acronym | (noun) a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word | Synonyms: initialism |
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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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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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apoenzyme | (noun) a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme | - |
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artilleryman | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner |
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assemblyman | (noun) someone who is a member of a legislative assembly | - |
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asymmetry | (noun) (mathematics) a lack of symmetry | - |
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asymptote | (noun) a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity | - |
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azymia | (noun) absence of an enzyme | - |
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babyminder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, minder |
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bathymeter | (noun) an instrument that measures the depth of water | Synonyms: bathometer |
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bathymetry | (noun) measuring the depths of the oceans | Synonyms: plumbing |
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bogeyman | (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear |
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boogeyman | (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, bugaboo, bugbear |
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candymaker | (noun) someone who makes candies and other sweets | Synonyms: confectioner |
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catathymia | (noun) A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions. | - |
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cavalryman | (noun) a soldier mounted on horseback | Synonyms: trooper |
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(noun) a soldier in a motorized army unit | Synonyms: trooper |
cayman | (noun) a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | Synonyms: caiman |
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chlorenchyma | (noun) parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts | - |
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chyme | (noun) a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum | - |
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chymosin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: rennin |
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claymore | (noun) an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | Synonyms: claymore mine |
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(noun) a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders | - |
clergyman | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: man of the cloth, reverend |
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coenzyme | (noun) a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes | - |
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copolymer | (noun) a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers | - |
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corymb | (noun) flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first | - |
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countryman | (noun) a man from your own country | - |
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(noun) a man who lives in the country and has country ways | Synonyms: ruralist |
cyclothymia | (noun) a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time | Synonyms: cyclic disorder, cyclothymic disorder |
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cyma | (noun) (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) | Synonyms: cymatium |
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cymatium | (noun) (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) | Synonyms: cyma |
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cymbal | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together | - |
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cymbalist | (noun) a performer on the cymbals | - |
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cymbid | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers | Synonyms: cymbidium |
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cymbidium | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers | Synonyms: cymbid |
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cyme | (noun) more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first | - |
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cymene | (noun) any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins | - |
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cymling | (noun) squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white | Synonyms: pattypan squash |
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cymograph | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) | Synonyms: kymograph |
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cymule | (noun) a small cyme, generally with few flowers | - |
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dairymaid | (noun) a woman who works in a dairy | Synonyms: milkmaid |
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dairyman | (noun) the owner or manager of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farmer |
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(noun) a man who works in a dairy | - |
dasymeter | (noun) densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density | - |
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defrayment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, payment |
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deliveryman | (noun) someone employed to make deliveries | Synonyms: deliverer, delivery boy |
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deoxythymidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: thymidine |
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deployment | (noun) the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work | - |
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dissymmetry | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: disproportion, imbalance |
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dysthymia | (noun) mild chronic depression | Synonyms: dysthymic depression |
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ecchymosis | (noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin | - |
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(noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise | - |
embayment | (noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | Synonyms: bay |
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employment | (noun) the occupation for which you are paid | Synonyms: work |
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(noun) the act of using | Synonyms: exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
(noun) the act of giving someone a job | Synonyms: engagement |
(noun) the state of being employed or having a job | Synonyms: employ |
endolymph | (noun) the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
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enjoyment | (noun) act of receiving pleasure from something | Synonyms: delectation |
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(noun) (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property | Synonyms: use |
(noun) the pleasure felt when having a good time | - |
enzyme | (noun) any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions | - |
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enzymologist | (noun) a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology | - |
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enzymology | (noun) the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes | - |
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ependyma | (noun) thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal | - |
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epididymis | (noun) a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens | - |
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epididymitis | (noun) painful inflammation of the epididymis | - |
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eponym | (noun) the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) | - |
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(noun) the person for whom something is named | - |
eponymy | (noun) the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person | - |
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etymologist | (noun) a lexicographer who specializes in etymology | - |
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etymologizing | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, deriving |
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etymology | (noun) the study of the sources and development of words | - |
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(noun) a history of a word | - |
etymon | (noun) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | Synonyms: root |
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everyman | (noun) the ordinary person | - |
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ferryman | (noun) a man who operates a ferry | - |
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foryml | (noun) (chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes | - |
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gerrymander | (noun) an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) | - |
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ginglymus | (noun) a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane | Synonyms: ginglymoid joint, hinge joint |
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gym | (noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | Synonyms: gymnasium |
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gymel | (noun) the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds. | - |
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gymkhana | (noun) a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes | - |
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gymnasium | (noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | Synonyms: gym |
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gymnast | (noun) an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
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gymnastics | (noun) a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility | Synonyms: gymnastic exercise |
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gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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gymnosophy | (noun) the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation | - |
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gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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gymslip | (noun) a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | - |
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hagionym | (noun) The name of a Saint taken as a proper name. | - |
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handyman | (noun) a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks | Synonyms: jack of all trades, odd-job man |
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haymaker | (noun) a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing | Synonyms: knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch |
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(noun) a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying | Synonyms: hay conditioner |
haymaking | (noun) cutting grass and curing it to make hay | - |
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(noun) taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts | - |
haymow | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: hayloft, mow |
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(noun) a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | - |
heteronym | (noun) two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation | - |
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highwayman | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highjacker, hijacker, road agent |
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holidaymaker | (noun) someone who travels for pleasure | Synonyms: tourer, tourist |
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holonym | (noun) a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part | Synonyms: whole name |
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holonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts | Synonyms: whole to part relation |
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homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
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homonymy | (noun) the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning | - |
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honeymoon | (noun) a holiday taken by a newly married couple | - |
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(noun) the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political | - |
honeymooner | (noun) someone recently married | Synonyms: newlywed |
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hydroxymethyl | (noun) a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms | - |
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hymen | (noun) a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin | Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane |
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hymeneal | (noun) a wedding hymn | - |
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hymeneals | (noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony |
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