antecubital | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow | - |
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antibiosis | (noun) an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another | - |
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antibiotic | (adjective) of or relating to antibiotic drugs | - |
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(noun) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | Synonyms: antibiotic drug |
antimicrobial | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobic |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
antimicrobic | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobial |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, disinfectant, germicide |
applicability | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: pertinence, pertinency |
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approachability | (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: accessibility |
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aquaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of drowning | - |
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aquaphobic | (adjective) abnormally afraid of water | Synonyms: hydrophobic |
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arability | (noun) the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation | - |
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arachnophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of spiders | - |
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arbiter | (noun) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | Synonyms: arbitrator, umpire |
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(noun) someone with the power to settle matters at will | Synonyms: supreme authority |
arbitrable | (adjective) appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration | - |
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arbitrage | (noun) a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price | - |
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(verb) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market | - |
arbitrager | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arb, arbitrageur |
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arbitrageur | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arb, arbitrager |
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arbitral | (adjective) relating to or resulting from arbitration | Synonyms: arbitrational |
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arbitrament | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitration, arbitrement |
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arbitrarily | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
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arbitrariness | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
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arbitrary | (adjective) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice | - |
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arbitrate | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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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) | - |
arbitrational | (adjective) relating to or resulting from arbitration | Synonyms: arbitral |
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arbitrative | (adjective) relating to or having the authority to arbitrate | - |
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arbitrator | (noun) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | Synonyms: arbiter, umpire |
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arbitrement | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitrament, arbitration |
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archbishop | (noun) a bishop of highest rank | - |
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archbishopric | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop | - |
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ashbin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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assibilate | (verb) change into a sibilant | - |
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(verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) | - |
assibilation | (noun) pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound | Synonyms: sibilation |
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(noun) the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant | - |
assimilability | (noun) Capability of being taken in and utilized as nourishment. | - |
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associability | (noun) the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought | Synonyms: associableness |
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astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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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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atrabilious | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
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attainability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainableness |
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audibility | (noun) quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear | Synonyms: audibleness |
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autobiographer | (noun) someone who writes their own biography | - |
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autobiographic | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographical |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographical |
autobiographical | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographic |
autobiography | (noun) a biography of yourself | - |
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automobile | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, car, machine, motorcar |
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(verb) travel in an automobile | - |
automobilist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: motorist |
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automysophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being dirty | - |
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availability | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: accessibility, availableness, handiness |
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babbitt | (noun) an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction | Synonyms: Babbitt metal |
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(verb) line with a Babbitt metal | - |
babbitting | (noun) lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal | - |
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babiroussa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babirusa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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babirusa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babiroussa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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babirussa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babiroussa, babirusa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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backbite | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: bitch |
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backbiter | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
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bambino | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: toddler, tot, yearling |
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barbican | (noun) a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) | Synonyms: barbacan |
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barbital | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal |
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barbitone | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal |
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barbiturate | (noun) organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal | - |
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believability | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: credibility, credibleness |
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bellbird | (noun) any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call | - |
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bendability | (noun) the property of being easily bent without breaking | Synonyms: pliability |
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bialy | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialystoker |
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bialystoker | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialy |
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biannual | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year | Synonyms: biyearly, half-yearly, semiannual |
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biannually | (adverb) twice a year | - |
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bias | (adjective) slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric | - |
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(noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: preconception, prejudice |
(noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | Synonyms: diagonal |
(verb) cause to be biased | Synonyms: predetermine |
(verb) influence in an unfair way | - |
biased | (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted |
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biaural | (adjective) relating to or having or hearing with two ears | Synonyms: binaural |
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biauricular | (adjective) relating to the two auditory openings | - |
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biaxal | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxate, biaxial |
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biaxate | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxial |
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biaxial | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate |
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bib | (noun) a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating | - |
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(noun) top part of an apron; covering the chest | - |
(verb) drink moderately but regularly | Synonyms: tipple |
bibbed | (adjective) having a bib | - |
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bible | (noun) a book regarded as authoritative in its field | - |
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bibless | (adjective) lacking a bib | - |
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biblical | (adjective) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | Synonyms: scriptural |
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(adjective) in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people | - |
bibliographer | (noun) someone trained in compiling bibliographies | - |
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bibliographic | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographical |
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bibliographical | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographic |
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bibliography | (noun) a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) | - |
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bibliolatrous | (adjective) given to Bible-worship | - |
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bibliolatry | (noun) the worship of the Bible | Synonyms: Bible-worship |
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bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
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bibliomaniacal | (adjective) characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania | - |
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bibliophile | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: book lover, booklover |
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bibliophilic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
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bibliopole | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopolist |
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bibliopolic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliopoles | - |
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bibliopolist | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopole |
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bibliothec | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: librarian |
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bibliotheca | (noun) a collection of books | - |
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bibliothecal | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecarial |
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bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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bibliotic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliotics | - |
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bibliotics | (noun) the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity | - |
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bibliotist | (noun) someone who engages in bibliotics | - |
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bibulous | (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: boozy, drunken, sottish |
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