| antiparticle
|
a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy |
- |
| appendicle
|
a small appendage |
- |
| article
|
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication |
- |
| article
|
one of a class of artifacts |
- |
| article
|
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
clause |
| article
|
(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase |
- |
| auricle
|
a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart |
atrial auricle,
auricula atrii |
| auricle
|
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear |
ear,
pinna |
| barnacle
|
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces |
cirriped,
cirripede |
| barnacle
|
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north |
Branta leucopsis,
barnacle goose |
| bicycle
|
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
cycle,
wheel,
bike |
| binnacle
|
a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm) |
- |
| boucle
|
a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect |
- |
| calycle
|
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus |
epicalyx,
calyculus,
false calyx |
| calycle
|
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) |
calyculus,
caliculus |
| canticle
|
a hymn derived from the Bible |
- |
| carbuncle
|
deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets |
- |
| carbuncle
|
an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus |
- |
| caruncle
|
an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds |
caruncula |
| chicle
|
gum-like substance from the sapodilla |
chicle gum |
| chronicle
|
a record or narrative description of past events |
history,
account,
story |
| circle
|
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point |
- |
| circle
|
an unofficial association of people or groups |
lot,
set,
band |
| circle
|
something approximating the shape of a circle |
- |
| circle
|
movement once around a course |
circuit,
lap |
| circle
|
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island |
rotary,
roundabout,
traffic circle |
| circle
|
street names for flunitrazepam |
R-2,
roach,
roofy,
rope,
rophy,
Mexican valium,
forget me drug |
| circle
|
a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra |
dress circle |
| circle
|
any circular or rotating mechanism |
round |
| clavicle
|
bone linking the scapula and sternum |
collarbone |
| conventicle
|
a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship |
- |
| conventicle
|
a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) |
meetinghouse |
| coracle
|
a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain |
- |
| corpuscle
|
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
molecule,
mote,
particle,
speck,
atom |
| corpuscle
|
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets |
blood cell,
blood corpuscle |
| crepuscle
|
the time of day immediately following sunset |
twilight,
fall,
nightfall,
dusk,
gloam,
gloaming,
evenfall,
crepuscule |
| cubicle
|
small room in which a monk or nun lives |
cell |
| cubicle
|
small individual study area in a library |
stall,
carrel,
carrell |
| cubicle
|
small area set off by walls for special use |
stall,
kiosk,
booth |
| cuticle
|
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail |
- |
| cuticle
|
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates |
epidermis |
| cuticle
|
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
shell,
shield,
carapace |
| cycle
|
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs |
round,
rhythm |
| cycle
|
a series of poems or songs on the same theme |
- |
| cycle
|
a periodically repeated sequence of events |
- |
| cycle
|
the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) |
Hz,
hertz,
cps,
cycle per second,
cycles/second |
| cycle
|
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon |
oscillation |
| cycle
|
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
wheel,
bicycle,
bike |
| debacle
|
a sudden and violent collapse |
fiasco |
| debacle
|
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer |
- |
| debacle
|
a sound defeat |
drubbing,
whipping,
slaughter,
thrashing,
trouncing,
walloping |
| denticle
|
small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod |
- |
| epicycle
|
a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid |
- |
| exercycle
|
an exercise device resembling a stationary bike |
exercise bike |
| fascicle
|
an installment of a printed work |
fascicule |
| fascicle
|
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) |
fasciculus,
fiber bundle,
fibre bundle |
| follicle
|
any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity |
- |
| funicle
|
the stalk of a plant ovule or seed |
funiculus |
| furuncle
|
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus |
boil |
| gigacycle
|
1,000,000,000 periods per second |
GHz,
Gc,
gigacycle per second,
gigahertz |
| granduncle
|
an uncle of your father or mother |
great-uncle |
| hemicycle
|
a plane figure with the shape of half a circle |
semicircle |
| heterocycle
|
a compound containing a heterocyclic ring |
heterocyclic,
heterocyclic compound |
| heterocycle
|
a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon |
heterocyclic ring |
| icicle
|
ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water |
- |
| kilocycle
|
one thousand periods per second |
kHz,
kc,
kilocycle per second,
kilohertz |
| manacle
|
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs |
handcuff,
handlock,
cuff |
| megacycle
|
one million periods per second |
MHz,
Mc,
megacycle per second,
