| adynamia | (noun) lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness) | - |
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| adynamic | (adjective) characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness | Synonyms: undynamic |
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| (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: asthenic, debilitated, enervated |
| adz | (noun) an edge tool used to cut and shape wood | Synonyms: adze |
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| adze | (noun) an edge tool used to cut and shape wood | Synonyms: adz |
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| aerated | (adjective) supplied with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: charged |
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| (adjective) (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification | - |
| aerides | (noun) any orchid of the genus Aerides | - |
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| aerodontalgia | (noun) pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing) | - |
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| aerodrome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: airdrome, airport, drome |
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| aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
| aerodynamics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aeromechanics |
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| aeromedical | (adjective) of or relating to aviation medicine | - |
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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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| aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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| aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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| afeard | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeared |
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| afeared | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeard |
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| affected | (adjective) acted upon; influenced | - |
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| (adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: unnatural |
| (adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: moved, stirred, touched |
| affectedly | (adverb) in an affected manner | - |
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| affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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| (noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
| affidavit | (noun) written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath | - |
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| affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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| affined | (adjective) closely related | - |
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| affixed | (adjective) firmly attached | - |
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| afflicted | (adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: stricken |
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| (adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: impaired |
| afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
| affordable | (adjective) that you have the financial means for | Synonyms: low-cost, low-priced |
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| aficionado | (noun) a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer | - |
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| (noun) a fan of bull fighting | - |
| afield | (adverb) off the subject; beyond the point at issue | - |
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| (adverb) in or into a field (especially a field of battle) | - |
| (adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: abroad |
| aforementioned | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforesaid, said |
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| aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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| afraid | (adjective) filled with fear or apprehension | - |
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| (adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement | - |
| (adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness | - |
| (adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity | - |
| afterdamp | (noun) a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine | - |
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| afterdeck | (noun) a deck abaft of midships | - |
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| aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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| afterward | (adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | Synonyms: after, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently |
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| afterwards | (adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | Synonyms: after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently |
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| afterworld | (noun) the place where you are after you die | - |
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| agamid | (noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae | Synonyms: agamid lizard |
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| aged | (adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | Synonyms: cured |
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| (adjective) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: ripened |
| (adjective) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) | - |
| (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: elderly, older, senior |
| (adjective) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: of age |
| (noun) people who are old collectively | Synonyms: elderly |
| agedness | (noun) the property characteristic of old age | Synonyms: senescence |
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| agenda | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: docket, schedule |
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| (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agendum, order of business |
| agendum | (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agenda, order of business |
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| agglomerated | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerative, clustered |
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| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandizement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandisement, elevation |
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| aggravated | (adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger | Synonyms: provoked |
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| (adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law | - |
| aggregated | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregative, mass |
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| agitated | (adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply | - |
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| (adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion | - |
| agonadal | (adjective) lacking gonads | - |
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| agonised | (adjective) expressing pain or agony | Synonyms: agonized |
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| agonized | (adjective) expressing pain or agony | Synonyms: agonised |
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| agreed | (adjective) united by being of the same opinion | Synonyms: in agreement |
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| aground | (adjective) stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float | - |
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| (adverb) with the bottom lodged on the ground | - |
| agueweed | (noun) gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers | Synonyms: ague weed, five-flowered gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian |
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| (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
| ahead | (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: in the lead, leading |
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| (adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: before, in front |
| (adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: beforehand, in advance |
| (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards |
| (adverb) leading or ahead in a competition | Synonyms: in the lead, out front |
| (adverb) to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future) | - |
| (adverb) to a more advanced or advantageous position | - |
| (adverb) toward the future; forward in time | Synonyms: forward |
| aid | (noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assist, assistance, help |
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| (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: attention, care, tending |
| (noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do | Synonyms: assistance, help |
| (noun) gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause | Synonyms: assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance |
| (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: help |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: assist, help |
| aide | (noun) someone who acts as assistant | Synonyms: auxiliary |
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| (noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer | Synonyms: adjutant, aide-de-camp |
| aided | (adjective) having help; often used as a combining form | Synonyms: assisted |
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| aikido | (noun) a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo | - |
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| airdock | (noun) a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained | Synonyms: hangar, repair shed |
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| airdrome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airport, drome |
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| airdrop | (noun) delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft | - |
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| aired | (adjective) open to or abounding in fresh air | Synonyms: airy |
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| airfield | (noun) a place where planes take off and land | Synonyms: field, flying field, landing field |
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| airhead | (noun) a bridgehead seized by airborne troops | - |
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| (noun) a flighty scatterbrained simpleton | - |
| airheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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| airspeed | (noun) the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying | - |
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| alarmed | (adjective) experiencing a sudden sense of danger | - |
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| alated | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alate |
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| albedo | (noun) the ratio of reflected to incident light | Synonyms: reflective power |
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| albuminoid | (noun) a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye | Synonyms: scleroprotein |
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| alcalde | (noun) a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town | - |
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| aldehyde | (noun) any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids | - |
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| aldehydic | (adjective) of or related to or containing aldehydes | - |
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| alder | (noun) north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant | Synonyms: alder tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc | - |
| alderfly | (noun) dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae | Synonyms: alder fly, Sialis lutaria |
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| alderman | (noun) a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) | - |
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| aldermanic | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanly |
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| aldermanly | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanic |
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| aldohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
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| aldol | (noun) an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) | Synonyms: aldehyde-alcohol |
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| aldose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal | - |
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| aldosterone | (noun) a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance | - |
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| aldosteronism | (noun) a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone | Synonyms: hyperaldosteronism |
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| aldotetrose | (noun) A four-carbon aldose; for example, threose, erythrose. | - |
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| aldotriose | (noun) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde. | - |
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| alendronate | (noun) a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause | Synonyms: Fosamax |
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| alexandrite | (noun) a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone | - |
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| algid | (adjective) chilly | - |
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| algidity | (noun) prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure | - |
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| algoid | (adjective) of or resembling algae | - |
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| alhamdulilah | (noun) An expression meaning 'praise God' in Arabic | - |
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| alidad | (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles | Synonyms: alidade |
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| (noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | Synonyms: alidade |
| alidade | (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles | Synonyms: alidad |
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| (noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | Synonyms: alidad |
| alienated | (adjective) caused to be unloved | Synonyms: estranged |
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| (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: anomic, disoriented |
| aligned | (adjective) brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause | - |
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| (adjective) in a straight line | - |
| alkaloid | (noun) natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants | - |
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