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 |
bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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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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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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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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counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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diffidence | (noun) lack of self-confidence | Synonyms: self-distrust, self-doubt |
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diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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(adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
diffidently | (adverb) in a diffident manner | - |
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dissidence | (noun) disagreement; especially disagreement with the government | - |
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dissident | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissenting |
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(adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: heretical, heterodox |
(noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, objector, protester |
dividend | (noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly | - |
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(noun) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
(noun) a number to be divided by another number | - |
epidendron | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum | - |
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evidence | (noun) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | Synonyms: grounds |
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(noun) (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved | - |
(noun) an indication that makes something evident | - |
(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest |
(verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify |
(verb) give evidence | Synonyms: tell |
evidenced | (adjective) supported by evidence | - |
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evident | (adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: discernible, observable |
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(adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
evidential | (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidentiary |
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evidentiary | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting evidence | - |
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(adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidential |
evidently | (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly |
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handmaiden | (noun) a personal maid or female attendant | Synonyms: handmaid |
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(noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, servant |
identical | (adjective) (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum | Synonyms: monovular |
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(adjective) coinciding exactly when superimposed | Synonyms: superposable |
(adjective) having properties with uniform values along all axes | - |
(adjective) exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different | Synonyms: indistinguishable |
(adjective) being the exact same one; not any other: | Synonyms: selfsame, very |
identically | (adverb) with complete identity; in an identical manner | - |
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identicalness | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identity, indistinguishability |
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identifiable | (adjective) capable of being identified | - |
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identifiably | (adverb) in an identifiable manner | - |
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identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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(noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
(noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
(noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
identified | (adjective) having the identity known or established | - |
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identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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identify | (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: place |
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(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name |
(verb) consider to be equal or the same | - |
(verb) conceive of as united or associated | - |
(verb) consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else | - |
(verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: name |
identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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(noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
(noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
(noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
improvidence | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: shortsightedness |
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improvident | (adjective) not provident; not providing for the future | - |
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(adjective) not given careful consideration | Synonyms: ill-considered, ill-judged, shortsighted |
improvidently | (adverb) in an improvident manner | - |
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incidence | (noun) the striking of a light beam on a surface | - |
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(noun) the relative frequency of occurrence of something | Synonyms: relative incidence |
incident | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | Synonyms: incidental |
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(adjective) falling or striking of light rays on something | - |
(noun) a single distinct event | - |
(noun) a public disturbance | - |
incidental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | Synonyms: incident |
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(adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: accidental, nonessential |
(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent |
(noun) an item that is incidental | - |
(noun) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | Synonyms: incidental expense, minor expense |
incidentally | (adverb) introducing a different topic | Synonyms: apropos, by the bye, by the way |
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(adverb) of a minor or subordinate nature | Synonyms: accidentally |
irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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irridentism | (noun) the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related | Synonyms: irredentism |
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irridentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irredentist |
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maiden | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory |
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(noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maid |
(noun) (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored | Synonyms: maiden over |
maidenhair | (noun) any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds | Synonyms: maidenhair fern |
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maidenhead | (noun) a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin | Synonyms: hymen, virginal membrane |
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maidenhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: girlhood, maidhood |
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maidenlike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a maiden | Synonyms: maidenly |
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maidenliness | (noun) behavior befitting a young maiden | - |
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maidenly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a maiden | Synonyms: maidenlike |
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misidentify | (verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: mistake |
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nonidentity | (noun) Difference, distinction; failure to be identical. | - |
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nonresident | (adjective) not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents | - |
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(noun) someone who does not live in a particular place | - |
nonresidential | (adjective) not residential | - |
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occident | (noun) the hemisphere that includes North America and South America | Synonyms: western hemisphere |
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occidental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere | Synonyms: Hesperian |
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occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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occidentalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations | - |
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occidentalize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, westernise, westernize |
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overconfidence | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, cocksureness |
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overconfident | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: cocksure, positive |
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presidency | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidentship |
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(noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: administration, presidential term |
president | (noun) the chief executive of a republic | - |
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(noun) an executive officer of a firm or corporation | - |
(noun) the head administrative officer of a college or university | Synonyms: prexy |
(noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | Synonyms: chair, chairperson |
presidential | (adjective) befitting a president | - |
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(adjective) relating to a president or presidency | - |
presidentially | (adverb) in a presidential manner | - |
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presidentship | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidency |
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providence | (noun) the guardianship and control exercised by a deity | - |
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(noun) the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources | - |
(noun) a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures | - |
provident | (adjective) providing carefully for the future | - |
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(adjective) careful in regard to your own interests | - |
providential | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of providence | - |
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(adjective) peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention | Synonyms: heaven-sent, miraculous |
(adjective) resulting from divine providence | Synonyms: divine |
providentially | (adverb) in a providential manner; as determined by providence | - |
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(adverb) in a fortunately providential manner | - |
(adverb) in a prudent manner | Synonyms: prudently |
providently | (adverb) in a provident manner | - |
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residence | (noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: abidance, residency |
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(noun) the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) | - |
(noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, manse, mansion, mansion house |
(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily | Synonyms: abode |
residency | (noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: abidance, residence |
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(noun) the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship) | - |
resident | (adjective) living in a particular place | - |
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(adjective) used of animals that do not migrate | Synonyms: nonmigratory |
(noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupant, occupier |
(noun) a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital | Synonyms: house physician, resident physician |
residential | (adjective) used or designed for residence or limited to residences | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or connected with residence | - |
residentially | (adverb) used as a residence | - |
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stridence | (noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound | Synonyms: shrillness, stridency |
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stridency | (noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound | Synonyms: shrillness, stridence |
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strident | (adjective) unpleasantly loud and harsh | Synonyms: raucous |
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(adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard | Synonyms: shrill |
(adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous |
(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | Synonyms: continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant |
stridently | (adverb) in a strident manner | - |
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subsidence | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsiding |
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(noun) the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it | Synonyms: cave in |
(noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remission, remittal |
trident | (noun) a spear with three prongs | - |
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unidentifiable | (adjective) impossible to identify | - |
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unidentified | (adjective) being or having an unknown or unnamed source | Synonyms: nameless, unknown, unnamed |
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(adjective) not yet identified | - |
unpresidential | (adjective) not presidential | - |
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widen | (verb) become broader or wider or more extensive | - |
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(verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: broaden, extend |
(verb) make wider | - |
(verb) make (clothes) larger | Synonyms: let out |
wideness | (noun) the property of being wide; having great width | Synonyms: broadness |
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(noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness |
widening | (noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: broadening |
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(noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: turnout |
(noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: broadening |