| amyotrophia | (noun) progressive wasting of muscle tissues | Synonyms: amyotrophy |
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| amyotrophy | (noun) progressive wasting of muscle tissues | Synonyms: amyotrophia |
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| amyxia | (noun) a condition in which no mucus in produced | - |
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| anaglyph | (noun) anything carved in low relief | - |
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| (noun) moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed | - |
| anaglyphy | (noun) the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens | - |
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| analogy | (noun) drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect | - |
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| (noun) an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others | - |
| (noun) the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate | Synonyms: doctrine of analogy |
| analysand | (noun) a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
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| analyser | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyzer |
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| analysis | (noun) an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | - |
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| (noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: depth psychology, psychoanalysis |
| (noun) the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations | Synonyms: analytic thinking |
| (noun) a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation | - |
| (noun) a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed | - |
| (noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' | - |
| analyst | (noun) someone who is skilled at analyzing data | - |
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| (noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: psychoanalyst |
| (noun) an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions | - |
| analyticity | (noun) the property of being analytic | - |
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| analyzer | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyser |
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| anaphylaxis | (noun) hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance | - |
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| anaplasty | (noun) surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | Synonyms: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery |
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| anarchy | (noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: lawlessness |
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| anastylosis | (noun) the archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary) | - |
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| anatomy | (noun) a detailed analysis | - |
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| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| (noun) the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals | Synonyms: general anatomy |
| ancestry | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: derivation, filiation, lineage |
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| (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
| anchovy | (noun) small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide | - |
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| (noun) tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces | - |
| anchylosis | (noun) abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | Synonyms: ankylosis |
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| androgeny | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgenesis |
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| androgyne | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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| androgyny | (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: bisexuality, hermaphroditism |
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| andryala | (noun) any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers | - |
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| anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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| anemometry | (noun) measuring wind speed and direction | - |
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| anencephaly | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephalia |
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| anergy | (noun) reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen | - |
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| (noun) inactivity and lack of energy | - |
| anesthesiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics | - |
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| anesthyl | (noun) a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic | - |
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| aneuploidy | (noun) an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
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| aneurysm | (noun) a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall | Synonyms: aneurism |
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| angelology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
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| angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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| angiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders | - |
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| angiopathy | (noun) any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts | - |
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| angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
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| angularity | (noun) the property possessed by a shape that has angles | - |
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| (noun) a shape having one or more sharp angles | Synonyms: angular shape |
| anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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| anhydrosis | (noun) failure of the sweat glands | Synonyms: anhidrosis |
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| animality | (noun) the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect | Synonyms: animal nature |
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| animosity | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | Synonyms: animus, bad blood |
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| anisogamy | (noun) (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) | - |
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| anisotropy | (noun) the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions | - |
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| ankyloglossia | (noun) a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue | Synonyms: tongue tie |
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| ankylosaur | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaurus |
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| ankylosaurus | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaur |
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| ankylosis | (noun) abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | Synonyms: anchylosis |
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| anniversary | (noun) the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: day of remembrance |
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| annoyance | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoying, irritation, vexation |
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| (noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: bother, botheration, infliction, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck |
| (noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation | Synonyms: chafe, vexation |
| (noun) an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating | Synonyms: aggravator |
| (noun) the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: botheration, irritation, vexation |
| annoyer | (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: tease, teaser, vexer |
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| annoying | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
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| annualry | (noun) the third finger (especially of the left hand) | Synonyms: ring finger |
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| annuity | (noun) income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments | Synonyms: rente |
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| anodyne | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: analgesic, pain pill, painkiller |
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| anomalopteryx | (noun) the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey | Synonyms: Anomalopteryx oweni |
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| anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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| (noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
| (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
| anomy | (noun) lack of moral standards in a society | Synonyms: anomie |
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| (noun) personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation | Synonyms: anomie |
| anonym | (noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | Synonyms: nom de guerre, pseudonym |
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| anonymity | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: namelessness |
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| anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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| answerability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerableness |
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| antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
| anthology | (noun) a collection of selected literary passages | - |
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| anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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| anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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| anthropogeny | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogenesis |
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| anthropolatry | (noun) the worship of human beings | Synonyms: worship of man |
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| anthropology | (noun) the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | - |
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| anthropometry | (noun) measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities | - |
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| anthropophagy | (noun) human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh | - |
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| anthroposophy | (noun) a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education | - |
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| antiarrhythmic | (noun) a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm | Synonyms: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication |
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| antibaryon | (noun) the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1 | - |
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| antibody | (noun) any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response | - |
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| anticatalyst | (noun) (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst | - |
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| anticyclone | (noun) (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern | - |
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| antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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| antimony | (noun) a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite | Synonyms: atomic number 51, Sb |
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| antimycin | (noun) a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi | - |
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| antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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| antinomy | (noun) a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable | - |
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| antipathy | (noun) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: aversion, distaste |
| antiphonary | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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| antiphony | (noun) alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts | - |
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| (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphon |
| antipsychotic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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| antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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| antipyretic | (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
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| antiquary | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, archaist |
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| antiquity | (noun) an artifact surviving from the past | - |
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| (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: ancientness |
| (noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe | - |
| antisyphilitic | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis | - |
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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 | - |
| antonym | (noun) a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other | Synonyms: opposite, opposite word |
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| antonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings | - |
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| anxiety | (noun) a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune | - |
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| (noun) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | Synonyms: anxiousness |
| anxiolytic | (noun) a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability | Synonyms: antianxiety drug, anxiolytic drug, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer |
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| apathy | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: indifference, numbness, spiritlessness |
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| (noun) an absence of emotion or enthusiasm | - |
| apery | (noun) the act of mimicking; imitative behavior | Synonyms: mimicry |
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| apiary | (noun) a shed containing a number of beehives | Synonyms: bee house |
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