airsickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) | Synonyms: air sickness |
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amnesic | (noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesiac |
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analgesic | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: anodyne, pain pill, painkiller |
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aphasic | (noun) someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language | - |
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astrophysicist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies | - |
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astrophysics | (noun) the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies | - |
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basic | (noun) (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant | Synonyms: staple |
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basics | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals |
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(noun) a statement of fundamental facts or principles | Synonyms: rudiments |
biophysicist | (noun) a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology | - |
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biophysics | (noun) physics as applied to biological problems | - |
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capsicum | (noun) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | Synonyms: capsicum pepper plant, pepper |
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cellulosic | (noun) a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose) | - |
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classic | (noun) a creation of the highest excellence | - |
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(noun) an artist who has created classic works | - |
classical | (noun) traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste | Synonyms: classical music, serious music |
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classicalism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicism |
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classicism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicalism |
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classicist | (noun) an artistic person who adheres to classicism | - |
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(noun) a student of ancient Greek and Latin | Synonyms: classical scholar |
classics | (noun) study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome | - |
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desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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desiccation | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: dehydration, drying up, evaporation |
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(noun) dryness resulting from the removal of water | Synonyms: dehydration |
forensics | (noun) scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
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geodesic | (noun) (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere) | Synonyms: geodesic line |
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geophysicist | (noun) a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth | - |
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geophysics | (noun) geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth | Synonyms: geophysical science |
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greensickness | (noun) iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin | Synonyms: chlorosis |
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harpsichord | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: cembalo |
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harpsichordist | (noun) someone who plays the harpsichord | - |
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heartsickness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, disconsolateness |
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homesickness | (noun) a longing to return home | - |
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lovesickness | (noun) a pining for a loved one | - |
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massicot | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicotite |
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massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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metaphysics | (noun) the philosophical study of being and knowing | - |
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music | (noun) musical activity (singing or whistling etc.) | - |
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(noun) punishment for one's actions | Synonyms: medicine |
(noun) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | Synonyms: euphony |
(noun) (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) | - |
(noun) an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | - |
musical | (noun) a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing | Synonyms: musical comedy, musical theater |
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musicality | (noun) the property of sounding like music | Synonyms: musicalness |
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musicalness | (noun) the property of sounding like music | Synonyms: musicality |
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musician | (noun) artist who composes or conducts music as a profession | - |
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(noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: instrumentalist, player |
musicianship | (noun) artistry in performing music | - |
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musicologist | (noun) a student of musicology | - |
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musicology | (noun) the scholarly and scientific study of music | - |
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neoclassicism | (noun) revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation | - |
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neoclassicist | (noun) an advocate of neoclassicism | - |
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nonsensicality | (noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning | Synonyms: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense |
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ossicle | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: bonelet, ossiculum |
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ossiculum | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: bonelet, ossicle |
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papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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pataphysics | (noun) a philosophy or media theory dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. | - |
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persicot | (noun) a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit. | - |
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physic | (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: aperient, cathartic, purgative |
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physicalism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | Synonyms: materialism |
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physicality | (noun) preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites | Synonyms: animalism |
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physicalness | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporality, corporeality, materiality |
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physician | (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | Synonyms: doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico |
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physicist | (noun) a scientist trained in physics | - |
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physics | (noun) the science of matter and energy and their interactions | Synonyms: natural philosophy |
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(noun) the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something | Synonyms: physical science |
popsicle | (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lollipop, lolly |
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psychophysicist | (noun) a psychologist trained in psychophysics | - |
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psychophysics | (noun) the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects | - |
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seasickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling on water | Synonyms: mal de mer, naupathia |
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siccative | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: desiccant, drier, drying agent |
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sick | (noun) people who are sick | - |
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sickbag | (noun) a bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit | Synonyms: sick bag |
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sickbay | (noun) (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship) | Synonyms: sick berth |
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sickbed | (noun) the bed on which a sick person lies | - |
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sickeningness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, distastefulness, nauseatingness, unsavoriness |
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sickle | (noun) an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle | Synonyms: reap hook, reaping hook |
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sicklepod | (noun) North American rock cress having very long curved pods | Synonyms: Arabis Canadensis |
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(noun) cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia | Synonyms: Cassia tora, Senna obtusifolia |
sickliness | (noun) The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature. | - |
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sickness | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: illness, malady, unwellness |
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(noun) the state that precedes vomiting | Synonyms: nausea |
(noun) defectiveness or unsoundness | - |
sickroom | (noun) a room to which a sick person is confined | - |
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terpsichore | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, dancing, saltation |
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terpsichorean | (noun) a performer who dances professionally | Synonyms: dancer, professional dancer |
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unmusicality | (noun) The state or condition of being lacking in musical ability. | - |
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vasovesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis | - |
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versicle | (noun) a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation | - |
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vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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vesicant | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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vesicatory | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
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vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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vesiculation | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesication |
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vesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis) | - |
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vesiculovirus | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | - |
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whimsicality | (noun) the trait of behaving like an imp | Synonyms: impishness, mischievousness, puckishness |
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(noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsy |