| abvolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt | - |
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| advocacy | (noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something | Synonyms: protagonism |
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| advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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| (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
| advocator | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocate, exponent, proponent |
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| advowson | (noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice | - |
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| afropavo | (noun) both sexes are brightly colored | Synonyms: Afropavo congensis, Congo peafowl |
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| avo | (noun) 100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao | - |
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| avocado | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits | Synonyms: avocado tree, Persea Americana |
| avocation | (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity |
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| avocet | (noun) long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill | - |
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| avoidance | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: dodging, shunning, turning away |
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| avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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| (noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
| avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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| avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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| avower | (noun) someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly | - |
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| (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, declarer |
| benevolence | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benefaction |
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| (noun) an inclination to do kind or charitable acts | - |
| (noun) disposition to do good | - |
| bivouac | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: camp, cantonment, encampment |
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| (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
| bivouacking | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: camping, encampment, tenting |
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| brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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| bravo | (noun) a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance | - |
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| (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, assassinator |
| carnivore | (noun) a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal | - |
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| (noun) any animal that feeds on flesh | - |
| carnivorousness | (noun) The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. | Synonyms: zoophagy |
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| centavo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal | - |
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| circumvolution | (noun) the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis | - |
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| clairvoyance | (noun) apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses | Synonyms: E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception, second sight |
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| clairvoyant | (noun) someone who has the power of clairvoyance | - |
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| convocation | (noun) the act of convoking | Synonyms: calling together |
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| (noun) a group gathered in response to a summons | - |
| convolution | (noun) the action of coiling or twisting or winding together | - |
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| (noun) a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain | Synonyms: gyrus |
| (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: swirl, vortex, whirl |
| convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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| convoy | (noun) the act of escorting while in transit | - |
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| (noun) a procession of land vehicles traveling together | - |
| (noun) a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships | - |
| counterrevolution | (noun) a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution | - |
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| counterrevolutionary | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist |
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| counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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| devoir | (noun) formal expression of respect | - |
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| devolution | (noun) the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | Synonyms: devolvement |
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| (noun) the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Synonyms: degeneration |
| devolvement | (noun) the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | Synonyms: devolution |
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| devotedness | (noun) feelings of ardent love | Synonyms: devotion |
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| devotee | (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, fan, lover |
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| devotion | (noun) (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently) | - |
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| (noun) commitment to some purpose | - |
| (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: cultism, veneration |
| (noun) feelings of ardent love | Synonyms: devotedness |
| devotional | (noun) a short religious service | - |
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| devourer | (noun) someone who eats greedily or voraciously | - |
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| devoutness | (noun) piety by virtue of being devout | Synonyms: religiousness |
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| disavowal | (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disclaimer |
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| disfavor | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavour, dislike |
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| (noun) the state of being out of favor | Synonyms: disfavour |
| disfavour | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, dislike |
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| (noun) the state of being out of favor | Synonyms: disfavor |
| divorce | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorcement |
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| divorcee | (noun) a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband | Synonyms: grass widow |
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| divorcement | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorce |
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| divot | (noun) a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) | - |
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| (noun) (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke | - |
| eightvo | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves | Synonyms: 8vo, octavo |
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| endeavor | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavour, try |
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| (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavour, enterprise |
| endeavour | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, try |
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| (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, enterprise |
| envoi | (noun) a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry | Synonyms: envoy |
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| envoy | (noun) a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry | Synonyms: envoi |
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| (noun) a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador | Synonyms: envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary |
| (noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | Synonyms: emissary |
| equivocalness | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: ambiguity |
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| equivocation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: tergiversation |
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| (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: evasiveness, prevarication |
| (noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | Synonyms: evasion |
| equivocator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: hedger, tergiversator |
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| evocation | (noun) imaginative re-creation | - |
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| (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: elicitation, induction |
| (noun) calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations | Synonyms: summoning |
| evolution | (noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | Synonyms: organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny |
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| (noun) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | Synonyms: development |
| evolutionism | (noun) (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals | Synonyms: theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution |
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| evolutionist | (noun) a person who believes in organic evolution | - |
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| favor | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favour |
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| (noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favour, party favor, party favour |
| (noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favour |
| (noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favour |
| (noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favour |
| favorableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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| favorite | (noun) something regarded with special favor or liking | Synonyms: favourite |
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| (noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favourite, pet |
| (noun) a competitor thought likely to win | Synonyms: favourite, front-runner |
| favoritism | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: discrimination, favouritism |
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| (noun) an inclination to favor some person or group | Synonyms: favouritism |
| favour | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favor |
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| (noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favor, party favor, party favour |
| (noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favor |
| (noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favor |
| (noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favor |
| favourableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favorableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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| favourite | (noun) something regarded with special favor or liking | Synonyms: favorite |
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| (noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, pet |
| (noun) a competitor thought likely to win | Synonyms: favorite, front-runner |
| favouritism | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: discrimination, favoritism |
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| (noun) an inclination to favor some person or group | Synonyms: favoritism |
| femtovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a picovolt) | - |
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| fervor | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervour, fire |
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| (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervour, inflammation |
| fervour | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire |
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| (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation |
| flavone | (noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments | - |
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| flavonoid | (noun) any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone | - |
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| flavor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavour |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| flavorer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavorlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavorsomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavoursomeness, savoriness |
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| flavour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavor |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| flavourer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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| frivolity | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| (noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, fluff, frippery |
| (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible | Synonyms: frivolousness |
| frivolousness | (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible | Synonyms: frivolity |
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| gavotte | (noun) an old formal French dance in quadruple time | - |
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| (noun) music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte | - |
| havoc | (noun) violent and needless disturbance | Synonyms: mayhem |
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| herbivore | (noun) any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants | - |
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| hypervolaemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypervolemia |
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| hypervolemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypervolaemia |
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| hypovolaemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypovolemia |
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| hypovolemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypovolaemia |
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| insectivore | (noun) small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals | - |
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| (noun) any organism that feeds mainly on insects | - |
| invocation | (noun) the act of appealing for help | - |
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| (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring, conjury |
| (noun) a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service | Synonyms: supplication |
| (noun) an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil | - |
| invoice | (noun) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered | Synonyms: account, bill |
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| involucre | (noun) a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence | - |
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| involuntariness | (noun) the trait of being unwilling | Synonyms: unwillingness |
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| involution | (noun) the action of enfolding something | Synonyms: enfolding |
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| (noun) the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power | Synonyms: exponentiation |
| (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involvement, participation |
| (noun) marked by elaborately complex detail | Synonyms: elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy |
| (noun) a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction | - |
| (noun) reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth) | - |
| involvement | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, participation |
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| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: interest |
| (noun) a connection of inclusion or containment | - |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, amour, intimacy, liaison |
| (noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: participation |