| aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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| adoxography | (noun) fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects | - |
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| aerogram | (noun) a letter sent by air mail | Synonyms: aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter |
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| aerogramme | (noun) a letter sent by air mail | Synonyms: aerogram, air letter, airmail letter |
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| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandizement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandisement, elevation |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggravated | (adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger | Synonyms: provoked |
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| (adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law | - |
| aggravating | (adjective) making worse | Synonyms: exacerbating, exasperating |
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| aggravatingly | (adverb) in an aggravating fashion | - |
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| aggravation | (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment | Synonyms: irritation, provocation |
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| (noun) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse | Synonyms: exacerbation |
| (noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: exasperation |
| aggravator | (noun) an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating | Synonyms: annoyance |
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| aggregate | (adjective) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets | - |
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| (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregated, aggregative, mass |
| (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: sum, total, totality |
| (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: congeries, conglomeration |
| (noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster | - |
| (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
| aggregated | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregative, mass |
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| aggregation | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: assembling, collecting, collection |
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| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, assemblage, collection |
| aggregative | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregated, mass |
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| aggregator | (noun) a person who collects things | Synonyms: collector |
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| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggression | (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | Synonyms: hostility |
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| (noun) deliberately unfriendly behavior | - |
| (noun) the act of initiating hostilities | - |
| (noun) a disposition to behave aggressively | - |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggressiveness |
| aggressive | (adjective) having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | Synonyms: belligerent |
| (adjective) tending to spread quickly | Synonyms: fast-growing, strong-growing |
| aggressively | (adverb) in an aggressive manner | Synonyms: sharply |
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| aggressiveness | (noun) the quality of being bold and enterprising | - |
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| (noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggression |
| aggressor | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: assailant, assaulter, attacker |
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| (noun) a confident assertive person who acts as instigator | - |
| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| aggro | (noun) (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression | - |
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| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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| agranulocytic | (adjective) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis | - |
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| agranulocytosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulosis, granulocytopenia |
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| agranulosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia |
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| agrapha | (noun) sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels | - |
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| agraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: anorthography, logagraphia |
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| agraphic | (adjective) relating to or having agraphia | - |
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| agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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| agrarian | (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agricultural, farming |
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| agree | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: concord, concur, hold |
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| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something | - |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement | - |
| agreeability | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeableness |
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| agreeable | (adjective) conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature | - |
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| (adjective) prepared to agree or consent | - |
| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, concordant, conformable, consonant |
| agreeableness | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeability |
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| (noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: amenity |
| agreeably | (adverb) in an enjoyable manner | Synonyms: enjoyably, pleasantly |
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| agreed | (adjective) united by being of the same opinion | Synonyms: in agreement |
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| agreement | (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: correspondence |
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| (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: arrangement |
| (noun) the verbal act of agreeing | - |
| (noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: understanding |
| (noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: concord |
| (noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: accord |
| agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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| (adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
| agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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| agricultural | (adjective) relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming | - |
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| (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agrarian, farming |
| agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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| agriculture | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: farming, husbandry |
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| (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm |
| (noun) the class of people engaged in growing food | - |
| agriculturist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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| agrimonia | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimony |
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| agrimony | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimonia |
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| agrobiologic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrobiology | Synonyms: agrobiological |
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| agrobiological | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrobiology | Synonyms: agrobiologic |
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| agrobiology | (noun) the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield | - |
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| agrologic | (adjective) of or related to agrology | Synonyms: agrological |
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| agrological | (adjective) of or related to agrology | Synonyms: agrologic |
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| agrology | (noun) science of soils in relation to crops | - |
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| agromania | (noun) an intense desire to be alone or out in the open | - |
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| agronomic | (adjective) of or relating to or promoting agronomy | Synonyms: agronomical |
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| agronomical | (adjective) of or relating to or promoting agronomy | Synonyms: agronomic |
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| agronomist | (noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production | - |
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| agronomy | (noun) the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production | Synonyms: scientific agriculture |
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| aground | (adjective) stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float | - |
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| (adverb) with the bottom lodged on the ground | - |
| agrypnia | (noun) a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter) | - |
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| agrypnotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrypnia | - |
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| aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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| aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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| allegretto | (adjective) (of tempo) faster than allegro | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| (noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| (adverb) in a moderately quick tempo | - |
| allegro | (adjective) (of tempo) fast | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner | - |
| (noun) a brisk and lively tempo | - |
| (adverb) in a quick and lively tempo | - |
| allograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: homograft |
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| allograph | (noun) a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme | - |
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| (noun) a signature written by one person for another | - |
| allographic | (adjective) of or relating to an allograph | - |
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| ambergris | (noun) waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume | - |
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| anagram | (noun) a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase | - |
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| (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |
| anagrammatic | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatical |
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| anagrammatical | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatic |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| anagrams | (noun) a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters | - |
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| anemograph | (noun) An instrument which records wind velocities. | - |
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| anemographic | (adjective) pertaining to the recording of wind measurements | - |
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| anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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| angiocardiogram | (noun) a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiogram | (noun) an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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| angrecum | (noun) any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers | - |
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| angrily | (adverb) with anger | - |
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| angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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| angry | (adjective) feeling or showing anger | - |
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| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: furious, raging, tempestuous, wild |
| (adjective) severely inflamed and painful | - |
| anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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| anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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| antigram | (noun) an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase | - |
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| arcdegree | (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: degree |
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| arteriogram | (noun) an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium | - |
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| arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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| arthrogram | (noun) an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium | - |
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| arthrography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram | - |
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| atmoradiograph | (noun) a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics. | - |
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| audiogram | (noun) a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound | - |
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