autosuggestion | (noun) a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s | Synonyms: auto-suggestion, self-suggestion |
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congest | (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, crap up, foul |
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congested | (adjective) overfull as with blood | Synonyms: engorged |
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congestion | (noun) excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part | - |
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(noun) excessive crowding | Synonyms: over-crowding |
congestive | (adjective) relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid | - |
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decongestant | (noun) a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion | - |
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digest | (noun) something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) | Synonyms: compilation |
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(noun) a periodical that summarizes the news | - |
(verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
(verb) systematize, as by classifying and summarizing | - |
(verb) become assimilated into the body | - |
(verb) soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture | - |
(verb) soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture | - |
(verb) arrange and integrate in the mind | - |
(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
(verb) convert food into absorbable substances | - |
digester | (noun) autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested | - |
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digestibility | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibleness |
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digestible | (adjective) capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal | - |
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digestibleness | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibility |
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digestion | (noun) learning and coming to understand ideas and information | - |
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(noun) the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body | - |
(noun) the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat | - |
digestive | (adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion | - |
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(noun) any substance that promotes digestion | - |
egest | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: eliminate, excrete, pass |
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gestalt | (noun) a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | - |
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gestate | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven |
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(verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize |
gestation | (noun) the conception and development of an idea or plan | - |
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(noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: maternity, pregnancy |
(noun) the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) | Synonyms: gestation period |
gestational | (adjective) of or relating to gestation | - |
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gesticulate | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesture, motion |
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gesticulating | (adjective) making gestures while speaking | - |
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gesticulation | (noun) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion | - |
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gestural | (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: nonverbal |
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(adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: sign-language, sign, signed |
gesture | (noun) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | - |
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(noun) something done as an indication of intention | - |
(noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: motion |
(verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, motion |
indigestibility | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibleness |
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indigestible | (adjective) digested with difficulty | - |
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indigestibleness | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibility |
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indigestion | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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ingest | (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, take in |
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(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, take, take in |
ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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ingestion | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake |
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longest | (adverb) for the most time | - |
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medroxyprogesterone | (noun) a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders | Synonyms: Provera |
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megestrol | (noun) a synthetic progestational compound used to treat endometrial carcinoma | Synonyms: megestrol acetate |
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nondigestible | (adjective) not digestible | - |
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norgestrel | (noun) synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives | - |
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predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
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predigested | (adjective) artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action | - |
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progestational | (adjective) preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone) | - |
progesterone | (noun) a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy | Synonyms: Lipo-Lutin |
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progestin | (noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | Synonyms: progestogen |
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progestogen | (noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | Synonyms: progestin |
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regest | (noun) (archaic, obsolete) A register. | - |
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suggest | (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: advise, propose |
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(verb) call to mind | Synonyms: evoke, paint a picture |
(verb) imply as a possibility | Synonyms: intimate |
(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint | Synonyms: hint |
suggester | (noun) someone who advances a suggestion or proposal | Synonyms: proposer |
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suggestibility | (noun) susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion | - |
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suggestible | (adjective) susceptible or responsive to suggestion | - |
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suggestion | (noun) the act of inducing hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotism, mesmerism |
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(noun) an idea that is suggested | - |
(noun) the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association | - |
(noun) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | Synonyms: proffer, proposition |
(noun) persuasion formulated as a suggestion | Synonyms: prompting |
(noun) a just detectable amount | Synonyms: hint, tint, trace |
suggestive | (adjective) tending to suggest or imply | Synonyms: implicative |
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(adjective) tending to suggest something improper or indecent | - |
(adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative |
suggestively | (adverb) in a suggestive manner | - |
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suggestiveness | (noun) The state or quality of being full of suggestions, of stimulating thought. | - |
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undigested | (adjective) not digested | - |
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(adjective) not thought over and arranged systematically in the mind; not absorbed or assimilated mentally | - |