apiarist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiculturist, beekeeper |
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arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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(verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
(verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
(verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
(verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
arishth | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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arista | (noun) bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies | - |
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aristocracy | (noun) a privileged class holding hereditary titles | Synonyms: nobility |
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(noun) the most powerful members of a society | Synonyms: gentry |
aristocrat | (noun) a member of the aristocracy | Synonyms: blue blood, patrician |
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aristocratic | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, gentle, patrician |
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aristocratical | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratic, blue-blooded, blue, gentle, patrician |
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aristocratically | (adverb) in an aristocratic manner | - |
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aristocratism | (noun) the principles, practices or characteristics of aristocracy. | - |
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barbarisation | (noun) an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized | Synonyms: barbarization |
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barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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(verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
barbarism | (noun) a brutal barbarous savage act | Synonyms: barbarity, brutality, savagery |
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bassarisk | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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bearish | (adjective) expecting prices to fall | - |
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blepharism | (noun) condition in which a person blinks continuously | - |
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burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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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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carissa | (noun) a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits | - |
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charisma | (noun) a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others | Synonyms: personal appeal, personal magnetism |
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charismatic | (adjective) possessing an extraordinary ability to attract | Synonyms: magnetic |
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circularisation | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularization |
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circularise | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularize |
(verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularize |
comparison | (noun) the act of examining resemblances | Synonyms: comparing |
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(noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, compare, equivalence |
(noun) relation based on similarities and differences | - |
czarist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist |
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czaristic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czarist, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist |
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demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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(verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
depolarisation | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarization |
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depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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diarist | (noun) someone who keeps a diary or journal | Synonyms: diary keeper, journalist |
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familiarisation | (noun) the experience of becoming familiar with something | Synonyms: familiarization |
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familiarise | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarize |
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familiarised | (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: adjusted, familiarized |
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familiarising | (adjective) serving to make familiar | Synonyms: familiarizing |
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formularise | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularize |
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garish | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
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garishly | (adverb) in a tastelessly garish manner | Synonyms: gaudily, tawdrily |
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garishness | (noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness |
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(noun) strident color or excessive ornamentation | Synonyms: gaudiness |
glossarist | (noun) a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries | - |
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guitarist | (noun) a musician who plays the guitar | Synonyms: guitar player |
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hyperpituitarism | (noun) excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone) | - |
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incendiarism | (noun) malicious burning to destroy property | Synonyms: arson, fire-raising |
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insularism | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: detachment, insularity, insulation |
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lapidarist | (noun) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them | Synonyms: lapidary |
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linearise | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearize |
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liparis | (noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes | - |
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militarisation | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarization, mobilisation, mobilization |
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militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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(verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
militarised | (adjective) issued military arms | Synonyms: militarized |
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militarism | (noun) a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests | - |
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militarist | (noun) a person who advocates war or warlike policies | Synonyms: warmonger |
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militaristic | (adjective) imbued with militarism | - |
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millenarism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenniumism |
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millenarist | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarian |
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monetarism | (noun) an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money | - |
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monetarist | (noun) an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money | - |
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naris | (noun) any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx | - |
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nightmarish | (adjective) extremely alarming | Synonyms: bloodcurdling, hair-raising |
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nightmarishness | (noun) The property of being extremely bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying; resembling a nightmare. | Synonyms: hellishness |
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notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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parish | (noun) a local church community | - |
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(noun) the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor | - |
parishioner | (noun) a member of a parish | - |
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parisology | (noun) the use of ambiguous words | - |
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particularisation | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularization |
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particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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particularised | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularized |
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particularism | (noun) a focus on something particular | - |
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particularistic | (adjective) relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.) | - |
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pharisaic | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharisaical | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharisee | (noun) a self-righteous or sanctimonious person | - |
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plagiarisation | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarism, plagiarization |
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plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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plagiarised | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiaristic, plagiarized |
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plagiariser | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiarist, plagiarizer |
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plagiarism | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarization |
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(noun) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work | - |
plagiarist | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarizer |
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plagiaristic | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiarised, plagiarized |
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polarisation | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarization |
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(noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarization |
polariscope | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polarimeter |
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polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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(verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
(verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
popularisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularization |
popularise | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularize |
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(verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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popularism | (noun) music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority | - |
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regularisation | (noun) the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular | Synonyms: regularization, regulation |
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(noun) the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) | Synonyms: regularization |
regularise | (verb) make regular or more regular | Synonyms: regularize |
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(verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, order, regularize, regulate |
remilitarisation | (noun) the act of militarizing again | Synonyms: remilitarization |
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remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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scenarist | (noun) a writer of screenplays | - |
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sectarist | (noun) a member of a sect | Synonyms: sectarian, sectary |
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secularisation | (noun) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession | Synonyms: secularization |
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(noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | Synonyms: secularization |
secularise | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularize |
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secularism | (noun) a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations | - |
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secularist | (noun) an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education | - |
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seminarist | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarian |
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singularise | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularize |
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solarisation | (noun) exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: solarization |
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solarise | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarize, sun |
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(verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarize |
(verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarize |
(verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarize |