buster | (noun) a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something | - |
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(noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, broncobuster |
(noun) a robust child | - |
(noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: dude, fellow |
(noun) a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | Synonyms: baby buster |
butter | (noun) an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use | - |
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(noun) a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head | - |
butterball | (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage | Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, dipper |
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(noun) a rotund individual | Synonyms: fat person, fatso, fatty, roly-poly |
butterbean | (noun) small flat green bean similar to lima beans | Synonyms: butter bean, civet bean, sieva bean |
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butterbur | (noun) small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas | Synonyms: bog rhubarb, Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris |
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buttercrunch | (noun) lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves | - |
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buttercup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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butterfat | (noun) the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made | - |
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butterfingers | (noun) someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball) | - |
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butterfish | (noun) small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines | Synonyms: stromateid, stromateid fish |
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(noun) slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel |
(noun) any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin | - |
butterflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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butterfly | (noun) a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down | Synonyms: butterfly stroke |
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(noun) diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings | - |
butterflyfish | (noun) tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins | Synonyms: flying gurnard, flying robin |
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buttermilk | (noun) residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture | - |
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butternut | (noun) oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family | - |
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(noun) North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye | Synonyms: butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, white walnut |
butterscotch | (noun) a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar | - |
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butterweed | (noun) any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio | - |
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(noun) American ragwort with yellow flowers | Synonyms: ragwort, Senecio glabellus |
butterwort | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects | - |
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buttery | (noun) a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals | - |
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(noun) a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | Synonyms: larder, pantry |
cadaster | (noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation | Synonyms: cadastre |
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cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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calorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat | - |
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calypter | (noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: alula |
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canecutter | (noun) a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands | Synonyms: swamp hare, swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus |
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canister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: cannister, tin |
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(noun) a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm | Synonyms: canister shot, case shot |
cannister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: canister, tin |
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canter | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: lope |
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carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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cassiterite | (noun) a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin | - |
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caster | (noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: castor |
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(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: castor |
(noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products | - |
caterer | (noun) someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
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catering | (noun) providing food and services | - |
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caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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caterwaul | (noun) the yowling sound made by a cat in heat | - |
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catheter | (noun) a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
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catheterisation | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterization |
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catheterization | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterisation |
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cauterant | (noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cautery |
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cauterisation | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterization, cautery |
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cauterization | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterisation, cautery |
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cautery | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterisation, cauterization |
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(noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cauterant |
celebrater | (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrant, celebrator |
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cemetery | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis |
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center | (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: centre |
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(noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: centre, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center field, centerfield, centre |
(noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre |
(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
(noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center of attention, centre, centre of attention |
(noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: centre, midpoint |
(noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: centre, eye, heart, middle |
(noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: centre, snapper |
(noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: centre |
(noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: centre |
centerboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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centerfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield | Synonyms: center field |
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(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centre |
centerfielder | (noun) the person who plays center field | Synonyms: center fielder |
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centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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centering | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centring, snap |
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(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
centerline | (noun) a line that bisects a plane figure | Synonyms: center line |
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centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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(noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
centiliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter | Synonyms: centilitre, cl |
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centimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimetre, cm |
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chanter | (noun) reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | Synonyms: melody pipe |
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chanterelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle |
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chapiter | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, capital |
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chapter | (noun) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled | - |
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(noun) a series of related events forming an episode | - |
(noun) a local branch of some fraternity or association | - |
(noun) an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church | - |
(noun) any distinct period in history or in a person's life | - |
chapterhouse | (noun) a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity | Synonyms: frat house, fraternity house |
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(noun) a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter | - |
character | (noun) (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | - |
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(noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: fiber, fibre |
(noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: lineament, quality |
(noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: part, persona, role, theatrical role |
(noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: graph, grapheme, graphic symbol |
(noun) a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | Synonyms: character reference, reference |
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: case, eccentric, type |
(noun) an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) | Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character |
(noun) good repute | - |
characterisation | (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
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(noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterization |
characteristic | (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
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(noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
(noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
(noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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characterization | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: enactment, personation, portrayal |
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(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
(noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterisation |
charcuterie | (noun) a delicatessen that specializes in meats | - |
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charter | (noun) a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation | - |
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(noun) a contract to hire or lease transportation | - |
charterhouse | (noun) a Carthusian monastery | - |
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chatter | (noun) noisy talk | Synonyms: cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak |
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(noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chattering |
(noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chattering |
chatterbox | (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter |
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(noun) orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf | Synonyms: Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid |
chatterer | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: cotinga |
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(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, magpie, prater, spouter |
chattering | (noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chatter |
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(noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chatter |
cheater | (noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheat, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
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chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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(noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
chiropteran | (noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate | Synonyms: bat |
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chitterlings | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlings, chitlins |
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choirmaster | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, precentor |
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cholesterin | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterol |
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cholesterol | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterin |
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cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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chorister | (noun) a singer in a choir | - |
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chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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cistern | (noun) an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater | - |
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(noun) a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet | Synonyms: water tank |
(noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cisterna |
cisterna | (noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cistern |
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cittern | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, citole, gittern |
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clatter | (noun) a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) | - |
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climacteric | (noun) the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | Synonyms: change of life, menopause |
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(noun) a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause | - |
clinometer | (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: inclinometer |
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cloister | (noun) residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) | Synonyms: religious residence |
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(noun) a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) | - |
cluster | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, clustering |
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clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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clutter | (noun) unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen | - |
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(noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
clyster | (noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: enema |
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coaster | (noun) a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) | - |
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(noun) someone who coasts | - |
(noun) a resident of a coastal area | - |
coelenterate | (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | Synonyms: cnidarian |
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coelenteron | (noun) the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate | - |
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collateral | (noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan | - |
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colorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents | Synonyms: tintometer |
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colter | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | Synonyms: coulter |
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