ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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(verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
(verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
(verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
(verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
(verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
(verb) become king or queen | - |
(verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
ascendable | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendible, climbable |
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ascendance | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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ascendancy | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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ascendant | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendent, ascensive |
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(adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendent, dominating |
(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root |
(noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendent |
ascendence | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendency, control, dominance |
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ascendency | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance |
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ascendent | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendant, ascensive |
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(adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendant, dominating |
(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root |
(noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendant |
ascender | (noun) (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters | - |
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(noun) a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters | - |
(noun) someone who ascends | - |
ascendible | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendable, climbable |
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ascending | (adjective) moving or going or growing upward | - |
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(noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
ascension | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascent, rise |
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(noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascent, rise, rising |
(noun) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon | - |
ascensional | (adjective) tending to rise | - |
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ascensive | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent |
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ascent | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascension, rise |
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(noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, rise, rising |
(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade |
ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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(verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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ascertained | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: discovered, observed |
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ascesis | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: asceticism |
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ascetic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | Synonyms: ascetical |
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(adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetical, austere, spartan |
(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: abstainer |
ascetical | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
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(adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetic, austere, spartan |
ascetically | (adverb) in an ascetic manner | - |
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asceticism | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: ascesis |
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(noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: austerity, nonindulgence |
(noun) the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state | - |
ascidian | (noun) minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves | - |
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ascites | (noun) accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity | - |
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ascitic | (adjective) of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity | - |
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asclepiad | (noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | - |
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asclepiadaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | - |
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ascocarp | (noun) mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | - |
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ascocarpous | (adjective) of or relating to ascocarps | - |
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ascolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete | - |
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ascoma | (noun) an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle | - |
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ascomycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus | Synonyms: ascomycetous fungus |
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ascomycetous | (adjective) related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes | - |
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ascospore | (noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus | - |
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ascosporic | (adjective) of or relating to ascospores | Synonyms: ascosporous |
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ascosporous | (adjective) of or relating to ascospores | Synonyms: ascosporic |
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ascot | (noun) a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin | - |
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ascribable | (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: due, imputable, referable |
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ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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ascription | (noun) assigning to a cause or source | Synonyms: attribution |
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(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | Synonyms: attribution |
ascus | (noun) saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes | - |
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avascular | (adjective) without blood vessels | - |
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bagascosis | (noun) alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust) | Synonyms: bagassosis |
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barbasco | (noun) West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood | Synonyms: Jacquinia keyensis, joewood |
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bascule | (noun) a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw) | - |
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cardiovascular | (adjective) of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels | - |
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cascabel | (noun) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh | Synonyms: sleigh bell |
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cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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(noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
(verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | - |
(verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | Synonyms: cascade down |
cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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cerebrovascular | (adjective) of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it | - |
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damascene | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people | - |
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(adjective) (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals | - |
(noun) a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel | - |
(verb) inlay metal with gold and silver | - |
demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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emasculate | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
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(verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize |
(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: castrate |
emasculated | (adjective) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed | Synonyms: cut, gelded |
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emasculation | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: castration |
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(noun) loss of power and masculinity | - |
epidiascope | (noun) an optical projector that gives images of both transparent and opaque objects | - |
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fasces | (noun) bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism | - |
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fascia | (noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls | Synonyms: dashboard |
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(noun) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc | Synonyms: facia |
fascicle | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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(noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicule |
fasciculation | (noun) muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | - |
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fascicule | (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicle |
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fasciculus | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fascicle, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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fascinate | (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: grip, spellbind, transfix |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance |
(verb) cause to be interested or curious | Synonyms: intrigue |
fascinated | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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fascinating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing |
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(adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting |
fascinatingly | (adverb) in a fascinating manner | - |
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fascination | (noun) the capacity to attract intense interest | - |
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(noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment |
(noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: captivation |
fascioliasis | (noun) infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot | Synonyms: fasciolosis |
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fasciolopsiasis | (noun) infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asia | - |
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fasciolosis | (noun) infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot | Synonyms: fascioliasis |
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fascism | (noun) a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) | - |
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fascist | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascistic |
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(noun) an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views | - |
fascista | (noun) an Italian fascist under Mussolini | - |
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fascistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascist |
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fiasco | (noun) a sudden and violent collapse | Synonyms: debacle |
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gasconade | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, vaporing |
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(verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
haschisch | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: hash, hasheesh, hashish |
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irascibility | (noun) a feeling of resentful anger | Synonyms: quick temper, short temper, spleen |
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irascible | (adjective) characterized by anger | Synonyms: choleric |
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(adjective) quickly aroused to anger | Synonyms: choleric, hot-tempered, hotheaded, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
lascar | (noun) an East Indian sailor | - |
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lascivious | (adjective) driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | Synonyms: lewd, libidinous, lustful |
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lasciviously | (adverb) in a lascivious manner | Synonyms: salaciously |
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lasciviousness | (noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness | Synonyms: carnality, lubricity, prurience, pruriency |
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marasca | (noun) Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca |
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(noun) small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made | - |
maraschino | (noun) cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: maraschino cherry |
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(noun) distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries | Synonyms: maraschino liqueur |
mascara | (noun) makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes | - |
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mascarpone | (noun) soft mild Italian cream cheese | - |
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mascot | (noun) a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure | - |
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masculine | (adjective) associated with men and not with women | - |
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(adjective) male (of grammatical gender) | - |
(adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable | - |
(noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | - |
masculinisation | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinization, virilisation, virilization |
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masculinise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinize, virilise, virilize |
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masculinity | (noun) the properties characteristic of the male sex | Synonyms: maleness |
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(noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men | - |
masculinization | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, virilisation, virilization |
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masculinize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, virilise, virilize |
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(verb) give a masculine appearance or character to | - |
megascopic | (adjective) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) | Synonyms: gross |
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nascence | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: birth, nascency, nativity |
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