abacus | (noun) a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves | - |
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(noun) a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave | - |
abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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abortus | (noun) a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body | - |
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acanthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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acarus | (noun) any of several mites of the order Acarina | Synonyms: genus Acarus |
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acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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acinus | (noun) one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland | - |
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(noun) one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry | - |
acromphalus | (noun) abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia | - |
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aculeus | (noun) a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect | - |
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(noun) a stiff sharp-pointed plant process | - |
adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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aeschynanthus | (noun) a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex | - |
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afflatus | (noun) a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration | - |
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agapanthus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers | Synonyms: lily of the Nile |
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ailanthus | (noun) any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus | - |
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airbus | (noun) a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances | - |
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allosaurus | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaur |
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alphavirus | (noun) an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses | - |
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altocumulus | (noun) a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altocumulus cloud |
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altostratus | (noun) a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altostratus cloud |
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alumnus | (noun) a male person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
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alveolus | (noun) a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways | Synonyms: air cell, air sac |
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(noun) a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth | Synonyms: tooth socket |
amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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amphioxus | (noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates | Synonyms: lancelet |
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anestrus | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrum, anoestrum, anoestrus |
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angelus | (noun) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | Synonyms: angelus bell |
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animus | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | Synonyms: animosity, bad blood |
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ankus | (noun) an elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook | - |
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ankylosaurus | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaur |
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annulus | (noun) (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar | Synonyms: skirt |
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(noun) a toroidal shape | Synonyms: anchor ring, doughnut, halo, ring |
anoestrus | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum |
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anthropophagus | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater |
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anus | (noun) the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal | - |
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apatosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apparatus | (noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: setup |
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(noun) (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function | - |
arborvirus | (noun) a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis | Synonyms: arbovirus |
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arbovirus | (noun) a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis | Synonyms: arborvirus |
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arbutus | (noun) any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America | - |
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arcus | (noun) a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea | Synonyms: arcus senilis |
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arenavirus | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae | - |
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argus | (noun) large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant | Synonyms: argus pheasant |
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arquebus | (noun) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | Synonyms: hackbut, hagbut, harquebus |
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ascus | (noun) saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes | - |
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asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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(noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
astragalus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus |
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autobus | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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autofocus | (noun) an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically | - |
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bacillus | (noun) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | Synonyms: B |
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barosaurus | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaur |
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basileus | (noun) a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire | - |
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bolus | (noun) a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine | - |
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(noun) a small round soft mass (as of chewed food) | - |
bonus | (noun) anything that tends to arouse | Synonyms: fillip |
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(noun) an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | Synonyms: incentive |
botulinus | (noun) anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism | Synonyms: botulinum, Clostridium botulinum |
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bronchus | (noun) either of the two main branches of the trachea | Synonyms: bronchial tube |
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brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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bryanthus | (noun) procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers | - |
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bunyavirus | (noun) an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
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burnous | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnouse |
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bus | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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(noun) a car that is old and unreliable | Synonyms: heap, jalopy |
(noun) an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits | Synonyms: busbar |
(noun) the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar | Synonyms: bus topology |
byssus | (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | Synonyms: beard |
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cabassous | (noun) naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America | Synonyms: Cabassous unicinctus, tatouay |
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cactus | (noun) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines | - |
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caduceus | (noun) an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes | - |
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calamus | (noun) the hollow spine of a feather | Synonyms: quill, shaft |
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(noun) any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes | - |
(noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
(noun) the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally | - |
calcaneus | (noun) the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | Synonyms: heelbone, os tarsi fibulare |
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calceus | (noun) a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans | - |
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calculus | (noun) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions | Synonyms: infinitesimal calculus |
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(noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: concretion |
(noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: tartar, tophus |
caliculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus |
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callus | (noun) (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid | - |
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(noun) bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone | - |
(noun) an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) | Synonyms: callosity |
calyculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calycle |
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, epicalyx, false calyx |
campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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canaliculus | (noun) a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants | - |
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canthus | (noun) either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet | - |
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carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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caucus | (noun) a closed political meeting | - |
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cautious | (noun) people who are fearful and cautious | Synonyms: timid |
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census | (noun) a periodic count of the population | Synonyms: nose count, nosecount |
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ceratodus | (noun) extinct lungfish | - |
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ceratosaurus | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaur |
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chiasmus | (noun) inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | - |
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choragus | (noun) (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
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chorus | (noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | Synonyms: refrain |
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(noun) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group | - |
(noun) a group of people assembled to sing together | - |
(noun) a body of dancers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: chorus line |
(noun) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play | Synonyms: Greek chorus |
circus | (noun) a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals | - |
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(noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: carnival |
(noun) an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent | - |
(noun) (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games | - |
(noun) a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals | - |
cirrhus | (noun) usually coiled | Synonyms: cirrus |
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cirrocumulus | (noun) a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples | Synonyms: cirrocumulus cloud |
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cirrostratus | (noun) a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude | Synonyms: cirrostratus cloud |
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cirrus | (noun) a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile | - |
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(noun) a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) | Synonyms: cirrus cloud |
(noun) usually coiled | Synonyms: cirrhus |
citrus | (noun) any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions | Synonyms: citrous fruit, citrus fruit |
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(noun) any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds | Synonyms: citrus tree |
clavus | (noun) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | Synonyms: corn |
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clianthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes | Synonyms: glory pea |
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clonus | (noun) convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations | - |
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clypeus | (noun) a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head | - |
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coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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coccus | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | Synonyms: cocci |
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coitus | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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coleus | (noun) any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers | Synonyms: flame nettle |
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colobus | (noun) arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs | Synonyms: colobus monkey |
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colossus | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, giant, goliath, monster |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan |
compsognathus | (noun) very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria | - |
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conceptus | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg |
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