| angel | (noun) spiritual being attendant upon God | - |
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| (noun) someone who provides financial support for some venture | Synonyms: backer |
| (noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: holy man, holy person, saint |
| angelfish | (noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | Synonyms: angel shark, monkfish, Squatina squatina |
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| (noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus | - |
| (noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish |
| angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
| angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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| (noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
| (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
| angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
| angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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| angelim | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: andelmin |
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| angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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| angelology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
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| angelus | (noun) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | Synonyms: angelus bell |
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| anger | (noun) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: ira, ire, wrath |
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| (noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | Synonyms: choler, ire |
| (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: angriness |
| (verb) make angry | - |
| (verb) become angry | Synonyms: see red |
| angered | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened |
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| angiitis | (noun) inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct | - |
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| angina | (noun) any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | - |
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| (noun) a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart | Synonyms: angina pectoris |
| anginal | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginose, anginous |
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| anginose | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginal, anginous |
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| anginous | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginal, anginose |
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| angiocardiogram | (noun) a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiocarp | (noun) tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk | - |
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| angiocarpic | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpous |
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| angiocarpous | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpic |
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| angioedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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| angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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| angiogram | (noun) an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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| angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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| angiologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in angiology | - |
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| angiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders | - |
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| angioma | (noun) a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels | - |
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| angiomatous | (adjective) of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma | - |
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| angiopathy | (noun) any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts | - |
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| angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
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| angiopteris | (noun) highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall | Synonyms: Angiopteris evecta, giant fern |
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| angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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| angioscope | (noun) a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels | - |
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| angiosperm | (noun) plants having seeds in a closed ovary | Synonyms: flowering plant |
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| angiospermous | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms | - |
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| angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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| angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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| angiotonin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotensin, Hypertensin |
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| angle | (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: slant |
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| (noun) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians | - |
| (verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: slant, weight |
| (verb) fish with a hook | - |
| (verb) seek indirectly | Synonyms: fish |
| (verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: lean, slant, tilt, tip |
| (verb) move or proceed at an angle | - |
| angled | (adjective) forming or set at an angle | - |
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| angledozer | (noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
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| angler | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| (noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: troller |
| (noun) a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage | - |
| anglerfish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| anglewing | (noun) nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings | - |
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| angleworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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| anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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| angling | (noun) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | - |
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| anglophil | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophile |
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| anglophile | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophil |
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| anglophobe | (noun) a person who hates England and everything English | - |
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| angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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| angrecum | (noun) any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers | - |
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| angrily | (adverb) with anger | - |
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| angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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| angry | (adjective) feeling or showing anger | - |
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| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: furious, raging, tempestuous, wild |
| (adjective) severely inflamed and painful | - |
| angst | (noun) an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom | - |
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| angstrom | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: A, angstrom unit |
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| anguine | (adjective) of or related to or resembling a snake | - |
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| anguish | (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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| (noun) extreme distress of body or mind | - |
| (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: hurt, pain |
| (verb) suffer great pains or distress | - |
| anguished | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: tormented, tortured |
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| angular | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angulate |
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| (adjective) measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle | - |
| angularity | (noun) the property possessed by a shape that has angles | - |
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| (noun) a shape having one or more sharp angles | Synonyms: angular shape |
| angulate | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angular |
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| (verb) make or become angular | - |
| angulation | (noun) the act of making angulate (having corners) | - |
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| (noun) the precise measurement of angles | - |
| angwantibo | (noun) a kind of yellow or golden lemur (Arctocebus calabarensis) | Synonyms: Arctocebus calabarensis, golden potto |
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| arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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| archangel | (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy | - |
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| (noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica |
| archangelic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelical |
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| archangelical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelic |
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| arctangent | (noun) the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc tangent, arctan, inverse tangent |
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| arrange | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| (verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | Synonyms: order, put, set up |
| (verb) make arrangements for | Synonyms: fix up |
| (verb) put into a proper or systematic order | Synonyms: set up |
| (verb) adapt for performance in a different way | Synonyms: set |
| (verb) set (printed matter) into a specific format | Synonyms: format |
| (verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: stage |
| arranged | (adjective) disposed or placed in a particular kind of order | Synonyms: ordered |
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| (adjective) deliberately arranged for effect | Synonyms: staged |
| (adjective) organized or planned for | - |
| arrangement | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arranging, transcription |
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| (noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: placement |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: organisation, organization, system |
| (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | Synonyms: musical arrangement |
| (noun) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging | - |
| arranger | (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: organiser, organizer |
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| (noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: adapter, transcriber |
| arranging | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, transcription |
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| artlang | (noun) a constructed language designed for aesthetic pleasure. | Synonyms: artistic language |
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| bang | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, strike |
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| (noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: fringe |
| (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, blast, clap, eruption |
| (noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bash, belt, knock, smash |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
| (adverb) directly | Synonyms: bolt, slap, slapdash, smack |
| (verb) strike violently | Synonyms: slam |
| (verb) close violently | Synonyms: slam |
| (verb) leap, jerk, bang | Synonyms: spang |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
| (verb) move noisily | - |
| (verb) to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound | - |
| banger | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: cracker, firecracker |
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| (noun) (British informal) pork sausage | - |
| banging | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping |
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| (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
| (noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
| bangle | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bracelet |
| bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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| bespangle | (verb) dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | - |
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| (verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: spangle |
| bhang | (noun) a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India | - |
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| blancmange | (noun) sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded | - |
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| blowbang | (noun) A sexual activity where fellatio is performed on multiple men | - |
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| boomerang | (noun) a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | Synonyms: backfire |
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| (noun) a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower | Synonyms: throw stick, throwing stick |
| (verb) return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang | - |
| cangue | (noun) an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms | - |
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| carangid | (adjective) of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae | - |
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| (noun) a percoid fish of the family Carangidae | Synonyms: carangid fish |
| change | (noun) the action of changing something | - |
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| (noun) a different or fresh set of clothes | - |
| (noun) a thing that is different | - |
| (noun) a difference that is usually pleasant | Synonyms: variety |
| (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | Synonyms: alteration, modification |
| (noun) the result of alteration or modification | - |
| (noun) coins of small denomination regarded collectively | - |
| (noun) the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due | - |
| (noun) money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency | - |
| (noun) a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event | - |
| (verb) undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature | - |
| (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: alter, modify |
| (verb) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | Synonyms: alter, vary |
| (verb) change clothes; put on different clothes | - |
| (verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: commute, convert, exchange |
| (verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | Synonyms: shift, switch |
| (verb) remove or replace the coverings of | - |
| (verb) become deeper in tone | Synonyms: deepen |
| (verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | Synonyms: transfer |
| (verb) give to, and receive from, one another | Synonyms: exchange, interchange |
| changeability | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeableness |
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| changeable | (adjective) such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeful |
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| (adjective) capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature | Synonyms: mutable |
| (adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | Synonyms: chatoyant, iridescent, shot |
| (adjective) subject to change | Synonyms: uncertain, unsettled |
| changeableness | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeability |
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| changed | (adjective) made or become different in nature or form | - |
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| (adjective) made or become different in some respect | - |
| changeful | (adjective) such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeable |
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| changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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| changeless | (adjective) not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature | Synonyms: immutable |
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| (adjective) unvarying in nature | Synonyms: constant, invariant, unvarying |
| (adjective) remaining the same for indefinitely long times | Synonyms: unalterable |
| changelessness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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| (noun) the property of remaining unchanged | - |