| academy | (noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a secondary school (usually private) | - |
| (noun) a school for special training | - |
| (noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | Synonyms: honorary society |
| alchemy | (noun) a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times | - |
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| (noun) the way two individuals relate to each other | Synonyms: chemistry, interpersonal chemistry |
| blasphemy | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: desecration, profanation, sacrilege |
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| (noun) blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) | - |
| enemy | (noun) an opposing military force | - |
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| (noun) any hostile group of people | - |
| (noun) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | Synonyms: foe, foeman, opposition |
| (noun) a personal enemy | Synonyms: foe |
| monosemy | (noun) having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases | - |
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| polysemy | (noun) the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | Synonyms: lexical ambiguity |
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