| alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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| alastrim | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| anastrophe | (noun) the reversal of the normal order of words | Synonyms: inversion |
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| astraddle | (adverb) with one leg on each side | Synonyms: astride |
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| astragal | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: bead, beading, beadwork |
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| (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus, talus |
| astragalar | (adjective) of or relating to the anklebone | - |
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| astragalus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus |
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| astrakhan | (noun) the fur of young lambs | - |
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| astral | (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars | Synonyms: stellar |
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| astrantia | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: masterwort |
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| astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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| astray | (adverb) away from the right path or direction | - |
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| (adverb) far from the intended target | Synonyms: wide |
| astride | (adverb) with one leg on each side | Synonyms: astraddle |
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| (adverb) with the legs stretched far apart | - |
| astringe | (verb) become constricted or compressed | - |
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| (verb) constrict or bind or draw together | - |
| astringence | (noun) a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker | Synonyms: astringency |
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| astringency | (noun) the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids | Synonyms: stypsis |
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| (noun) a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker | Synonyms: astringence |
| astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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| (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
| (noun) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Synonyms: astringent drug, styptic |
| astrobiology | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life | Synonyms: exobiology, space biology |
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| astrocyte | (noun) comparatively large neuroglial cell | - |
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| astrocytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia | - |
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| astrodome | (noun) a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations | - |
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| astrodynamics | (noun) the branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space | - |
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| astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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| (verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
| astrogator | (noun) the navigator of a spacecraft | - |
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| astroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: macroglia |
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| astrolabe | (noun) an early form of sextant | - |
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| astrolatry | (noun) the worship of planets or stars | Synonyms: worship of heavenly bodies |
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| astrologer | (noun) someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon | Synonyms: astrologist |
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| astrological | (adjective) relating to or concerned with astrology | - |
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| astrologist | (noun) someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon | Synonyms: astrologer |
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| astrology | (noun) a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon | Synonyms: star divination |
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| astrometry | (noun) the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies | - |
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| astronaut | (noun) a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | Synonyms: cosmonaut, spaceman |
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| astronautic | (adjective) of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics | Synonyms: astronautical |
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| astronautical | (adjective) of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics | Synonyms: astronautic |
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| astronautics | (noun) the theory and practice of navigation through air or space | Synonyms: aeronautics |
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| astronavigation | (noun) navigating according to the positions of the stars | Synonyms: celestial navigation |
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| astronomer | (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: stargazer, uranologist |
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| astronomic | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomical |
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| (adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomical, galactic |
| astronomical | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomic |
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| (adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, galactic |
| astronomically | (adverb) enormously | - |
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| astronomy | (noun) the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | Synonyms: uranology |
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| astrophysical | (adjective) of or concerned with astrophysics | - |
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| astrophysicist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies | - |
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| astrophysics | (noun) the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies | - |
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| cadastral | (adjective) of or relating to the records of a cadastre | - |
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| cadastre | (noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation | Synonyms: cadaster |
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| castrate | (noun) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | Synonyms: eunuch |
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| (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate |
| (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, neuter, spay |
| (verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: emasculate |
| (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten |
| castrated | (adjective) deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes | Synonyms: unsexed |
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| castration | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: emasculation |
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| (noun) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) | - |
| (noun) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | Synonyms: expurgation |
| castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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| catastrophe | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy |
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| (noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | Synonyms: cataclysm |
| (noun) a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | Synonyms: disaster |
| catastrophic | (adjective) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin | Synonyms: ruinous |
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| catastrophically | (adverb) with unfortunate consequences | - |
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| diastrophism | (noun) the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust | - |
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| disastrous | (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: black, calamitous, fatal, fateful |
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| disastrously | (adverb) in a disastrous manner | - |
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| epigastric | (adjective) lying on or over the stomach | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen | - |
| epigastrium | (noun) the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) | - |
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| gastralgia | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, stomach ache, stomachache |
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| gastrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of the stomach | - |
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| gastric | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: stomachal, stomachic |
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| gastrin | (noun) polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated | - |
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| gastritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating | - |
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| gastrocnemius | (noun) the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot | Synonyms: gastrocnemius muscle |
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| gastroduodenal | (adjective) of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum | - |
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| gastroenteritis | (noun) inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis | Synonyms: intestinal flu, stomach flu |
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| gastroenterologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| gastroenterology | (noun) the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases | - |
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| gastroenterostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated | - |
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| gastroesophageal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus | - |
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| gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
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| gastrointestinal | (adjective) of or relating to the stomach and intestines | Synonyms: GI |
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| gastrolobium | (noun) any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | Synonyms: poison bush, poison pea |
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| gastromy | (noun) surgical incision into the stomach | - |
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| gastromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gasteromycete |
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| gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
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| gastronomic | (adjective) of or relating to gastronomy | Synonyms: gastronomical |
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| gastronomical | (adjective) of or relating to gastronomy | Synonyms: gastronomic |
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| gastronomy | (noun) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food | - |
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| (noun) a particular style of cookery (as of a region) | - |
| gastropod | (noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | Synonyms: univalve |
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| gastroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach | - |
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| gastroscopy | (noun) visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus | - |
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| gastrostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) | - |
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| gastrula | (noun) double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm | - |
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| gastrulation | (noun) the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells | - |
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| hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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| infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
| nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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| ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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| pastrami | (noun) highly seasoned cut of smoked beef | - |
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| pastry | (noun) any of various baked foods made of dough or batter | - |
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| (noun) a dough of flour and water and shortening | Synonyms: pastry dough |
| piastre | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piaster |
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| (noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piaster |
| plastron | (noun) (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside | - |
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| (noun) a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest | - |
| (noun) a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail | - |
| (noun) the front of man's dress shirt | - |
| (noun) the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt | - |
| pneumogastric | (adjective) of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the vagus nerve | Synonyms: vagal |
| (noun) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera | Synonyms: nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve |
| toastrack | (noun) a rack for holding slices of toast | - |
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| uncastrated | (adjective) not castrated | - |
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| wastrel | (noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently | Synonyms: waster |
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