| abalone
|
(noun) any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior |
Synonyms:
ear-shell |
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| abampere
|
(noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes |
Synonyms:
abamp |
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| abbe
|
(noun) a French abbot |
- |
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| abele
|
(noun) a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces |
Synonyms:
Populus alba,
white aspen,
white poplar,
silver-leaved poplar,
aspen poplar |
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| aberrance
|
(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
Synonyms:
aberration,
deviance,
aberrancy |
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| abeyance
|
(noun) temporary cessation or suspension |
Synonyms:
suspension |
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| abhorrence
|
(noun) hate coupled with disgust |
Synonyms:
abomination,
execration,
detestation,
odium,
loathing |
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| abidance
|
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards |
Synonyms:
compliance,
conformation,
conformity |
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| (noun) the act of dwelling in a place |
Synonyms:
residence,
residency |
| (noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) |
- |
| abience
|
(noun) (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object |
- |
|---|
| ablative
|
(noun) the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb |
Synonyms:
ablative case |
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| abode
|
(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily |
Synonyms:
residence |
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| (noun) housing that someone is living in |
Synonyms:
habitation,
home,
domicile,
dwelling,
dwelling house |
| aborigine
|
(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
Synonyms:
native,
indigen,
indigene,
aboriginal |
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| aborticide
|
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
Synonyms:
abortifacient,
abortion-inducing drug |
|---|
| (noun) the act of destroying a fetus |
Synonyms:
feticide |
| above
|
(noun) an earlier section of a written text |
- |
|---|
| abrasive
|
(noun) a substance that abrades or wears down |
Synonyms:
abradant,
abrasive material |
|---|
| abrocome
|
(noun) ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes |
Synonyms:
rat chinchilla,
chinchilla rat |
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| absence
|
(noun) the state of being absent |
- |
|---|
| (noun) failure to be present |
- |
| (noun) the time interval during which something or somebody is away |
- |
| (noun) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy |
Synonyms:
absence seizure |
| absentee
|
(noun) one that is absent or not in residence |
- |
|---|
| absinthe
|
(noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe |
Synonyms:
old man,
common wormwood,
Artemisia absinthium,
lad's love |
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| (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise |
Synonyms:
absinth |
| absolute
|
(noun) something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative |
- |
|---|
| absorbance
|
(noun) (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation |
Synonyms:
photographic density,
optical density,
transmission density |
|---|
| absorbate
|
(noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed |
- |
|---|
| absorptance
|
(noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber |
Synonyms:
coefficient of absorption,
absorption coefficient |
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| abstinence
|
(noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
Synonyms:
abstention |
|---|
| (noun) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
- |
| abundance
|
(noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
Synonyms:
copiousness,
teemingness |
|---|
| (noun) (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present |
- |
| (noun) (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million |
- |
| abuse
|
(noun) cruel or inhumane treatment |
Synonyms:
ill-treatment,
ill-usage,
maltreatment |
|---|
| (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt |
Synonyms:
insult,
revilement,
vilification,
contumely |
| (noun) improper or excessive use |
Synonyms:
misuse |
| academe
|
(noun) the academic world |
Synonyms:
academia |
|---|
| acanthocyte
|
(noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm |
- |
|---|
| acaracide
|
(noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites |
Synonyms:
acaricide |
|---|
| acaricide
|
(noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites |
Synonyms:
acaracide |
|---|
| acarine
|
(noun) mite or tick |
- |
|---|
| acaryote
|
(noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) |
Synonyms:
akaryocyte,
akaryote |
|---|
| acceptance
|
(noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true |
Synonyms:
credence |
|---|
| (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception |
Synonyms:
espousal,
acceptation,
adoption |
| (noun) the state of being acceptable and accepted |
- |
| (noun) (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) |
- |
| (noun) a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank |
Synonyms:
banker's acceptance |
| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations |
Synonyms:
toleration,
sufferance |
| (noun) the act of taking something that is offered |
- |
| accidence
|
(noun) the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words |
Synonyms:
inflectional morphology |
|---|
| accolade
|
(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction |
Synonyms:
award,
honor,
honour,
laurels |
|---|
| accomplice
|
(noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
Synonyms:
confederate |
|---|
| accordance
|
(noun) concurrence of opinion |
Synonyms:
conformity,
accord |
|---|
| (noun) the act of granting rights |
Synonyms:
accordance of rights |
| accoucheuse
|
(noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies |
Synonyms:
midwife |
|---|
| accusative
|
(noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb |
Synonyms:
objective case,
accusative case |
|---|
| ace
|
(noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number |
Synonyms:
single,
one,
I,
unity,
1 |
|---|
| (noun) one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face |
- |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
Synonyms:
genius,
sensation,
star,
whiz,
hotshot,
maven,
mavin,
whizz,
wiz,
wizard,
superstar,
virtuoso,
champion,
adept |
| (noun) a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
- |
| acetaldehyde
|
(noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs |
Synonyms:
ethanal |
|---|
| acetamide
|
(noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds |
Synonyms:
ethanamide |
|---|
| acetanilide
|
(noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) |
Synonyms:
phenylacetamide,
acetanilid |
|---|
| acetate
|
(noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid |
Synonyms:
ethanoate |
|---|
| (noun) a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate |
Synonyms:
