| abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
| abrader | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abradant |
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| academe | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academia |
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| academia | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academe |
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| academic | (adjective) associated with academia or an academy | - |
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| (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: donnish, pedantic |
| (adjective) hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result | - |
| (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
| academically | (adverb) in regard to academic matters | - |
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| academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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| (noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
| (noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
| academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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| academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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| (noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
| (noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
| academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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| (noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
| academy | (noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a secondary school (usually private) | - |
| (noun) a school for special training | - |
| (noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | Synonyms: honorary society |
| accolade | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: award, honor, honour, laurels |
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| ade | (noun) a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice | Synonyms: fruit drink |
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| adelgid | (noun) any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers | - |
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| adenine | (noun) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | Synonyms: A |
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| adenitis | (noun) inflammation of a gland or lymph node | - |
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| adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| adenohypophysis | (noun) the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland |
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| adenoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue | - |
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| (noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) | Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis |
| adenoidal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adenoids | - |
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| (adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: nasal, pinched |
| adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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| adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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| adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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| adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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| adenomyosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: endometriosis |
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| adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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| adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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| adenosis | (noun) a disorder of the glands of the body | Synonyms: gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder |
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| adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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| adept | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| adeptness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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| adequacy | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequateness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: sufficiency |
| adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
| (adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
| adequately | (adverb) in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree | - |
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| adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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| adermin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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| adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| airheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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| alidade | (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles | Synonyms: alidad |
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| (noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | Synonyms: alidad |
| ambuscade | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambush, lying in wait, trap |
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| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
| anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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| antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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| antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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| arcade | (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: colonnade |
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| (noun) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side | - |
| autoloader | (noun) a firearm that reloads itself | Synonyms: self-loader |
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| ballade | (noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy | - |
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| balladeer | (noun) a singer of popular ballads | Synonyms: crooner |
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| balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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| bareheaded | (adjective) having the head uncovered | Synonyms: bared |
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| barricade | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: roadblock |
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| (noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy | - |
| (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricado |
| (verb) prevent access to by barricading | - |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| barricaded | (adjective) preventing entry or exit or a course of action | Synonyms: barred, blockaded |
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| beaded | (adjective) covered with beads of liquid | - |
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| beheaded | (adjective) having had the head cut off | Synonyms: decapitated |
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| bigarade | (noun) any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock | Synonyms: bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange |
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| bigheaded | (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
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| biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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| blade | (noun) the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge | - |
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| (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: brand, steel, sword |
| (noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water | Synonyms: vane |
| (noun) the part of the skate that slides on the ice | - |
| (noun) a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) | - |
| (noun) a cut of beef from the shoulder blade | - |
| (noun) something long and thin resembling a blade of grass | - |
| (noun) a dashing young man | - |
| (noun) especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole | Synonyms: leaf blade |
| bladed | (adjective) bearing or characterized by a blade or sword; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) having a blade or blades; often used in combination | - |
| (adjective) composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade | - |
| bladelike | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike |
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| blockade | (noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | Synonyms: encirclement |
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| (noun) prevents access or progress | - |
| (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
| (verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| blockaded | (adjective) preventing entry or exit or a course of action | Synonyms: barred, barricaded |
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| blockheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| boneheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| breechloader | (noun) a gun that is loaded at the breech | - |
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| brigade | (noun) army unit smaller than a division, typically consisting of a small number of battalions | - |
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| (verb) form or unite into a brigade | - |
| broaden | (verb) become broader | - |
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| (verb) make broader | - |
| (verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: extend, widen |
| (verb) vary in order to spread risk or to expand | Synonyms: branch out, diversify |
| broadening | (noun) the action of making broader | - |
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| (noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: widening |
| (noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: widening |
| brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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| (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
| brocaded | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: embossed, raised |
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| bullheaded | (adjective) obstinate and stupid | Synonyms: bullet-headed, pigheaded |
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| bullheadedness | (noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | Synonyms: obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness |
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| cadence | (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series | Synonyms: cadency |
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| (noun) the close of a musical section | - |
| (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, measure, meter, metre |
| cadenced | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadent |
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| cadency | (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series | Synonyms: cadence |
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| cadent | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadenced |
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| cadenza | (noun) a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music | - |
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| cadet | (noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) | Synonyms: plebe |
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| cadetship | (noun) the position of cadet | - |
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| caladenia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia | - |
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| camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| cannonade | (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire | Synonyms: drumfire |
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| (verb) attack with cannons or artillery | - |
| cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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| (noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
| (noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
| (verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | - |
| (verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | Synonyms: cascade down |
| cavalcade | (noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
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| centigrade | (adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees | - |
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| charade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: masquerade |
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| (noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades | - |
| charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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| cheerleader | (noun) someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event | - |
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| (noun) an enthusiastic and vocal supporter | - |
| chickadee | (noun) any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America | - |
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| citadel | (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | Synonyms: bastion |
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| clade | (noun) a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor | - |
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| clearheaded | (adjective) not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently | Synonyms: clear-thinking |
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| cockade | (noun) an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat | - |
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| colonnade | (noun) structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns | - |
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| (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: arcade |
| colonnaded | (adjective) having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals | - |
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| comrade | (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, familiar, fellow |
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| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: brother |
| comradeliness | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship |
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| comradely | (adjective) heartily friendly and congenial | Synonyms: hail-fellow-well-met, hail-fellow |
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