acrogenous | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenic |
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adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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adenohypophysis | (noun) the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland |
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adenoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue | - |
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(noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) | Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis |
adenoidal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adenoids | - |
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(adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: nasal, pinched |
adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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adenomyosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: endometriosis |
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adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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adenosis | (noun) a disorder of the glands of the body | Synonyms: gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder |
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adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adrenosterone | (noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland | - |
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alienor | (noun) someone from whom the title of property is transferred | - |
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amenorrhea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhoea |
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amenorrheal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrheic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhea |
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amenorrhoeal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoeic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal |
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androgenous | (adjective) of or related to androgenesis | Synonyms: androgenetic |
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arsenopyrite | (noun) a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic | Synonyms: mispickel |
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arteriovenous | (adjective) connecting an artery to a vein | - |
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arytaenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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arytenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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asthenopia | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: eyestrain |
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asthenosphere | (noun) the lower layer of the crust | - |
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atenolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.) | Synonyms: Tenormin |
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autogenous | (adjective) originating within the body | Synonyms: autogenic |
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benzenoid | (adjective) similar to benzene in structure or linkage | - |
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biogenous | (adjective) producing or produced by living things | - |
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bitumenoid | (adjective) like bitumen | Synonyms: bituminoid |
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bluenose | (noun) a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia | Synonyms: Nova Scotian |
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bottlenose | (noun) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead | Synonyms: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus |
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(noun) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | Synonyms: bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin |
caenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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carotenoid | (noun) any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals | - |
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cenobite | (noun) a member of a religious order living in common | Synonyms: coenobite |
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cenobitic | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical |
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cenobitical | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, coenobitic, coenobitical |
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cenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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cenogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cenogenesis | - |
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cenotaph | (noun) a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | Synonyms: empty tomb |
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chloroacetophenone | (noun) a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer | Synonyms: CN gas |
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coenobite | (noun) a member of a religious order living in common | Synonyms: cenobite |
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coenobitic | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical |
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coenobitical | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic |
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collagenous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of collagen | Synonyms: collagenic |
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conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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countertenor | (adjective) of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor | Synonyms: alto |
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(noun) the highest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: alto |
(noun) a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor | - |
ctenoid | (adjective) resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb | Synonyms: comb-like |
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ctenophore | (noun) biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb | Synonyms: comb jelly |
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denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: designate |
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denomination | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, designation |
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(noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | - |
(noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | - |
denominational | (adjective) adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination | - |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination | - |
(adjective) relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp | - |
denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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(noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
denominationally | (adverb) with respect to denomination | - |
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denominator | (noun) the divisor of a fraction | - |
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denotation | (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: extension, reference |
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(noun) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | Synonyms: indication |
denotative | (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | Synonyms: denotive |
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(adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term | Synonyms: explicit |
denotatum | (noun) an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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denote | (verb) have as a meaning | Synonyms: refer |
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(verb) be a sign or indication of | - |
(verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: announce |
denotive | (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | Synonyms: denotative |
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denouement | (noun) the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work | - |
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(noun) the outcome of a complex sequence of events | - |
denounce | (verb) speak out against | - |
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(verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
(verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties | - |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
denouncement | (noun) a public act of denouncing | Synonyms: denunciation |
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deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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dysmenorrhea | (noun) painful menstruation | - |
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endogenous | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenic |
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(adjective) of or resembling an endogen | - |
endogenously | (adverb) in an endogenous manner | - |
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endovenous | (adjective) within or by means of a vein | Synonyms: intravenous |
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enol | (noun) an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom | - |
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enolic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of enol | - |
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enologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: fermentologist, oenologist |
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enology | (noun) the art of wine making | Synonyms: oenology |
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enophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: oenophile |
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enormity | (noun) an act of extreme wickedness | - |
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(noun) the quality of extreme wickedness | - |
(noun) the quality of being outrageous | Synonyms: outrageousness |
(noun) vastness of size or extent | - |
enormous | (adjective) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | Synonyms: tremendous |
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enormously | (adverb) vastly | Synonyms: hugely, staggeringly, tremendously |
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enormousness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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enosis | (noun) the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots) | - |
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enough | (adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: adequate |
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(noun) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose | Synonyms: sufficiency |
(adverb) as much as necessary | Synonyms: plenty |
enounce | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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enterostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the intestine | - |
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envenom | (verb) add poison to | Synonyms: poison |
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(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: acerbate, embitter |
epiphenomenon | (noun) a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon | - |
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erogenous | (adjective) sensitive to sexual stimulation | - |
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euglenoid | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenid, euglenophyte |
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euglenophyte | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenid, euglenoid |
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exogenous | (adjective) derived or originating externally | Synonyms: exogenic |
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fenoprofen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders | Synonyms: fenoprofen calcium, Nalfon |
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fibroadenoma | (noun) benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen | - |
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forenoon | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: morn, morning, morning time |
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