| abasia | (noun) inability to walk | - |
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| abasic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abatic |
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| abrasion | (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: attrition, detrition, grinding |
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| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: attrition, corrasion, detrition |
| (noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: excoriation, scrape, scratch |
| abrasive | (adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous | Synonyms: harsh |
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| (adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: scratchy |
| (noun) a substance that abrades or wears down | Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material |
| abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |
| acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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| acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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| acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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| agerasia | (noun) youthful appearance in an old person | - |
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| alocasia | (noun) any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries | Synonyms: elephant's ear, elephant ear |
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| amebiasis | (noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba | Synonyms: amebiosis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis |
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| amoebiasis | (noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba | Synonyms: amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis |
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| anaphasic | (adjective) of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase | - |
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| anaplasia | (noun) loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor | - |
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| angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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| antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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| antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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| antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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| aphasia | (noun) inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
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| aphasic | (adjective) related to or affected by aphasia | - |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of a brain lesion | - |
| (noun) someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language | - |
| aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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| apophasis | (noun) mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | - |
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| appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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| argasid | (noun) tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head | Synonyms: soft tick |
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| arteriectasia | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasis |
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| arteriectasis | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasia |
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| ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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| aside | (noun) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | - |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
| (adverb) on or to one side | - |
| (adverb) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | Synonyms: away |
| (adverb) in reserve; not for immediate use | Synonyms: away, by |
| (adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration | Synonyms: apart |
| (adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | Synonyms: apart |
| (adverb) in a different direction | Synonyms: away |
| asinine | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: fatuous, inane |
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| asininity | (noun) the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness | - |
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| assuasive | (adjective) freeing from fear and anxiety | Synonyms: soothing |
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| astasia | (noun) inability to stand due to muscular incoordination | - |
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| atelectasis | (noun) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth | - |
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| bacteriostasis | (noun) inhibition of the growth of bacteria | - |
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| basic | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting a base or basis | - |
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| (adjective) of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base | - |
| (adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: canonic, canonical |
| (adjective) serving as a base or starting point | Synonyms: introductory |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant | Synonyms: staple |
| basically | (adverb) in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | Synonyms: essentially, fundamentally |
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| basics | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals |
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| (noun) a statement of fundamental facts or principles | Synonyms: rudiments |
| basidial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by basidia | - |
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| basidiocarp | (noun) the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells | - |
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| basidiolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete | - |
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| basidiomycete | (noun) any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota | Synonyms: basidiomycetous fungi |
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| basidiomycetous | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes | - |
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| basidiospore | (noun) a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium | - |
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| basidiosporous | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia | - |
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| basidium | (noun) a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes | - |
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| basifixed | (adjective) attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks) | - |
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| basify | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalise, alkalize |
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| basil | (noun) leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried | Synonyms: sweet basil |
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| (noun) any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum | - |
| basilar | (adjective) of or relating to or located at the base | Synonyms: basilary |
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| basilary | (adjective) of or relating to or located at the base | Synonyms: basilar |
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| basileus | (noun) a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire | - |
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| basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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| (noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
| basilican | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a basilica | - |
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| basilisk | (noun) small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America | - |
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| (noun) ancient brass cannon | - |
| (noun) (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance | - |
| basin | (noun) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids | - |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
| (noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet | Synonyms: catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed |
| (noun) a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it | - |
| (noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basinful |
| basinal | (adjective) of or relating to a basin | - |
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| basined | (adjective) enclosed in a basin | - |
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| basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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| basinful | (noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basin |
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| basipetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base | - |
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| basis | (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork |
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| (noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: footing, ground |
| (noun) the most important or necessary part of something | Synonyms: base |
| basiscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the base | - |
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| bastnasite | (noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements | Synonyms: bastnaesite |
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| bilharziasis | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharzia, schistosomiasis |
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| brasier | (noun) large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times | Synonyms: brazier |
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| candidiasis | (noun) an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans) | Synonyms: monilia disease, moniliasis |
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| casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
| (noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
| casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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| (noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
| cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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| cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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| chabasite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum | Synonyms: chabazite |
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| cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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| cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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| corrasion | (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition |
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| costiasis | (noun) a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin | - |
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| dalasi | (noun) the basic unit of money in Gambia | - |
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| debasing | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: degrading |
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| decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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| (adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
| defeasible | (adjective) capable of being annulled or voided or terminated | - |
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| dermabrasion | (noun) removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer | - |
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| diastasis | (noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | - |
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| displeasing | (adjective) causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities | - |
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| displeasingly | (adverb) in a displeasing manner | - |
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| dissuasion | (noun) persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action | - |
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| (noun) a communication that dissuades you | - |
| dissuasive | (adjective) deterring from action | - |
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| dracunculiasis | (noun) a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin | Synonyms: Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease |
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| dyscrasia | (noun) an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body | - |
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| dysphasia | (noun) an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage | - |
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| dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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| easily | (adverb) with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily') | Synonyms: easy |
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| (adverb) indicating high probability; in all likelihood | Synonyms: well |
| (adverb) without doubt | - |
| easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
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| (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
| easing | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief |
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| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: moderation, relief |
| ectasia | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasis |
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| ectasis | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasia |
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| ectoparasite | (noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) | Synonyms: ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon |
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| elephantiasis | (noun) hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis | - |
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| emphasis | (noun) intensity or forcefulness of expression | Synonyms: vehemence |
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| (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | Synonyms: accent, stress |
| (noun) special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. | - |
| (noun) special importance or significance | Synonyms: accent |
| emphasise | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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| (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasize, underline, underscore |