adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
---|
adiabaticity | (noun) The condition of occurring without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). | - |
---|
adiaphoron | (noun) (Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit. | - |
---|
(noun) a religious ceremonial or ritual observance that is held to be an affair of the individual conscience because it is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the scriptures. | - |
adience | (noun) (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object | - |
---|
adient | (adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach | - |
---|
adieu | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
---|
adios | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
---|
adipose | (adjective) composed of animal fat | - |
---|
adiposeness | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposity, fattiness |
---|
adiposis | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: corpulence, overweight, stoutness |
---|
adiposity | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposeness, fattiness |
---|
adit | (noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine | - |
---|
anadiplosis | (noun) repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | Synonyms: reduplication |
---|
andradite | (noun) a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone | - |
---|
arcadian | (adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic | Synonyms: bucolic, pastoral |
---|
armadillo | (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | - |
---|
atmoradiograph | (noun) a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics. | - |
---|
autoloading | (adjective) (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously | Synonyms: self-loading, semiautomatic |
---|
autoradiograph | (noun) a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed | - |
---|
autoradiographic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by autoradiography | - |
---|
autoradiography | (noun) producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed | - |
---|
azadirachtin | (noun) insecticide | - |
---|
badinage | (noun) frivolous banter | - |
---|
beading | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beadwork |
---|
(noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beadwork |
beheading | (noun) killing by cutting off the head | Synonyms: decapitation |
---|
(noun) execution by cutting off the victim's head | Synonyms: decapitation |
biradial | (adjective) showing both bilateral and radial symmetry | - |
---|
biradially | (adverb) in a biradial manner | - |
---|
blockading | (adjective) blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors | - |
---|
brigadier | (noun) a general officer ranking below a major general | Synonyms: brigadier general |
---|
butadiene | (noun) a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers | - |
---|
caladium | (noun) any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red | - |
---|
circadian | (adjective) of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals | - |
---|
cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
---|
coloradillo | (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil | Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia |
---|
contadino | (noun) an Italian farmer | - |
---|
contradict | (verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: negate |
---|
(verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contravene, negate |
(verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: controvert, oppose |
(verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, negate |
contradiction | (noun) the speech act of contradicting someone | - |
---|
(noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily false | Synonyms: contradiction in terms |
(noun) opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas | - |
contradictorily | (adverb) in a contradictory manner | - |
---|
contradictoriness | (noun) the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | - |
---|
contradictory | (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false | - |
---|
(adjective) unable for both to exist or be true at the same time | Synonyms: mutually exclusive |
(adjective) in disagreement | Synonyms: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory |
(adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: confounding |
(noun) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time | - |
contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
---|
contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
---|
crossheading | (noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text | Synonyms: crosshead |
---|
cyproheptadine | (noun) an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions | Synonyms: Periactin |
---|
degrading | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: debasing |
---|
(adjective) harmful to the mind or morals | Synonyms: corrupting |
dyadic | (adjective) of or relating to a dyad or based on two | - |
---|
epispadias | (noun) a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis | - |
---|
eradicable | (adjective) able to be eradicated or rooted out | - |
---|
eradicate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out |
---|
(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
eradication | (noun) the complete destruction of every trace of something | Synonyms: obliteration |
---|
eradicator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: exterminator, terminator |
---|
estradiol | (noun) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer | Synonyms: oestradiol |
---|
extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
---|
extradition | (noun) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) | - |
---|
fading | (noun) weakening in force or intensity | Synonyms: attenuation |
---|
fradicin | (noun) an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | Synonyms: Neobiotic, neomycin |
---|
gladiator | (noun) (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat | - |
---|
(noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: prizefighter |
gladiatorial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat | - |
---|
gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
---|
gladiolus | (noun) the large central part of the breastbone | Synonyms: corpus sternum |
---|
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiola, sword lily |
goading | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
---|
gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
---|
(noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
---|
(noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
(noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
granadilla | (noun) the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers | - |
---|
(noun) tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit | Synonyms: giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis |
(noun) Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo |
(noun) considered best for fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla |
granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
---|
grenadier | (noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail | Synonyms: rattail, rattail fish |
---|
(noun) an infantryman equipped with grenades | Synonyms: grenade thrower |
grenadine | (noun) thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks | - |
---|
hadith | (noun) (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran | Synonyms: Sunna, Sunnah |
---|
headiness | (noun) The characteristic of being intoxicating or stupefying. | - |
---|
(noun) The characteristic of being exhilarating, tending to upset the mind or senses. | - |
heading | (noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | Synonyms: drift, gallery |
---|
(noun) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | Synonyms: head, header |
(noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: aim, bearing |
horseradish | (noun) grated horseradish root | - |
---|
(noun) coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root | Synonyms: Armoracia rusticana, horse radish, red cole |
(noun) the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning | Synonyms: horseradish root |
hypogonadism | (noun) incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk | - |
---|
hypospadias | (noun) an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis | - |
---|
incarnadine | (verb) make flesh-colored | - |
---|
ineradicable | (adjective) not able to be destroyed or rooted out | - |
---|
invading | (adjective) involving invasion or aggressive attack | Synonyms: incursive, invasive |
---|
irradiate | (verb) expose to radiation | Synonyms: ray |
---|
(verb) cast rays of light upon | - |
(verb) give spiritual insight to; in religion | Synonyms: enlighten |
irradiation | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: actinotherapy, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
---|
(noun) the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background | - |
(noun) (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus | - |
(noun) (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex | - |
(noun) a column of light (as from a beacon) | Synonyms: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light |
(noun) the condition of being exposed to radiation | - |
jihadi | (adjective) of or relating to a jihad | - |
---|
khadi | (noun) a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India | Synonyms: khaddar |
---|
lading | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment |
---|
leading | (adjective) going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way | - |
---|
(adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: preeminent |
(adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: ahead, in the lead |
(adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: prima, star, starring, stellar |
(noun) thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | Synonyms: lead |
(noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leadership |
lipreading | (noun) perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips | - |
---|
loading | (noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
---|
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, payload, shipment |
(noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, load |
(noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: load |
(noun) the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift | - |
menadione | (noun) a synthetic chemical compound that is a form of vitamin K, it is an analog of 1,4-naphthoquinone with a methyl group in the 2-position | Synonyms: vitamin K3 |
---|
microradian | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian | - |
---|
milliradian | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian | - |
---|
misleading | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | Synonyms: deceptive |
---|
misleadingly | (adverb) in a misleading way | Synonyms: deceivingly, deceptively |
---|
misleadingness | (noun) The quality of being deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression. | - |
---|
misreading | (noun) misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading | - |
---|
mujahadin | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
---|
muscadine | (noun) dull-purple grape of southern United States | Synonyms: bullace grape |
---|
(noun) native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties | Synonyms: Vitis rotundifolia |
nadir | (noun) the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected | - |
---|
(noun) an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything | Synonyms: low-water mark |
nomadic | (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering |
---|
nomadism | (noun) The way of life of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc. | - |
---|
nonnomadic | (adjective) not nomadic or wandering | - |
---|
nonradioactive | (adjective) not radioactive | - |
---|
nontraditional | (adjective) not conforming to or in accord with tradition | Synonyms: untraditional |
---|
oestradiol | (noun) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer | Synonyms: estradiol |
---|