megahertz |
| miracle
|
any amazing or wonderful occurrence |
- |
| miracle
|
a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent |
- |
| monocle
|
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles |
eyeglass |
| monocycle
|
a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals |
unicycle |
| motorcycle
|
a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame |
bike |
| muscle
|
one of the contractile organs of the body |
musculus |
| muscle
|
animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
muscular tissue |
| muscle
|
a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard |
muscleman |
| muscle
|
authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) |
- |
| muscle
|
possessing muscular strength |
sinew,
heftiness,
muscularity,
brawn,
brawniness |
| obstacle
|
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted |
obstruction |
| obstacle
|
an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) |
- |
| oracle
|
an authoritative person who divines the future |
prophesier,
prophet,
seer,
vaticinator |
| oracle
|
a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible |
- |
| oracle
|
a shrine where an oracular god is consulted |
- |
| ossicle
|
a small bone; especially one in the middle ear |
ossiculum,
bonelet |
| panicle
|
compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers |
- |
| papulovesicle
|
a papule that changes into a blister |
vesicopapule |
| particle
|
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
molecule,
mote,
speck,
corpuscle,
atom |
| particle
|
a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions |
subatomic particle |
| particle
|
a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs |
- |
| pedicle
|
a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle |
pedicel |
| peduncle
|
the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body |
- |
| peduncle
|
stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower |
- |
| peduncle
|
a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain |
cerebral peduncle |
| pellicle
|
thin protective membrane in some protozoa |
- |
| pentacle
|
a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon |
pentagram,
pentangle |
| pinnacle
|
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower |
- |
| pinnacle
|
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development |
meridian,
peak,
summit,
acme,
tiptop,
top,
elevation,
superlative,
height |
| pinnacle
|
a lofty peak |
- |
| pinocle
|
a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist |
penuchle,
pinochle,
bezique |
| popsicle
|
ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick |
ice lolly,
lollipop,
lolly |
| quasiparticle
|
a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle |
- |
| radicle
|
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) |
- |
| receptacle
|
a container that is used to put or keep things in |
- |
| receptacle
|
enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts |
- |
| receptacle
|
an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert |
- |
| reticle
|
a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument |
reticule,
graticule |
| sanicle
|
a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers |
snakeroot |
| semicircle
|
a plane figure with the shape of half a circle |
hemicycle |
| silicle
|
short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants |
- |
| socle
|
a plain plinth that supports a wall |
- |
| spectacle
|
something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight) |
- |
| spectacle
|
an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale |
- |
| spectacle
|
a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself |
- |
| spiracle
|
a breathing orifice |
- |
| tabernacle
|
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation |
synagogue,
temple |
| tentacle
|
something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold |
- |
| tentacle
|
any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion |
- |
| testicle
|
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens |
ball,
nut,
bollock,
orchis,
egg,
ballock,
testis |
| treacle
|
a pale cane syrup |
golden syrup |
| treacle
|
writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental |
mush,
glop,
slop |
| tricycle
|
a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals |
velocipede,
trike |
| tubercle
|
a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis |
- |
| tubercle
|
small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant |
nodule |
| tubercle
|
a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament |
eminence,
tuberosity |
| uncle
|
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt |
- |
| uncle
|
a source of help and advice and encouragement |
- |
| unicycle
|
a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals |
monocycle |
| utricle
|
a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open |
utriculus |
| vehicle
|
a conveyance that transports people or objects |
- |
| vehicle
|
a medium for the expression or achievement of something |
- |
| vehicle
|
any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it |
- |
| vehicle
|
any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another |
fomite |
| ventricle
|
one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid |
- |
| ventricle
|
a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries |
heart ventricle |
| versicle
|
a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation |
- |
| vesicle
|
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) |
cyst |