adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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arccosine | (noun) the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosine, arccos, inverse cosine |
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arcsine | (noun) the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc sine, arcsin, inverse sine |
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arsine | (noun) a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare | - |
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basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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bassine | (noun) coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms | - |
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bassinet | (noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
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(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet | - |
business | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: job, line, line of work, occupation |
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(noun) the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | Synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
(noun) the volume of commercial activity | - |
(noun) incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | Synonyms: byplay, stage business |
(noun) an immediate objective | - |
(noun) a rightful concern or responsibility | - |
(noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | Synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern |
(noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: clientele, patronage |
(noun) business concerns collectively | Synonyms: business sector |
businessman | (noun) a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) | Synonyms: man of affairs |
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businessmen | (noun) the body of individuals who manage businesses | Synonyms: business community |
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businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
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businessperson | (noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: bourgeois |
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businesswoman | (noun) a female businessperson | - |
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clumsiness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | Synonyms: awkwardness |
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(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness |
(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
cosine | (noun) ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cos |
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cosiness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: coziness, snugness |
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cuisine | (noun) the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared | Synonyms: culinary art |
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cytosine | (noun) a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine | Synonyms: C |
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deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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deoxyguanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: guanosine |
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didanosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, dideoxyinosine |
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dideoxycytosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, zalcitabine |
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dideoxyinosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, didanosine |
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drowsiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: sleepiness, somnolence |
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easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
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(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
(noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
flimsiness | (noun) the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction | Synonyms: shoddiness |
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fussiness | (noun) unnecessary elaborateness in details | - |
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(noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
glossiness | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, polish |
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greasiness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness |
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guanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: deoxyguanosine |
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gutsiness | (noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury | Synonyms: pluck, pluckiness |
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inosine | (noun) a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar | - |
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iodotyrosine | (noun) tyrosine with iodine added | - |
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kerosine | (noun) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | Synonyms: coal oil, kerosene, lamp oil |
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limousine | (noun) large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | Synonyms: limo |
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lousiness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness |
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(noun) infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching | Synonyms: pediculosis |
lysine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein | - |
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lysinemia | (noun) an inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine; characterized by muscular weakness and mental retardation | - |
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messiness | (noun) the trait of being untidy and messy | Synonyms: untidiness |
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(noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness | Synonyms: mess, muss, mussiness |
mussiness | (noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness | Synonyms: mess, messiness, muss |
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noisiness | (noun) the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise | Synonyms: racketiness |
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nosiness | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: prying, snoopiness |
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prosiness | (noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | Synonyms: prosaicness |
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queasiness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness |
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(noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: qualm, squeamishness |
rosiness | (noun) a healthy reddish complexion | Synonyms: ruddiness |
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(noun) a dusty pink color | Synonyms: rose |
(noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | Synonyms: bloom, blush, flush |
sarcosine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid | - |
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sine | (noun) ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: sin |
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sinecure | (noun) an office that involves minimal duties | - |
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(noun) a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached | - |
sinew | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity |
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(noun) a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | Synonyms: tendon |
sissiness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, effeminateness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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tetramethyldiarsine | (noun) a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air | Synonyms: cacodyl |
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tipsiness | (noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication |
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tsine | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, banting, Bos banteng |
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tyrosine | (noun) an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones | - |
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tyrosinemia | (noun) autosomal recessive defect in tyrosine metabolism resulting in liver and kidney disturbances and mental retardation | - |
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uneasiness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: queasiness, restlessness |
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(noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: disquiet, unease |
(noun) embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you | Synonyms: self-consciousness, uncomfortableness |
(noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, inquietude |
(noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: malaise, unease |
woodsiness | (noun) the quality of abounding in trees | Synonyms: woodiness |
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