expiatory | (adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | Synonyms: expiative, propitiatory |
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expiratory | (adjective) of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration | - |
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explanatory | (adjective) serving or intended to explain or make clear | - |
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exploitatory | (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of | Synonyms: exploitative, exploitive |
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exploratory | (adjective) serving in or intended for exploration or discovery | Synonyms: explorative |
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expurgator | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdleriser, bowdlerizer |
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exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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extirpator | (noun) a farm implement used to remove weeds. | - |
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fabricator | (noun) someone who tells lies | Synonyms: fibber, storyteller |
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facilitator | (noun) someone who makes progress easier | - |
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facilitatory | (adjective) inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity | - |
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feudatory | (adjective) of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord | - |
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(adjective) owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign | - |
(noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal |
flocculator | (noun) An apparatus used in the process of flocculation. | - |
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fornicator | (noun) someone who commits adultery or fornication | Synonyms: adulterer |
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fryolator | (noun) A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use. | Synonyms: deep fat fryer, deep fryer, frier, fryer |
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fumigator | (noun) a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests | - |
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(noun) someone whose job is to fumigate | - |
gator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: alligator |
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generator | (noun) engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction | - |
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(noun) an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas | - |
(noun) an electronic device for producing a signal voltage | - |
(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: author, source |
gigatonne | (noun) a unit of weight equivalent to 1 billion tonnes. | Synonyms: Gt |
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gladiator | (noun) (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat | - |
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(noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: prizefighter |
gladiatorial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat | - |
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gradatory | (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradational, graduated |
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grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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granulator | (noun) a machine that forms material (such as plastics, bottles, organics, etc.) into granules. | Synonyms: granulator machine |
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granulomatous | (adjective) relating to or characterized by granulomas | - |
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gratulatory | (adjective) expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune | Synonyms: congratulatory |
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gubernatorial | (adjective) relating to a governor | - |
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gustatorial | (adjective) of or relating to gustation | Synonyms: gustative, gustatory |
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gustatory | (adjective) of or relating to gustation | Synonyms: gustative, gustatorial |
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haematocele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele |
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haematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: hematochezia |
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haematocoele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, hematocele, hematocoele |
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haematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: hematocolpometra |
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haematocolpos | (noun) accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen) | Synonyms: hematocolpos |
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haematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: hematocrit |
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(noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: hematocrit, packed cell volume |
haematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: hematocytopenia |
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haematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: hematocyturia |
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haematogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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haematogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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haematohiston | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: globin, hematohiston |
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haematoidin | (noun) an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice | Synonyms: bilirubin, hematoidin |
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haematological | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in hematology | Synonyms: hematologic, hematological |
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haematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematologist |
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haematology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematology |
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haematolysis | (noun) lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin | Synonyms: haemolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis |
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haematoma | (noun) a localized swelling filled with blood | Synonyms: hematoma |
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haematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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haematopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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hallucinatory | (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of hallucination | - |
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hecatomb | (noun) a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen | - |
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hematocele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, haematocoele, hematocoele |
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hematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: haematochezia |
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hematochrome | (noun) a reddish coloring material found in some algae | - |
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hematocoele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele |
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hematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: haematocolpometra |
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hematocolpos | (noun) accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen) | Synonyms: haematocolpos |
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hematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: haematocrit |
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(noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: haematocrit, packed cell volume |
hematocyst | (noun) a cyst containing blood | Synonyms: blood cyst, hemorrhagic cyst |
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hematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: haematocytopenia |
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hematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: haematocyturia |
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hematogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hematogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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hematohiston | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: globin, haematohiston |
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hematoidin | (noun) an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice | Synonyms: bilirubin, haematoidin |
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hematologic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in hematology | Synonyms: haematological, hematological |
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hematological | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in hematology | Synonyms: haematological, hematologic |
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hematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematologist |
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hematology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematology |
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hematolysis | (noun) lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin | Synonyms: haematolysis, haemolysis, hemolysis |
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hematoma | (noun) a localized swelling filled with blood | Synonyms: haematoma |
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hematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hematopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hemopoietic |
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hemochromatosis | (noun) pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints | Synonyms: bronzed diabetes, iron-storage disease, iron overload |
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hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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hepatoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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hepatoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, malignant hepatoma |
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hepatomegaly | (noun) abnormal enlargement of the liver | Synonyms: megalohepatia |
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hepatotoxic | (adjective) toxic to the liver | - |
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hepatotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects the liver | - |
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hesitator | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitater, vacillator, waverer |
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hortatory | (adjective) giving strong encouragement | Synonyms: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative |
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hyperbaton | (noun) reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') | - |
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illustrator | (noun) an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - |
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imitator | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, aper, copycat, emulator |
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(noun) someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another | Synonyms: impersonator |
impersonator | (noun) someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another | Synonyms: imitator |
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inamorato | (noun) a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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incinerator | (noun) a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse) | - |
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incriminatory | (adjective) charging or suggestive of guilt or blame | Synonyms: criminative, criminatory, incriminating |
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incubator | (noun) apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants | Synonyms: brooder |
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inculpatory | (adjective) causing blame to be imputed to | Synonyms: inculpative |
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indicator | (noun) a device for showing the operating condition of some system | - |
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(noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index, index number, indicant |
(noun) a signal for attracting attention | - |
(noun) (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction | - |
indicatory | (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, revelatory, significative, suggestive |
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infiltrator | (noun) an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent | - |
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(noun) someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage | - |
inflammatory | (adjective) arousing to action or rebellion | Synonyms: incendiary, incitive, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious |
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(adjective) characterized or caused by inflammation | - |
inflator | (noun) an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire) | Synonyms: inflater |
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informatory | (adjective) providing or conveying information | Synonyms: informative |
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ingratiatory | (adjective) calculated to please or gain favor | Synonyms: ingratiating, insinuating |
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(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade | Synonyms: coaxing |
inhalator | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhaler |
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(noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: respirator |
initiator | (noun) a person who initiates a course of action | Synonyms: instigator |
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initiatory | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, maiden |
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