abfarad | (noun) a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads | - |
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acaracide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaricide |
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amaranth | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food | - |
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(noun) seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America | - |
amaranthine | (adjective) of or related to the amaranth plant | - |
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(adjective) of an imaginary flower that never fades | Synonyms: unfading |
antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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apparatchik | (noun) a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party | - |
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(noun) a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) | - |
apparatus | (noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: setup |
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(noun) (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function | - |
appearance | (noun) the act of appearing in public view | - |
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(noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearing, coming into court |
(noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: show |
(noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | Synonyms: visual aspect |
(noun) a mental representation | - |
(noun) the event of coming into sight | - |
arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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(noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
arability | (noun) the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation | - |
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arable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: cultivable, cultivatable, tillable |
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araceous | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: aroid |
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arachnid | (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnoid |
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arachnidian | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnoid, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery |
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arachnoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnidian, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery |
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(noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnid |
(noun) the middle of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: arachnoid membrane |
arachnophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of spiders | - |
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aragonite | (noun) a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite | - |
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arak | (noun) any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses | Synonyms: arrack |
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aralia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers | - |
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arame | (noun) an edible seaweed with a mild flavor | - |
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araneidal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a spider | Synonyms: araneidan |
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araneidan | (adjective) relating to or resembling a spider | Synonyms: araneidal |
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arariba | (noun) Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood | Synonyms: Centrolobium robustum |
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araroba | (noun) a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases | Synonyms: chrysarobin, Goa powder |
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araucaria | (noun) any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds | - |
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asarabacca | (noun) thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe | Synonyms: Asarum europaeum |
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asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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(noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
ataractic | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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(noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
ataraxia | (noun) peace of mind | - |
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ataraxic | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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ataraxis | (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity |
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avaram | (noun) evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia | Synonyms: Cassia auriculata, Senna auriculata, tanner's cassia |
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azedarach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azederach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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baccarat | (noun) a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine | Synonyms: chemin de fer |
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baranduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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bearable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: endurable, sufferable, supportable |
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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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camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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capibara | (noun) pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | Synonyms: capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |
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capybara | (noun) pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | Synonyms: capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |
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carabao | (noun) water buffalo of the Philippines | - |
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carabineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabinier, carbineer |
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carabiner | (noun) an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes | Synonyms: karabiner, snap ring |
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carabinier | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabineer, carbineer |
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caracal | (noun) of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: desert lynx, Lynx caracal |
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caracara | (noun) any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America | - |
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carack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carrack |
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caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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caracul | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: broadtail, karakul |
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carafe | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: decanter |
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caragana | (noun) any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod | Synonyms: pea tree |
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carageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carrageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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(noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
caramel | (adjective) having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown | Synonyms: caramel brown |
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(noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
(noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk | - |
(noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food | Synonyms: caramelized sugar |
caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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(verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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(verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
carancha | (noun) South American caracara | Synonyms: Polyborus plancus |
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caranda | (noun) South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax | Synonyms: caranda palm, caranday, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, wax palm |
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caranday | (noun) South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax | Synonyms: caranda, caranda palm, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, wax palm |
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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 |
carapace | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: cuticle, shell, shield |
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carat | (noun) a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg | - |
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(noun) the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold | Synonyms: karat, kt |
caravan | (noun) a camper equipped with living quarters | Synonyms: van |
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(noun) a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file | Synonyms: train, wagon train |
(verb) travel in a caravan | - |
caravanning | (noun) the practice of taking holidays in a caravan | - |
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caravansary | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravanserai, khan |
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caravanserai | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravansary, khan |
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caraway | (noun) leaves used sparingly in soups and stews | - |
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(noun) a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | Synonyms: Carum carvi |
carbonara | (noun) sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese | - |
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cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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catamaran | (noun) a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
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cataract | (noun) a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
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(noun) an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye | - |
cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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(noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
charabanc | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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characid | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characin, characin fish |
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characin | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characid, characin fish |
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character | (noun) (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | - |
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(noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: fiber, fibre |
(noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: lineament, quality |
(noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: part, persona, role, theatrical role |
(noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: graph, grapheme, graphic symbol |
(noun) a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | Synonyms: character reference, reference |
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: case, eccentric, type |
(noun) an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) | Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character |
(noun) good repute | - |
(verb) engrave or inscribe characters on | - |
characterisation | (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
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(noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterization |
characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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(verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
characteristic | (adjective) typical or distinctive | - |
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(noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
(noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
(noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
(noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
characteristically | (adverb) in characteristic manner | - |
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characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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characterization | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: enactment, personation, portrayal |
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(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
(noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterisation |
characterize | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, qualify |
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(verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterise |
characterless | (adjective) lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | Synonyms: nondescript |
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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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clearance | (noun) permission to proceed | - |
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(noun) the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them | - |
(noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: headroom, headway |
comparability | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: compare, comparison, equivalence |
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comparable | (adjective) able to be compared or worthy of comparison | - |
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(adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: corresponding, like |
comparably | (adverb) in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree | - |
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comparative | (adjective) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | Synonyms: relative |
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(adjective) relating to or based on or involving comparison | - |
(noun) the comparative form of an adjective or adverb | Synonyms: comparative degree |
comparatively | (adverb) in a relative manner; by comparison to something else | Synonyms: relatively |
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cystoparalysis | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoplegia |
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daraf | (noun) a unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad | - |
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declarable | (adjective) that must be declared | - |
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declaration | (noun) a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) | - |
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(noun) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote | Synonyms: resolution, resolve |
(noun) (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction | - |
(noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: announcement, annunciation, proclamation |
(noun) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | Synonyms: contract |
(noun) a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties | - |
declarative | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: asserting, declaratory |
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(adjective) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements | Synonyms: indicative |
(noun) a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact | Synonyms: common mood, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood |