| aboard | (adverb) on first or second or third base | - |
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| (adverb) on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle | Synonyms: on board |
| (adverb) part of a group | - |
| (adverb) side by side | Synonyms: alongside |
| abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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| abode | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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| (noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily | Synonyms: residence |
| abohm | (noun) a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm | - |
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| abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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| abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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| abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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| abolition | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolishment |
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| abolitionary | (adjective) relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery | - |
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| abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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| abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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| abomasal | (adjective) relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) | - |
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| abomasum | (noun) the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place | Synonyms: fourth stomach |
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| abominable | (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
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| (adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: detestable, execrable, odious |
| abominably | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abysmally, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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| (adverb) in an offensive and hateful manner | Synonyms: detestably, odiously, repulsively |
| abominate | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe |
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| abomination | (noun) an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence | - |
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| (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
| (noun) a person who is loathsome or disgusting | - |
| abominator | (noun) one who hates or loathes | Synonyms: loather |
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| aborad | (adverb) away from the mouth or oral region | - |
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| aboral | (adjective) opposite to or away from the mouth | - |
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| aboriginal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | Synonyms: native |
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| (adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial |
| (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native |
| aborigine | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, indigen, indigene, native |
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| abort | (noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed | - |
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| (verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | - |
| (verb) cease development, die, and be aborted | - |
| (verb) terminate before completion | - |
| aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
| abortion | (noun) termination of pregnancy | - |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: miscarriage |
| abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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| abortive | (adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result | Synonyms: stillborn, unsuccessful |
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| abortively | (adverb) in an unfruitful manner | - |
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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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| aboulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: abulia |
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| aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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| abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
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| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
| abounding | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: galore |
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| about | (adjective) on the move | Synonyms: astir |
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| (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
| (adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: around |
| (adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: around |
| (adverb) in rotation or succession | - |
| (adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: around |
| (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
| (adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: around |
| above | (adjective) appearing earlier in the same text | - |
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| (noun) an earlier section of a written text | - |
| (adverb) (in writing) at an earlier place | Synonyms: supra |
| (adverb) in or to a place that is higher | Synonyms: higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place |
| aboveboard | (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: straightforward |
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| (adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: honestly |
| aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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| ametabolic | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolous |
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| (adjective) undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis | - |
| ametabolous | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolic |
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| anabolic | (adjective) characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism | - |
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| (adjective) of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism | - |
| anabolism | (noun) the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy | Synonyms: constructive metabolism |
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| antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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| baboo | (noun) used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | Synonyms: babu |
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| baboon | (noun) large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles | - |
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| baboonish | (adjective) resembling a baboon | - |
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| belabor | (verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism | Synonyms: belabour |
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| (verb) beat soundly | Synonyms: belabour |
| (verb) to work at or to absurd length | Synonyms: belabour |
| belabour | (verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism | Synonyms: belabor |
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| (verb) beat soundly | Synonyms: belabor |
| (verb) to work at or to absurd length | Synonyms: belabor |
| billabong | (noun) a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high | - |
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| (noun) a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently | - |
| bugaboo | (noun) a source of concern | - |
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| (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugbear |
| cabochon | (noun) a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets | - |
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| caboodle | (noun) any collection in its entirety | Synonyms: bunch, lot |
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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 |
| cabotage | (noun) navigation in coastal waters | - |
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| (noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders | - |
| catabolic | (adjective) characterized by destructive metabolism | Synonyms: katabolic |
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| (adjective) relating to or characterized by catabolism | Synonyms: katabolic |
| catabolise | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolize |
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| catabolism | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism |
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| catabolize | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolise |
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| collaborate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: cooperate, join forces |
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| (verb) cooperate as a traitor | - |
| collaboration | (noun) act of working jointly | Synonyms: coaction |
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| (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaborationism, quislingism |
| collaborationism | (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaboration, quislingism |
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| collaborationist | (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborator, quisling |
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| collaborative | (adjective) accomplished by collaboration | - |
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| collaborator | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: cooperator, pardner, partner |
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| (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborationist, quisling |
| (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: confederate, henchman, partner in crime |
| diabolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: demonolatry, devil-worship |
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| diabolic | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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| (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
| diabolical | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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| (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
| diabolically | (adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner | Synonyms: devilishly, fiendishly |
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| diabolise | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, devilize, diabolize |
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| diabolism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: demonism, Satanism |
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| diabolist | (noun) an adherent of Satan or Satanism | Synonyms: Satanist |
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| diabolize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, devilize, diabolise |
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| elaborate | (adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail | Synonyms: detailed, elaborated |
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| (adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail | Synonyms: luxuriant |
| (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, rarify, refine |
| (verb) work out in detail | Synonyms: work out |
| (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| (verb) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product | - |
| elaborated | (adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail | Synonyms: detailed, elaborate |
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| elaborately | (adverb) with elaboration | Synonyms: in an elaborate way, intricately |
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| elaborateness | (noun) marked by elaborately complex detail | Synonyms: elaboration, intricacy, involution |
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| (noun) an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated | Synonyms: ornateness |
| elaboration | (noun) developing in intricate and painstaking detail | Synonyms: working out |
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| (noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: amplification |
| (noun) marked by elaborately complex detail | Synonyms: elaborateness, intricacy, involution |
| (noun) a discussion that provides additional information | Synonyms: enlargement, expansion |
| (noun) the result of improving something | Synonyms: refinement |
| gadabout | (noun) a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship | - |
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| hemimetabolic | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous |
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| hemimetabolism | (noun) incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: hemimetaboly, hemimetamorphosis |
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| hemimetabolous | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous |
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| hemimetaboly | (noun) incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: hemimetabolism, hemimetamorphosis |
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| hereabout | (adverb) in this general vicinity | Synonyms: hereabouts |
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| hereabouts | (adverb) in this general vicinity | Synonyms: hereabout |
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| heterometabolic | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolous |
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| heterometabolism | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometaboly |
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| heterometabolous | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolic |
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| heterometaboly | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometabolism |
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| holometabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabola |
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| holometabolic | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabolous |
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| holometabolism | (noun) complete metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: holometaboly |
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| holometabolous | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabolic |
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| holometaboly | (noun) complete metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: holometabolism |
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| inelaborate | (adjective) not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail | Synonyms: unelaborate |
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| jaboncillo | (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, Sapindus saponaria |
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| jabot | (noun) a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt | - |
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| jaboticaba | (noun) tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil | - |
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| (noun) small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches | Synonyms: jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora |
| jigaboo | (noun) (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person | Synonyms: nigga, nigger, nigra |
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| kabob | (noun) cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | Synonyms: kebab, shish kebab |
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| katabolic | (adjective) characterized by destructive metabolism | Synonyms: catabolic |
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| (adjective) relating to or characterized by catabolism | Synonyms: catabolic |