| accident | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: chance event, fortuity, stroke |
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| (noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury | - |
| accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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| (adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
| (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
| accidentally | (adverb) without advance planning | Synonyms: by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly |
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| (adverb) without intention; in an unintentional manner | Synonyms: unintentionally |
| (adverb) of a minor or subordinate nature | Synonyms: incidentally |
| antecedent | (adjective) preceding in time or order | - |
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| (noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
| (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
| antecedently | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: previously |
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| ardent | (adjective) glowing or shining like fire | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by strong enthusiasm | Synonyms: warm |
| (adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
| ardently | (adverb) in an ardent manner | - |
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| ascendent | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendant, ascensive |
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| (adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendant, dominating |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root |
| (noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendant |
| bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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| cadent | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadenced |
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| candent | (adjective) emitting light as a result of being heated | Synonyms: incandescent |
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| coincident | (adjective) matching point for point | - |
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| (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous |
| coincidental | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous |
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| coincidentally | (adverb) happening at the same time | Synonyms: coincidently |
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| coincidently | (adverb) happening at the same time | Synonyms: coincidentally |
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| confident | (adjective) having or marked by confidence or assurance | - |
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| (adjective) not liable to error in judgment or action | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
| (adjective) persuaded of; very sure | Synonyms: convinced, positive |
| confidential | (adjective) the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified | - |
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| (adjective) denoting confidence or intimacy | - |
| (adjective) entrusted with private information and the confidence of another | - |
| (adjective) (of information) given in confidence or in secret | Synonyms: secret |
| confidentiality | (noun) discretion in keeping secret information | - |
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| (noun) the state of being secret | - |
| confidentially | (adverb) in a confidential manner | - |
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| confidently | (adverb) with confidence; in a confident manner | - |
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| corespondent | (noun) the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding | Synonyms: co-respondent |
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| correspondent | (adjective) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | Synonyms: analogous |
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| (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
| (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
| credential | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credentials |
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| credentialled | (adjective) certified as professional by evidence or testimonials | - |
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| credentials | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credential |
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| decadent | (adjective) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay | Synonyms: fin-de-siecle |
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| (adjective) luxuriously self-indulgent | - |
| (noun) a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically) | - |
| decedent | (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed |
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| dent | (noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | Synonyms: ding, gouge, nick |
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| (noun) an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) | - |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: incision, prick, scratch, slit |
| (verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: indent |
| dental | (adjective) of or relating to the teeth | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to dentistry | - |
| (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental consonant |
| dentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections in the margin | - |
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| dented | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: bent, crumpled |
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| denticle | (noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod | - |
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| denticulate | (adjective) having a very finely toothed margin | - |
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| dentifrice | (noun) a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush | - |
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| dentin | (noun) bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth | Synonyms: dentine |
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| (noun) a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth | Synonyms: dentine |
| dentine | (noun) bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth | Synonyms: dentin |
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| (noun) a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth | Synonyms: dentin |
| dentist | (noun) a person qualified to practice dentistry | Synonyms: dental practitioner, tooth doctor |
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| dentistry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth | Synonyms: dental medicine, odontology |
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| dentition | (noun) the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | Synonyms: teeth |
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| (noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | Synonyms: odontiasis, teething |
| denture | (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, plate |
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| denturist | (noun) someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) | Synonyms: dental technician |
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| dependent | (adjective) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed | - |
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| (adjective) (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | Synonyms: subordinate |
| (adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependant, qualified |
| (adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | Synonyms: subject |
| (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: pendant, pendent |
| (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependant |
| descendent | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendant |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
| (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
| despondent | (adjective) without or almost without hope | Synonyms: heartsick |
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| despondently | (adverb) with desperation | Synonyms: despairingly |
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| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| diffidently | (adverb) in a diffident manner | - |
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| dissident | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissenting |
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| (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: heretical, heterodox |
| (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, objector, protester |
| edental | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edentate, edentulate |
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| edentate | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edental, edentulate |
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| (noun) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | - |
| edentulate | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edental, edentate |
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| edentulous | (adjective) having lost teeth | - |
