asseveration | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: assertion, averment |
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asseverator | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, avower, declarer |
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average | (noun) a statistic describing the location of a distribution | Synonyms: norm |
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(noun) an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual | - |
(noun) (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities | - |
averageness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding | Synonyms: mediocrity |
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(noun) the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity | - |
beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
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coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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(noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
(noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
coverall | (noun) a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
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deliverable | (noun) something that can be provided as the product of development | - |
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deliverance | (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | Synonyms: delivery, rescue, saving |
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leverage | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leveraging |
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(noun) strategic advantage; power to act effectively | - |
(noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: purchase |
leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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maneuverability | (noun) the quality of being maneuverable | Synonyms: manoeuvrability |
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overabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance |
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(noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: excess, surfeit |
overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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overacting | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: hamming |
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overactivity | (noun) excessive activity | - |
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overage | (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
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overall | (noun) (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) | - |
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(noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, boilersuit |
overanxiety | (noun) excessive anxiety | - |
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overappraisal | (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation |
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perseverance | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseveration, persistence |
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(noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
perseveration | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence |
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(noun) the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it | - |
severalty | (noun) exclusive individual ownership | - |
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(noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, distinctness, separateness |
severance | (noun) the act of severing | Synonyms: severing |
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(noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture |
veracity | (noun) unwillingness to tell lies | - |
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veranda | (noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) | Synonyms: gallery, verandah |
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verandah | (noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) | Synonyms: gallery, veranda |
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verapamil | (noun) a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine | Synonyms: Calan, Isoptin |
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