| abuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: misuse |
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| (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment |
| (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
| accoucheuse | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: midwife |
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| aldohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
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| aldose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal | - |
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| aldotetrose | (noun) A four-carbon aldose; for example, threose, erythrose. | - |
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| aldotriose | (noun) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde. | - |
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| alehouse | (noun) a tavern where ale is sold | - |
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| aminopherase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminotransferase, transaminase |
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| aminotransferase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, transaminase |
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| amylase | (noun) any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | - |
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| anaphase | (noun) the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
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| anise | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed |
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| (noun) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum |
| anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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| apocalypse | (noun) a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil | - |
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| applause | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: clapping, hand clapping |
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| apse | (noun) a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | Synonyms: apsis |
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| archdiocese | (noun) the diocese of an archbishop | - |
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| arse | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arsehole, asshole, bunghole |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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| bagasse | (noun) the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants | - |
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| bakehouse | (noun) a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold | Synonyms: bakery, bakeshop |
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| barrelhouse | (noun) a cheap drinking and dancing establishment | Synonyms: honky-tonk |
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| base | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: pedestal, stand |
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| (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
| (noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring | Synonyms: bag |
| (noun) (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | - |
| (noun) installation from which a military force initiates operations | Synonyms: base of operations |
| (noun) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit | - |
| (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: infrastructure |
| (noun) the principal ingredient of a mixture | - |
| (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork |
| (noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | Synonyms: radical, root, root word, stem, theme |
| (noun) a lower limit | Synonyms: floor |
| (noun) (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment | - |
| (noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | Synonyms: home |
| (noun) the bottom or lowest part | - |
| (noun) (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place | Synonyms: radix |
| (noun) the most important or necessary part of something | Synonyms: basis |
| (noun) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed | - |
| (noun) any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water | Synonyms: alkali |
| (noun) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | Synonyms: nucleotide |
| bathhouse | (noun) a building containing public baths | Synonyms: bagnio |
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| (noun) a building containing dressing rooms for bathers | Synonyms: bathing machine |
| bawdyhouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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| bearnaise | (noun) a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice | - |
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| berceuse | (noun) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: cradlesong, lullaby |
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| betise | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
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| biodefense | (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | Synonyms: biodefence, biological defence, biological defense |
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| birdhouse | (noun) a shelter for birds | - |
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| bise | (noun) a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | Synonyms: bize |
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| bladdernose | (noun) medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Cystophora cristata, hooded seal |
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| blockhouse | (noun) a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
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| blouse | (noun) a top worn by women | - |
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| bluenose | (noun) a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia | Synonyms: Nova Scotian |
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| boardinghouse | (noun) a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests | Synonyms: boarding house |
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| boathouse | (noun) a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats | - |
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| bookcase | (noun) a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books | - |
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| booklouse | (noun) minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers | Synonyms: book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius |
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| boothose | (noun) protective stockings worn with or in place of boots | - |
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| bordelaise | (noun) brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine | - |
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| bottlenose | (noun) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead | Synonyms: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus |
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| (noun) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | Synonyms: bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin |
| bouillabaisse | (noun) highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs | - |
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| braincase | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: brainpan, cranium |
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| briefcase | (noun) a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books | - |
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| browse | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browsing |
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| (noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browsing |
| (noun) vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat | - |
| bruise | (noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: contusion |
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| bullnose | (noun) a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front | Synonyms: bullnosed plane |
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| burnoose | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnous, burnouse |
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| burnouse | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnous |
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| caboose | (noun) a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train | Synonyms: cabin car |
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| (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: cookhouse, galley, ship's galley |
| camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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| carcase | (noun) the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | Synonyms: carcass |
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| cardcase | (noun) a small case for carrying business cards | - |
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| cardhouse | (noun) an unstable construction with playing cards | Synonyms: card-house, cardcastle, house of cards |
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| carouse | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carousal, toot |
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| carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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| case | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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| (noun) a portable container for carrying several objects | - |
| (noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine |
| (noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip |
| (noun) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | Synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case |
| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: casing, shell |
| (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: casing |
| (noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | Synonyms: sheath |
| (noun) the actual state of things | - |
| (noun) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | Synonyms: grammatical case |
| (noun) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | - |
| (noun) a problem requiring investigation | - |
| (noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: face, font, fount, typeface |
| (noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: example, instance |
| (noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: guinea pig, subject |
| (noun) a person requiring professional services | - |
| (noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: caseful |
| (noun) a special set of circumstances | Synonyms: event |
| (noun) a specific state of mind that is temporary | - |
| caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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| catalase | (noun) enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water | - |
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| catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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| cathouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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| cause | (noun) any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Synonyms: causal agency, causal agent |
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| (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, lawsuit, suit |
| (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement |
| (noun) a justification for something existing or happening | Synonyms: grounds, reason |
| (noun) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something | - |
| cayuse | (noun) a small native range horse | Synonyms: Indian pony |
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| cease | (noun) (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end | - |
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| cellulose | (noun) a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
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| cerise | (noun) a red the color of ripe cherries | Synonyms: cherry, cherry red |
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| ceruse | (noun) a poisonous white pigment that contains lead | Synonyms: lead carbonate, white lead |
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| chaise | (noun) a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | Synonyms: shay |
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| (noun) a long chair; for reclining | Synonyms: chaise longue, daybed |
| chapterhouse | (noun) a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity | Synonyms: frat house, fraternity house |
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| (noun) a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter | - |
| charterhouse | (noun) a Carthusian monastery | - |
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| chartreuse | (noun) a shade of green tinged with yellow | Synonyms: Paris green, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green |
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| chase | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: following, pursual, pursuit |
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| (noun) a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time | - |
| chasse | (noun) (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading | Synonyms: sashay |
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| chauffeuse | (noun) a woman chauffeur | - |
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| cheese | (noun) a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk | - |
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| (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
| chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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| (noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
| cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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| chophouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: steakhouse |
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| chrysoprase | (noun) a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone | - |
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| clause | (noun) (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence | - |
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| (noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | Synonyms: article |
| close | (noun) the concluding part of any performance | Synonyms: closing curtain, finale, finis |
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| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: closing, conclusion, end, ending |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
| clubhouse | (noun) a building that is occupied by a social club | Synonyms: club |
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| coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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| cocarboxylase | (noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle | Synonyms: thiamine pyrophosphate |
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| cockhorse | (noun) anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult) | - |
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| coffeehouse | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop |
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| coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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| collagenase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin | - |
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| collapse | (noun) the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink | Synonyms: flop |
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| (noun) a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in | - |
| (noun) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | Synonyms: crash |
| (noun) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | Synonyms: prostration |
| compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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| (noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
| concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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| (noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
| (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
| conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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| contredanse | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance, country dancing |
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| converse | (noun) a proposition obtained by conversion | - |
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| convertase | (noun) any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds. | - |
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| cookhouse | (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: caboose, galley, ship's galley |
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| (noun) a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking | - |
| copse | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket |
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| corpse | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, remains, stiff |
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