aah | (verb) express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah' | Synonyms: ooh |
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abash | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: embarrass |
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abashed | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: chagrined, embarrassed |
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abashment | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: bashfulness |
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abhenry | (noun) a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry | - |
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abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abominate, execrate, loathe |
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abhorrence | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium |
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abhorrent | (adjective) offensive to the mind | Synonyms: detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive |
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abhorrer | (noun) a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred | - |
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abiotrophy | (noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury | - |
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ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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abohm | (noun) a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm | - |
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abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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abrachia | (noun) the condition of having no arms | - |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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abroach | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: broached |
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absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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absinthe | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinth |
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(noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | Synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man |
academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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acantha | (noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: spine, spur |
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acanthion | (noun) the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture | - |
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acanthocephalan | (noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines | Synonyms: spiny-headed worm |
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acanthocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm | - |
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acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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acantholysis | (noun) a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus) | - |
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acanthoma | (noun) a neoplasm originating in the epidermis | Synonyms: skin tumor |
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acanthopterygian | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | Synonyms: spiny-finned fish |
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acanthosis | (noun) an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis) | - |
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acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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acanthous | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthoid, spinous |
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acanthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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acarophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms | - |
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acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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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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accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
accouchement | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth |
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accoucheur | (noun) a physician specializing in obstetrics | Synonyms: obstetrician |
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accoucheuse | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: midwife |
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accountantship | (noun) the position of accountant | - |
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acephalia | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalism, acephaly |
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acephalism | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephaly |
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acephalous | (adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head | - |
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acephaly | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephalism |
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acetaldehyde | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: ethanal |
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acetaminophen | (noun) an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) | Synonyms: Anacin III, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol |
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acetophenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetphenetidin, phenacetin |
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acetphenetidin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetophenetidin, phenacetin |
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acetylcholine | (noun) a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems | - |
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ache | (noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: aching |
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(verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen |
(verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: hurt, smart |
(verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: hurt, suffer |
achene | (noun) small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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achievability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: attainability, attainableness |
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achievable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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achievement | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: accomplishment |
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achiever | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: succeeder, success, winner |
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achillea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads | - |
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achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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aching | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: achy |
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(noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: ache |
achira | (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: arrowroot, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
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achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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achlorhydria | (noun) an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach | - |
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achlorhydric | (adjective) lacking hydrochloric acid | - |
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acholia | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: cholestasis |
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achondrite | (noun) a stony meteor lacking chondrules | - |
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achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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(adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatin | (noun) the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes | - |
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achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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achy | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: aching |
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achylia | (noun) absence of gastric juices (partial or complete) | Synonyms: achylia gastrica |
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acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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