hart | (noun) a male deer, especially an adult male red deer | Synonyms: stag |
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hartebeest | (noun) a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward | - |
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hartley | (noun) a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. | Synonyms: ban, dit, Hart |
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harvest | (noun) the season for gathering crops | Synonyms: harvest time |
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(noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest home, harvesting |
(noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | - |
(noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season | Synonyms: crop |
(verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
(verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
harvester | (noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields | Synonyms: reaper |
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(noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest | Synonyms: reaper |
harvestfish | (noun) butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina | Synonyms: Paprilus alepidotus |
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harvesting | (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest, harvest home |
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harvestman | (noun) spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs | Synonyms: daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio |
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inharmonic | (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant |
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inharmonious | (adjective) not in harmony | Synonyms: unharmonious |
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(adjective) lacking in harmony of parts | - |
inharmoniousness | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: disharmony |
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katharobe | (noun) an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter | - |
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katharobic | (adjective) of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter | - |
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katharometer | (noun) measures thermal conductivity | - |
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katharsis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: abreaction, catharsis |
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(noun) purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: catharsis, purgation |
lahar | (noun) an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano | - |
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laryngopharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to the larynx and pharynx | - |
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laryngopharyngitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and pharynx | - |
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laryngopharynx | (noun) the lower part of the pharynx | - |
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lethargic | (adjective) deficient in alertness or activity | Synonyms: unenergetic |
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lethargically | (adverb) without energy; in a lethargic manner | Synonyms: unenergetically |
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lethargy | (noun) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | Synonyms: inanition, lassitude, slackness |
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(noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, languor, phlegm, sluggishness |
(noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lassitude, sluggishness |
maharaja | (noun) a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | Synonyms: maharajah |
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maharajah | (noun) a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | Synonyms: maharaja |
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maharanee | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharani |
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maharani | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharanee |
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metharbital | (noun) anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy | Synonyms: Gemonil |
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monosaccharide | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharose, simple sugar |
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monosaccharose | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar |
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mucopolysaccharide | (noun) complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue | - |
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mucopolysaccharidosis | (noun) any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues | - |
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nasopharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx | - |
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nasopharynx | (noun) cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx | - |
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nonharmonic | (adjective) not harmonic | - |
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oligosaccharide | (noun) any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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orchard | (noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet |
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oropharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to or located near the oropharynx | - |
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oropharynx | (noun) cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth | - |
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overcharge | (noun) a price that is too high | - |
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(verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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petchary | (noun) a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird | Synonyms: gray kingbird, grey kingbird, Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis |
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pharisaic | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharisaical | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharisee | (noun) a self-righteous or sanctimonious person | - |
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pharma | (noun) a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals | Synonyms: drug company, pharmaceutical company |
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pharmaceutic | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists | Synonyms: pharmaceutical |
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(noun) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment | Synonyms: pharmaceutical |
pharmaceutical | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists | Synonyms: pharmaceutic |
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(adjective) of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment | - |
(noun) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment | Synonyms: pharmaceutic |
pharmaceutics | (noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines | Synonyms: pharmacy |
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pharmacist | (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, druggist, pill pusher, pill roller |
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pharmacogenetics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms | - |
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pharmacokinetics | (noun) the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc. | - |
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pharmacologic | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacology | Synonyms: pharmacological |
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pharmacological | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacology | Synonyms: pharmacologic |
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pharmacologically | (adverb) with regard to pharmacology | - |
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pharmacologist | (noun) someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) | Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist |
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pharmacology | (noun) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects | Synonyms: materia medica, pharmacological medicine |
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pharmacopeia | (noun) (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation | Synonyms: formulary |
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pharmacopoeia | (noun) a collection or stock of drugs | - |
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pharmacy | (noun) a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | Synonyms: apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore |
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(noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines | Synonyms: pharmaceutics |
pharos | (noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon, beacon light, lighthouse |
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pharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to the throat | - |
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(noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat | Synonyms: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal consonant |
pharyngitis | (noun) inflammation of the fauces and pharynx | Synonyms: raw throat, sore throat |
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pharynx | (noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone | Synonyms: throat |
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philharmonic | (adjective) composing or characteristic of an orchestral group | - |
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(adjective) devoted to or appreciative of music | - |
(noun) a large orchestra; can perform symphonies | Synonyms: symphony, symphony orchestra |
pilchard | (noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | Synonyms: Sardina pilchardus, sardine |
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(noun) small fatty fish usually canned | Synonyms: sardine |
ploughshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: plowshare, share |
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plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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pochard | (noun) heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head | Synonyms: Aythya ferina |
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polysaccharide | (noun) any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | Synonyms: polyose |
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psychopharmacological | (adjective) of or relating to psychopharmacology | - |
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psychopharmacology | (noun) the study of drugs that affect the mind | - |
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radiopharmaceutical | (noun) pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy | - |
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recharge | (verb) charge anew | - |
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(verb) load anew | Synonyms: reload |
rechargeable | (adjective) capable of being recharged | - |
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reharmonisation | (noun) a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised | Synonyms: reharmonization |
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reharmonise | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonize |
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reharmonization | (noun) a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised | Synonyms: reharmonisation |
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reharmonize | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonise |
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restharrow | (noun) European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners | Synonyms: Ononis repens, rest-harrow |
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(noun) Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots | Synonyms: Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow |
saccharase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: invertase, sucrase |
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saccharide | (noun) an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | Synonyms: carbohydrate, sugar |
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saccharify | (verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate | - |
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(verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: sugar |
saccharin | (noun) a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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saccharine | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: cloying, syrupy, treacly |
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saccharinity | (noun) the excessive sweetness of saccharin | - |
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saccharose | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | Synonyms: sucrose |
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semihard | (adjective) somewhat hard | - |
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shard | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: fragment, sherd |
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share | (noun) the allotment of some amount by dividing something | Synonyms: parcel, portion |
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(noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: contribution, part |
(noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, plowshare |
(noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, percentage, portion |
(noun) any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate | - |
(verb) communicate | - |
(verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out |
(verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake, partake in |
(verb) use jointly or in common | - |
(verb) have in common | - |
sharecropper | (noun) small farmers and tenants | Synonyms: cropper, sharecrop farmer |
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shared | (adjective) have in common; held or experienced in common | - |
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(adjective) distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose | Synonyms: divided, divided up, shared out |
shareholder | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareowner, stockholder |
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shareholding | (noun) a holding in the form of shares of corporations | - |
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shareowner | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareholder, stockholder |
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sharer | (noun) someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share | Synonyms: partaker |
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shareware | (noun) software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc. | - |
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sharia | (noun) the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | Synonyms: Islamic law, sharia law, shariah, shariah law |
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shariah | (noun) the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | Synonyms: Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah law |
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sharing | (adjective) unselfishly willing to share with others | - |
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(noun) a distribution in shares | Synonyms: share-out |
(noun) sharing thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: communion |
(noun) having in common | - |
(noun) using or enjoying something jointly with others | - |
shark | (noun) any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | - |
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(noun) a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways | - |
(noun) a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest | - |
(verb) hunt shark | - |
(verb) play the shark; act with trickery | - |