adrenal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions | - |
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(adjective) near the kidneys | - |
(noun) either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney | Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland |
adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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adrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, epinephrin, epinephrine |
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adrenarche | (noun) the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty | - |
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alienable | (adjective) transferable to another owner | - |
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alienage | (noun) the quality of being alien | Synonyms: alienism |
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alienate | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: disaffect, estrange |
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(verb) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated | - |
(verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alien |
alienated | (adjective) caused to be unloved | Synonyms: estranged |
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(adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: anomic, disoriented |
alienating | (adjective) causing hostility or loss of friendliness | - |
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alienation | (noun) the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly | - |
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(noun) (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another | - |
(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: disaffection, estrangement |
(noun) separation resulting from hostility | Synonyms: estrangement |
alienator | (noun) an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile | - |
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amenability | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenableness, cooperativeness |
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amenable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: conformable |
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(adjective) liable to answer to a higher authority | - |
(adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences | Synonyms: tractable |
(adjective) open to being acted upon in a certain way | - |
amenableness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, cooperativeness |
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amphisbaena | (noun) (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body | - |
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andrena | (noun) a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena | Synonyms: andrenid, mining bee |
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antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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appurtenance | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, supplement |
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(noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: gear, paraphernalia |
appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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arena | (noun) a playing field where sports events take place | Synonyms: scene of action |
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(noun) a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments | Synonyms: bowl, sports stadium, stadium |
(noun) the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand | - |
(noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
arenaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: sandlike, sandy |
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arenavirus | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae | - |
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arsenal | (noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
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(noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
arsenate | (noun) a salt or ester of arsenic acid | - |
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athenaeum | (noun) a place where reading materials are available | Synonyms: atheneum |
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(noun) a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning | Synonyms: atheneum |
bicentenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentennial |
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(noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentennial |
bimillenary | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillennium |
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(noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillennium |
carrageenan | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenin |
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catena | (noun) a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) | - |
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catenary | (noun) the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points | - |
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catenate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenulate |
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centenarian | (adjective) being at least 100 years old | - |
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(noun) someone who is at least 100 years old | - |
centenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years | Synonyms: centennial |
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(noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centennial |
chaenactis | (noun) any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers | - |
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collagenase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin | - |
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concatenate | (verb) add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | - |
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(verb) combine two strings to form a single one | - |
concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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(noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
(noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
(noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
congenator | (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congener, congeneric, relative |
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cotenant | (noun) one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property | - |
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countenance | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face | Synonyms: visage |
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(noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
(verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
covenant | (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: compact, concordat |
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(noun) (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return | - |
(verb) enter into a covenant or formal agreement | - |
(verb) enter into a covenant | - |
cozenage | (noun) a fraudulent business scheme | Synonyms: scam |
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crenate | (adjective) having a margin with rounded scallops | Synonyms: crenated, scalloped |
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crenated | (adjective) having a margin with rounded scallops | Synonyms: crenate, scalloped |
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crenation | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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cyclooxygenase | (noun) either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin | Synonyms: Cox |
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dehydrogenate | (verb) remove hydrogen from | - |
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denary | (adjective) containing ten or ten parts | Synonyms: ten-fold, tenfold |
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(adjective) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten | Synonyms: decimal |
denationalisation | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalization, privatisation, privatization |
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denationalise | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalize |
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denationalization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, privatisation, privatization |
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denationalize | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalise |
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denaturalise | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalize |
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(verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalize |
denaturalize | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalise |
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(verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalise |
denaturant | (noun) any substance that serves as a denaturing agent | - |
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denature | (verb) make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes | - |
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(verb) modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished | - |
(verb) add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb | - |
denatured | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denaturised, denaturized |
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denaturised | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturized |
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denaturized | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturised |
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denazification | (noun) social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism | Synonyms: de-Nazification |
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denazify | (verb) free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance | - |
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deoxygenate | (verb) remove oxygen from (water) | - |
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discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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(verb) look with disfavor on | - |
disenable | (verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disable, incapacitate |
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dracaena | (noun) an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage | - |
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duodenal | (adjective) in or relating to the duodenum | - |
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emmenagogue | (noun) any agent that promotes menstrual discharge | - |
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enable | (verb) render capable or able for some task | - |
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enabling | (adjective) providing legal power or sanction | - |
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enact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, reenact |
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(verb) order by virtue of superior authority; decree | Synonyms: ordain |
enactment | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: characterization, personation, portrayal |
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(noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: passage |
(noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | Synonyms: act |
enalapril | (noun) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks | Synonyms: Vasotec |
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enallage | (noun) a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') | - |
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enamel | (noun) any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze | - |
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(noun) a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish | - |
(noun) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth | Synonyms: tooth enamel |
(noun) a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection | - |
(verb) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel | - |
enamelware | (noun) cooking utensil of enameled iron | - |
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enamine | (noun) an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N- | - |
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enamor | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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enamored | (adjective) marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness | Synonyms: in love, infatuated, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with |
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enamoredness | (noun) a feeling of love or fondness | Synonyms: amorousness |
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enamour | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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enanthem | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthema |
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enanthema | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthem |
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enantiomer | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomorph |
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enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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enarthrosis | (noun) a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone | Synonyms: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, spheroid joint |
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enate | (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enatic, maternal |
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(noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
enatic | (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, maternal |
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enation | (noun) a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ | Synonyms: plant process |
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(noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, matrilineage |
euglena | (noun) minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae | - |
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filename | (noun) (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file | Synonyms: computer file name, computer filename, file name |
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fluphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders | - |
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forename | (noun) the name that precedes the surname | Synonyms: first name, given name |
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galena | (noun) soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead | - |
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gastroduodenal | (adjective) of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum | - |
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grenade | (noun) a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile | - |
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grenadier | (noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail | Synonyms: rattail, rattail fish |
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(noun) an infantryman equipped with grenades | Synonyms: grenade thrower |
grenadine | (noun) thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks | - |
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homogenate | (noun) material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed) | - |
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