| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| acacia | (noun) any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia | - |
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| acaracide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaricide |
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| acicula | (noun) a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | - |
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| acicular | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped |
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| aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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| acid | (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acidic, acidulent, acidulous |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
| (noun) any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | - |
| acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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| acidic | (adjective) being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous |
| acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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| acidimetry | (noun) volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present | - |
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| acidity | (noun) pH values below 7 | - |
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| (noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
| (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidulousness |
| acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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| acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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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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| acidosis | (noun) abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues | - |
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| acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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| acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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| acidulent | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulous |
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| acidulous | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulent |
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| acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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| aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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| acinar | (adjective) pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinic, acinose, acinous |
| acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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| acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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| acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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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 | - |
| aminoaciduria | (noun) abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects | - |
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| antacid | (adjective) acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) | - |
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| (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antiacid, gastric antacid |
| anthracite | (noun) a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat | Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal |
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| anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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| antiacid | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkaliser, alkalizer, antacid, gastric antacid |
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| audacious | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: daring, venturesome, venturous |
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| (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
| audaciously | (adverb) in an audacious manner | - |
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| audaciousness | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audacity, temerity |
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| (noun) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery | Synonyms: audacity |
| audacity | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audaciousness, temerity |
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| (noun) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery | Synonyms: audaciousness |
| bacillar | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillary |
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| (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
| bacillary | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillar |
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| (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
| bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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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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| bacitracin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | - |
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| bacteriacide | (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bactericide |
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| bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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| biracial | (adjective) consisting of or combining two races | - |
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| bodacious | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
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| (adjective) incorrigible | - |
| boracic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from or containing boron | Synonyms: boric |
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| bracing | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
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| (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework | Synonyms: brace |
| cacique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cazique |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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| capacious | (adjective) large in capacity | - |
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| capaciousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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| (noun) intellectual breadth | Synonyms: roominess |
| capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
| capacitate | (verb) make capable | - |
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| (verb) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
| (verb) make legally capable or qualify in law | - |
| capacitive | (adjective) of or relating to capacitance | - |
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| capacitor | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser |
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| capacity | (noun) the maximum production possible | - |
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| (noun) a specified function | - |
| (noun) capability to perform or produce | - |
| (noun) tolerance for alcohol | - |
| (noun) the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior | Synonyms: mental ability |
| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacitance, electrical capacity |
| (noun) the amount that can be contained | Synonyms: content |
| (noun) (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive | - |
| (noun) the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment | Synonyms: capability |
| characid | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characin, characin fish |
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| characin | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characid, characin fish |
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| ciprofloxacin | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints | Synonyms: Cipro |
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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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| contumacious | (adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient | - |
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| contumaciously | (adverb) in a rebellious manner | Synonyms: defiantly, rebelliously |
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| dacite | (noun) a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals | - |
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| dacitic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of dacite | - |
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| deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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| (verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
| deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
| dicloxacillin | (noun) antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin | Synonyms: Dynapen |
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| edacious | (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
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| edacity | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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| (noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity |
| efficacious | (adjective) marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect | - |
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| (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effective, effectual |
| efficaciously | (adverb) in an effective manner | Synonyms: effectively |
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| efficaciousness | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | Synonyms: efficacy |
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| emaciate | (verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically | - |
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| (verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: macerate, waste |
| emaciated | (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted |
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| emaciation | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, bonyness, gauntness, maceration |
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| embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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| facia | (noun) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc | Synonyms: fascia |
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| facial | (adjective) of or concerning the face | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object | - |
| (noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams | - |
| (noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | Synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve |
| facially | (adverb) with respect to the face | - |
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| facile | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | Synonyms: eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken |
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| (adjective) performing adroitly and without effort | - |
| (adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: neat, slick |
| facilitate | (verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, ease |
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| (verb) increase the likelihood of (a response) | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: help |
| facilitation | (noun) act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something | - |
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| (noun) (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential | - |
| (noun) the condition of being made easy (or easier) | - |
| facilitative | (adjective) freeing from difficulty or impediment | - |
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| facilitator | (noun) someone who makes progress easier | - |
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| facilitatory | (adjective) inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity | - |
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| facility | (noun) a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you | - |
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| (noun) something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service | - |
| (noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: installation |
| (noun) a natural effortlessness | Synonyms: readiness |
| (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness |
| facing | (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: lining |
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| (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: cladding |
| (noun) a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening | - |
| (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: veneer |
| fallacious | (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: deceitful, fraudulent |
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| (adjective) based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information | - |
| (adjective) containing or based on a fallacy | Synonyms: unsound |
| fallaciousness | (noun) result of a fallacy or error in reasoning | - |
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| fluorouracil | (noun) an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers | - |
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| folacin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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| fugacious | (adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory |
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| fugaciousness | (noun) the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) | Synonyms: fugacity |
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