accept | (verb) consider or hold as true | - |
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(verb) react favorably to; consider right and proper | - |
(verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to | Synonyms: live with, swallow |
(verb) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | - |
(verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: consent, go for |
(verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: have, take |
(verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: assume, bear, take over |
(verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: admit, take, take on |
(verb) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | - |
(verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: take |
(verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: take |
acceptability | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptableness |
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acceptable | (adjective) worthy of acceptance or satisfactory | - |
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(adjective) adequate for the purpose | - |
(adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: decent, satisfactory |
(adjective) judged to be in conformity with approved usage | - |
acceptableness | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptability |
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acceptably | (adverb) in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner | Synonyms: so-so, tolerably |
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acceptance | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptation, adoption, espousal |
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(noun) the act of taking something that is offered | - |
(noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: sufferance, toleration |
(noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true | Synonyms: credence |
(noun) (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) | - |
(noun) a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank | Synonyms: banker's acceptance |
(noun) the state of being acceptable and accepted | - |
acceptant | (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptive |
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acceptation | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, adoption, espousal |
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(noun) the accepted meaning of a word | Synonyms: word meaning, word sense |
(noun) acceptance as true or valid | - |
accepted | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: recognised, recognized |
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accepting | (adjective) tolerating without protest | - |
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acceptive | (adjective) inclined to accept rather than reject | - |
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(adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptant |
acceptor | (noun) the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated | - |
adept | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
adeptness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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amboceptor | (noun) an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen. | - |
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analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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(noun) a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system | - |
antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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antilepton | (noun) the antiparticle of a lepton | - |
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antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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(adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
(adjective) clean and honest | - |
(adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |
(noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | - |
antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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apperception | (noun) the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience | - |
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apperceptive | (adjective) able to relate new percepts to past experience | - |
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aseptic | (adjective) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms | Synonyms: sterile |
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backswept | (adjective) used of hair | Synonyms: sweptback |
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baroreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to pressure | - |
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cataleptic | (adjective) of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy | - |
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(noun) a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
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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concept | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: conception, construct |
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conception | (noun) the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon | - |
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(noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: concept, construct |
(noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: design, excogitation, innovation, invention |
(noun) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | Synonyms: creation |
conceptional | (adjective) being of the nature of a notion or concept | Synonyms: ideational, notional |
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conceptive | (adjective) capable of conceiving | Synonyms: impregnable |
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conceptual | (adjective) being or characterized by concepts or their formation | - |
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conceptualisation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualization, formulation |
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(noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptuality, conceptualization |
conceptualise | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualize, gestate |
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conceptualism | (noun) the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application | - |
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conceptualistic | (adjective) involving or characteristic of conceptualism | - |
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conceptuality | (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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conceptualization | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, formulation |
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(noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptuality |
conceptualize | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, gestate |
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conceptually | (adverb) in a conceptual manner | - |
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conceptus | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg |
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contraception | (noun) birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery | Synonyms: contraceptive method |
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contraceptive | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: antifertility, prophylactic |
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(noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device |
cyproheptadine | (noun) an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions | Synonyms: Periactin |
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deception | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, dissembling, dissimulation |
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(noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
(noun) a misleading falsehood | Synonyms: deceit, misrepresentation |
deceptive | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | Synonyms: misleading |
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(adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | Synonyms: delusory |
deceptively | (adverb) in a misleading way | Synonyms: deceivingly, misleadingly |
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deceptiveness | (noun) the quality of being deceptive | Synonyms: obliquity |
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depth | (noun) the extent downward or backward or inward | Synonyms: deepness |
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(noun) degree of psychological or intellectual profundity | - |
(noun) the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense | - |
(noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: astuteness, deepness, profoundness, profundity |
(noun) (usually plural) a low moral state | - |
depths | (noun) (plural) the deepest and most remote part | - |
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dihydrostreptomycin | (noun) antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | - |
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disceptation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation, tilt |
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dyspeptic | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, liverish |
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(adjective) suffering from dyspepsia | - |
(noun) a person suffering from indigestion | - |
enteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: interoceptor |
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epileptic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy | - |
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(noun) a person who has epilepsy | - |
eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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etanercept | (noun) a genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF; it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: Enbrel |
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except | (verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted | Synonyms: exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out |
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(verb) object to | Synonyms: demur |
exception | (noun) a deliberate act of omission | Synonyms: elision, exclusion |
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(noun) an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization | - |
(noun) grounds for adverse criticism | - |
exceptionable | (adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to | Synonyms: objectionable |
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exceptional | (adjective) deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence | - |
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(adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceeding, olympian, prodigious, surpassing |
(adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, particular, special |
exceptionally | (adverb) to an exceptional degree | - |
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exteroception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body | - |
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exteroceptive | (adjective) of or relating to exteroception | - |
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exteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body | - |
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fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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heptad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | Synonyms: 7, septenary, septet, seven, sevener, VII |
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heptagon | (noun) a seven-sided polygon | - |
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heptane | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings | - |
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heptasyllable | (noun) a word or line of verse of seven syllables. | - |
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heptose | (noun) a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms. | - |
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imperceptibility | (noun) the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses | - |
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imperceptible | (adjective) impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses | Synonyms: unperceivable |
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imperceptibly | (adverb) in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree | Synonyms: unnoticeably |
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inception | (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: origin, origination |
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inceptive | (adjective) in an initial stage | Synonyms: inchoative |
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inept | (adjective) generally incompetent and ineffectual | Synonyms: feckless |
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(adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt |
(adjective) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | Synonyms: tactless |
ineptitude | (noun) having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | Synonyms: worthlessness |
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(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
ineptly | (adverb) with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner | Synonyms: fecklessly |
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(adverb) in a maladroit manner | - |
ineptness | (noun) the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose | Synonyms: unsuitability, unsuitableness |
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(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness |
insusceptible | (adjective) not susceptible to | Synonyms: unsusceptible |
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intercept | (noun) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis | - |
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(verb) seize on its way | Synonyms: stop |
(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, tap, wiretap |
interception | (noun) the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving | - |
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(noun) (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team | - |
interceptor | (noun) a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft | - |
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interoception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | - |
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interoceptive | (adjective) of or relating to interoception | - |
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interoceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: enteroceptor |
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intussuscept | (verb) introvert or invaginate | - |
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intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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(noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
kept | (adjective) (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded | Synonyms: unbroken |
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ketoheptose | (noun) A seven-carbon sugar possessing a ketone group. | - |
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kleptomania | (noun) an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive | - |
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kleptomaniac | (noun) someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive | - |
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leptocephalus | (noun) slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes | - |
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leptodactylid | (noun) toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal | Synonyms: leptodactylid frog |
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leptomeninges | (noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers | - |
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leptomeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the leptomeninges | - |
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lepton | (noun) an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0 | - |
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(noun) 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece | - |
leptorhine | (adjective) having a long narrow nose | Synonyms: leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic |
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