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| evident | (adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: discernible, observable |
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| (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
| evidential | (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidentiary |
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| evidentiary | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting evidence | - |
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| (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidential |
| evidently | (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly |
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| identical | (adjective) (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum | Synonyms: monovular |
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| (adjective) coinciding exactly when superimposed | Synonyms: superposable |
| (adjective) having properties with uniform values along all axes | - |
| (adjective) exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different | Synonyms: indistinguishable |
| (adjective) being the exact same one; not any other: | Synonyms: selfsame, very |
| identically | (adverb) with complete identity; in an identical manner | - |
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| identicalness | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identity, indistinguishability |
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| identifiable | (adjective) capable of being identified | - |
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| identifiably | (adverb) in an identifiable manner | - |
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| identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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| (noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
| (noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
| (noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
| (noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
| identified | (adjective) having the identity known or established | - |
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| identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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| identify | (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: place |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name |
| (verb) consider to be equal or the same | - |
| (verb) conceive of as united or associated | - |
| (verb) consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else | - |
| (verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: name |
| identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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| (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
| (noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
| (noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
| impendent | (adjective) close in time; about to occur | Synonyms: at hand, close at hand, imminent, impending |
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| improvident | (adjective) not provident; not providing for the future | - |
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| (adjective) not given careful consideration | Synonyms: ill-considered, ill-judged, shortsighted |
| improvidently | (adverb) in an improvident manner | - |
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| imprudent | (adjective) not prudent or wise | - |
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| (adjective) lacking wise self-restraint | - |
| imprudently | (adverb) in an imprudent manner | - |
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| impudent | (adjective) marked by casual disrespect | Synonyms: flip, insolent, snotty-nosed |
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| (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise |
| impudently | (adverb) in an impudent or impertinent manner | Synonyms: freshly, impertinently, pertly, saucily |
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| incident | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | Synonyms: incidental |
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| (adjective) falling or striking of light rays on something | - |
| (noun) a single distinct event | - |
| (noun) a public disturbance | - |
| incidental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | Synonyms: incident |
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| (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: accidental, nonessential |
| (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent |
| (noun) an item that is incidental | - |
| (noun) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | Synonyms: incidental expense, minor expense |
| incidentally | (adverb) introducing a different topic | Synonyms: apropos, by the bye, by the way |
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| (adverb) of a minor or subordinate nature | Synonyms: accidentally |
| indent | (noun) an order for goods to be exported or imported | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indentation, indention, indenture |
| (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indenture |
| (verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: dent |
| (verb) cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication | - |
| (verb) notch the edge of or make jagged | - |
| (verb) set in from the margin | - |
| indentation | (noun) the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indention, indenture |
| (noun) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | Synonyms: pitting, roughness |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indenture |
| indention | (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indenture |
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| indenture | (noun) a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term | - |
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| (noun) formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt | - |
| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indention |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indentation |
| (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indent |
| indentured | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, bound |
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| independent | (adjective) free from external control and constraint | - |
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| (adjective) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | Synonyms: main |
| (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign |
| (adjective) not controlled by a party or interest group | - |
| (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person |
| (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump |
| independently | (adverb) on your own; without outside help | - |
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| (adverb) individually or separately | Synonyms: severally |
| interdependent | (adjective) mutually dependent | Synonyms: mutualist, mutually beneficial |
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| irredenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irridenta |
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| irredentism | (noun) the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related | Synonyms: irridentism |
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| irredentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irridentist |
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| irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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| irridentism | (noun) the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related | Synonyms: irredentism |
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| irridentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irredentist |
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| jurisprudential | (adjective) relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws | - |
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| jurisprudentially | (adverb) in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law | - |
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| labiodental | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth | Synonyms: labiodental consonant |
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| maxillodental | (adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw and its associated teeth | - |
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| misidentify | (verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: mistake |
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| nonidentity | (noun) Difference, distinction; failure to be identical. | - |
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| nonresident | (adjective) not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents | - |
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| (noun) someone who does not live in a particular place | - |
| nonresidential | (adjective) not residential | - |
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| occident | (noun) the hemisphere that includes North America and South America | Synonyms: western hemisphere |
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| occidental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere | Synonyms: Hesperian |
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