| accommodatingly | (adverb) in accommodation | Synonyms: obligingly |
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| accommodation | (noun) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need | - |
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| (noun) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye | - |
| (noun) living quarters provided for public convenience | - |
| (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality | - |
| (noun) a settlement of differences | - |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: adjustment, fitting |
| accommodational | (adjective) of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye | - |
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| accommodative | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodating |
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| (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: reconciling |
| (adjective) willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement | Synonyms: cooperative |
| accommodator | (noun) someone who performs a service or does a favor | Synonyms: obliger |
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| accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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| (adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
| accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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| (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
| (adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
| accord | (noun) sympathetic compatibility | - |
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| (noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accordance, conformity |
| (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: pact, treaty |
| (noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: agreement |
| (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| accordance | (noun) the act of granting rights | Synonyms: accordance of rights |
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| (noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accord, conformity |
| accordant | (adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' | - |
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| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant |
| according | (adjective) (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by | - |
| accordingly | (adverb) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | Synonyms: consequently |
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| (adverb) in accordance with | - |
| accordion | (noun) a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player | Synonyms: squeeze box |
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| accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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| accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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| accoutred | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutered |
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| accredit | (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: credit |
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| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials | - |
| accreditation | (noun) the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards) | - |
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| accredited | (adjective) given official approval to act | Synonyms: commissioned, licenced, licensed |
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| accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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| accrued | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accumulated |
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| accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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| accursed | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accurst, maledict |
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| accused | (noun) a defendant in a criminal proceeding | - |
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| accustomed | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: customary, habitual, wonted |
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| acedia | (noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: laziness, sloth |
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| acetaldehyde | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: ethanal |
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| acetaldol | (noun) unsaturated aldol | - |
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| acetamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: ethanamide |
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| acetanilid | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilide, phenylacetamide |
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| acetanilide | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilid, phenylacetamide |
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| acetophenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetphenetidin, phenacetin |
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| acetphenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetophenetidin, phenacetin |
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| achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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| achlorhydria | (noun) an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach | - |
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| achlorhydric | (adjective) lacking hydrochloric acid | - |
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| achondrite | (noun) a stony meteor lacking chondrules | - |
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| achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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| (adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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| achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| acid | (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acidic, acidulent, acidulous |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
| (noun) any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | - |
| acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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| acidic | (adjective) being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous |
| acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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| acidimetry | (noun) volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present | - |
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| acidity | (noun) pH values below 7 | - |
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| (noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
| (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidulousness |
| acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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| acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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| acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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| acidosis | (noun) abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues | - |
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| acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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| acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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| acidulent | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulous |
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| acidulous | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulent |
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| acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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| aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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| acknowledge | (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
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| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: know, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: admit |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: receipt |
| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: notice |
| acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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| acknowledged | (adjective) recognized or made known or admitted | - |
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| (adjective) generally accepted | - |
| acknowledgement | (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone | Synonyms: acknowledgment |
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| (noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged | Synonyms: acknowledgment, recognition |
| acknowledgment | (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone | Synonyms: acknowledgement |
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| (noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference |
| (noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged | Synonyms: acknowledgement, recognition |
| acned | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: pimpled, pimply, pustulate |
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| acold | (adjective) of persons; feeling cold | - |
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| acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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| acquired | (adjective) gotten through environmental forces | - |
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| acquitted | (adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | Synonyms: not guilty |
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| acrid | (adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: pungent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acridid | (noun) grasshopper with short antennae | Synonyms: short-horned grasshopper |
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| acridity | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridness |
| (noun) having an acrid smell | - |
| acridness | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridity |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridity |
| acrodont | (noun) an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets | - |
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| acrylamide | (noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals | - |
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| actinide | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinoid, actinon |
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| actinoid | (adjective) having a radial form | - |
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| (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinide, actinon |
| actinomyxidian | (noun) of or relating to parasites of worms | - |
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| actinopod | (noun) protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods | - |
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| activated | (adjective) rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive | - |
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| (adjective) (military) set up and placed on active assignment | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | Synonyms: excited |
| (adjective) (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition | - |
| actuated | (adjective) moved to action | - |
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| aculeated | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeate |
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| ad | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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| adactylia | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylism, adactyly |
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| adactylism | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactyly |
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| adactylous | (adjective) without fingers and/or toes | - |
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| adactyly | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactylism |
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| adage | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: byword, proverb, saw |
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| adagio | (adjective) (of tempo) leisurely | - |
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| (noun) a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers | - |
| (noun) (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully) | - |
| (adverb) slowly | - |
| adamance | (noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible | Synonyms: obduracy, unyieldingness |
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| adamant | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamantine, inexorable, intransigent |
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| (noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem | Synonyms: diamond |
| adamantine | (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant | - |
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| (adjective) having the hardness of a diamond | - |
| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, intransigent |
| adamantly | (adverb) inflexibly; unshakably | - |
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| adapt | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: accommodate |
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| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adjust, conform |
| adaptability | (noun) the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | - |
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| adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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| adaptation | (noun) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | - |
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| (noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form | Synonyms: version |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaption, adjustment |
| adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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