aesthete | (noun) one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | Synonyms: esthete |
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aesthetic | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical |
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(adjective) relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics | Synonyms: esthetic |
(adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: artistic, esthetic |
(noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: esthetic |
aesthetical | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, esthetic, esthetical |
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aesthetically | (adverb) in a tasteful way | Synonyms: esthetically |
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aesthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: esthetician |
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(noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: esthetician |
aesthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: esthetics |
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amphetamine | (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: pep pill, speed, upper |
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anaesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
(noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent |
anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anaesthetist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anesthesiologist, anesthetist |
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anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
(noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent |
anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anesthetist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthesiologist |
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anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
antithetic | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetical |
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antithetical | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetic |
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antithetically | (adverb) with antithesis; in an antithetical manner | - |
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apathetic | (adjective) showing little or no emotion or animation | - |
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(adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: indifferent |
apathetically | (adverb) in an apathetic manner | - |
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aphetic | (adjective) produced by aphesis | - |
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archetypal | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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archetype | (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: original, pilot |
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archetypical | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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athetosis | (noun) a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts | - |
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bathetic | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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biosynthetic | (adjective) of or relating to biosynthesis | - |
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brochette | (noun) a small spit or skewer | - |
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cachet | (noun) a seal on a letter | - |
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(noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: seal, seal of approval |
(noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal | Synonyms: lettre de cachet |
catechetic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism | Synonyms: catechistic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or involving catechesis | Synonyms: catechetical |
catechetical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving catechesis | Synonyms: catechetic |
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catheter | (noun) a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
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catheterisation | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterization |
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catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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catheterization | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterisation |
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catheterize | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterise |
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chetah | (noun) long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Synonyms: Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah |
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chetrum | (noun) 100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan | - |
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couchette | (noun) a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping | - |
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(noun) a sleeping berth in a couchette compartment. | - |
crochet | (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crocheting |
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(verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | Synonyms: hook |
(verb) create by looping or crocheting | - |
crocheting | (noun) creating a garment of needlework | - |
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(noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
crotchet | (noun) a small tool or hooklike implement | - |
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(noun) a strange attitude or habit | Synonyms: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness |
(noun) a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note | Synonyms: quarter note |
(noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook | Synonyms: hook |
crotchetiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crankiness, grumpiness |
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crotchety | (adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition | Synonyms: cantankerous, ornery |
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diarrhetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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empathetic | (adjective) showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states | Synonyms: empathic |
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empathetically | (adverb) in a sympathetic manner | Synonyms: sympathetically |
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epenthetic | (adjective) of or pertaining to epenthesis | Synonyms: parasitic |
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epithet | (noun) descriptive word or phrase | - |
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(noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: name |
esthete | (noun) one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | Synonyms: aesthete |
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esthetic | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetical |
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(adjective) relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics | Synonyms: aesthetic |
(adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: aesthetic, artistic |
(noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: aesthetic |
esthetical | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetic |
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esthetically | (adverb) in a tasteful way | Synonyms: aesthetically |
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esthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: aesthetician |
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(noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: aesthetician |
esthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: aesthetics |
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freshet | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: spate |
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ghetto | (noun) formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live | - |
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(noun) a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions | - |
(noun) any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping | - |
ghettoise | (verb) put in a ghetto | Synonyms: ghettoize |
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ghettoize | (verb) put in a ghetto | Synonyms: ghettoise |
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hatchet | (noun) a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) | - |
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(noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: tomahawk |
het | (adjective) made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated') | Synonyms: heated, heated up, het up |
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heterocercal | (adjective) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe | - |
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heterocycle | (noun) a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon | Synonyms: heterocyclic ring |
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(noun) a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | Synonyms: heterocyclic, heterocyclic compound |
heterocyclic | (adjective) containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom | - |
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(noun) a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | Synonyms: heterocycle, heterocyclic compound |
heterodactyl | (adjective) (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward | - |
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heterodox | (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: dissident, heretical |
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heterodoxy | (noun) the quality of being unorthodox | Synonyms: unorthodoxy |
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(noun) any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | Synonyms: heresy, unorthodoxy |
heterodyne | (adjective) of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations | - |
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(verb) combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two | - |
heteroecious | (adjective) of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species | - |
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heterogeneity | (noun) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind | Synonyms: heterogeneousness |
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heterogeneous | (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogenous |
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(adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogenous |
heterogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind | Synonyms: heterogeneity |
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heterogenesis | (noun) the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal | Synonyms: alternation of generations, xenogenesis |
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heterogenous | (adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogeneous |
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(adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogeneous |
heterogloss | (noun) the locative boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or use of some syntactic feature. | Synonyms: isogloss |
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heterograft | (noun) tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species | Synonyms: xenograft |
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heteroicous | (adjective) having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | Synonyms: polygamous, polyoicous |
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heterologic | (adjective) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin | Synonyms: heterological, heterologous |
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heterological | (adjective) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin | Synonyms: heterologic, heterologous |
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heterologous | (adjective) derived from organisms of a different but related species | - |
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(adjective) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin | Synonyms: heterologic, heterological |
heterology | (noun) (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts | - |
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heterometabolic | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolous |
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heterometabolism | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometaboly |
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heterometabolous | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolic |
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heterometaboly | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometabolism |
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heteronym | (noun) two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation | - |
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heteroploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species | - |
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heteroploidy | (noun) the condition of being heteroploid | - |
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heterosexism | (noun) discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people | - |
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heterosexual | (adjective) sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex | - |
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(noun) a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexual person, straight, straight person |
heterosexualism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexuality, straightness |
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heterosexuality | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexualism, straightness |
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heterosis | (noun) (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent | Synonyms: hybrid vigor |
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heterosporous | (adjective) characterized by heterospory | - |
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heterospory | (noun) the development of both microspores and megaspores | - |
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heterostracan | (noun) extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian | - |
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heterotaxy | (noun) any abnormal position of the organs of the body | Synonyms: transposition |
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heterothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: ectothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous |
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