abide | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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(verb) dwell | Synonyms: bide, stay |
aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
acaracide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaricide |
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acaricide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaracide |
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accidence | (noun) the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words | Synonyms: inflectional morphology |
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accident | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: chance event, fortuity, stroke |
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(noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury | - |
accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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(adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
(noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
accidentally | (adverb) without advance planning | Synonyms: by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly |
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(adverb) without intention; in an unintentional manner | Synonyms: unintentionally |
(adverb) of a minor or subordinate nature | Synonyms: incidentally |
accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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acetamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: ethanamide |
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acetanilide | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilid, phenylacetamide |
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acidemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | - |
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acrylamide | (noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals | - |
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actinide | (noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | Synonyms: actinoid, actinon |
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adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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aerides | (noun) any orchid of the genus Aerides | - |
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aide | (noun) someone who acts as assistant | Synonyms: auxiliary |
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(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer | Synonyms: adjutant, aide-de-camp |
aided | (adjective) having help; often used as a combining form | Synonyms: assisted |
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alongside | (adverb) side by side | Synonyms: aboard |
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ambidexterity | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidextrousness |
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ambidextrous | (adjective) equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: two-handed |
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(adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
ambidextrousness | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidexterity |
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amide | (noun) any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 | - |
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anhydride | (noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
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antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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arsenide | (noun) a compound of arsenic with a more positive element | - |
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aside | (noun) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | - |
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(noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
(adverb) on or to one side | - |
(adverb) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | Synonyms: away |
(adverb) in reserve; not for immediate use | Synonyms: away, by |
(adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration | Synonyms: apart |
(adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | Synonyms: apart |
(adverb) in a different direction | Synonyms: away |
astride | (adverb) with one leg on each side | Synonyms: astraddle |
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(adverb) with the legs stretched far apart | - |
azide | (noun) a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical | - |
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azoimide | (noun) a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling | Synonyms: HN, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide |
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backside | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front | Synonyms: back end, rear |
backslide | (verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: lapse |
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backslider | (noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | Synonyms: recidivist, reversionist |
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bacteriacide | (noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bactericide |
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bactericide | (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial, antibacterial drug |
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(noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria | Synonyms: bacteriacide |
bedside | (noun) space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person) | - |
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besides | (adverb) making an additional point; anyway | Synonyms: in any case |
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(adverb) in addition | Synonyms: also, as well, likewise, too |
bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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betide | (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
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bichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: dichloride |
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bide | (verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, stay |
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bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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bidet | (noun) a basin for washing genitals and anal area | - |
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blindside | (verb) attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed | - |
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(verb) catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences | - |
bolide | (noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: fireball |
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braided | (adjective) woven by (or as if by) braiding | - |
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bride | (noun) a woman who has recently been married | - |
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(noun) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony | - |
bridecake | (noun) a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception | Synonyms: wedding cake |
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bridegroom | (noun) a man who has recently been married | Synonyms: groom |
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(noun) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony | Synonyms: groom |
bridesmaid | (noun) an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | Synonyms: maid of honor |
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broadside | (adjective) toward a full side | - |
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(noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | - |
(noun) the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern | - |
(noun) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship | - |
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
(noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: philippic, tirade |
(adverb) with a side facing an object | - |
(verb) collide with the broad side of | - |
broider | (verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: embroider |
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bromide | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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(noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs | - |
burnside | (noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) | Synonyms: mutton chop, side-whiskers, sideburn |
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canyonside | (noun) the steeply sloping side of a canyon | - |
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carbamide | (noun) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics | Synonyms: urea |
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carbide | (noun) a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element | - |
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cerebroside | (noun) A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of cerebrospinal neurons. | - |
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cetrimide | (noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant | - |
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chide | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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chlordiazepoxide | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism | Synonyms: Libritabs, Librium |
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chloride | (noun) any compound containing a chlorine atom | - |
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(noun) any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) | - |
chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile | (noun) a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema | Synonyms: CS gas |
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chlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension | Synonyms: Diuril |
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cider | (noun) a beverage made from juice pressed from apples | Synonyms: cyder |
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ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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citywide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a city | - |
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clitoridectomy | (noun) excision of the clitoris | Synonyms: female circumcision |
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coincide | (verb) happen simultaneously | Synonyms: concur |
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(verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, cooccur |
(verb) be the same | - |
coincidence | (noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction |
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(noun) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space | - |
(noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: happenstance |
coincident | (adjective) matching point for point | - |
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(adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous |
coincidental | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous |
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coincidentally | (adverb) happening at the same time | Synonyms: coincidently |
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coincidently | (adverb) happening at the same time | Synonyms: coincidentally |
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collide | (verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: clash |
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(verb) cause to collide | - |
(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: clash, jar |
collider | (noun) an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on | - |
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confide | (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially | - |
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(verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust |
confidence | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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(noun) a secret that is confided or entrusted to another | - |
(noun) a feeling of trust (in someone or something) | - |
(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable | - |
(noun) a trustful relationship | Synonyms: trust |
confident | (adjective) having or marked by confidence or assurance | - |
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(adjective) not liable to error in judgment or action | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
(adjective) persuaded of; very sure | Synonyms: convinced, positive |
confidential | (adjective) the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified | - |
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(adjective) denoting confidence or intimacy | - |
(adjective) entrusted with private information and the confidence of another | - |
(adjective) (of information) given in confidence or in secret | Synonyms: secret |
confidentiality | (noun) discretion in keeping secret information | - |
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(noun) the state of being secret | - |
confidentially | (adverb) in a confidential manner | - |
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confidently | (adverb) with confidence; in a confident manner | - |
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consider | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: reckon, regard, see, view |
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(verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: deal, look at, take |
(verb) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem | - |
(verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: believe, conceive, think |
(verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: count, weigh |
(verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: debate, deliberate, moot, turn over |
(verb) give careful consideration to | Synonyms: study |
(verb) look at attentively | Synonyms: regard |
(verb) look at carefully; study mentally | Synonyms: look at, view |
considerable | (adjective) large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree | - |
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considerably | (adverb) to a great extent or degree | Synonyms: substantially, well |
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considerate | (adjective) showing concern for the rights and feelings of others | - |
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considerately | (adverb) in a considerate manner | - |
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considerateness | (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: consideration, thoughtfulness |
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consideration | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: thoughtfulness |
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(noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness |
(noun) the process of giving careful thought to something | - |
(noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, condition |
(noun) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting) | - |
(noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: retainer |
considered | (adjective) carefully weighed | - |
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counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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countryside | (noun) rural regions | - |
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countrywide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a country or nation | Synonyms: nationwide |
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countywide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a county | - |
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cowhide | (noun) a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow | - |
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(noun) leather made from the hide of a cow | Synonyms: cowskin |
(noun) the hide of a cow | - |
(verb) flog with a cowhide | - |
curbside | (noun) the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb | - |
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cyanamide | (noun) a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) | Synonyms: cyanamid |
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(noun) a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds | Synonyms: calcium-cyanamide |
cyanide | (noun) an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid | - |
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(noun) any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | Synonyms: nitril, nitrile |
cyanuramide | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: melamine |
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