acetaldol | (noun) unsaturated aldol | - |
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adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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adolescence | (noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood | - |
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(noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood | - |
adolescent | (adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent | - |
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(adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity | - |
(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: jejune, juvenile, puerile |
(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged |
(noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager |
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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bandoleer | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandolier |
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bandolier | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandoleer |
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bardolatry | (noun) the idolization of William Shakespeare | - |
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condole | (verb) express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death | - |
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condolence | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: commiseration |
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condolent | (adjective) expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one | - |
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dol | (noun) a unit of pain intensity | - |
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dolabrate | (adjective) having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver | Synonyms: dolabriform |
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dolabriform | (adjective) having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver | Synonyms: dolabrate |
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dolce | (adverb) gently and sweetly | - |
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doldrums | (noun) a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific | - |
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(noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | Synonyms: stagnancy, stagnation |
dole | (noun) money received from the state | Synonyms: pogey, pogy |
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(noun) a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given | - |
doleful | (adjective) filled with or evoking sadness | Synonyms: mournful |
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dolefully | (adverb) with sadness; in a sorrowful manner | Synonyms: sorrowfully |
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dolefulness | (noun) sadness caused by grief or affliction | - |
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dolichocephalic | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocranial, dolichocranic |
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(noun) an adult with a long narrow head | - |
dolichocephalism | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephaly |
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dolichocephaly | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephalism |
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dolichocranial | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocephalic, dolichocranic |
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dolichocranic | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocephalic, dolichocranial |
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doliolum | (noun) free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body | - |
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doll | (noun) a small replica of a person; used as a toy | Synonyms: dolly |
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(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: bird, chick, dame, skirt, wench |
dollar | (noun) a symbol of commercialism or greed | Synonyms: dollar mark, dollar sign |
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(noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar | Synonyms: buck, clam, dollar bill, one dollar bill |
(noun) a United States coin worth one dollar | - |
(noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents | - |
dollarfish | (noun) small food fish of Atlantic coast | Synonyms: Poronotus triacanthus |
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(noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, moonfish, Selene setapinnis |
dollhouse | (noun) a small model of a house used as a toy by children | Synonyms: doll's house |
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(noun) a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything | Synonyms: doll's house |
dollop | (noun) a small measure (usually of food) | - |
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dolly | (noun) a small replica of a person; used as a toy | Synonyms: doll |
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(noun) conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects | - |
(noun) conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted | - |
dolman | (noun) a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves | - |
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(noun) a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders | Synonyms: dolman jacket |
dolmas | (noun) well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock | Synonyms: stuffed grape leaves |
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dolmen | (noun) a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone | Synonyms: cromlech, portal tomb |
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dolomite | (noun) a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate | - |
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(noun) a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer | Synonyms: bitter spar |
dolomitic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of dolomite | - |
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dolor | (noun) (poetry) painful grief | Synonyms: dolour |
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dolorous | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping |
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dolour | (noun) (poetry) painful grief | Synonyms: dolor |
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dolourous | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping |
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dolphin | (noun) any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises | - |
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(noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphinfish, mahimahi |
dolphinfish | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphin, mahimahi |
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(noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) | Synonyms: mahimahi |
dolt | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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doltish | (adjective) heavy and dull and stupid | Synonyms: cloddish |
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doltishly | (adverb) in a stupid manner | Synonyms: stupidly |
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endolymph | (noun) the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
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etodolac | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine) | Synonyms: Lodine |
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farandole | (noun) a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures | - |
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gadolinite | (noun) a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium | Synonyms: ytterbite |
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gadolinium | (noun) a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 64, Gd |
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girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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girandole | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandola |
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gondola | (noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | - |
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(noun) a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof | Synonyms: gondola car |
(noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: car |
gondolier | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondoliere |
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gondoliere | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondolier |
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haloperidol | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome | Synonyms: Haldol |
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idol | (noun) a material effigy that is worshipped | Synonyms: god, graven image |
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(noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, paragon, perfection |
(noun) someone who is adored blindly and excessively | Synonyms: matinee idol |
idolater | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer |
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idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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idolatrous | (adjective) relating to or practicing idolatry | - |
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(adjective) blindly or excessively devoted or adoring | - |
idolatrously | (adverb) in an idolatrous manner | - |
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idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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idolisation | (noun) the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | Synonyms: idolization |
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(noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: adoration, idolization |
idolise | (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolize, revere, worship |
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idolised | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: adored, idolized, worshipped |
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idoliser | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idolizer |
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(noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idolizer |
idolization | (noun) the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | Synonyms: idolisation |
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(noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: adoration, idolisation |
idolize | (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship |
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idolized | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: adored, idolised, worshipped |
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idolizer | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser |
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(noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idoliser |
indole | (noun) a white or yellowish crystalline heterocyclic compound extracted from coal tar and used in perfumery, medicine, and as a flavouring agent. | - |
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indolence | (noun) inactivity resulting from a dislike of work | Synonyms: laziness |
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indolent | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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(adjective) (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless | - |
indolently | (adverb) in an indolent manner | - |
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lepidolite | (noun) a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium | - |
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lordolatry | (noun) the worship of a lord because of his rank or title | - |
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ludology | (noun) The study of games and gaming, especially video games. | Synonyms: game studies |
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mandola | (noun) an early type of mandolin | - |
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mandolin | (noun) a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum | - |
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methodological | (adjective) relating to the methodology of some discipline | - |
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methodologically | (adverb) in a methodological manner | - |
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methodology | (noun) the system of methods followed in a particular discipline | - |
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(noun) the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline | Synonyms: methodological analysis |
nadolol | (noun) a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina | Synonyms: Corgard |
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narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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pedology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics |
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pindolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension | Synonyms: Visken |
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preadolescent | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preteen |
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pteridological | (adjective) of or relating to the study of ferns | - |
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pteridologist | (noun) an expert in the study of ferns | - |
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pteridology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies ferns | - |
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redolence | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, sweetness |
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redolent | (adjective) having a strong pleasant odor | Synonyms: aromatic |
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(adjective) serving to bring to mind | Synonyms: evocative, remindful, reminiscent, resonant |
(adjective) (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous | Synonyms: smelling |
rhodolite | (noun) a red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone | - |
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sertindole | (noun) an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia. | - |
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theodolite | (noun) a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod | Synonyms: transit |
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trandolapril | (noun) an ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patients after a heart attack or to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Mavik |
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verdolagas | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly |
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