| abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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| abbreviation | (noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it | - |
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| (noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase | - |
| abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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| (noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
| aberration | (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
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| (noun) a disorder in one's mental state | - |
| (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance |
| abjuration | (noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | Synonyms: recantation, retraction |
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| ablactation | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: weaning |
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| (noun) the cessation of lactation | - |
| ablation | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers | - |
| abnegation | (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
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| (noun) the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief | - |
| abomination | (noun) an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence | - |
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| (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
| (noun) a person who is loathsome or disgusting | - |
| abrogation | (noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: annulment, repeal |
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| absolutisation | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutization |
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| absolutization | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutisation |
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| acceleration | (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | Synonyms: quickening, speedup |
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| (noun) an increase in rate of change | - |
| (noun) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity | - |
| accentuation | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accenting, emphasizing |
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| (noun) the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance | - |
| acceptation | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, adoption, espousal |
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| (noun) the accepted meaning of a word | Synonyms: word meaning, word sense |
| (noun) acceptance as true or valid | - |
| acclamation | (noun) enthusiastic approval | Synonyms: acclaim, eclat, plaudit, plaudits |
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| acclimation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimatisation, acclimatization |
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| acclimatisation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization |
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| acclimatization | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatisation |
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| accommodation | (noun) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need | - |
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| (noun) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye | - |
| (noun) living quarters provided for public convenience | - |
| (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality | - |
| (noun) a settlement of differences | - |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: adjustment, fitting |
| accommodational | (adjective) of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye | - |
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| accreditation | (noun) the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards) | - |
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| acculturation | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: culture |
| (noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: assimilation |
| acculturational | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturative |
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| accumulation | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accrual, accruement |
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| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: aggregation, assemblage, collection |
| (noun) (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation | - |
| (noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accretion |
| accusation | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusal |
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| (noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: charge |
| acetylation | (noun) the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound | - |
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| acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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| activation | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activating, energizing |
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| (noun) making active and effective (as a bomb) | - |
| (noun) stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical | - |
| actualisation | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualization, realisation, realization |
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| actualization | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, realisation, realization |
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| actuation | (noun) the act of propelling | Synonyms: propulsion |
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| acylation | (noun) the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound | - |
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| adaptation | (noun) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | - |
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| (noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form | Synonyms: version |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaption, adjustment |
| adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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| adjudication | (noun) the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented | - |
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| adjuration | (noun) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something | - |
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| administration | (noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: disposal |
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| (noun) the act of administering medication | Synonyms: giving medication |
| (noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law | Synonyms: judicature |
| (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: governance, governing, government, government activity |
| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
| (noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: presidency, presidential term |
| admiration | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: appreciation |
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| (noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking | Synonyms: esteem |
| (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: wonder, wonderment |
| adoration | (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: idolisation, idolization |
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| (noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: latria |
| (noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: worship |
| adulation | (noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise | - |
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| adulteration | (noun) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) | - |
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| (noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating | Synonyms: debasement |
| adumbration | (noun) a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation | - |
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| (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefiguration |
| aeration | (noun) the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent | - |
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| (noun) the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) | - |
| aestivation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | Synonyms: estivation |
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| (noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | Synonyms: estivation |
| affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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| affiliation | (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined | - |
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| (noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: association, tie-up, tie |
| affirmation | (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand | - |
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| (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: avouchment, avowal |
| (noun) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) | - |
| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | Synonyms: assertion, statement |
| affixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of an affix | - |
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| (noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: attachment |
| (noun) the result of adding an affix to a root word | - |
| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| affrication | (noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate | - |
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| aftersensation | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: afterimage |
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| agglomeration | (noun) the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating | - |
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| (noun) a jumbled collection or mass | - |
| agglutination | (noun) the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining | - |
