digenesis | (noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations | Synonyms: metagenesis |
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digest | (noun) something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) | Synonyms: compilation |
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(noun) a periodical that summarizes the news | - |
(verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
(verb) systematize, as by classifying and summarizing | - |
(verb) become assimilated into the body | - |
(verb) soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture | - |
(verb) soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture | - |
(verb) arrange and integrate in the mind | - |
(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
(verb) convert food into absorbable substances | - |
digester | (noun) autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested | - |
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digestibility | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibleness |
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digestible | (adjective) capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal | - |
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digestibleness | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibility |
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digestion | (noun) learning and coming to understand ideas and information | - |
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(noun) the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body | - |
(noun) the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat | - |
digestive | (adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion | - |
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(noun) any substance that promotes digestion | - |
indigen | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigene, native |
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indigence | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: need, pauperism, pauperization, penury |
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indigene | (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, native |
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indigenous | (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic |
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indigenously | (adverb) in an indigenous manner | - |
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indigenousness | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: autochthony, endemism |
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indigent | (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
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indigestibility | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibleness |
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indigestible | (adjective) digested with difficulty | - |
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indigestibleness | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibility |
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indigestion | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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nondigestible | (adjective) not digestible | - |
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predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
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predigested | (adjective) artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action | - |
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undigested | (adjective) not digested | - |
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(adjective) not thought over and arranged systematically in the mind; not absorbed or assimilated mentally | - |