| acathexia | (noun) an inability to retain bodily secretions | - |
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| acathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual | - |
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| adnexa | (noun) accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo) | Synonyms: annexa |
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| adnexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: annexal |
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| aldohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
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| alexandrite | (noun) a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone | - |
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| alexia | (noun) inability to perceive written words | Synonyms: visual aphasia, word blindness |
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| alexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia | Synonyms: word-blind |
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| (noun) a person with alexia | - |
| ambidexterity | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidextrousness |
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| ambidextrous | (adjective) equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: two-handed |
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| (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
| ambidextrousness | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidexterity |
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| annex | (noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annexe, extension, wing |
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| (verb) add an extra part to | - |
| (verb) take (territory) as if by conquest | - |
| annexa | (noun) accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo) | Synonyms: adnexa |
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| annexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: adnexal |
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| annexation | (noun) the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation | - |
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| (noun) incorporation by joining or uniting | Synonyms: appropriation |
| annexational | (adjective) relating to annexation | - |
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| annexe | (noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annex, extension, wing |
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| anorexia | (noun) a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite | - |
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| anorexic | (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorectic |
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| (noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorectic |
| anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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| antapex | (noun) the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from | - |
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| apex | (noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, peak, vertex |
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| (noun) the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars | Synonyms: apex of the sun's way, solar apex |
| apoplexy | (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: cerebrovascular accident, CVA, stroke |
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| areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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| asexual | (adjective) not having or involving sex | Synonyms: nonsexual |
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| asexuality | (noun) having no evident sex or sex organs | Synonyms: sexlessness |
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| asexually | (adverb) in an asexual manner | - |
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| auspex | (noun) (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | Synonyms: augur |
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| autosexing | (noun) (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching | - |
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| biconvex | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform |
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| bisexual | (adjective) sexually attracted to both sexes | - |
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| (adjective) having an ambiguous sexual identity | Synonyms: epicene |
| (noun) a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes | Synonyms: bisexual person |
| bisexuality | (noun) sexual activity with both men and women | - |
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| (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: androgyny, hermaphroditism |
| bulimarexia | (noun) a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting | Synonyms: binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulimia nervosa |
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| cachexia | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexy, wasting |
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| cachexy | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexia, wasting |
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| catalexis | (noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
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| cathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | Synonyms: charge |
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| caudex | (noun) woody stem of palms and tree ferns | - |
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| (noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | Synonyms: stock |
| centrex | (noun) (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange | - |
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| cephalexin | (noun) a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribed for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract | Synonyms: Keflex, Keflin, Keftab |
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| chlorhexidine | (noun) a long-lasting liquid antiseptic; used by surgeons to wash their hands before performing surgery | - |
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| circumflex | (noun) a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality | - |
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| codex | (noun) an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) | Synonyms: leaf-book |
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| (noun) an official list of chemicals or medicines etc. | - |
| coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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| (verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
| coexistence | (noun) existing peacefully together | - |
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| coexistent | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexisting |
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| coexisting | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexistent |
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| coextension | (noun) equality of extension or duration | - |
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| coextensive | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: conterminous, coterminous |
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| complex | (adjective) complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts | - |
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| (adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complicated |
| (noun) a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures | Synonyms: building complex |
| (noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: composite |
| (noun) (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior | - |
| (noun) a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | Synonyms: coordination compound |
| complexifier | (noun) someone makes things complex | - |
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| complexify | (verb) make complex | - |
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| (verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: ramify |
| complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
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| (noun) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | - |
| (noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face | - |
| (noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination | - |
| (noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking | - |
| (verb) give a certain color to | - |
| complexity | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexness |
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| complexly | (adverb) in a complex manner | - |
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| complexness | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexity |
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| connexion | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connection |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connector |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connection |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, link |
| context | (noun) discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | Synonyms: context of use, linguistic context |
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| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, setting |
| contextual | (adjective) relating to or determined by or in context | - |
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| contextualism | (noun) any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms | - |
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| contextually | (adverb) in a manner dependent on context | - |
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| convex | (adjective) curving or bulging outward | Synonyms: bulging |
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| convexity | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexness |
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| (noun) a shape that curves or bulges outward | Synonyms: convex shape |
| convexly | (adverb) in a convex way | - |
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| convexness | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexity |
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| cortex | (noun) the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal | - |
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| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium |
| (noun) the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | Synonyms: lens cortex |
| counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
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| cybersex | (noun) sexual arousal involving communication on the internet | - |
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| cyclohexanol | (noun) a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor | - |
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| deflexion | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflection |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflection, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflection |
| desex | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| desexualise | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualize |
| desexualize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualise |
| dexamethasone | (noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | Synonyms: Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon |
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| dexter | (adjective) on or starting from the wearer's right | - |
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| dexterity | (noun) adroitness in using the hands | Synonyms: manual dexterity, sleight |
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| dexterous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dextrous |
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| dexterously | (adverb) with dexterity; in a dexterous manner | Synonyms: deftly, dextrously |
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| dextral | (adjective) of or on the right | - |
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| (adjective) preferring to use right foot or hand or eye | - |
| dextrality | (noun) preference for using the right hand | Synonyms: right-handedness |
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| dextrin | (noun) any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements | - |
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| dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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| dextroglucose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextrose, grape sugar |
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| dextrorotary | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotatory, right-handed |
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| dextrorotation | (noun) rotation to the right | Synonyms: clockwise rotation |
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| dextrorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed |
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| dextrorsal | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorse |
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| dextrorse | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorsal |
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| dextrose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextroglucose, grape sugar |
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| dextrous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dexterous |
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| dextrously | (adverb) with dexterity; in a dexterous manner | Synonyms: deftly, dexterously |
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| dorsiflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part) | - |
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| duplex | (adjective) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously | - |
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| (adjective) (used technically of a device or process) having two parts | - |
| (noun) an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase | Synonyms: duplex apartment |
| (noun) a house with two units sharing a common wall | Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house |
| (verb) change into a duplex | - |
| dyslexia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to read | - |
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| dyslexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia | - |
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| (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslectic |
| (noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslectic |
| epiplexis | (noun) a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them | - |
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| ex | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
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| (noun) the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: X, x |
| (noun) a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife | Synonyms: ex-wife |
| (noun) a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband | Synonyms: ex-husband |
| exabit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits | Synonyms: Eb, Ebit |
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| exabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes | Synonyms: EB, EiB, exbibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes | Synonyms: EB |
| exacerbate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate |