altitude | (noun) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface | Synonyms: height |
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(noun) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | Synonyms: ALT, EL, elevation |
(noun) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) | - |
amplitude | (noun) greatness of magnitude | - |
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(noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: bountifulness, bounty |
(noun) (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave | - |
aptitude | (noun) inherent ability | - |
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attitude | (noun) a theatrical pose created for effect | - |
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(noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: position, posture |
(noun) a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways | Synonyms: mental attitude |
(noun) position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) | - |
beatitude | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, blessedness |
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certitude | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence |
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consuetude | (noun) a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law | - |
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correctitude | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: properness, propriety |
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crassitude | (noun) the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement | Synonyms: crassness |
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crude | (noun) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | Synonyms: crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil |
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decrepitude | (noun) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use | Synonyms: dilapidation |
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(noun) The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age. | - |
desuetude | (noun) a state of inactivity or disuse | - |
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disquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: edginess, inquietude, uneasiness |
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dissimilitude | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: unlikeness |
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dude | (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
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(noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: buster, fellow |
etude | (noun) a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity | - |
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exactitude | (noun) the quality of being exact | Synonyms: exactness |
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finitude | (noun) the quality of being finite | Synonyms: boundedness, finiteness |
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fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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gratitude | (noun) a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation | - |
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habitude | (noun) habitual mode of behavior | - |
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hebetude | (noun) mental lethargy or dullness | - |
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inaptitude | (noun) a lack of aptitude | - |
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incertitude | (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty |
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ineptitude | (noun) having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | Synonyms: worthlessness |
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(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
inexactitude | (noun) the quality of being inexact | Synonyms: inexactness |
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infinitude | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: boundlessness, infiniteness, limitlessness, unboundedness |
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(noun) an infinite quantity | - |
ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude | Synonyms: ungratefulness |
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inquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, uneasiness |
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interlude | (noun) a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance | Synonyms: entr'acte, intermezzo |
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(noun) an intervening period or episode | - |
lassitude | (noun) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | Synonyms: inanition, lethargy, slackness |
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(noun) a feeling of lack of interest or energy | Synonyms: languor, listlessness |
(noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness |
latitude | (noun) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction | - |
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(noun) the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself | - |
(noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Synonyms: line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude |
(noun) freedom from normal restraints in conduct | - |
longitude | (noun) the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich | - |
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magnitude | (noun) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) | - |
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(noun) relative importance | - |
(noun) a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 | Synonyms: order of magnitude |
multitude | (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: concourse, throng |
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(noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, people, the great unwashed |
(noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, pack, plurality |
nude | (noun) a painting of a naked human figure | Synonyms: nude painting |
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(noun) a statue of a naked human figure | Synonyms: nude sculpture, nude statue |
(noun) a naked person | Synonyms: nude person |
(noun) without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude') | - |
platitude | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace |
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plenitude | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty |
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plentitude | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty |
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postlude | (noun) a voluntary played at the end of a religious service | - |
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prelude | (noun) music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera | - |
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(noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: overture, preliminary |
promptitude | (noun) the characteristic of doing things without delay | Synonyms: promptness |
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prude | (noun) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | Synonyms: puritan |
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pulchritude | (noun) physical beauty (especially of a woman) | - |
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quietude | (noun) a state of peace and quiet | Synonyms: quietness, tranquility, tranquillity |
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rectitude | (noun) righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest | Synonyms: uprightness |
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sanctitude | (noun) the quality of being holy | Synonyms: holiness, sanctity |
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servitude | (noun) state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment | - |
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similitude | (noun) a duplicate copy | Synonyms: counterpart, twin |
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(noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | Synonyms: alikeness, likeness |
solicitude | (noun) a feeling of excessive concern | Synonyms: solicitousness |
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solitude | (noun) a solitary place | - |
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(noun) a state of social isolation | Synonyms: purdah |
(noun) the state or situation of being alone | - |
turpitude | (noun) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | Synonyms: depravity |
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verisimilitude | (noun) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true | - |
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vicissitude | (noun) mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another) | - |
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(noun) a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something | - |