abaca | (noun) Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc | Synonyms: Manila hemp, Musa textilis |
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(noun) a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines | Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp |
abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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aback | (adverb) by surprise | - |
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(adverb) having the wind against the forward side of the sails | - |
abactinal | (adjective) (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated | - |
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abacus | (noun) a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves | - |
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(noun) a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave | - |
abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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abasic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abatic |
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abatic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abasic |
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abbacy | (noun) the jurisdiction or office of an abbot | - |
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abcoulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs | - |
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abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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(noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
abdicator | (noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility | - |
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abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: adduce, cite |
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abducens | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
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abducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducting |
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(noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
abduct | (verb) pull away from the body | - |
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(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: kidnap, nobble, snatch |
abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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abduction | (noun) the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife | - |
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(noun) (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | - |
abductor | (noun) a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line | Synonyms: abductor muscle |
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(noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher |
abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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(noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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abeyance | (noun) temporary cessation or suspension | Synonyms: suspension |
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abhorrence | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
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abidance | (noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) | - |
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(noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: residence, residency |
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: compliance, conformation, conformity |
abience | (noun) (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object | - |
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abiogenetic | (adjective) originating by abiogenesis | - |
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abject | (adjective) of the most contemptible kind | Synonyms: low-down, low, miserable, scummy, scurvy |
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(adjective) showing utter resignation or hopelessness | Synonyms: unhopeful |
(adjective) showing humiliation or submissiveness | - |
(adjective) most unfortunate or miserable | - |
abjection | (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, degradation |
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abjectly | (adverb) in a hopeless resigned manner | Synonyms: resignedly |
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ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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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 | - |
abnormalcy | (noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormality |
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abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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abracadabra | (noun) gibberish and nonsense | - |
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abrachia | (noun) the condition of having no arms | - |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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abreact | (verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
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abreaction | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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abroach | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: broached |
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abrocome | (noun) ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes | Synonyms: chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla |
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abscess | (noun) symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue | - |
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abscessed | (adjective) infected and filled with pus | - |
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abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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(verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
abscissa | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis | - |
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abscission | (noun) the act of cutting something off | Synonyms: cutting off |
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(noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | - |
abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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absence | (noun) failure to be present | - |
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(noun) the state of being absent | - |
(noun) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: absence seizure |
(noun) the time interval during which something or somebody is away | - |
absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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absorbance | (noun) (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: optical density, photographic density, transmission density |
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absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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absorbency | (noun) the property of being absorbent | - |
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absorptance | (noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber | Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption |
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abstinence | (noun) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | - |
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(noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstention |
abstract | (adjective) existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment | - |
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(adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
(adjective) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention | - |
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
(noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
(verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
(verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
(verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
abstracted | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty |
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abstractedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, absentmindedly, inattentively |
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abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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(noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
(noun) an abstract painting | - |
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
(noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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(noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
abstractionist | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
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(noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
abstractive | (adjective) of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting | - |
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abstractly | (adverb) in abstract terms | - |
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abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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abstractor | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstracter |
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abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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abundance | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: copiousness, teemingness |
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(noun) (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million | - |
(noun) (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present | - |
acacia | (noun) any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia | - |
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academe | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academia |
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academia | (noun) the academic world | Synonyms: academe |
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academic | (adjective) associated with academia or an academy | - |
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(adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: donnish, pedantic |
(adjective) hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result | - |
(noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
academically | (adverb) in regard to academic matters | - |
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academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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(noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
(noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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(noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
academy | (noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | - |
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(noun) a secondary school (usually private) | - |
(noun) a school for special training | - |
(noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | Synonyms: honorary society |
acantha | (noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: spine, spur |
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acanthion | (noun) the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture | - |
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acanthocephalan | (noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines | Synonyms: spiny-headed worm |
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acanthocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm | - |
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acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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acantholysis | (noun) a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus) | - |
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acanthoma | (noun) a neoplasm originating in the epidermis | Synonyms: skin tumor |
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acanthopterygian | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | Synonyms: spiny-finned fish |
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acanthosis | (noun) an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis) | - |
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