| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| acinar | (adjective) pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinic, acinose, acinous |
| acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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| acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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| acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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| acinus | (noun) one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland | - |
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| (noun) one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry | - |
| actinomycin | (noun) any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria | - |
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| adducing | (noun) citing as evidence or proof | - |
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| adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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| aeromedicine | (noun) the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight) | Synonyms: aerospace medicine, aviation medicine |
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| amphotericin | (noun) an antibiotic and antifungal agent | - |
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| antimycin | (noun) a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi | - |
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| australopithecine | (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus | - |
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| (noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
| azithromycin | (noun) a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body | Synonyms: Zithromax |
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| bacitracin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | - |
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| balancing | (noun) getting two things to correspond | Synonyms: reconciliation |
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| biomedicine | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel) | - |
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| (noun) the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice | - |
| bounciness | (noun) the quality of a substance that is able to rebound | Synonyms: bounce |
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| bouncing | (adjective) vigorously healthy | - |
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| (adjective) marked by lively action | Synonyms: bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy |
| (noun) rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) | Synonyms: bounce |
| bracing | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
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| (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework | Synonyms: brace |
| brucine | (noun) a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica | - |
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| calcination | (noun) the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature | - |
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| calcine | (verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
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| calycinal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycine |
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| calycine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycinal |
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| cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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| capsaicin | (noun) colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno | - |
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| carbomycin | (noun) a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms | - |
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| carcinogen | (noun) any substance that produces cancer | - |
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| carcinogenic | (adjective) causing or tending to cause cancer | - |
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| carcinoid | (noun) a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin | - |
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| carcinoma | (noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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| carcinomatous | (adjective) being or relating to carcinoma | - |
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| carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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| cephaloglycin | (noun) antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use | Synonyms: Kafocin |
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| characin | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characid, characin fish |
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| chlorofucin | (noun) the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates | Synonyms: chlorophyll c |
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| cinch | (noun) a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps | - |
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| (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
| (noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | Synonyms: girth |
| (verb) get a grip on; get mastery of | - |
| (verb) make sure of | - |
| (verb) tie a cinch around | Synonyms: girth |
| cinchona | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona | Synonyms: chinchona |
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| (noun) medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine | Synonyms: cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark |
| cinchonine | (noun) an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug | - |
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| cincture | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
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| cinder | (noun) a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | Synonyms: clinker |
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| cinema | (noun) a theater where films are shown | Synonyms: movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace |
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| (noun) a medium that disseminates moving pictures | Synonyms: celluloid, film |
| cinematic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema | - |
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| cinematise | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematize |
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| cinematize | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematise |
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| cinematographer | (noun) a photographer who operates a movie camera | Synonyms: camera operator, cameraman |
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| cinematography | (noun) the act of making a film | Synonyms: filming, motion-picture photography |
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| cineraria | (noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers | Synonyms: Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus |
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| cinerarium | (noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: columbarium |
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| cinerary | (adjective) containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead | - |
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| cingulum | (noun) (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) | - |
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| cinnabar | (adjective) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color | Synonyms: Chinese-red, vermilion, vermillion |
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| (noun) large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort | Synonyms: Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth |
| (noun) a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury | - |
| cinnamene | (noun) a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene | Synonyms: phenylethylene, styrene, vinylbenzene |
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| cinnamon | (noun) spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground | - |
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| (noun) tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon | Synonyms: Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
| (noun) aromatic bark used as a spice | Synonyms: cinnamon bark |
| cinque | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
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| cinquefoil | (noun) an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | Synonyms: five-finger |
| ciprofloxacin | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints | Synonyms: Cipro |
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| circinate | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, annulated, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| coalescing | (adjective) growing together, fusing | Synonyms: coalescent |
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| colchicine | (noun) an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout | - |
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| conveyancing | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveying |
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| convincing | (adjective) causing one to believe the truth of something | - |
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| convincingly | (adverb) in a convincing manner | - |
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| convincingness | (noun) the power of argument or evidence to cause belief | - |
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| crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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| dancing | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, saltation, terpsichore |
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| deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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| (verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
| deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
| dihydrostreptomycin | (noun) antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | - |
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| discina | (noun) any fungus of the genus Discina | - |
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| doxorubicin | (noun) an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug | - |
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| dryopithecine | (noun) considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans | - |
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| dulcinea | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: ladylove |
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| effervescing | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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| embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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| enticing | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, beguiling, tempting |
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| entrancing | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating |
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| erythromycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative | Synonyms: E-Mycin, Erythrocin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin |
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| facing | (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: lining |
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| (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: cladding |
| (noun) a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening | - |
| (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: veneer |
| fascinate | (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: grip, spellbind, transfix |
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| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance |
| (verb) cause to be interested or curious | Synonyms: intrigue |
| fascinated | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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| fascinating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing |
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| (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting |
| fascinatingly | (adverb) in a fascinating manner | - |
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| fascination | (noun) the capacity to attract intense interest | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment |
| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: captivation |
| fencing | (noun) the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) | - |
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| (noun) a barrier that serves to enclose an area | Synonyms: fence |
| (noun) material for building fences | Synonyms: fencing material |
| fettuccine | (noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine | Synonyms: fettuccini |
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| fettuccini | (noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine | Synonyms: fettuccine |
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| financing | (noun) the act of financing | Synonyms: funding |
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| folacin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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| fradicin | (noun) an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | Synonyms: Neobiotic, neomycin |
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| gentamicin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Garamycin |
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| glucinium | (noun) a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element | Synonyms: atomic number 4, Be, beryllium |
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| glycine | (noun) the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane | - |
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| hallucinate | (verb) perceive what is not there; have illusions | - |
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| hallucinating | (adjective) experiencing delirium | Synonyms: delirious |
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| hallucination | (noun) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea | Synonyms: delusion |
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| (noun) an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode | - |
| (noun) illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder | - |
| hallucinatory | (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of hallucination | - |
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