) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking | - |
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quadruple | (noun) a quantity that is four times as great as another | - |
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(noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruplet, quartet, quartette |
quadruplet | (noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruple, quartet, quartette |
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(noun) one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | Synonyms: quad |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
quadruplicate | (noun) any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly | - |
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quadrupling | (noun) increase by a factor of four | - |
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rupee | (noun) the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise | Synonyms: Indian rupee |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa | Synonyms: Pakistani rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Mauritian rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa | Synonyms: Nepalese rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Seychelles rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Sri Lanka rupee |
rupiah | (noun) the basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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rupture | (noun) the act of making a sudden noisy break | - |
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(noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rift, severance |
(noun) state of being torn or burst open | - |
rupturewort | (noun) common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures | Synonyms: Hernaria glabra |
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scruple | (noun) an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action | - |
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(noun) uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) | Synonyms: misgiving, qualm |
(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains | - |
scruples | (noun) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | Synonyms: conscience, moral sense, sense of right and wrong |
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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 |
sirup | (noun) a thick sweet sticky liquid | Synonyms: syrup |
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stirrup | (noun) support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go | Synonyms: stirrup iron |
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(noun) the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea | Synonyms: stapes |
syrup | (noun) a thick sweet sticky liquid | Synonyms: sirup |
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unscrupulousness | (noun) the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty | - |
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