| authenticator | (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: appraiser |
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| authenticity | (noun) undisputed credibility | Synonyms: genuineness, legitimacy |
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| autofluorescent | (adjective) emitting light via self-induced fluorescence | - |
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| aventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: camail, ventail |
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| aventurine | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: sunstone |
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| averment | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: assertion, asseveration |
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| avirulent | (adjective) not virulent; unable to produce disease | - |
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| avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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| bafflement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| bailment | (noun) the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee | - |
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| ballottement | (noun) a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
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| banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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| (noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
| barycenter | (noun) (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve | - |
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| basement | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: cellar |
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| (noun) the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture | - |
| battlement | (noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | Synonyms: crenelation, crenellation |
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| battlemented | (adjective) having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement | Synonyms: castellated, castled, crenelated, embattled |
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| (adjective) protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through | - |
| bedevilment | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, torment, worrying |
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| befoulment | (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: defilement, pollution |
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| befuddlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| beguilement | (noun) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations | Synonyms: distraction |
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| (noun) magnetic personal charm | Synonyms: animal magnetism, bewitchery |
| belittlement | (noun) the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant. | - |
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| belligerent | (adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | Synonyms: aggressive |
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| (adjective) engaged in war | Synonyms: militant, war-ridden, warring |
| (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
| belligerently | (adverb) with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner | Synonyms: hostilely |
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| bemusement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| beneficent | (adjective) doing or producing good | - |
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| (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic |
| benevolent | (adjective) intending or showing kindness | - |
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| (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic |
| (adjective) generous in providing aid to others | Synonyms: freehearted |
| (adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | Synonyms: charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic |
| benevolently | (adverb) in a benevolent manner | - |
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| bent | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: crumpled, dented |
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| (adjective) fixed in your purpose | Synonyms: bent on, dead set, out to |
| (adjective) used of the back and knees; stooped | Synonyms: bended |
| (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: hang, knack |
| (noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: set |
| (noun) an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges | - |
| (noun) grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens | Synonyms: bent-grass, bent grass |
| benthal | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthic, benthonic |
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| benthic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthal, benthonic |
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| benthonic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthal, benthic |
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| benthos | (noun) organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream | - |
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| (noun) a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones | Synonyms: benthic division, benthonic zone |
| bentonite | (noun) an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash | - |
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| bentonitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing bentonite | - |
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| bentwood | (noun) wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture | - |
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| bereavement | (noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: mourning |
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| besprent | (adjective) sprinkled over | - |
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| bestowment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, conferment, conferral |
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| (noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowal |
| betterment | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, melioration |
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| (noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, improvement |
| (noun) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | - |
| bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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| 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 |
| bicentennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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| (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
| bicentric | (adjective) having two centers | - |
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| bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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| bioluminescent | (adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light | - |
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| birefringent | (adjective) relating to or characterized by double refraction | - |
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| bivalent | (adjective) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | Synonyms: double |
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| (adjective) having a valence of two or having two valences | Synonyms: divalent |
| blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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| (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
| bombardment | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling |
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| (noun) an attack by dropping bombs | Synonyms: bombing |
| (noun) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) | - |
| (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouring |
| brent | (noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward | Synonyms: brant, brant goose, brent goose |
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| cadent | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadenced |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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| candent | (adjective) emitting light as a result of being heated | Synonyms: incandescent |
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| candescent | (adjective) glowing from great heat | - |
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| canescent | (adjective) of greyish white | - |
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| (adjective) covered with fine whitish hairs or down | Synonyms: hoary |
| cantonment | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, encampment |
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| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
| carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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| carpentry | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking |
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| casement | (noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) | - |
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| catchment | (noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
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| caulescent | (adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: cauline, stemmed |
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| celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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| cement | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cementum |
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| (noun) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar | - |
| (noun) something that hardens to act as adhesive material | - |
| (noun) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement | - |
| (noun) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth | - |
| (verb) bind or join with or as if with cement | - |
| (verb) make fast as if with cement | - |
| (verb) cover or coat with cement | - |
| cementite | (noun) a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle | Synonyms: iron carbide |
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| cementitious | (adjective) like or relevant to or having the properties of cement | - |
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| cementum | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cement |
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| cent | (noun) a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit | Synonyms: centime, penny |
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| (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries | - |
| cental | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight |
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| centare | (noun) a unit of measurement for area, defined as the area of a square with sides of exactly 1 metre; a centiare is 1/100th of an are | Synonyms: square meter, square metre |
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| centas | (noun) 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania | - |
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| centaur | (noun) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse | - |
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| centaury | (noun) any plant of the genus Centaurea | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Centaurium | - |
| centavo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal | - |
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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 |
| centennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years | Synonyms: centenary |
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| (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
| centennially | (adverb) every hundred years; once in a century | - |
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| center | (adjective) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | Synonyms: centre |
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| (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: centre, halfway, middle, midway |
| (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: centre, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center field, centerfield, centre |
| (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center of attention, centre, centre of attention |
| (noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: centre, midpoint |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: centre, eye, heart, middle |
| (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: centre, snapper |
| (noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: centre |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
| (verb) move into the center | Synonyms: centre |
| (verb) center upon | Synonyms: center on, centre, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
| centerboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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| centered | (adjective) being or placed in the center | Synonyms: centred |
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| centerfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield | Synonyms: center field |
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| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centre |
| centerfielder | (noun) the person who plays center field | Synonyms: center fielder |
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| centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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| centering | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centring, snap |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
| centerline | (noun) a line that bisects a plane figure | Synonyms: center line |
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| centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
| centesimal | (adjective) relating to or divided into hundredths | - |
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| (adjective) the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order | Synonyms: 100th, hundredth |
| centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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| centesis | (noun) (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid | - |
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| centigrade | (adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees | - |
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| centile | (noun) (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | Synonyms: percentile |
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| centiliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter | Synonyms: centilitre, cl |
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| centilitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter | Synonyms: centiliter, cl |
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| centime | (noun) a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit | Synonyms: cent, penny |
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| (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo | - |
| centimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimetre, cm |
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| centimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimeter, cm |
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| centimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain | - |
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