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| (noun) a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) | - |
| (noun) the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated | Synonyms: agglutinating activity |
| aggravation | (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment | Synonyms: irritation, provocation |
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| (noun) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse | Synonyms: exacerbation |
| (noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: exasperation |
| aggregation | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: assembling, collecting, collection |
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| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, assemblage, collection |
| agitation | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval |
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| (noun) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | - |
| (noun) the feeling of being agitated; not calm | - |
| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
| (noun) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | - |
| agnation | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: patrilineage |
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| alienation | (noun) the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly | - |
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| (noun) (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another | - |
| (noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: disaffection, estrangement |
| (noun) separation resulting from hostility | Synonyms: estrangement |
| alimentation | (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: feeding |
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| (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
| allegation | (noun) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) | - |
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| (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegement |
| alleviation | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: easement, easing, relief |
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| (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: assuagement, relief |
| alliteration | (noun) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | Synonyms: beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme |
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| allocation | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| (noun) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions | Synonyms: storage allocation |
| (noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allotment |
| alluviation | (noun) the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | Synonyms: deposit, sedimentation |
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| alphabetisation | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetization |
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| alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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| alteration | (noun) the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) | Synonyms: revision |
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| (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: adjustment, modification |
| (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | Synonyms: change, modification |
| altercation | (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: affray, fracas |
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| alternation | (noun) successive change from one thing or state to another and back again | - |
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| amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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| ambulation | (noun) walking about | - |
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| amelioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: betterment, melioration |
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| ammonification | (noun) impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia | - |
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| amortisation | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortization |
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| (noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortization |
| amortization | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortisation |
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| (noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortisation |
| amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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| (noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
| (noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
| amputation | (noun) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb | - |
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| (noun) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs | - |
| anathematisation | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematization |
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| anathematization | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematisation |
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| angulation | (noun) the act of making angulate (having corners) | - |
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| (noun) the precise measurement of angles | - |
| animalisation | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalization, brutalisation, brutalization |
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| animalization | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalisation, brutalisation, brutalization |
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| (noun) a depiction in the form of an animal | - |
| animation | (noun) the making of animated cartoons | - |
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| (noun) general activity and motion | Synonyms: liveliness |
| (noun) the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something | Synonyms: invigoration, vivification |
| (noun) the property of being able to survive and grow | Synonyms: vitality |
| (noun) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous | Synonyms: brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification |
| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, life, living |
| annexation | (noun) the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation | - |
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| (noun) incorporation by joining or uniting | Synonyms: appropriation |
| annexational | (adjective) relating to annexation | - |
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| annihilation | (noun) destruction by annihilating something | Synonyms: obliteration |
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| (noun) total destruction | Synonyms: disintegration |
| annotation | (noun) the act of adding notes | Synonyms: annotating |
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| (noun) a comment or instruction (usually added) | Synonyms: notation, note |
| annunciation | (noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: announcement, declaration, proclamation |
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| anovulation | (noun) the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary | - |
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| anticipation | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: prediction, prevision |
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| (noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: expectancy |
| (noun) an expectation | Synonyms: expectancy |
| (noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: expectation |
| anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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| apicalization | (noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | - |
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| appellation | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellative, denomination, designation |
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| (noun) a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown | - |
| application | (noun) the action of putting something into operation | - |
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| (noun) a diligent effort | Synonyms: diligence |
| (noun) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | Synonyms: practical application |
| (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: coating, covering |
| (noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: lotion |
| (noun) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | - |
| (noun) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | Synonyms: application program, applications programme |
| appreciation | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: admiration |
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| (noun) an increase in price or value | - |
| (noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: grasp, hold |
| (noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: discernment, perceptiveness, taste |
| (noun) an expression of gratitude | - |
| approbation | (noun) official recognition or approval | - |
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| (noun) official approval | - |
| appropriation | (noun) a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner | - |
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| (noun) incorporation by joining or uniting | Synonyms: annexation |
| (noun) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose | - |
| approximation | (noun) the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue | Synonyms: bringing close together |
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| (noun) the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity) | - |
| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: estimate, estimation, idea |
| (noun) an imprecise or incomplete account | - |
| arbitration | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitrament, arbitrement |
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| (noun) (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) | - |