anemoclinometer | (noun) A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. | - |
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anemograph | (noun) An instrument which records wind velocities. | - |
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anemographic | (adjective) pertaining to the recording of wind measurements | - |
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anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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anemometer | (noun) a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind | Synonyms: wind gage, wind gauge |
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anemometric | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometrical |
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anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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anemometry | (noun) measuring wind speed and direction | - |
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anemone | (noun) marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton | Synonyms: sea anemone |
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(noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: windflower |
anemophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind | - |
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angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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argemone | (noun) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America | Synonyms: devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle |
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behemoth | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: colossus, giant, goliath, monster |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan |
bemoan | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament |
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bemock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: mock |
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blasphemous | (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blue, profane |
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(adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: profane, sacrilegious |
blasphemously | (adverb) in a blasphemous manner | - |
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cacodaemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodemon |
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cacodaemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodemonic |
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cacodemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodaemon |
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cacodemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodaemonic |
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ceremonial | (adjective) marked by pomp or ceremony or formality | - |
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(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
ceremonially | (adverb) in a ceremonial manner | Synonyms: ritually |
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(adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremoniously |
ceremonious | (adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display | Synonyms: pompous |
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(adjective) rigidly formal or bound by convention | Synonyms: conventional |
ceremoniously | (adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremonially |
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ceremoniousness | (noun) a ceremonial manner | - |
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ceremony | (noun) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion | - |
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(noun) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way | - |
(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance |
cheesemonger | (noun) someone who sells cheese | - |
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chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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chemoautotroph | (noun) An organism that depends on chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon. | Synonyms: chemotrophic autotroph |
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chemoimmunology | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: immunochemistry |
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chemoreceptive | (adjective) of or relating to chemoreceptors | - |
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chemoreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | - |
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chemosis | (noun) edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining | - |
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chemosorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorption |
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chemosorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorptive |
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chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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chemotaxis | (noun) movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus | - |
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chemotherapeutic | (adjective) of or relating to chemotherapy | Synonyms: chemotherapeutical |
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chemotherapeutical | (adjective) of or relating to chemotherapy | Synonyms: chemotherapeutic |
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chemotherapy | (noun) the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) | - |
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closemouthed | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped |
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commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | Synonyms: remember |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: mark |
commemorating | (adjective) intended as a commemoration | Synonyms: commemorative |
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commemoration | (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: memorial, remembrance |
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(noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: memorialisation, memorialization |
commemorative | (adjective) intended as a commemoration | Synonyms: commemorating |
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(noun) an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person | - |
counterdemonstration | (noun) a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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counterdemonstrator | (noun) someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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daemon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daimon, demon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a person who is part mortal and part god | Synonyms: demigod |
demo | (noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demonstration |
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(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demonstrate, exhibit, present, show |
demob | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
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demobilisation | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilization |
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demobilise | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilize |
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(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilize, inactivate |
demobilization | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilisation |
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demobilize | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilise |
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(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, inactivate |
democracy | (noun) the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | - |
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(noun) the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group | Synonyms: majority rule |
(noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: commonwealth, republic |
democrat | (noun) an advocate of democratic principles | - |
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democratic | (adjective) characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality | - |
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(adjective) representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | Synonyms: popular |
democratically | (adverb) in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles | - |
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democratisation | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratization |
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democratise | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
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(verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
democratism | (noun) the theory, system, or principles of democracy. | - |
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democratization | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratisation |
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democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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(verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
demode | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
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demodulate | (verb) extract information from a modulated carrier wave | - |
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demodulation | (noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave | - |
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demodulator | (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: detector |
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demographer | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographist, population scientist |
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demographic | (adjective) of or relating to demography | - |
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(noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | - |
demographist | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographer, population scientist |
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demography | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | Synonyms: human ecology |
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demoiselle | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: damselfish |
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(noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel |
demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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(verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
(verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
(verb) ruin or destroy | - |
demolished | (adjective) torn down and broken up | Synonyms: dismantled, razed |
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demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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demolition | (noun) the act of demolishing | - |
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(noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: destruction, wipeout |
demon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: devil, fiend, monster, ogre |
(noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | - |
demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetise | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetize |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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demoniac | (adjective) of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | Synonyms: demoniacal, possessed |
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(noun) someone who acts as if possessed by a demon | - |
demoniacal | (adjective) of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | Synonyms: demoniac, possessed |
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demoniacally | (adverb) in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit | Synonyms: frenetically |
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demonic | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demonise | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonize |
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demonism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: diabolism, Satanism |
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demonization | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonisation |
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demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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demonstrable | (adjective) necessarily or demonstrably true | Synonyms: incontrovertible |
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(adjective) capable of being demonstrated or proved | Synonyms: provable |
demonstrably | (adverb) in an obvious and provable manner | Synonyms: incontrovertibly, provably |
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demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show |
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: march |
demonstrated | (adjective) having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt | - |
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demonstration | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: presentation, presentment |
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(noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: manifestation |
(noun) a show of military force or preparedness | - |
(noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demo |
(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: monstrance |