| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| agnosticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: scepticism, skepticism |
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| (noun) a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God | - |
| anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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| apoliticism | (noun) Apathy and/or antipathy towards all political affiliations. | - |
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| archaicism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaism |
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| asceticism | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: ascesis |
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| (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: austerity, nonindulgence |
| (noun) the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state | - |
| astrophysicist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies | - |
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| athleticism | (noun) intense energy | Synonyms: strenuosity |
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| autoeroticism | (noun) using your own body as a sexual object | Synonyms: autoerotism |
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| biophysicist | (noun) a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology | - |
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| catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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| ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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| circumcise | (verb) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys | - |
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| (verb) cut the skin over the clitoris | - |
| circumcision | (noun) the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males | - |
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| (noun) the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite | - |
| cisalpine | (adjective) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps | Synonyms: ultramontane |
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| cisco | (noun) important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America | Synonyms: Coregonus artedi, lake herring |
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| (noun) cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward | Synonyms: lake herring |
| cislunar | (adjective) situated between the earth and the moon | Synonyms: sublunar, sublunary |
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| cismontane | (adjective) on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains | - |
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| cissy | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
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| cistern | (noun) an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater | - |
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| (noun) a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet | Synonyms: water tank |
| (noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cisterna |
| cisterna | (noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cistern |
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| cistron | (noun) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | Synonyms: factor, gene |
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| classicise | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicize |
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| classicism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicalism |
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| classicist | (noun) an artistic person who adheres to classicism | - |
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| (noun) a student of ancient Greek and Latin | Synonyms: classical scholar |
| classicistic | (adjective) of or relating to classicism | - |
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| concise | (adjective) expressing much in few words | - |
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| concisely | (adverb) in a concise manner; in a few words | Synonyms: briefly, in brief, in short, shortly |
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| conciseness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness |
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| concision | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, pithiness, succinctness |
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| criticise | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticize, knock, pick apart |
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| (verb) act as a critic | Synonyms: criticize |
| criticism | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: critique |
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| (noun) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | Synonyms: unfavorable judgment |
| (noun) a written evaluation of a work of literature | Synonyms: literary criticism |
| cynicism | (noun) a cynical feeling of distrust | - |
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| cytogeneticist | (noun) a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity | - |
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| decision | (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: conclusion, determination |
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| (noun) the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: decisiveness |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: conclusion, determination |
| (noun) the outcome of a game or contest | - |
| (noun) (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred | - |
| decisive | (adjective) determining or having the power to determine an outcome | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by decision and firmness | - |
| (adjective) forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | Synonyms: critical |
| (adjective) unmistakable | - |
| decisively | (adverb) with finality; conclusively | - |
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| (adverb) with firmness of purpose | Synonyms: resolutely |
| (adverb) in an indisputable degree | - |
| decisiveness | (noun) the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: decision |
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| (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: conclusiveness, finality |
| didacticism | (noun) communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive | - |
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| domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| duncish | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
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| (noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
| eclecticism | (noun) making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style | Synonyms: eclectic method |
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| eclecticist | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclectic |
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| ecumenicism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenism |
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| elasticised | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticized |
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| empiricism | (noun) the application of empirical methods in any art or science | - |
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| (noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | Synonyms: quackery |
| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Synonyms: empiricist philosophy, sensationalism |
| empiricist | (noun) a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism | - |
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| eroticism | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness |
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| (noun) a state of anticipation of sexuality | Synonyms: erotism |
| ethicism | (noun) a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important | - |
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| ethicist | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in ethics | Synonyms: ethician |
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| excise | (noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | Synonyms: excise tax |
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| (verb) remove by cutting | - |
| (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: expunge, scratch, strike |
| (verb) levy an excise tax on | - |
| exciseman | (noun) someone who collects taxes for the government | Synonyms: collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent, tax collector, taxman |
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| excision | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: ablation, cutting out, extirpation |
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| (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: deracination, extirpation |
| (noun) the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society | Synonyms: excommunication |
| (noun) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | Synonyms: cut, deletion |
| exercise | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation |
| (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
| (noun) an action, often used negatively and without consequences | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches | - |
| (verb) do physical exercise | Synonyms: work out |
| (verb) give a workout to | Synonyms: work, work out |
| (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, practice, practise |
| (verb) put to use | Synonyms: exert |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, practice, practise |
| exerciser | (noun) sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises | Synonyms: gymnastic apparatus |
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| exercising | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercise, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| exorcise | (verb) expel through adjuration or prayers | Synonyms: exorcize |
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| exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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| exorcism | (noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: dispossession |
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| exorcist | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorciser |
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| (noun) one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| exoticism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticness, exotism |
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| fanaticism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanatism, zealotry |
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| fascism | (noun) a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) | - |
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| fascist | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascistic |
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| (noun) an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views | - |
| fascista | (noun) an Italian fascist under Mussolini | - |
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| fascistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascist |
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| geneticism | (noun) the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically | - |
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| geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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| geophysicist | (noun) a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth | - |
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| historicism | (noun) a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history | - |
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| homoeroticism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| hyperadrenocorticism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol | Synonyms: Cushing's syndrome |
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| hypercriticism | (noun) Excessive or unfairly harsh criticism. | - |
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| hypericism | (noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John's wort | - |
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| hypoadrenocorticism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin | Synonyms: Addison's disease, Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenalism |
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| imprecise | (adjective) not precise | - |
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| imprecisely | (adverb) in an imprecise manner | Synonyms: inexactly |
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| impreciseness | (noun) the quality of lacking precision | Synonyms: imprecision |
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| imprecision | (noun) the quality of lacking precision | Synonyms: impreciseness |
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| incise | (verb) make an incision into by carving or cutting | - |
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| incised | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: engraved, etched, graven, inscribed |
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| (adjective) sharply and deeply indented | - |
| (adjective) cut into with a sharp instrument | - |
| incision | (noun) the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) | Synonyms: section, surgical incision |
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| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, prick, scratch, slit |
| incisive | (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
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| (adjective) suitable for cutting or piercing | - |
| incisively | (adverb) in an incisive manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a precise manner | Synonyms: exactly, precisely |
| incisiveness | (noun) keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect | Synonyms: trenchancy |
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| incisor | (noun) a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws | - |
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| incisura | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisure |
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| incisure | (noun) (anatomy) a notch or small hollow | Synonyms: incisura |
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| indecision | (noun) the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: indecisiveness |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecisiveness, irresolution |
| indecisive | (adjective) not definitely settling something | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by lack of decision and firmness | - |
| (adjective) not clearly defined | - |
| indecisively | (adverb) without finality; inconclusively | - |
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| (adverb) lacking firmness or resoluteness | - |
| indecisiveness | (noun) the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: indecision |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecision, irresolution |
| italicise | (verb) print in italics | Synonyms: italicize |
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| laconicism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconism |
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| laicise | (verb) reduce to lay status | Synonyms: laicize |
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| lambdacism | (noun) speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l' | - |
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