abomasal | (adjective) relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) | - |
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anasarca | (noun) generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue | - |
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anasarcous | (adjective) characterized by or affected by dropsy | - |
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appeasable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: conciliable |
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asafetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafoetida |
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asafoetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafetida |
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asana | (noun) (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga) | - |
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asarabacca | (noun) thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe | Synonyms: Asarum europaeum |
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basal | (adjective) especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem | Synonyms: radical |
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(adjective) serving as or forming a base | Synonyms: base |
(adjective) of or being the essential or basic part | Synonyms: elemental, elementary, primary |
basalt | (noun) the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene | - |
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basaltic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing basalt | - |
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casaba | (noun) melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh | Synonyms: casaba melon |
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casava | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | Synonyms: cassava |
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erasable | (adjective) capable of being effaced | Synonyms: effaceable |
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extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
(verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
extravasation | (noun) the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine | - |
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(noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, eruption |
(noun) an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation | - |
herrerasaur | (noun) a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: herrerasaurus |
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herrerasaurus | (noun) a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: herrerasaur |
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intravasation | (noun) entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel | - |
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lasagna | (noun) very wide flat strips of pasta | Synonyms: lasagne |
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(noun) baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables | Synonyms: lasagne |
lasagne | (noun) very wide flat strips of pasta | Synonyms: lasagna |
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(noun) baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables | Synonyms: lasagna |
loasa | (noun) any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers | - |
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madrasa | (noun) Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan | Synonyms: madrasah |
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madrasah | (noun) Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan | Synonyms: madrasa |
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malfeasance | (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official | - |
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malfeasant | (noun) one guilty of malfeasance | - |
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massasauga | (noun) pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians | Synonyms: massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus |
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(noun) small pygmy rattlesnake | Synonyms: ground rattler, Sistrurus miliaris |
misfeasance | (noun) doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner | - |
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msasa | (noun) small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers | Synonyms: Brachystegia speciformis |
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nasal | (adjective) of or in or relating to the nose | Synonyms: rhinal |
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(adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: adenoidal, pinched |
(noun) an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose | Synonyms: nasal bone, os nasale |
(noun) a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed | Synonyms: nasal consonant |
nasale | (verb) speak in a nasal voice | - |
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nasalisation | (noun) the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | Synonyms: nasalization |
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nasalise | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalize |
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(verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalize |
nasality | (noun) a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators | - |
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nasalization | (noun) the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | Synonyms: nasalisation |
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nasalize | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalise |
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(verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalise |
nasally | (adverb) in a nasal manner | - |
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nonfeasance | (noun) a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do | - |
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orinasal | (noun) a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) | Synonyms: orinasal phone |
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paranasal | (adjective) adjacent to the nasal cavities | - |
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parasail | (noun) parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car | - |
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parasailing | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: paragliding |
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pasang | (noun) wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions | Synonyms: bezoar goat, Capra aegagrus |
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(noun) large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns | Synonyms: oryx |
peasant | (noun) a country person | Synonyms: bucolic, provincial |
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(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tike, tyke |
(noun) one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers | - |
peasanthood | (noun) the state of being a peasant | - |
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peasantry | (noun) the class of peasants | - |
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perinasal | (adjective) near the nose | Synonyms: perirhinal |
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pheasant | (noun) large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere | - |
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(noun) flesh of a pheasant; usually braised | - |
phrasal | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a phrase | - |
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pleasance | (noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasure |
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(noun) a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion | - |
pleasant | (adjective) affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings | - |
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(adjective) (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior | - |
pleasantly | (adverb) in an enjoyable manner | Synonyms: agreeably, enjoyably |
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(adverb) in a good-humoured manner | Synonyms: cheerily, sunnily |
pleasantness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: sweetness |
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(noun) the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling | - |
pleasantry | (noun) an agreeable or amusing remark | - |
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pulasan | (noun) fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter | Synonyms: pulassan |
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(noun) East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan | Synonyms: Nephelium mutabile, pulasan tree, pulassan |
purchasable | (adjective) available for purchase | Synonyms: for sale |
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(adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, dishonest, venal |
quasar | (noun) a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts | Synonyms: quasi-stellar radio source |
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scramasax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramaseax, scramsax |
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tagasaste | (noun) shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder | Synonyms: Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus |
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tetrasaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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unappeasable | (adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unforgiving, unrelenting |
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unerasable | (adjective) cannot be removed or erased | Synonyms: indelible |
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unpleasant | (adjective) offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness | - |
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unpleasantly | (adverb) in an unpleasant manner | - |
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unpleasantness | (noun) the quality of giving displeasure | - |
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(noun) the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling | - |
wasabi | (noun) the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish | - |
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(noun) a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root | - |