airspeed | (noun) the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying | - |
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angiosperm | (noun) plants having seeds in a closed ovary | Synonyms: flowering plant |
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aspect | (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: expression, face, facial expression, look |
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(noun) a characteristic to be considered | - |
(noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem | Synonyms: facet |
(noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista |
(noun) the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb | - |
aspen | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind | - |
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asper | (noun) 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey | - |
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aspergill | (noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspersorium |
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aspergillosis | (noun) an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs | - |
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(noun) disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs | - |
(noun) severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys | Synonyms: brooder pneumonia |
asperity | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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(noun) harshness of manner | Synonyms: sharpness |
aspersion | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: calumny, defamation, denigration, slander |
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(noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: sprinkling |
(noun) a disparaging remark | Synonyms: slur |
aspersorium | (noun) the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches | - |
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(noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspergill |
auspex | (noun) (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | Synonyms: augur |
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bondsperson | (noun) someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
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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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circumspection | (noun) the trait of being circumspect and prudent | Synonyms: caution |
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(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: discreetness, discretion, prudence |
conspecific | (noun) an organism belonging to the same species as another organism | - |
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conspectus | (noun) an overall summary | - |
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desperado | (noun) a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) | Synonyms: desperate criminal |
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desperate | (noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help | - |
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desperation | (noun) desperate recklessness | - |
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(noun) a state in which all hope is lost or absent | Synonyms: despair |
dispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensableness |
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dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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dispensary | (noun) clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed | - |
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dispensation | (noun) the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) | - |
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(noun) an exemption from some rule or obligation | - |
(noun) a share that has been dispensed or distributed | - |
dispenser | (noun) a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who dispenses | - |
dispersal | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersion, dissemination |
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dispersion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dissemination |
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(noun) the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume | Synonyms: distribution |
(noun) spreading widely or driving off | Synonyms: scattering |
disrespect | (noun) a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous | Synonyms: contempt |
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(noun) a disrespectful mental attitude | - |
(noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: discourtesy |
doctorspeak | (noun) medical jargon | - |
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doublespeak | (noun) any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not | - |
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draftsperson | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draughtsman |
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dyspepsia | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: indigestion, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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dyspeptic | (noun) a person suffering from indigestion | - |
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endosperm | (noun) nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants | - |
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episperm | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: seed coat, testa |
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exasperation | (noun) actions that cause great irritation (or even anger) | - |
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(noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: aggravation |
extrospection | (noun) examination or observation of what is outside oneself, as opposed to introspection. | - |
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fingerspelling | (noun) an alphabet of manual signs | Synonyms: finger spelling |
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flyspeck | (noun) a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly | - |
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gospel | (noun) a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance | - |
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(noun) the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group | Synonyms: church doctrine, creed, religious doctrine |
(noun) an unquestionable truth | Synonyms: gospel truth |
(noun) folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) | Synonyms: gospel singing |
gospeler | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeller, revivalist |
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gospeller | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeler, revivalist |
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groundspeed | (noun) the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground | - |
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gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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indispensability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensableness, vitalness |
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indispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensability, vitalness |
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inspection | (noun) a formal or official examination | Synonyms: review |
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inspector | (noun) an investigator who observes carefully | Synonyms: examiner |
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(noun) a high ranking police officer | - |
inspectorate | (noun) a body of inspectors | - |
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inspectorship | (noun) the office of inspector | - |
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interspersal | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersion |
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interspersion | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersal |
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introspection | (noun) the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct | Synonyms: self-contemplation, self-examination |
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introspectionism | (noun) a doctrine that psychology must be based essentially on data derived from introspection. | - |
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introspectiveness | (noun) thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings | - |
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jasper | (noun) an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone | - |
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kinsperson | (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: family, kin |
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lespedeza | (noun) shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States | Synonyms: bush clover |
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lisper | (noun) a speaker who lisps | - |
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loudspeaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker system, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit |
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misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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newspeak | (noun) deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public | - |
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newsperson | (noun) a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | Synonyms: reporter |
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oligospermia | (noun) insufficient spermatozoa in the semen | - |
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outdoorsperson | (noun) a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) | - |
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panspermia | (noun) The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission. | - |
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perisperm | (noun) the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds | - |
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perspective | (noun) the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer | Synonyms: linear perspective |
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(noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc. | Synonyms: position, view |
progymnosperm | (noun) an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived | - |
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prospect | (noun) a prediction of the course of a disease | Synonyms: medical prognosis, prognosis |
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(noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, scene, view, vista |
(noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: expectation, outlook |
(noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: candidate |
(noun) the possibility of future success | Synonyms: chance |
prospectiveness | (noun) The quality of relating to or furnishing a future prospect. | - |
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prospector | (noun) someone who explores an area for mineral deposits | - |
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prospectus | (noun) a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university | Synonyms: course catalog, course catalogue |
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(noun) a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise | - |
prosperity | (noun) the condition of prospering; having good fortune | Synonyms: successfulness |
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(noun) an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment | - |
pteridosperm | (noun) an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) | Synonyms: seed fern |
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respect | (noun) behavior intended to please your parents | Synonyms: obedience |
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(noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard | Synonyms: deference |
(noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: deference, respectfulness |
(noun) (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | Synonyms: regard |
(noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: esteem, regard |
(noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem | Synonyms: regard |
(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: esteem, regard |
respectability | (noun) honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation | Synonyms: reputability |
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respecter | (noun) a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative | - |
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respectfulness | (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: deference, respect |
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respects | (noun) (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | - |
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resuspension | (noun) a renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated | - |
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retrospect | (noun) contemplation of things past | - |
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retrospection | (noun) memory for experiences that are past | - |
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(noun) reference to things past | - |
retrospective | (noun) an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work | - |
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salesperson | (noun) a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) | Synonyms: sales rep, sales representative |
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speakeasy | (noun) (during prohibition) an illegal barroom | - |
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speaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit |
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(noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer |
speakerphone | (noun) a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time | - |
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speakership | (noun) the position of Speaker | - |
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speaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking |
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(noun) the utterance of intelligible speech | Synonyms: speech production |
spear | (noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | Synonyms: lance, shaft |
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(noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance |
spearfish | (noun) any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare | - |
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spearhead | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearpoint |
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(noun) the leading military unit in an attack | - |
(noun) someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.) | - |
spearmint | (noun) common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring | Synonyms: Mentha spicata |
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spearpoint | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearhead |
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spec | (noun) a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | Synonyms: specification |
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special | (noun) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising | - |
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(noun) a television production that features a particular person or work or topic | - |
(noun) a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant | - |
specialisation | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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(noun) the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | Synonyms: specialization |
(noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: differentiation, specialization |
specialiser | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialist, specializer |
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specialism | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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(noun) the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation | - |