amenities | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: comforts, conveniences, creature comforts |
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antielectron | (noun) an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation | Synonyms: positron |
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antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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auntie | (noun) the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle | Synonyms: aunt, aunty |
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authorities | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: government, regime |
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bootie | (noun) a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | Synonyms: bootee |
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bowtie | (noun) a man's tie that ties in a bow | Synonyms: bow-tie, bow tie |
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bustier | (noun) a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress | - |
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cattie | (noun) any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) | Synonyms: catty |
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cockatiel | (noun) small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head | Synonyms: cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus |
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coontie | (noun) small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot | Synonyms: Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila |
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cootie | (noun) a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings | Synonyms: body louse, Pediculus corporis |
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cottier | (noun) a medieval English villein | Synonyms: cotter |
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courtier | (noun) an attendant at the court of a sovereign | - |
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crosstie | (noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | Synonyms: railroad tie, sleeper, tie |
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cubitiere | (noun) body armor that protects the elbow | - |
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eighties | (noun) the time of life between 80 and 90 | Synonyms: mid-eighties |
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(noun) the decade from 1980 to 1989 | Synonyms: 1980s |
(noun) the decade from 1880 to 1889 | Synonyms: 1880s |
eightieth | (noun) position 80 in a countable series of things | - |
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fifties | (noun) the time of life between 50 and 60 | Synonyms: mid-fifties |
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(noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959 | Synonyms: 1950s |
fiftieth | (noun) position 50 in a countable series of things | - |
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forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
fortieth | (noun) position 40 in a countable series of things | - |
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frontier | (noun) an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development | - |
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(noun) a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country | - |
(noun) an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary | - |
frontiersman | (noun) a man who lives on the frontier | Synonyms: backwoodsman, mountain man |
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frontierswoman | (noun) a woman who lives on the frontier | - |
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hostilities | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: belligerency |
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humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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impatience | (noun) a dislike of anything that causes delay | - |
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(noun) a restless desire for change and excitement | - |
(noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay | Synonyms: restlessness |
inpatient | (noun) a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated | Synonyms: inmate |
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insentience | (noun) lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations | - |
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liabilities | (noun) anything that is owed to someone else | - |
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metier | (noun) an occupation for which you are especially well suited | Synonyms: medium |
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(noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: forte, long suit, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit |
necktie | (noun) neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front | Synonyms: tie |
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nightie | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightdress, nightgown |
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nineties | (noun) the time of life between 90 and 100 | Synonyms: mid-nineties |
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(noun) the decade from 1990 to 1999 | Synonyms: 1990s |
(noun) the decade from 1890 to 1899 | Synonyms: 1890s |
ninetieth | (noun) position 90 in a countable series of things | - |
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outpatient | (noun) a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated | - |
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pantie | (noun) short underpants for women or children | Synonyms: panty, scanty, step-in |
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patience | (noun) a card game played by one person | Synonyms: solitaire |
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(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: forbearance, longanimity |
patient | (noun) the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: affected role, patient role |
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(noun) a person who requires medical care | - |
portiere | (noun) a heavy curtain hung across a doorway | - |
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quotient | (noun) the number obtained by division | - |
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(noun) the ratio of two quantities to be divided | - |
rentier | (noun) someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments | - |
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sarcocystieian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcosporidian |
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satiety | (noun) the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more | Synonyms: repletion, satiation |
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sentience | (noun) the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | - |
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(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | Synonyms: sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentiency |
(noun) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | Synonyms: awareness |
sentiency | (noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | Synonyms: sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience |
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seventies | (noun) the time of life between 70 and 80 | Synonyms: mid-seventies |
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(noun) the decade from 1970 to 1979 | Synonyms: 1970s |
seventieth | (noun) position 70 in a countable series of things | - |
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sixties | (noun) the time of life between 60 and 70 | Synonyms: mid-sixties |
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(noun) the decade from 1960 to 1969 | Synonyms: 1960s |
sixtieth | (noun) one part in sixty equal parts | Synonyms: one-sixtieth |
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(noun) position 60 in a countable series of things | - |
softie | (noun) a person who is weak and excessively sentimental | Synonyms: softy |
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sortie | (noun) a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position | Synonyms: sally |
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(noun) (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation) | - |
sweetie | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, truelove |
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(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart |
swiftie | (noun) Fan of Taylor Swift | - |
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testiere | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall |
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thirties | (noun) the time of life between 30 and 40 | Synonyms: mid-thirties, thirty-something |
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(noun) the decade from 1930 to 1939 | Synonyms: 1930s |
thirtieth | (noun) position 30 in a countable series of things | - |
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tie | (noun) a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied | - |
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(noun) neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front | Synonyms: necktie |
(noun) a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating | Synonyms: tie beam |
(noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | Synonyms: crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper |
(noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect | Synonyms: link, linkup, tie-in |
(noun) (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value | - |
(noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: draw, standoff |
(noun) equality of score in a contest | - |
(noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: affiliation, association, tie-up |
tieback | (noun) a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back | Synonyms: pullback |
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tiebreaker | (noun) overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer | - |
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tiepin | (noun) a pin used to hold the tie in place | Synonyms: scarfpin, tie tack |
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tier | (noun) one of two or more layers one atop another | - |
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(noun) any one of two or more competitors who tie one another | - |
(noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: grade, level |
(noun) something that is used for tying | - |
(noun) a worker who ties something | Synonyms: tier up |
tierce | (noun) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole | Synonyms: one-third, third |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
(noun) the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. | Synonyms: terce |
tiercel | (noun) male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | Synonyms: tercel, tercelet |
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tourtiere | (noun) a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec | - |
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twenties | (noun) the time of life between 20 and 30 | Synonyms: mid-twenties |
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(noun) the decade from 1920 to 1929 | Synonyms: 1920s |
twentieth | (noun) position 20 in a countable series of things | - |
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untier | (noun) a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens | Synonyms: opener, undoer, unfastener |
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