| acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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| acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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| adhesion | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, attachment |
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| (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond |
| (noun) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures | - |
| (noun) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen | - |
| adhesive | (adjective) tending to adhere | - |
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| (noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | Synonyms: adhesive agent, adhesive material |
| adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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| aesthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: esthesia, sensibility |
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| aesthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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| alcahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alkahest, universal solvent |
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| alkahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alcahest, universal solvent |
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| alkahestic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist | - |
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| anaesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anesthesia |
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| anesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anaesthesia |
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| anesthesiologist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthetist |
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| anesthesiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics | - |
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| anthesis | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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| antimetathesis | (noun) A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem". | - |
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| antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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| (noun) exact opposite | - |
| aphesis | (noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' | - |
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| archduchess | (noun) a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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| archespore | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archesporium |
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| archesporial | (adjective) of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores | - |
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| archesporium | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archespore |
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| bedclothes | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedding |
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| behest | (noun) an authoritative command or request | - |
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| biosynthesis | (noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biogenesis |
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| blithesome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome |
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| breeches | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers |
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| britches | (noun) (used in the plural) informal term for breeches | - |
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| cacoethes | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: mania, passion |
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| catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chess | (noun) a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | Synonyms: chess game |
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| (noun) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, cheat |
| chessboard | (noun) a checkerboard used to play chess | Synonyms: chess board |
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| chessman | (noun) any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | Synonyms: chess piece |
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| chest | (noun) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy | - |
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| (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest of drawers, dresser |
| (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pectus, thorax |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: breast |
| chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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| (noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
| chestnut | (adjective) (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color | - |
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| (noun) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse | - |
| (noun) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg | - |
| (noun) the brown color of chestnuts | - |
| (noun) edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | - |
| (noun) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | Synonyms: chestnut tree |
| (noun) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | - |
| chesty | (adjective) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride | Synonyms: arrogant, self-important |
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| (adjective) marked by a large or well-developed chest | Synonyms: big-chested |
| chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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| chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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| clothes | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, dress, wearing apparel |
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| clothesbrush | (noun) a brush used for cleaning clothing | - |
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| clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
| clothesless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: garmentless, raimentless |
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| clothesline | (noun) a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - |
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| clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| clutches | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold |
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| cohesion | (noun) (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid | - |
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| (noun) (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) | - |
| (noun) (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. | - |
| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesiveness |
| cohesive | (adjective) causing cohesion | - |
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| (adjective) cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated | - |
| cohesiveness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion |
| cryaesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryesthesia |
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| cryesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryaesthesia |
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| cryoanaesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanesthesia |
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| cryoanesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanaesthesia |
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| diathesis | (noun) constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality | - |
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| duchess | (noun) the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | - |
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| epenthesis | (noun) the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier | - |
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| esthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: aesthesia, sensibility |
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| esthesiology | (noun) the scientific study or description of the sense organs and sensations. | - |
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| esthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: aesthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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| farthest | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| (adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: furthest |
| (adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: furthest |
| furthest | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost |
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| (adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| (adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| hesitance | (noun) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | Synonyms: hesitancy |
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| hesitancy | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance |
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| (noun) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | Synonyms: hesitance |
| hesitant | (adjective) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | Synonyms: hesitating |
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| hesitantly | (adverb) with hesitation; in a hesitant manner | Synonyms: hesitatingly |
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| hesitate | (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: waffle, waver |
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| (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: pause |
| hesitater | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitator, vacillator, waverer |
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| hesitating | (adjective) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | Synonyms: hesitant |
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| hesitatingly | (adverb) with hesitation; in a hesitant manner | Synonyms: hesitantly |
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| hesitation | (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: falter, faltering, waver |
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| (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance |
| (noun) indecision in speech or action | Synonyms: vacillation, wavering |
| hesitator | (noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | Synonyms: hesitater, vacillator, waverer |
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| hessian | (noun) (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | Synonyms: Hessian boot, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington boot |
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| hessonite | (noun) a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown | Synonyms: cinnamon stone, essonite |
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| huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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| hypesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypoesthesia |
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| hypoesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypesthesia |
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| hypothesis | (noun) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | Synonyms: possibility, theory |
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| (noun) a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations | - |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| hypothesise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| hypothesize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| khesari | (noun) European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere | Synonyms: grass pea, Indian pea, Lathyrus sativus |
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| kinaesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinaesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| kinanesthesia | (noun) inability to sense movement | - |
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| kinesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinaesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| lithesome | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, sinuous, supple |
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| metathesis | (noun) a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) | Synonyms: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction |
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| (noun) a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence | - |
| nighest | (adverb) (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance | Synonyms: closest, nearest |
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| nightclothes | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightwear, sleepwear |
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| nonadhesive | (adjective) not tending to adhere | - |
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| nucleosynthesis | (noun) (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom | - |
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| ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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| orchestra | (noun) seating on the main floor in a theater | - |
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| (noun) a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players | - |
| orchestral | (adjective) relating to or composed for an orchestra | - |
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| orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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| (verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
| orchestrated | (adjective) arranged for performance by an orchestra | - |
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| orchestration | (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: instrumentation |
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| (noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band | - |
| orchestrator | (noun) an arranger who writes for orchestras | - |
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