abjurer | (noun) a person who abjures | - |
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acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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admixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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(noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base | Synonyms: intermixture |
(noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something | Synonyms: alloy |
adventure | (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture |
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adventurer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: venturer |
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(noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: explorer |
adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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agriculture | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: farming, husbandry |
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(noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm |
(noun) the class of people engaged in growing food | - |
allure | (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allurement, temptingness |
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allurement | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: solicitation |
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(noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allure, temptingness |
(noun) attractiveness | - |
antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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anuresis | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuria |
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aperture | (noun) an man-made opening; usually small | - |
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(noun) a device that controls amount of light admitted | - |
(noun) a natural opening in something | - |
apiculture | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: beekeeping |
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aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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aquiculture | (noun) a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients | Synonyms: hydroponics, tank farming |
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arboriculture | (noun) the tending of and caring for trees | Synonyms: tree farming |
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architecture | (noun) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect | - |
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(noun) an architectural product or work | - |
(noun) (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software | Synonyms: computer architecture |
(noun) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings | - |
armature | (noun) coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field | - |
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armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
assuredness | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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aureole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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(noun) the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse | Synonyms: corona |
azure | (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue |
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baccalaureate | (noun) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies | Synonyms: bachelor's degree |
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(noun) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies | - |
brochure | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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bureau | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
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(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, federal agency, government agency, office |
bureaucracy | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucratism |
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(noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials | - |
(noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape | - |
bureaucrat | (noun) an official of a bureaucracy | Synonyms: administrative official |
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bureaucratism | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucracy |
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buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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burette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: buret |
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candidature | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign |
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capture | (noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: gaining control, seizure |
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(noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: seizure |
(noun) the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board | - |
(noun) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle | - |
(noun) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field | - |
capturer | (noun) a person who captures and holds people or animals | Synonyms: captor |
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carburetor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburettor |
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carburettor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburetor |
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caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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censure | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: animadversion |
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(noun) the state of being excommunicated | Synonyms: exclusion, excommunication |
cincture | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
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closure | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, shutdown |
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(noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: blockage, occlusion |
(noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closing |
(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
(noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric | Synonyms: law of closure |
(noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: resolution, settlement |
(noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: cloture, gag law, gag rule |
cloture | (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: closure, gag law, gag rule |
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cocksureness | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, overconfidence |
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coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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coloured | (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
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commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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commixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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confiture | (noun) preserved or candied fruit | - |
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conjecture | (noun) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) | Synonyms: speculation |
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(noun) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence | - |
(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
conjuncture | (noun) a critical combination of events or circumstances | - |
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conjurer | (noun) a witch doctor who practices conjury | Synonyms: conjure man, conjuror |
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(noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator |
contracture | (noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | - |
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counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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couture | (noun) high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
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couverture | (noun) chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
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creature | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna |
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(noun) a living being | Synonyms: wight |
(noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: puppet, tool |
crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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(noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
(noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
(noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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curette | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curet |
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curettement | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettage |
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curvature | (noun) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve | - |
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(noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | Synonyms: curve |
(noun) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal | - |
cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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cynosure | (noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration | - |
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(noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) | - |
cytoarchitecture | (noun) the cellular composition of a bodily structure | Synonyms: cytoarchitectonics |
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dasyure | (noun) any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens | - |
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debenture | (noun) a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt | - |
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(noun) the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | Synonyms: debenture bond, unsecured bond |
demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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(noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
denture | (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, plate |
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departure | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: going, going away, leaving |
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(noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
(noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: deviation, difference, divergence |
devourer | (noun) someone who eats greedily or voraciously | - |
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diethylmalonylurea | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, veronal |
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disclosure | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: revealing, revelation |
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discomfiture | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment |
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discomposure | (noun) a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure | - |
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(noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, disconcertion, disconcertment |
disfigurement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfiguration, mutilation |
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(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfiguration |
disjuncture | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction |
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displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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diuresis | (noun) increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus | - |
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diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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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 | - |
duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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elaphure | (noun) large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds | Synonyms: Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer |
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embouchure | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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embrasure | (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: port, porthole |
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enclosure | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosing, envelopment, inclosure |
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(noun) a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose | - |
(noun) something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter | Synonyms: inclosure |
(noun) a naturally enclosed space | Synonyms: natural enclosure |
encolure | (noun) the mane of a horse | - |
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entablature | (noun) (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof | - |
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enuresis | (noun) inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination | Synonyms: urinary incontinence |
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epicure | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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epicurean | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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epicureanism | (noun) a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers | - |
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erasure | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: expunction, expunging |
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(noun) a correction made by erasing | - |
(noun) a surface area where something has been erased | - |
expenditure | (noun) the act of spending money for goods or services | Synonyms: expending |
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(noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: consumption, using up |
(noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: outgo, outlay, spending |
exposure | (noun) abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) | - |
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(noun) the act of exposing film to light | - |
(noun) presentation to view in an open or public manner | - |
(noun) the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience | - |
(noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: photo, photograph, pic, picture |
(noun) vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain | - |
(noun) aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces | - |
(noun) the disclosure of something secret | - |
(noun) the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate | - |
(noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | Synonyms: vulnerability |
failure | (noun) an act that fails | - |
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(noun) an unexpected omission | - |
(noun) an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | - |
(noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
(noun) lack of success | - |
(noun) loss of ability to function normally | - |
(noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: bankruptcy |