| adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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| altitude | (noun) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface | Synonyms: height |
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| (noun) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | Synonyms: ALT, EL, elevation |
| (noun) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) | - |
| anatotitan | (noun) one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs | - |
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| antitauon | (noun) an antilepton of very great mass | Synonyms: tau-plus particle |
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| antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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| (noun) exact opposite | - |
| antitoxin | (noun) an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin | - |
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| antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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| antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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| antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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| antitype | (noun) a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament | - |
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| (noun) an opposite or contrasting type | - |
| aortitis | (noun) inflammation of the aorta | - |
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| apatite | (noun) a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus | - |
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| appetite | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetency |
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| aptitude | (noun) inherent ability | - |
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| argentite | (noun) a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) | - |
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| attitude | (noun) a theatrical pose created for effect | - |
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| (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: position, posture |
| (noun) a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways | Synonyms: mental attitude |
| (noun) position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) | - |
| backstitch | (noun) an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one | - |
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| beatitude | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, blessedness |
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| biotite | (noun) dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
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| bushtit | (noun) active grey titmice of western North America | Synonyms: bush tit |
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| carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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| celestite | (noun) a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate | - |
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| cementite | (noun) a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle | Synonyms: iron carbide |
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| certitude | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence |
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| chastity | (noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | Synonyms: celibacy, sexual abstention |
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| (noun) morality with respect to sexual relations | Synonyms: sexual morality, virtue |
| cholecystitis | (noun) inflammation of the gall bladder | - |
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| cobaltite | (noun) a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt | - |
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| colpocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina and bladder | - |
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| competition | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: contention, rivalry |
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| (noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | Synonyms: contest |
| (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competitor, contender, rival |
| (noun) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers | - |
| competitiveness | (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete | Synonyms: fight |
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| competitor | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competition, contender, rival |
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| constituency | (noun) the body of voters who elect a representative for their area | - |
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| constituent | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: component, element |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, element, factor, ingredient |
| (noun) (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction | Synonyms: grammatical constituent |
| (noun) a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes | - |
| (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, part, portion |
| constitution | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: establishment, formation, organisation, organization |
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| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
| (noun) law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | Synonyms: fundamental law, organic law |
| constitutional | (noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
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| constitutionalism | (noun) advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles | - |
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| (noun) a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) | - |
| constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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| correctitude | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: properness, propriety |
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| cystitis | (noun) inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters | - |
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| dacryocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose | - |
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| deglutition | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: drink, swallow |
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| dentition | (noun) the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | Synonyms: teeth |
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| (noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | Synonyms: odontiasis, teething |
| dermatitis | (noun) inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters | - |
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| destitution | (noun) a state without friends or money or prospects | - |
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| dietitian | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietician |
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| divestiture | (noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | - |
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| (noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior | - |
| entitlement | (noun) right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits) | - |
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| entity | (noun) that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | - |
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| epiglottitis | (noun) inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing | - |
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| exactitude | (noun) the quality of being exact | Synonyms: exactness |
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| fluorapatite | (noun) a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine | - |
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| fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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| gratitude | (noun) a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation | - |
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| haematite | (noun) the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form | Synonyms: hematite |
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| hematite | (noun) the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form | Synonyms: haematite |
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| hemstitch | (noun) embroidery similar to drawnwork | - |
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| (noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups | Synonyms: hemstitching |
| hemstitching | (noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups | Synonyms: hemstitch |
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| hepatitis | (noun) inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
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| identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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| (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
| (noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
| (noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
| inaptitude | (noun) a lack of aptitude | - |
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| incertitude | (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty |
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| ineptitude | (noun) having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | Synonyms: worthlessness |
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| (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
| inexactitude | (noun) the quality of being inexact | Synonyms: inexactness |
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| ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude | Synonyms: ungratefulness |
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| institute | (noun) an association organized to promote art or science or education | - |
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| institution | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination |
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| (noun) an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | - |
| (noun) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person | Synonyms: asylum, insane asylum, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital |
| (noun) a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society | - |
| (noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | Synonyms: establishment |
| investiture | (noun) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank | Synonyms: investment |
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| (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization |
| iridokeratitis | (noun) inflammation of the iris and cornea of the eye | - |
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| jactitation | (noun) (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness | Synonyms: jactation |
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| (noun) speaking of yourself in superlatives | Synonyms: boast, boasting, self-praise |
| (noun) (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) | - |
| keratitis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision | - |
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| latitude | (noun) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction | - |
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| (noun) the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself | - |
| (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Synonyms: line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude |
| (noun) freedom from normal restraints in conduct | - |
| latitudinarian | (noun) a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) | - |
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| lockstitch | (noun) machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread | - |
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| magnetite | (noun) an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets | Synonyms: magnetic iron-ore |
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| massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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| mastitis | (noun) inflammation of a breast (or udder) | - |
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| multitude | (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: concourse, throng |
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| (noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, people, the great unwashed |
| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, pack, plurality |
| multitudinousness | (noun) a very large number (especially of people) | - |
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| neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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| nictitation | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, wink, winking |
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| nonentity | (noun) a person of no influence | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, nobody |
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| (noun) the state of not existing | Synonyms: nonexistence |
| nonidentity | (noun) Difference, distinction; failure to be identical. | - |
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| otitis | (noun) inflammation of the ear | - |
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| pancreatitis | (noun) inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain | - |
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| parotitis | (noun) inflammation of one or both parotid glands | - |
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| partita | (noun) (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century | - |
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| (noun) one of the variations contained in a partita | - |
| partition | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) | Synonyms: divider |
| (noun) (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit | - |
| partitioning | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: breakdown |
| partitionist | (noun) an advocate of partitioning a country | - |
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| partitive | (noun) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole | - |
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| pegmatite | (noun) a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements | - |
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| peridotite | (noun) a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine | - |
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| periodontitis | (noun) a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontal disease |
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| petite | (noun) a garment size for short or slender women | - |
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| petiteness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess, weeness |
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| petitio | (noun) the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question | Synonyms: petitio principii |
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| petition | (noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | Synonyms: postulation, request |
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| (noun) reverent petition to a deity | Synonyms: orison, prayer |
| petitioner | (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: requester, suppliant, supplicant |
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| (noun) someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right | Synonyms: suer |
| platitude | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace |
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| platitudinarian | (noun) a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes | - |
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