| absolute | (noun) something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative | - |
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| absoluteness | (noun) the quality of being absolute | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: starkness, utterness |
| accouterment | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement |
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| acute | (noun) a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: acute accent, ague |
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| acuteness | (noun) the quality of having a sharp edge or point | - |
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| (noun) a quick and penetrating intelligence | Synonyms: acuity, keenness, sharpness |
| (noun) a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed | - |
| albuterol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Proventil, Ventolin |
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| amputee | (noun) someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
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| arcminute | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | Synonyms: minute, minute of arc |
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| astuteness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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| (noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity |
| attribute | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | - |
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| (noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: dimension, property |
| auteur | (noun) a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works | - |
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| beauteousness | (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: comeliness, fairness, loveliness |
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| brute | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna |
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| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, savage, wildcat, wolf |
| butene | (noun) any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers | Synonyms: butylene |
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| buteonine | (noun) any hawk of the genus Buteo | - |
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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 |
| charcuterie | (noun) a delicatessen that specializes in meats | - |
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| chute | (noun) sloping channel through which things can descend | Synonyms: slide, slideway, sloping trough |
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| (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: parachute |
| commute | (noun) a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work | - |
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| commuter | (noun) a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another | Synonyms: commuter train |
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| (noun) someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city | - |
| computer | (noun) a machine for performing calculations automatically | Synonyms: computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
| computerization | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: cybernation |
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| confuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: disprover, rebutter, refuter |
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| cryocautery | (noun) application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it | - |
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| (noun) an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it | - |
| cuteness | (noun) the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | Synonyms: prettiness |
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| deuteranopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red | Synonyms: Daltonism, green-blindness |
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| deuterium | (noun) an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) | Synonyms: heavy hydrogen |
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| deuteron | (noun) the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators | - |
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| dispute | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: contravention |
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| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion |
| disrepute | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: discredit |
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| dissoluteness | (noun) indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures | Synonyms: incontinence, self-gratification |
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| distributer | (noun) electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence | Synonyms: distributor, electrical distributor |
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| (noun) someone who markets merchandise | Synonyms: distributor |
| electrocautery | (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) | - |
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| eutectic | (noun) a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point | - |
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| fauteuil | (noun) an upholstered armchair | - |
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| flouter | (noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision | Synonyms: jeerer, mocker, scoffer |
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| flute | (noun) a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown | Synonyms: transverse flute |
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| (noun) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | Synonyms: fluting |
| (noun) a tall narrow wineglass | Synonyms: champagne flute, flute glass |
| glute | (noun) any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | Synonyms: gluteal muscle, gluteus, gluteus muscle |
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| glutelin | (noun) a simple protein found in the seeds of cereals | - |
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| gluten | (noun) a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough | - |
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| glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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| gluteus | (noun) any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | Synonyms: glute, gluteal muscle, gluteus muscle |
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| hauteur | (noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | Synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordliness |
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| hirsuteness | (noun) excessive hairiness | Synonyms: hirsutism |
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| institute | (noun) an association organized to promote art or science or education | - |
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| irresoluteness | (noun) the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose | Synonyms: irresolution |
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| jute | (noun) a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks | - |
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| lieutenancy | (noun) the position of a lieutenant | - |
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| lieutenant | (noun) an officer in a police force | Synonyms: police lieutenant |
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| (noun) a commissioned military officer | - |
| (noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Synonyms: deputy |
| (noun) an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade | - |
| lute | (noun) chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard | - |
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| (noun) a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid | Synonyms: luting |
| lutecium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium | Synonyms: atomic number 71, Lu, lutetium |
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| lutefisk | (noun) dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency | Synonyms: lutfisk |
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| lutein | (noun) yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks | Synonyms: xanthophyl, xanthophyll |
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| lutenist | (noun) a musician who plays the lute | Synonyms: lutanist, lutist |
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| luteotropin | (noun) gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | Synonyms: lactogenic hormone, prolactin |
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| lutetium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium | Synonyms: atomic number 71, Lu, lutecium |
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| malamute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malemute |
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| malemute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malamute |
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| microcomputer | (noun) a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time | Synonyms: PC, personal computer |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| minute | (noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it | Synonyms: hour |
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| (noun) a short note | - |
| (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | Synonyms: arcminute, minute of arc |
| (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | Synonyms: min |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, mo, moment, second |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, moment, second |
| minuteness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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| (noun) great precision; painstaking attention to details | - |
| minutes | (noun) a written account of what transpired at a meeting | Synonyms: proceedings, transactions |
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| mute | (noun) a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument | - |
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| (noun) a deaf person who is unable to speak | Synonyms: deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute |
| muteness | (noun) a refusal to speak when expected | Synonyms: silence |
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| (noun) the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak | Synonyms: mutism |
| neuter | (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) | - |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| pahautea | (noun) evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka | Synonyms: Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine |
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| parachute | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: chute |
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| parachuter | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachutist |
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| polluter | (noun) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | Synonyms: defiler |
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| polybutene | (noun) a polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber | Synonyms: polybutylene |
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| pouter | (noun) one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out | Synonyms: pouter pigeon |
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| (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, sourpuss |
| prostitute | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| refuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, disprover, rebutter |
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| repute | (noun) the state of being held in high esteem and honor | Synonyms: reputation |
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| resoluteness | (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness, firmness of purpose, resolution, resolve |
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| route | (noun) an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | Synonyms: road |
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| (noun) an established line of travel or access | Synonyms: itinerary, path |
| routemarch | (noun) a long training march for troops | - |
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| router | (noun) (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks | - |
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| (noun) a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery | - |
| (noun) a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves | - |
| salute | (noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition | Synonyms: salutation |
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| (noun) a formal military gesture of respect | Synonyms: military greeting |
| (noun) an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat | - |
| saluter | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, welcomer |
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| saute | (noun) a dish of sauteed food | - |
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| sauteing | (noun) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle | Synonyms: frying |
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| scouter | (noun) an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement | Synonyms: rover |
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| scute | (noun) large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake | - |
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| shouter | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, yeller |
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| shuteye | (noun) informal term for sleep | Synonyms: shut-eye |
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| solute | (noun) the dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state | - |
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| spouter | (noun) a spouting whale | - |
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| (noun) an oil well that is spouting | - |
| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater |
| sprouter | (noun) A device for sprouting seeds. | Synonyms: seed sprouter |
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| statute | (noun) an act passed by a legislative body | Synonyms: legislative act |
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| sublieutenant | (noun) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant | - |
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| substitute | (noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
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| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in |
| (noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: reserve, second-stringer |
| suffrutex | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: subshrub |
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