| aeriferous | (adjective) conveying air; as the bronchial tubes | - |
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| afeard | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeared |
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| afeared | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeard |
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| afebrile | (adjective) having no fever | - |
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| affect | (noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | - |
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| (verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
| (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
| (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
| affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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| affected | (adjective) acted upon; influenced | - |
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| (adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: unnatural |
| (adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: moved, stirred, touched |
| affectedly | (adverb) in an affected manner | - |
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| affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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| (noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
| affecting | (adjective) arousing affect | Synonyms: poignant, touching |
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| affectingly | (adverb) in a poignant or touching manner | Synonyms: poignantly, touchingly |
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| affection | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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| affectional | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affective, emotive |
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| affectionate | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender |
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| affectionately | (adverb) with affection | Synonyms: dear, dearly |
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| affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
| affective | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affectional, emotive |
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| affenpinscher | (noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle | Synonyms: monkey dog, monkey pinscher |
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| afferent | (adjective) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS | - |
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| (noun) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system | Synonyms: afferent nerve, sensory nerve |
| aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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| (noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
| afterlife | (noun) life after death | Synonyms: hereafter |
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| alewife | (noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus | Synonyms: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus |
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| (noun) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams | - |
| aluminiferous | (adjective) containing alum or aluminum | - |
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| amentiferous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentaceous |
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| aminotransferase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, transaminase |
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| antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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| antifeminist | (noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women | - |
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| antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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| antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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| antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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| antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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| antifertilizin | (noun) An immunologically specific substance produced by animal sperm to implement attraction by the egg before fertilization. | - |
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| aquifer | (noun) underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc | - |
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| aquiferous | (adjective) of or relating to an aquifer | - |
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| argentiferous | (adjective) containing or yielding silver | - |
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| asafetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafoetida |
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| auriferous | (adjective) containing gold | Synonyms: gold-bearing |
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| bacciferous | (adjective) producing or bearing berries | Synonyms: baccate, berried |
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| beanfeast | (noun) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees | - |
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| bedfellow | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedmate |
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| (noun) a temporary associate | - |
| beefeater | (noun) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch | Synonyms: yeoman, yeoman of the guard |
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| biodefence | (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | Synonyms: biodefense, biological defence, biological defense |
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| biodefense | (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | Synonyms: biodefence, biological defence, biological defense |
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| biofeedback | (noun) a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them | - |
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| biosafety | (noun) safety from exposure to infectious agents | - |
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| birdfeeder | (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder |
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| bluffer | (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people | Synonyms: four-flusher |
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| bottlefeed | (verb) feed (infants) with a bottle | - |
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| bouffe | (noun) opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken | Synonyms: comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique |
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| breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| buffer | (noun) a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | Synonyms: fender |
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| (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: polisher |
| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: cowcatcher, fender, pilot |
| (noun) (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system | Synonyms: buffer storage, buffer store |
| (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buff |
| (noun) a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict | Synonyms: buffer zone |
| (noun) (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH | - |
| (verb) add a buffer (a solution) | - |
| (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: cushion, soften |
| buffet | (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: counter, sideboard |
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| (noun) usually inexpensive bar | Synonyms: snack bar, snack counter |
| (noun) a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves | - |
| (verb) strike against forcefully | Synonyms: batter, knock about |
| (verb) strike, beat repeatedly | Synonyms: buff |
| buffeted | (adjective) pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities | Synonyms: storm-tossed, tempest-swept, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost |
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| buffeting | (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: pounding |
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| cafe | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse |
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| cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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| caffein | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffeine |
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| caffeine | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffein |
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| caffeinic | (adjective) of or containing caffein | - |
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| caffeinism | (noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | Synonyms: caffeine intoxication |
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| caffer | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffre, kaffir, kafir |
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| calciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: cholecalciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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| calciferous | (adjective) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite | - |
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| candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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| carafe | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: decanter |
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| carboniferous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | Synonyms: carbonaceous, carbonic, carbonous |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era | - |
| chafe | (noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation | Synonyms: annoyance, vexation |
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| (noun) soreness and warmth caused by friction | - |
| (verb) warm by rubbing, as with the hands | - |
| (verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading | Synonyms: excoriate |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: fray, fret, rub, scratch |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| (verb) feel extreme irritation or anger | - |
| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: fret, gall |
| chafed | (adjective) painful from having the skin abraded | Synonyms: galled |
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| chafeweed | (noun) weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike | Synonyms: Gnaphalium sylvaticum, wood cudweed |
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| chaffer | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| (verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: haggle, higgle, huckster |
| chamfer | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, cant |
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| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chase, furrow |
| (verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | Synonyms: bevel |
| chauffeur | (noun) a person paid to drive a privately owned car | - |
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| (verb) drive someone in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive around |
| chauffeuse | (noun) a woman chauffeur | - |
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| cheliferous | (adjective) having chelae | - |
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| chickenfeed | (noun) a trifling sum of money | Synonyms: chump change, small change |
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| cholecalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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| chuffed | (adjective) very pleased | - |
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| chyliferous | (adjective) transmitting chyle | - |
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| circumference | (noun) the size of something as given by the distance around it | Synonyms: perimeter |
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| (noun) the length of the closed curve of a circle | - |
| (noun) the boundary line encompassing an area or object | Synonyms: circuit |
| circumferent | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: encompassing, surrounding |
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| circumferential | (adjective) lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts | - |
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| cockchafer | (noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult | Synonyms: May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha |
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| codefendant | (noun) a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action | Synonyms: co-defendant |
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| coffee | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, chocolate, deep brown, umber |
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| (noun) a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans | Synonyms: java |
| (noun) a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee | Synonyms: coffee bean, coffee berry |
| (noun) any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans | Synonyms: coffee tree |
| coffeeberry | (noun) evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits | Synonyms: California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus |
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| coffeecake | (noun) a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee | Synonyms: coffee cake |
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| coffeehouse | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop |
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| coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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| coffer | (noun) a chest especially for storing valuables | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, lacunar |
| cofferdam | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: caisson, pneumatic caisson |
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| coiffe | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| coiffeur | (noun) a man hairdresser | - |
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| coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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| confect | (noun) a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | Synonyms: candy |
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| (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confection |
| (verb) make or construct | - |
| confection | (noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | Synonyms: concoction |
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| (noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
| (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
| confectionary | (noun) a confectioner's shop | Synonyms: candy store, confectionery |
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| confectioner | (noun) someone who makes candies and other sweets | Synonyms: candymaker |
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| confectionery | (noun) the occupation and skills of a confectioner | - |
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| (noun) a confectioner's shop | Synonyms: candy store, confectionary |
| (noun) candy and other sweets considered collectively | - |
| confederacy | (noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: conspiracy |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederation, federation |
| (noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspiracy |
| confederate | (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: allied, confederative |
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| (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: accomplice |
| (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, henchman, partner in crime |
| (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
| (verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |