immunosuppressive | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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incisura | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisure |
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incisure | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisura |
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inclosure | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosing, enclosure, envelopment |
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(noun) something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter | Synonyms: enclosure |
insubordination | (noun) an insubordinate act | Synonyms: rebelliousness |
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(noun) defiance of authority | - |
insubstantiality | (noun) lacking substance or reality | - |
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(noun) lack of solid substance and strength | - |
insufficiency | (noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number | Synonyms: deficiency, inadequacy |
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(noun) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally | - |
(noun) a lack of competence | Synonyms: inadequacy |
insufflation | (noun) an act of blowing or breathing on or into something | - |
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(noun) (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) | - |
insulant | (noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulation |
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insularism | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularity, insulation |
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insularity | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularism, insulation |
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insulation | (noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity | - |
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(noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularism, insularity |
(noun) insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity | Synonyms: insulant |
insulator | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | Synonyms: dielectric, nonconductor |
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insulin | (noun) hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells | - |
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insult | (noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | Synonyms: affront |
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(noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, revilement, vilification |
insurability | (noun) the quality of being insurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company) | - |
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insurance | (noun) written contract or certificate of insurance | Synonyms: insurance policy, policy |
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(noun) promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company | - |
(noun) protection against future loss | Synonyms: indemnity |
insured | (noun) a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc. | Synonyms: insured person |
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insurer | (noun) a financial institution that sells insurance | Synonyms: insurance company, insurance firm, insurance underwriter, underwriter |
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insurgence | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgency |
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insurgency | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgence |
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insurgent | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel |
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(noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, irregular |
insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising |
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insurrectionism | (noun) the principle of revolt against constituted authority | - |
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insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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(noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
issuance | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issue, issuing |
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issue | (noun) the act of issuing printed materials | Synonyms: publication |
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(noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issuing |
(noun) an opening that permits escape or release | Synonyms: exit, outlet, way out |
(noun) some situation or event that is thought about | Synonyms: matter, subject, topic |
(noun) an important question that is in dispute and must be settled | - |
(noun) one of a series published periodically | Synonyms: number |
(noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: egress, emergence |
(noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: offspring, progeny |
(noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot |
(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
(noun) supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government | Synonyms: government issue, military issue |
issuer | (noun) an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.) | - |
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issuing | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issue |
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jiujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jujitsu, jujutsu |
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jujitsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujutsu |
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jujutsu | (noun) a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength | Synonyms: jiujitsu, jujitsu |
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jumpsuit | (noun) one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform | Synonyms: jump suit |
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kalansuwa | (noun) a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders | - |
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keratonosus | (noun) any disease of the cornea | - |
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lactosuria | (noun) presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation | - |
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lawsuit | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, cause, suit |
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leisure | (noun) freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity | - |
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(noun) time available for ease and relaxation | Synonyms: leisure time |
leisureliness | (noun) slowness by virtue of being leisurely | - |
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liposuction | (noun) lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction | Synonyms: suction lipectomy |
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lumpsucker | (noun) any of several very small lumpfishes | - |
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marsupial | (noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
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marsupium | (noun) an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | - |
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measurability | (noun) the quality of being measurable | Synonyms: quantifiability |
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measure | (noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | Synonyms: amount, quantity |
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(noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration |
(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: step |
(noun) measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | Synonyms: measuring rod, measuring stick |
(noun) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | - |
(noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | Synonyms: bar |
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, cadence, meter, metre |
(noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law | Synonyms: bill |
(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, standard, touchstone |
measurement | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measuring, mensuration |
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measurer | (noun) a person who makes measurements | - |
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measuring | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, mensuration |
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mensuration | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, measuring |
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messuage | (noun) (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
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metatarsus | (noun) the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds | - |
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microsurgery | (noun) surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures | - |
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midsummer | (noun) June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | Synonyms: June 21, summer solstice |
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minisub | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisubmarine |
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minisubmarine | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisub |
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missus | (noun) informal term of address for someone's wife | Synonyms: missis |
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misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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(noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
misuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: abuse |
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narcissus | (noun) bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters | - |
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neurosurgeon | (noun) someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) | Synonyms: brain surgeon |
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neurosurgery | (noun) any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
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ninjitsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjutsu |
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ninjutsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjitsu |
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nisus | (noun) an effortful attempt to attain a goal | Synonyms: pains, strain, striving |
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nonesuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
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nonsuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, saint |
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odontoglossum | (noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors | - |
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omasum | (noun) the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | Synonyms: psalterium, third stomach |
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opossum | (noun) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | Synonyms: possum |
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(noun) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: phalanger, possum |
ossuary | (noun) any receptacle for the burial of human bones | - |
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overexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time | - |
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(noun) the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience | - |
overpressure | (noun) a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure | - |
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oversupply | (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, surfeit |
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pantsuit | (noun) a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women | Synonyms: pants suit |
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peninsula | (noun) a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
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persuader | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: inducer |
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persuasion | (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: opinion, sentiment, thought, view |
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(noun) the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | Synonyms: suasion |
persuasiveness | (noun) the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty | Synonyms: strength |
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phensuximide | (noun) anticonvulsant (trade name Milontin) used to treat petit mal | Synonyms: Milontin |
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playsuit | (noun) a sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse | - |
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pleasure | (noun) sexual gratification | - |
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(noun) an activity that affords enjoyment | - |
(noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, joy |
(noun) a formal expression | - |
(noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasance |
possum | (noun) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | Synonyms: opossum |
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(noun) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: opossum, phalanger |
possumwood | (noun) medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe | Synonyms: American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana |
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pressure | (noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: press, pressing |
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(noun) a force that compels | - |
(noun) the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin | Synonyms: pressure sensation |
(noun) the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Synonyms: force per unit area, pressure level |
(noun) the pressure exerted by the atmosphere | Synonyms: air pressure, atmospheric pressure |
(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention | Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press |
(noun) an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress | - |
presumption | (noun) a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming | - |
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(noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | Synonyms: assumption, effrontery, presumptuousness |
(noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: given, precondition |
(noun) (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed | - |
presumptuousness | (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | Synonyms: assumption, effrontery, presumption |
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presupposition | (noun) the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) | - |
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proconsul | (noun) an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul | - |
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(noun) a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire | - |
(noun) an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power | - |
proconsulate | (noun) the position of proconsul | Synonyms: proconsulship |
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proconsulship | (noun) the position of proconsul | Synonyms: proconsulate |
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prolapsus | (noun) the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | Synonyms: descensus, prolapse |
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psychosurgery | (noun) brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems | - |
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pursual | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursuit |
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pursuance | (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: prosecution |
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(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuit, quest |
pursued | (noun) a person who is being chased | Synonyms: chased |
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pursuer | (noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chaser |
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(noun) a person who pursues some plan or goal | - |
pursuit | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursual |
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(noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: interest, pastime |
(noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity |
(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, quest |
reassurance | (noun) the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence | - |
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