acetate rayon |
| acetone
|
(noun) the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics |
Synonyms:
dimethyl ketone,
propanone |
|---|
| acetylcholine
|
(noun) a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems |
- |
|---|
| acetylene
|
(noun) a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis |
Synonyms:
ethyne,
alkyne |
|---|
| ache
|
(noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
Synonyms:
aching |
|---|
| achene
|
(noun) small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall |
- |
|---|
| achondrite
|
(noun) a stony meteor lacking chondrules |
- |
|---|
| acidophile
|
(noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
Synonyms:
acidophil |
|---|
| ackee
|
(noun) red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe |
Synonyms:
akee |
|---|
| acme
|
(noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development |
Synonyms:
meridian,
peak,
pinnacle,
summit,
tiptop,
top,
elevation,
superlative,
height |
|---|
| (noun) the highest point (of something) |
Synonyms:
peak,
vertex,
apex |
| acne
|
(noun) an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones |
- |
|---|
| acolyte
|
(noun) someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches |
- |
|---|
| aconite
|
(noun) any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers |
- |
|---|
| acquaintance
|
(noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
Synonyms:
familiarity,
conversance,
conversancy |
|---|
| (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship |
Synonyms:
acquaintanceship |
| (noun) a person with whom you are acquainted |
Synonyms:
friend |
| acquiescence
|
(noun) acceptance without protest |
- |
|---|
| (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something |
Synonyms:
assent |
| acquittance
|
(noun) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
Synonyms:
release |
|---|
| acre
|
(noun) a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries |
- |
|---|
| acreage
|
(noun) an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming) |
Synonyms:
land area |
|---|
| acrosome
|
(noun) a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg |
- |
|---|
| acrylamide
|
(noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals |
- |
|---|
| acrylate
|
(noun) a salt or ester of propenoic acid |
Synonyms:
propenoate |
|---|
| acrylonitrile
|
(noun) a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene |
Synonyms:
propenonitrile,
vinyl cyanide |
|---|
| actinide
|
(noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
Synonyms:
actinoid,
actinon |
|---|
| actinolite
|
(noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate |
- |
|---|
| actinomycete
|
(noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales |
- |
|---|
| active
|
(noun) chemical agent capable of activity |
Synonyms:
active agent |
|---|
| (noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
Synonyms:
active voice |
| (noun) a person who is a participating member of an organization |
- |
| acupressure
|
(noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body |
Synonyms:
G-Jo,
shiatsu |
|---|
| acupuncture
|
(noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin |
Synonyms:
stylostixis |
|---|
| acute
|
(noun) a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
Synonyms:
acute accent,
ague |
|---|
| adage
|
(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people |
Synonyms:
saw,
proverb,
byword |
|---|
| adamance
|
(noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
Synonyms:
unyieldingness,
obduracy |
|---|
| additive
|
(noun) something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine |
- |
|---|
| addressee
|
(noun) one to whom something is addressed |
- |
|---|
| ade
|
(noun) a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
Synonyms:
fruit drink |
|---|
| adenine
|
(noun) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA |
Synonyms:
A |
|---|
| adenosine
|
(noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP |
- |
|---|
| adesite
|
(noun) dark greyish extrusive rock |
- |
|---|
| adherence
|
(noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion |
Synonyms:
adhesion,
attachment |
|---|
| (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition |
Synonyms:
bond,
adhesion,
adhesiveness |
| adhesive
|
(noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
Synonyms:
adhesive agent,
adhesive material |
|---|
| adience
|
(noun) (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object |
- |
|---|
| adjective
|
(noun) a word that expresses an attribute of something |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the word class that qualifies nouns |
- |
| admittance
|
(noun) the right to enter |
Synonyms:
entree,
access,
accession,
admission |
|---|
| (noun) the act of admitting someone to enter |
Synonyms:
admission |
| admixture
|
(noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something |
Synonyms:
alloy |
|---|
| (noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base |
Synonyms:
intermixture |
| (noun) the act of mixing together |
Synonyms:
intermixture,
mix,
mixing,
mixture,
commixture |
| adobe
|
(noun) the clay from which adobe bricks are made |
- |
|---|
| (noun) sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates |
Synonyms:
adobe brick |
| adolescence
|
(noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
- |
|---|
| (noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood |
- |
| adoptee
|
(noun) someone (such as a child) who has been adopted |
- |
|---|
| adrenaline
|
(noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
Synonyms:
epinephrin,
epinephrine,
Adrenalin |
|---|
| adrenarche
|
(noun) the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty |
- |
|---|
| adrenosterone
|
(noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland |
- |
|---|
| adsorbate
|
(noun) a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed |
- |
|---|
| advance
|
(noun) a movement forward |
Synonyms:
progress,
progression |
|---|
| (noun) a change for the better; progress in development |
Synonyms:
improvement,
betterment |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others |
Synonyms:
approach,
overture,
feeler |
| (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
Synonyms:
procession,
progress,
progression,
onward motion,
advancement,
forward motion |
| (noun) an amount paid before it is earned |
Synonyms:
cash advance |
| (noun) increase in price or value |
Synonyms:
rise |
| advantage
|
(noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position |
Synonyms:
vantage |
|---|
| (noun) (tennis) first point scored after deuce |
- |
| (noun) benefit resulting from some event or action |
Synonyms:
reward |
| adventure
|
(noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
Synonyms:
risky venture,
dangerous undertaking,
escapade |
|---|
| advertence
|
(noun) the process of being heedful |
Synonyms:
advertency |
|---|
| advice
|
(noun) a proposal for an appropriate course of action |
- |
|---|
| advisee
|
(noun) someone who receives advice |
- |
|---|
| advocate
|
(noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
Synonyms:
proponent,
exponent,
advocator |
|---|
| (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court |
Synonyms:
pleader,
counsel,
counsellor,
counselor,
counselor-at-law |