abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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(verb) refrain from voting | - |
abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
acquaint | (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: introduce, present |
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(verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: familiarise, familiarize |
(verb) inform | - |
acquaintance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: conversance, conversancy, familiarity |
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(noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: friend |
(noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintanceship |
acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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afterpains | (noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus | - |
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again | (adverb) anew | Synonyms: once again, once more, over again |
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ain | (adjective) belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive | Synonyms: own |
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amain | (adverb) with all your strength | - |
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(adverb) at full speed; with great haste | - |
appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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(verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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ascertained | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: discovered, observed |
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attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
(verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
attainability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainableness |
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attainable | (adjective) capable of being attained or accomplished | Synonyms: come-at-able |
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attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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attainder | (noun) cancellation of civil rights | Synonyms: civil death |
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attained | (adjective) achieved or reached | - |
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attainment | (noun) the act of achieving an aim | - |
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(noun) arrival at a new stage | - |
(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill |
attaint | (verb) condemn by attainder | - |
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(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
bargain | (noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | Synonyms: deal |
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(noun) an advantageous purchase | Synonyms: buy, steal |
(verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
(verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
bargainer | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | Synonyms: dealer, monger, trader |
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(noun) negotiator of the terms of a transaction | - |
bargaining | (noun) the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement | - |
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benzocaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: ethyl aminobenzoate |
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betaine | (noun) a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets | - |
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betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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birdbrain | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, addlehead, loon |
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blain | (noun) an inflammatory swelling or sore | - |
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bloodstain | (noun) a discoloration caused by blood | - |
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bloodstained | (adjective) covered with blood | Synonyms: gory |
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boatswain | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun |
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bodypaint | (verb) apply paint to a body | - |
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bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
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brain | (noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | Synonyms: encephalon |
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(noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
(noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: head, mind, nous, psyche |
(noun) the brain of certain animals used as meat | - |
(noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
(verb) hit on the head | - |
(verb) kill by smashing someone's skull | - |
braincase | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: brainpan, cranium |
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brainchild | (noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: inspiration |
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brainiac | (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
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brainish | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
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brainless | (adjective) not using intelligence | Synonyms: headless |
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brainpan | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, cranium |
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brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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brainsick | (adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
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brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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brainstorm | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainwave, insight |
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(verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
brainstorming | (noun) a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions | - |
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brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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(verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
brainwashed | (adjective) subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones | - |
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brainwashing | (noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
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brainwave | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainstorm, insight |
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(noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential |
brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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brainy | (adjective) having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | Synonyms: brilliant, smart as a whip |
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butacaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: butacaine sulfate |
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cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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(noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
(noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
(noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
(noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
(noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
(noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
(verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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certain | (adjective) established beyond doubt or question; definitely known | - |
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(adjective) having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: sealed |
(adjective) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) definite but not specified or identified | - |
(adjective) reliable in operation or effect | Synonyms: sure |
certainly | (adverb) definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | Synonyms: for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely |
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certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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(noun) the state of being certain | - |
chain | (noun) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | - |
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(noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together | Synonyms: strand, string |
(noun) anything that acts as a restraint | - |
(noun) a linked or connected series of objects | - |
(noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: concatenation |
(noun) (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | - |
(noun) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | Synonyms: chemical chain |
(noun) a series of hills or mountains | Synonyms: chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains |
(noun) a unit of length | - |
(verb) fasten or secure with chains | - |
(verb) connect or arrange into a chain by linking | - |
chained | (adjective) bound with chains | Synonyms: enchained, in chains |
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chainlike | (adjective) having a chainlike form | Synonyms: catenulate |
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chains | (noun) metal shackles; for hands or legs | Synonyms: irons |
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chainsaw | (noun) portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | Synonyms: chain saw |
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chamberlain | (noun) the treasurer of a municipal corporation | - |
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(noun) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman | - |
chaplain | (noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
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chaplaincy | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplainship |
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chaplainship | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplaincy |
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chatelaine | (noun) a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc. | - |
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(noun) the mistress of a chateau or large country house | - |
chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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(noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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chilblain | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblains, pernio |
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chilblained | (adjective) having chilblains | - |
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chilblains | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, pernio |
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cocain | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocaine |
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cocaine | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocain |
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cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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complain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
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(verb) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge | - |
complainant | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: plaintiff |
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complainer | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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complaining | (adjective) expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | Synonyms: complaintive |
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complainingly | (adverb) with complaints | - |
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complaint | (noun) an expression of grievance or resentment | - |
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(noun) (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow | - |
(noun) (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based | - |
(noun) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | Synonyms: charge |
(noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | Synonyms: ailment, ill |
complaintive | (adjective) expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | Synonyms: complaining |
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constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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(verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
constrained | (adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: forced, strained |
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constrainedly | (adverb) in a constrained manner | - |
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constraining | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constrictive, limiting, restricting |
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constraint | (noun) the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others | - |
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(noun) a device that retards something's motion | Synonyms: restraint |
(noun) the state of being physically constrained | Synonyms: restraint |
contain | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back |
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(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
(verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: comprise, incorporate |
(verb) be divisible by | - |
(verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, carry, hold |
(verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: hold, take |
contained | (adjective) gotten under control | - |
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container | (noun) any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | - |
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containerful | (noun) the quantity that a container will hold | - |
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