| abdominal | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
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| abettal | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abetment, instigation |
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| aboriginal | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
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| accidental | (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
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| accrual | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accruement, accumulation |
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| accusal | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusation |
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| acetal | (noun) any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules | - |
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| acquittal | (noun) a judgment of not guilty | - |
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| admiral | (noun) any of several brightly colored butterflies | - |
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| (noun) the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral | Synonyms: full admiral |
| adrenal | (noun) either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney | Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland |
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| adverbial | (noun) a word or group of words function as an adverb | - |
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| advertorial | (noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report | - |
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| aerial | (noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer | Synonyms: forward pass |
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| (noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial |
| agal | (noun) a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh | - |
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| ammonal | (noun) Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. | - |
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| amobarbital | (noun) a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant | - |
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| anatomical | (noun) an expression that relates to anatomy | Synonyms: anatomical reference |
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| animal | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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| annual | (noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year | Synonyms: yearbook, yearly |
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| (noun) (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year | - |
| antibacterial | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
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| antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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| antifungal | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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| antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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| antimicrobial | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
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| antiphonal | (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
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| antipodal | (noun) the relation of opposition along a diameter | Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition |
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| antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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| antiviral | (noun) any drug that destroys viruses | Synonyms: antiviral agent, antiviral drug |
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| appeal | (noun) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | - |
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| (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
| (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
| (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| apprisal | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: notification, telling |
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| approval | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approving, blessing |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: commendation |
| (noun) a feeling of liking something or someone good | - |
| (noun) acceptance as satisfactory | Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception |
| argal | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argali, Ovis ammon |
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| arousal | (noun) the act of arousing | Synonyms: rousing |
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| (noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: foreplay, stimulation |
| (noun) awakening from sleep | - |
| (noun) a state of heightened physiological activity | - |
| arrival | (noun) accomplishment of an objective | Synonyms: reaching |
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| (noun) the act of arriving at a certain place | - |
| (noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arriver, comer |
| arsenal | (noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
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| (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
| (noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
| arsenical | (noun) a pesticide or drug containing arsenic | - |
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| astragal | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: bead, beading, beadwork |
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| (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus, talus |
| audiovisual | (noun) materials using sight or sound to present information | Synonyms: audiovisual aid |
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| austral | (noun) the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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| bacchanal | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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| (noun) someone who engages in drinking bouts | Synonyms: bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller |
| (noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | Synonyms: bacchant |
| balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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| barbital | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal |
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| bestowal | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowment, conferment, conferral |
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| (noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowment |
| betrayal | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: perfidy, treachery, treason |
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| (noun) the quality of aiding an enemy | - |
| betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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| (noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
| bicentennial | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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| biennial | (noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season | - |
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| bilabial | (noun) a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/ | - |
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| bilingual | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingualist |
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| bimetal | (noun) material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals | - |
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| binomial | (noun) (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms | - |
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| bisexual | (noun) a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes | Synonyms: bisexual person |
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| bonemeal | (noun) fertilizer made of ground bones | - |
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| borstal | (noun) formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | - |
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| botanical | (noun) a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves) | - |
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| bridal | (noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: espousal |
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| brinjal | (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: aubergine, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
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| buntal | (noun) fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats | - |
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| burial | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burying |
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| (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture |
| cabal | (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | Synonyms: conspiracy |
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| (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: camarilla, faction, junto |
| canal | (noun) long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | - |
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| (noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | Synonyms: channel, duct, epithelial duct |
| (noun) (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion | - |
| cannibal | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eater |
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| capital | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, chapiter |
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| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| (noun) a seat of government | - |
| (noun) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product | - |
| (noun) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | - |
| (noun) assets available for use in the production of further assets | Synonyms: working capital |
| caracal | (noun) of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: desert lynx, Lynx caracal |
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| cardinal | (noun) crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | Synonyms: cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, Richmondena Cardinalis |
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| (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: carmine |
| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes | - |
| (noun) the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order | Synonyms: cardinal number |
| carnival | (noun) a festival marked by merrymaking and processions | - |
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| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: fair, funfair |
| (noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: circus |
| carousal | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carouse, toot |
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| carpal | (noun) any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | Synonyms: carpal bone, wrist bone |
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| cathedral | (noun) any large and important church | - |
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| (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: duomo |
| cental | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight |
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| centennial | (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
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| central | (noun) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | Synonyms: exchange, telephone exchange |
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| cereal | (noun) a breakfast food prepared from grain | - |
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| (noun) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | Synonyms: food grain, grain |
| (noun) grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet | Synonyms: cereal grass |
| ceremonial | (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
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| chanal | (noun) thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries | Synonyms: chanar, Geoffroea decorticans |
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| chaparral | (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, scrub |
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| charcoal | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: fusain |
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| (noun) a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material | - |
| (noun) a very dark grey color | Synonyms: charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey |
| (noun) a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air | Synonyms: wood coal |
| chemical | (noun) material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | Synonyms: chemical substance |
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| choral | (noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: chorale |
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| classical | (noun) traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste | Synonyms: classical music, serious music |
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| coal | (noun) a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering | Synonyms: ember |
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| (noun) fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period | - |
| cochineal | (noun) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | Synonyms: cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus |
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| (noun) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects | - |
| coeval | (noun) a person of nearly the same age as another | Synonyms: contemporary |
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| collateral | (noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan | - |
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| colonial | (noun) a resident of a colony | - |
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| commensal | (noun) either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent | - |
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| commercial | (noun) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television | Synonyms: commercial message |
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| committal | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, consignment |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: commission, perpetration |
| commonweal | (noun) the good of a community | Synonyms: common good |
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| conferral | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferment |
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| confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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| constitutional | (noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
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| construal | (noun) an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing | - |
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| consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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| copal | (noun) a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes | - |
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| coral | (noun) marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs | - |
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| (noun) a variable color averaging a deep pink | - |
| (noun) unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces | - |
| (noun) the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry | Synonyms: precious coral, red coral |
| cordial | (noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | Synonyms: liqueur |
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| cornmeal | (noun) coarsely ground corn | Synonyms: Indian meal |
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