| absorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed | - |
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| acetate | (noun) a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate | Synonyms: acetate rayon |
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| (noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: ethanoate |
| acrylate | (noun) a salt or ester of propenoic acid | Synonyms: propenoate |
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| adsorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed | - |
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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 |
| affiliate | (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization | - |
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| (noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization | - |
| affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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| agate | (noun) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | - |
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| agglomerate | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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| (noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together | - |
| aggregate | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: sum, total, totality |
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| (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: congeries, conglomeration |
| (noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster | - |
| agnate | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
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| aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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| alendronate | (noun) a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause | Synonyms: Fosamax |
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| aliterate | (noun) a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources | Synonyms: aliterate person |
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| alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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| alternate | (noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: replacement, surrogate |
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| aluminate | (noun) a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
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| antepenultimate | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
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| apostate | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
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| archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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| arsenate | (noun) a salt or ester of arsenic acid | - |
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| aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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| (noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
| associate | (noun) a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies | Synonyms: associate degree |
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| (noun) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another | - |
| (noun) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor | - |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow |
| (noun) a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise | - |
| baccalaureate | (noun) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies | Synonyms: bachelor's degree |
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| (noun) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies | - |
| backplate | (noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass | - |
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| baldpate | (noun) a widgeon the male of which has a white crown | Synonyms: American widgeon, Anas americana |
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| (noun) a person whose head is bald or shaved | Synonyms: baldhead, baldy, skin, skinhead |
| barbiturate | (noun) organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal | - |
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| bedmate | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedfellow |
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| benzoate | (noun) any salt or ester of benzoic acid | - |
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| bicarbonate | (noun) a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate | Synonyms: hydrogen carbonate |
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| bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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| billingsgate | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: scurrility |
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| biquadrate | (noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic, fourth power, quartic |
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| birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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| bisulfate | (noun) a salt or an ester of sulphuric acid with the chemical formula HSO4-. | Synonyms: hydrogen sulfate |
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| bitartrate | (noun) an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate | - |
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| biteplate | (noun) a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: bite plate |
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| boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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| (noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
| bookplate | (noun) a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted | Synonyms: ex libris |
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| borate | (noun) a salt or ester of boric acid | - |
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| borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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| breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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| bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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| bunkmate | (noun) someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself | - |
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| caliphate | (noun) the office of a caliph | - |
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| (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph | - |
| campmate | (noun) someone who lives in the same camp you do | - |
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| candidate | (noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: prospect |
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| (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, nominee |
| capitate | (noun) the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | Synonyms: capitate bone, os capitatum |
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| carbamate | (noun) a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid | - |
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| carbohydrate | (noun) an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | Synonyms: saccharide, sugar |
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| carbonate | (noun) a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | - |
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| cardinalate | (noun) the office of cardinal | Synonyms: cardinalship |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope | Synonyms: College of Cardinals, Sacred College, Sacred College of Cardinals |
| carinate | (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
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| castrate | (noun) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | Synonyms: eunuch |
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| caudate | (noun) amphibians that resemble lizards | Synonyms: urodele |
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| (noun) a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain | Synonyms: caudate nucleus |
| celibate | (noun) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity | - |
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| cephalochordate | (noun) fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column | - |
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| cerate | (noun) a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin | - |
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| certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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| (noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
| cheapskate | (noun) a miserly person | Synonyms: tightwad |
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| checkmate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: mate |
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| (noun) complete victory | - |
| chelate | (noun) a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions | Synonyms: chelate compound |
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| chlorate | (noun) any salt of chloric acid | - |
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| chloroplatinate | (noun) any salt of chloroplatinic acid. | - |
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| chocolate | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, coffee, deep brown, umber |
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| (noun) a food made from roasted ground cacao beans | - |
| (noun) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot | Synonyms: cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate |
| chordate | (noun) any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | - |
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| chromate | (noun) any salt or ester of chromic acid | - |
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| ciliate | (noun) a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell | Synonyms: ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran |
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| citrate | (noun) a salt or ester of citric acid | - |
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| classmate | (noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with | Synonyms: class fellow, schoolfellow, schoolmate |
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| climate | (noun) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | Synonyms: clime |
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| (noun) the prevailing psychological state | Synonyms: mood |
| clofibrate | (noun) a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases | Synonyms: Atromid-S |
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| coelenterate | (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | Synonyms: cnidarian |
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| cognate | (noun) a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language | Synonyms: cognate word |
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| (noun) one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another | Synonyms: blood relation, blood relative, sib |
| concentrate | (noun) a concentrated example of something | - |
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| (noun) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water | - |
| (noun) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore | Synonyms: dressed ore |
| condensate | (noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensation |
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| (noun) a product of condensation | - |
| confederate | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: accomplice |
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| (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime |
| conglomerate | (noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: empire |
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| (noun) a composite rock made up of particles of varying size | Synonyms: pudding stone |
| conjugate | (noun) a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A | Synonyms: conjugate solution |
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| consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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| coordinate | (noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
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| copperplate | (noun) an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: copperplate engraving |
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| (noun) a print made from an engraved copperplate | - |
| (noun) a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings | - |
| correlate | (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlative |
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| craniate | (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | Synonyms: vertebrate |
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| crate | (noun) a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping | - |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a crate | Synonyms: crateful |
| curate | (noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship | Synonyms: minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector |
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| cyclamate | (noun) any salt or ester of cyclamic acid. | - |
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| date | (noun) sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed | - |
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| (noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: appointment, engagement |
| (noun) a participant in a date | Synonyms: escort |
| (noun) the specified day of the month | Synonyms: day of the month |
| (noun) the present | - |
| (noun) the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred | - |
| (noun) a particular day specified as the time something happens | - |
| deathrate | (noun) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | Synonyms: death rate, fatality rate, mortality, mortality rate |
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| debate | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: disputation, public debate |
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| (noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, argumentation |
| degenerate | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
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| delegate | (noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others | - |
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| desperate | (noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help | - |
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| deviate | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, perv, perve, pervert |
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| dibranchiate | (noun) cephalopods having two gills | Synonyms: dibranch, dibranchiate mollusk |
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| dichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: bichromate |
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| dictate | (noun) a guiding principle | - |
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| (noun) an authoritative rule | - |
| dimenhydrinate | (noun) antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Dramamine |
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| dinocerate | (noun) an extinct ungulate | - |
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| dinoflagellate | (noun) chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton | - |
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