| 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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| cervical | (adjective) relating to or associated with the neck | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the cervix of the uterus | - |
| cervicitis | (noun) inflammation of the uterine cervix | - |
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| cervid | (noun) distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers | Synonyms: deer |
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| cervine | (adjective) relating to or resembling deer | - |
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| cervix | (noun) the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | Synonyms: neck |
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| (noun) necklike opening to the uterus | Synonyms: cervix uteri, uterine cervix |
| chervil | (noun) fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach | - |
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| (noun) aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads | Synonyms: Anthriscus cereifolium, beaked parsley |
| conferva | (noun) any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water | - |
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| conservancy | (noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. | - |
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| (noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river | - |
| conservation | (noun) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations | - |
| (noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: preservation |
| conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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| conservatism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservativism |
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| conservative | (adjective) resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion | - |
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| (adjective) unimaginatively conventional | Synonyms: button-down, buttoned-down |
| (adjective) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | Synonyms: bourgeois, materialistic |
| (adjective) avoiding excess | Synonyms: cautious |
| (adjective) having social or political views favoring conservatism | - |
| (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservativist |
| conservatively | (adverb) in a conservative manner | Synonyms: cautiously, guardedly |
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| conservativism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservatism |
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| conservativist | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservative |
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| conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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| conservator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: curator |
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| (noun) someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person | - |
| conservatory | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: hothouse, indoor garden |
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| (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatoire |
| (noun) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts | - |
| conserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserves, preserve, preserves |
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| (verb) preserve with sugar | - |
| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: economise, economize, husband |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: keep up, maintain, preserve |
| (verb) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change | - |
| conserved | (adjective) protected from harm or loss | - |
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| conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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| countervail | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, neutralize |
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| (verb) compensate for or counterbalance | Synonyms: offset |
| defervesce | (verb) experience an abatement of a fever | - |
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| defervescence | (noun) abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature | - |
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| defervescent | (adjective) of or relating to the reduction of a fever | - |
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| derv | (noun) diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle) | - |
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| dervish | (noun) an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements | - |
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| deserve | (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: merit |
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| deserved | (adjective) properly deserved | Synonyms: merited |
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| deservedly | (adverb) as deserved | - |
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| deserving | (adjective) (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | Synonyms: worth |
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| deservingness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: merit, meritoriousness |
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| disservice | (noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly | Synonyms: ill service, ill turn |
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| effervesce | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
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| effervescence | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness |
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| (noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes | - |
| effervescent | (adjective) (of a liquid) giving off bubbles | - |
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| (adjective) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: sparkling |
| (adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly |
| effervescing | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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| endocervicitis | (noun) inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix | - |
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| enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally | - |
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| (verb) disturb the composure of | Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle |
| enervated | (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: adynamic, asthenic, debilitated |
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| enervating | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enfeebling, weakening |
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| enervation | (noun) surgical removal of a nerve | - |
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| (noun) lack of vitality | - |
| (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy | Synonyms: debilitation, enfeeblement, exhaustion |
| fervency | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
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| fervent | (adjective) (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing | Synonyms: fervid |
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| (adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: ardent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
| fervently | (adverb) with passionate fervor | Synonyms: fervidly, fierily |
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| fervid | (adjective) (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing | Synonyms: fervent |
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| (adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: ardent, fervent, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
| fervidly | (adverb) with passionate fervor | Synonyms: fervently, fierily |
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| fervidness | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire |
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| fervor | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervour, fire |
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| (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervour, inflammation |
| fervour | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire |
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| (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation |
| hypervelocity | (noun) excessive velocity | - |
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| hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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| (verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
| hyperventilation | (noun) an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued | - |
