| agapanthus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers | Synonyms: lily of the Nile |
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| anapaest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapest |
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| anapaestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapestic |
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| antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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| apace | (adverb) with speed | Synonyms: chop-chop, in short order, quickly, rapidly, speedily |
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| (adverb) (poetic, literary) quickly | - |
| apache | (noun) a Parisian gangster | - |
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| apadana | (noun) the great hall in ancient Persian palaces | - |
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| apanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: appanage |
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| (noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: appanage |
| apar | (noun) South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates | Synonyms: three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus |
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| apart | (adjective) having characteristics not shared by others | - |
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| (adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: isolated, obscure |
| (adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration | Synonyms: aside |
| (adverb) into parts or pieces | Synonyms: asunder |
| (adverb) separated or at a distance in place or position or time | - |
| (adverb) one from the other | - |
| (adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | Synonyms: aside |
| (adverb) away from another or others | - |
| apartheid | (noun) a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa | - |
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| apartment | (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | Synonyms: flat |
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| apathetic | (adjective) showing little or no emotion or animation | - |
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| (adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: indifferent |
| apathetically | (adverb) in an apathetic manner | - |
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| apathy | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: indifference, numbness, spiritlessness |
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| (noun) an absence of emotion or enthusiasm | - |
| apatite | (noun) a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus | - |
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| apatosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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| apatosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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| ayapana | (noun) low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: Ayapana triplinervis, Eupatorium aya-pana |
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| capability | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capableness |
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| (noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capableness, potentiality |
| (noun) the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment | Synonyms: capacity |
| capable | (adjective) (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for | - |
| (adjective) having the requisite qualities for | Synonyms: adequate to, equal to, up to |
| (adjective) have the skills and qualifications to do things well | Synonyms: able |
| (adjective) possibly accepting or permitting | Synonyms: open, subject |
| capableness | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capability |
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| (noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capability, potentiality |
| capably | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: ably, aptly, competently |
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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 |
| caparison | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: housing, trapping |
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| (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
| caparisoned | (adjective) clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings) | - |
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| carapace | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: cuticle, shell, shield |
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| chaparral | (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, scrub |
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| chapati | (noun) flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle | Synonyms: chapatti |
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| chapatti | (noun) flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle | Synonyms: chapati |
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| crapaud | (noun) large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog | Synonyms: Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog |
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| diapason | (noun) either of the two main stops on a pipe organ | Synonyms: diapason stop |
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| escapade | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: lark |
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| (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture |
| fluorapatite | (noun) a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine | - |
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| incapability | (noun) the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: incapableness |
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| (noun) lack of potential for development | Synonyms: incapableness |
| incapable | (adjective) (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for | - |
| (adjective) not meeting requirements | Synonyms: incompetent, unequal to |
| (adjective) not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of') | - |
| incapableness | (noun) the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: incapability |
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| (noun) lack of potential for development | Synonyms: incapability |
| incapacitate | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, handicap, invalid |
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| (verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disable, disenable |
| incapacitated | (adjective) lacking in or deprived of strength or power | Synonyms: helpless |
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| incapacitating | (adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates | Synonyms: crippling, disabling |
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| incapacity | (noun) lack of physical or natural qualifications | - |
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| (noun) lack of intellectual power | - |
| indapamide | (noun) diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Lozal |
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| inescapable | (adjective) impossible to avoid or evade | Synonyms: ineluctable, unavoidable |
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| inescapably | (adverb) by necessity | Synonyms: ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably |
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| japan | (noun) lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | - |
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| (noun) lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer | - |
| (verb) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan | - |
| laparocele | (noun) hernia through the abdomen | - |
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| laparoscope | (noun) a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery | - |
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| laparoscopy | (noun) laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes) | - |
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| laparotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs | - |
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| napa | (noun) plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia | Synonyms: Brassica rapa pekinensis, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, pe-tsai |
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| napalm | (noun) gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers | - |
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| naprapath | (noun) a therapist who practices naprapathy | - |
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| naprapathy | (noun) a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues | - |
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| papa | (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, pappa, pop |
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| papacy | (noun) the government of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: pontificate |
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| papaia | (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw |
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| papain | (noun) a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer | - |
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| papal | (adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolic, apostolical, pontifical |
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| paparazzo | (noun) a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines | - |
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| papaverine | (noun) an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive | Synonyms: Kavrin |
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| papaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: pawpaw |
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| (noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw tree, pawpaw |
| papaya | (noun) large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh | - |
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| (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw |
| paraparesis | (noun) a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs | - |
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| rapacious | (adjective) excessively greedy and grasping | Synonyms: ravening, voracious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| rapaciously | (adverb) in a rapacious manner | - |
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| rapaciousness | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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| (noun) an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) | Synonyms: greediness, voraciousness |
| (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, predaciousness, rapacity |
| rapacity | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed |
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| (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity |
| (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, predaciousness, rapaciousness |
| sarsaparilla | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras | - |
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| (noun) any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves | - |
| sexcapade | (noun) a sexual escapade; an illicit affair | - |
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| strapado | (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope | Synonyms: strappado |
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| tapa | (noun) a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark | Synonyms: tappa |
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| (noun) the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus | Synonyms: tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark |
| verapamil | (noun) a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine | Synonyms: Calan, Isoptin |
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| wraparound | (noun) a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around | - |
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