abampere | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abamp |
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aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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(noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group | - |
aberrate | (verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | - |
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(verb) diverge from the expected | - |
aberration | (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
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(noun) a disorder in one's mental state | - |
(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance |
abetter | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abettor |
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abhorrer | (noun) a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred | - |
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abjurer | (noun) a person who abjures | - |
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abrader | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abradant |
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abridger | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abbreviator |
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absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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abseiler | (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | Synonyms: rappeller |
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absolver | (noun) someone who grants absolution | - |
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absorber | (noun) (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | - |
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abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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abuser | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: maltreater |
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abutter | (noun) the owner of contiguous property | - |
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acanthopterygian | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | Synonyms: spiny-finned fish |
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accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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(noun) a gradually increasing tempo of music | - |
(adverb) with increasing speed | - |
accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: quicken, speed, speed up |
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(verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
accelerated | (adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course | - |
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acceleration | (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | Synonyms: quickening, speedup |
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(noun) an increase in rate of change | - |
(noun) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity | - |
accelerative | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: acceleratory |
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accelerator | (noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine | Synonyms: throttle, throttle valve |
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(noun) a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles | Synonyms: atom smasher, particle accelerator |
(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle |
(noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | Synonyms: catalyst |
acceleratory | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: accelerative |
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accelerometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets | - |
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accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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accouterment | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement |
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accuser | (noun) someone who imputes guilt or blame | - |
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acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acerb | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerbic, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
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(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
acerbic | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acerbity | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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(noun) a sharp sour taste | Synonyms: tartness |
(noun) a sharp bitterness | - |
acerola | (noun) acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C | Synonyms: barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
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(noun) tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries | Synonyms: barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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achiever | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: succeeder, success, winner |
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acquirer | (noun) a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock | - |
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(noun) the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card | - |
(noun) a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee | Synonyms: merchant bank |
(noun) a person who acquires something (usually permanently) | - |
actinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) | - |
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actinotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
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acylglycerol | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: glyceride |
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adapter | (noun) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible | Synonyms: adaptor |
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(noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: arranger, transcriber |
adder | (noun) small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia | Synonyms: common viper, Vipera berus |
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(noun) a machine that adds numbers | - |
(noun) a person who adds numbers | - |
adducer | (noun) a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof | - |
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adermin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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adhere | (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation | - |
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(verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: cleave, cling, cohere, stick |
(verb) be compatible or in accordance with | - |
(verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: stand by, stick, stick by |
(verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: stick |
adherence | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adhesion, attachment |
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(noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adhesion, adhesiveness, bond |
adherent | (adjective) sticking fast | - |
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(noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: disciple |
adjuster | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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administer | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: dispense |
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(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
(verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually | - |
(verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administrate |
(verb) direct the taking of | - |
admirer | (noun) someone who admires a young woman | Synonyms: adorer |
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(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter |
(noun) a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves | - |
admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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adopter | (noun) a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child | Synonyms: adoptive parent |
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adorer | (noun) someone who admires a young woman | Synonyms: admirer |
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adrenergic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: sympathomimetic |
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(noun) drug that has the effects of epinephrine | Synonyms: adrenergic drug |
adrenosterone | (noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland | - |
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adsorber | (noun) an apparatus used in the adhesion of atoms, ions, or molecules from a gas, liquid, or dissolved solid to a surface. | - |
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adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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(noun) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | Synonyms: adulterator |
adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: debase, dilute, load, stretch |
adulterated | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, debased |
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adulterating | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterant |
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adulteration | (noun) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) | - |
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(noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating | Synonyms: debasement |
adulterator | (noun) a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | - |
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(noun) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | Synonyms: adulterant |
adulterer | (noun) someone who commits adultery or fornication | Synonyms: fornicator |
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adulteress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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(adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
adulterously | (adverb) in an adulterous manner | - |
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adulterousness | (noun) The quality of being adulterous, involving sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. | - |
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adultery | (noun) extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations | Synonyms: criminal conversation, fornication |
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advancer | (noun) someone who advances | - |
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adventurer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: venturer |
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(noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: explorer |
adverb | (noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun | - |
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(noun) the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses | - |
adverbial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb | - |
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(noun) a word or group of words function as an adverb | - |
adverbially | (adverb) as an adverb | - |
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adversary | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister |
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adversative | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: oppositive |
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adverse | (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: contrary |
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(adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward |
adversely | (adverb) in an adverse manner | - |
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adversity | (noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event | - |
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(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction | Synonyms: hard knocks, hardship |
advert | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: allude, touch |
(verb) make reference to | Synonyms: bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
(verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: attend, give ear, hang, pay heed |
advertence | (noun) the process of being heedful | Synonyms: advertency |
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advertency | (noun) the process of being heedful | Synonyms: advertence |
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advertent | (adjective) giving attention | Synonyms: heedful |
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advertently | (adverb) in a careful deliberate manner | Synonyms: heedfully, mindfully |
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advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
advertised | (adjective) called to public attention | - |
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advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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advertiser | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertizer |
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advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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(noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
advertizement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing |
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advertizer | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertiser |
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advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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advertorial | (noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report | - |
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