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| hypervitaminosis | (noun) an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K | - |
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| hypervolaemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypervolemia |
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| hypervolemia | (noun) a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood | Synonyms: hypervolaemia |
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| imperviable | (adjective) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | Synonyms: impervious |
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| impervious | (adjective) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | Synonyms: imperviable |
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| imperviousness | (noun) the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: impenetrability |
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| innervate | (verb) stimulate to action | - |
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| (verb) supply nerves to (some organ or body part) | - |
| innervation | (noun) the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region | - |
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| (noun) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland | Synonyms: excitation, irritation |
| interval | (noun) the distance between things | Synonyms: separation |
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| (noun) a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints | - |
| (noun) the difference in pitch between two notes | Synonyms: musical interval |
| (noun) a definite length of time marked off by two instants | Synonyms: time interval |
| intervene | (verb) occur between other event or between certain points of time | - |
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| (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in |
| (verb) be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events | - |
| intervening | (adjective) occurring or falling between events or points in time | - |
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| intervenor | (noun) (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding | - |
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| intervention | (noun) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | Synonyms: intercession |
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| (noun) (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings | - |
| (noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | Synonyms: treatment |
| (noun) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | Synonyms: interposition |
| (noun) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries | Synonyms: interference |
| intervertebral | (adjective) pertaining to the space between two vertebrae | - |
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| interview | (noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, consultation |
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| (noun) the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists | - |
| (verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: question |
| (verb) discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation | - |
| (verb) go for an interview in the hope of being hired | - |
| interviewee | (noun) a person who is interviewed | - |
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| interviewer | (noun) a person who conducts an interview | - |
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| maidservant | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maid |
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| manservant | (noun) a man servant | - |
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| neoconservatism | (noun) an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s) | - |
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| neoconservative | (noun) a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism | Synonyms: neocon |
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| nerve | (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: heart, mettle, spunk |
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| (noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, face |
| (noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nervus |
| (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: steel |
| nerveless | (adjective) marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | Synonyms: cool, coolheaded |
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| (adjective) lacking strength | Synonyms: feeble |
| nervelessly | (adverb) in a composed and unconcerned manner | Synonyms: coolly, nonchalantly |
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| nervelessness | (noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: coolness |
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| nerveroot | (noun) once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America | Synonyms: Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower |
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| nerves | (noun) control of your emotions | - |
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| (noun) an uneasy psychological state | Synonyms: nervousness |
| nervily | (adverb) in a brash cheeky manner | Synonyms: brashly, cheekily |
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| nervism | (noun) the philosophical position adopted by Pavlov that all behavioral and physiological processes are regulated by the nervous system. | - |
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| nervous | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous system | Synonyms: neural |
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| (adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | Synonyms: flighty, skittish, spooky |
| (adjective) excited in anticipation | Synonyms: aflutter |
| (adjective) easily agitated | - |
| (adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | Synonyms: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet |
| nervously | (adverb) in an anxiously nervous manner | - |
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| (adverb) with nervous excitement | - |
| nervousness | (noun) a sensitive or highly strung temperament | - |
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| (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness |
| (noun) an uneasy psychological state | Synonyms: nerves |
| nervure | (noun) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | Synonyms: vein |
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| (noun) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ | Synonyms: vein |
| nervus | (noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nerve |
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| nervy | (adjective) showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger | - |
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| (adjective) offensively bold | Synonyms: brash, cheeky |
| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, overstrung, restive, uptight |
| noneffervescent | (adjective) not effervescent | - |
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| (adjective) not sparkling | Synonyms: still |
| nonintervention | (noun) a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes | Synonyms: noninterference |
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| nonobservance | (noun) a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | - |
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| nonobservant | (adjective) failing or refusing to observe religious customs | - |
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| observable | (adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: discernible, evident |
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| observably | (adverb) in a noticeable manner | Synonyms: noticeably, perceptibly |
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| observance | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observation, watching |
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| (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, honouring |
| (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: notice, observation |
| (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony |
| observant | (adjective) paying close attention especially to details | - |
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| (adjective) (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs | Synonyms: law-abiding |
| (adjective) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | Synonyms: observing |
| observantly | (adverb) in an observant manner | Synonyms: observingly |
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| observation | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observance, watching |
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| (noun) the act of making and recording a measurement | - |
| (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: notice, observance |
| (noun) facts learned by observing | - |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: reflection, reflexion |