ahem | (noun) the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. | Synonyms: hem |
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anthem | (noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | Synonyms: hymn |
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(noun) a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school) | - |
bluestem | (noun) tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States | Synonyms: Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem |
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brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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categorem | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categoreme |
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diadem | (noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | Synonyms: crown |
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diltiazem | (noun) a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure | Synonyms: Cardizem |
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disesteem | (noun) the state in which esteem has been lost | - |
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ecosystem | (noun) a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | - |
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em | (noun) a quad with a square body | Synonyms: em quad, mutton quad |
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(noun) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing | Synonyms: pica, pica em |
emblem | (noun) special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. | - |
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(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: allegory |
enanthem | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthema |
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esteem | (noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: regard, respect |
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(noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking | Synonyms: admiration |
(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: regard, respect |
exanthem | (noun) eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: exanthema, skin eruption |
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gem | (noun) a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry | Synonyms: jewel, precious stone |
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(noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection | Synonyms: treasure |
(noun) a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan | Synonyms: muffin |
(noun) a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry | Synonyms: jewel |
(noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry | Synonyms: gemstone, stone |
golem | (noun) a mechanism that can move automatically | Synonyms: automaton, robot |
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(noun) (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means | - |
haem | (noun) a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds | Synonyms: haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme |
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hakeem | (noun) a Muslim physician | Synonyms: hakim |
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hareem | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: harem, seraglio, serail |
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harem | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, seraglio, serail |
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hem | (noun) the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down | - |
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(noun) the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. | Synonyms: ahem |
item | (noun) a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection | - |
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(noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, point |
(noun) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list | Synonyms: point |
(noun) an individual instance of a type of symbol | Synonyms: token |
(noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, particular |
mayhem | (noun) the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person | - |
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(noun) violent and needless disturbance | Synonyms: havoc |
mem | (noun) the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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meristem | (noun) undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root | - |
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millirem | (noun) a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem | Synonyms: mrem |
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modem | (noun) (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line | - |
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mrem | (noun) a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem | Synonyms: millirem |
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neem | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem tree, nim tree |
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phellem | (noun) (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells | Synonyms: cork |
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phloem | (noun) (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes | Synonyms: bast |
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poem | (noun) a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines | Synonyms: verse form |
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postmortem | (noun) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | Synonyms: autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem examination |
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(noun) discussion of an event after it has occurred | Synonyms: post-mortem |
problem | (noun) a source of difficulty | Synonyms: trouble |
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(noun) a question raised for consideration or solution | - |
(noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: job |
pseudophloem | (noun) false phloem | - |
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rem | (noun) (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays | - |
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requiem | (noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | Synonyms: coronach, dirge, lament, threnody |
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retem | (noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | Synonyms: Genista raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam |
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sachem | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sagamore |
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(noun) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) | - |
servosystem | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servomechanism |
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stem | (noun) a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it | Synonyms: stem turn |
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(noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, fore, prow |
(noun) the tube of a tobacco pipe | - |
(noun) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | Synonyms: shank |
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | Synonyms: base, radical, root, root word, theme |
(noun) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | Synonyms: stalk |
stratagem | (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation | Synonyms: gambit, ploy |
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(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | Synonyms: contrivance, dodge |
subsystem | (noun) a system that is part of some larger system | - |
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syncategorem | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategoreme |
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system | (noun) instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity | - |
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(noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organisation, organization |
(noun) a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts | - |
(noun) the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole | - |
(noun) a complex of methods or rules governing behavior | Synonyms: system of rules |
(noun) a procedure or process for obtaining an objective | - |
(noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organization |
(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | Synonyms: scheme |
(noun) (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium | - |
tandem | (noun) a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats | Synonyms: bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle |
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(noun) an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another | - |
theorem | (noun) an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth | - |
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(noun) a proposition deducible from basic postulates | - |
totem | (noun) emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | - |
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(noun) a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object | - |
wingstem | (noun) perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Actinomeris alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, Verbesina alternifolia, yellow ironweed |
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xylem | (noun) the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels | - |
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ylem | (noun) (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements | - |
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