algorithm | (noun) a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem | Synonyms: algorithmic program, algorithmic rule |
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algorithmic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm | - |
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amphitheater | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheatre, coliseum |
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(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheatre |
amphitheatre | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, coliseum |
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(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheater |
amphitheatric | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatrical |
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amphitheatrical | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatric |
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antilogarithm | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilog |
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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 | - |
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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antithyroid | (adjective) having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity | - |
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arithmancy | (noun) divination by means of numbers | - |
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arithmetic | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetical |
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(noun) the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | - |
arithmetical | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetic |
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arithmetically | (adverb) with respect to arithmetic | - |
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arithmetician | (noun) someone who specializes in arithmetic | - |
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arrowsmith | (noun) a maker of arrows | - |
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australopithecine | (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus | - |
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(noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
azithromycin | (noun) a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body | Synonyms: Zithromax |
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batholith | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholite, pluton, plutonic rock |
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batholithic | (adjective) of or relating to a batholith | Synonyms: batholitic |
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blacksmith | (noun) a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil | - |
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blithe | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome |
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(adjective) lacking or showing a lack of due concern | - |
blithely | (adverb) in a joyous manner | Synonyms: gayly, happily, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully |
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blitheness | (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: cheerfulness |
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blither | (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blather, blether, smatter |
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blithesome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome |
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callithump | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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(noun) a noisy boisterous parade | Synonyms: callathump, callithump parade |
callithumpian | (adjective) of or relating to a callithump | - |
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cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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cither | (noun) a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers | Synonyms: zither, zithern |
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(noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cithern, citole, cittern, gittern |
cithern | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, citole, cittern, gittern |
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clocksmith | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches | Synonyms: clockmaker |
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coppersmith | (noun) someone who makes articles from copper | - |
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coprolith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: faecalith, fecalith, stercolith |
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crith | (noun) the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure) | - |
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cystolith | (noun) a calculus formed in the bladder | Synonyms: bladder stone |
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dither | (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: flap, fuss, pother, tizzy |
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(verb) make a fuss; be agitated | Synonyms: flap, pother |
(verb) act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain | - |
dithering | (noun) the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color | - |
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dithyramb | (noun) (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) | - |
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(noun) a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing | - |
dithyrambic | (adjective) of or in the manner of a dithyramb | - |
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dryopithecine | (noun) considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans | - |
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either | (adverb) after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also' | - |
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enterolith | (noun) a calculus occurring in the intestines | - |
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enterolithiasis | (noun) the presence of calculi in the intestines | - |
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eolith | (noun) a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools | - |
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eolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths) | - |
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epilith | (noun) A plant, fungus, or other organism that grows upon rock. | - |
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epilithic | (adjective) growing on stone | - |
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epithalamium | (noun) an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom | - |
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epithelial | (adjective) of or belonging to the epithelium | Synonyms: epithelioid |
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epithelioid | (adjective) of or belonging to the epithelium | Synonyms: epithelial |
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epithelioma | (noun) a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue | - |
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epithelium | (noun) membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body | Synonyms: epithelial tissue |
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epithet | (noun) descriptive word or phrase | - |
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(noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: name |
euronithopod | (noun) widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) | Synonyms: Euronithopoda, Ornithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda |
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faecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, fecalith, stercolith |
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faith | (noun) loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person | - |
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(noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: religion, religious belief |
(noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc | Synonyms: trust |
(noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: organized religion, religion |
faithful | (adjective) steadfast in affection or allegiance | - |
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(adjective) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
(adjective) marked by fidelity to an original | Synonyms: close |
(noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, fold |
(noun) any loyal and steadfast following | - |
faithfully | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, reliably |
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faithfulness | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: fidelity |
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faithless | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful |
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faithlessly | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |
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faithlessness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: falseness, fickleness, inconstancy |
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fecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, faecalith, stercolith |
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forthwith | (adverb) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening | Synonyms: at once, directly, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway |
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goldsmith | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldworker |
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goldsmithery | (noun) the work, art, or trade of a one who makes or deals in articles of gold. | - |
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gunsmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs guns | - |
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hadith | (noun) (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran | Synonyms: Sunna, Sunnah |
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herewith | (adverb) (formal) by means of this | Synonyms: hereby |
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hither | (adverb) to this place (especially toward the speaker) | Synonyms: here |
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hitherto | (adverb) used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time | Synonyms: as yet, heretofore, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet |
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hydrolith | (noun) a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen | Synonyms: calcium hydride |
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interfaith | (adjective) involving persons of different religious faiths | - |
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isarithm | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isogram, isopleth |
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kith | (noun) your friends and acquaintances | - |
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lecithin | (noun) a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier | - |
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lithe | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithesome, sinuous, supple |
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litheness | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple | Synonyms: lissomeness, suppleness |
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lithesome | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, sinuous, supple |
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lithiasis | (noun) the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ | - |
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lithic | (adjective) relating to or composed of stone | - |
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(adjective) of or containing lithium | - |
lithium | (noun) a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals | Synonyms: atomic number 3, Li |
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lithoglyptics | (noun) the art of engraving on precious stones | Synonyms: glyptics |
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lithograph | (noun) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern | Synonyms: lithograph machine |
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(noun) a print produced by lithography | - |
(verb) make by lithography | - |
lithographer | (noun) a printmaker who uses lithography | - |
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lithographic | (adjective) of or produced by or involved in lithography | - |
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lithography | (noun) the act of making a lithographic print | - |
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(noun) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | - |
lithology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification | Synonyms: petrology |
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lithomancer | (noun) one who practices lithomancy | - |
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lithomancy | (noun) divination by means of stones or stone talismans | - |
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lithomantic | (adjective) of or relating to lithomancy | - |
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lithophyte | (noun) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere | Synonyms: lithophytic plant |
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lithophytic | (adjective) of or relating to lithophytes | - |
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lithops | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant, stoneface |
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