alembic | (noun) an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube | - |
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alendronate | (noun) a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause | Synonyms: Fosamax |
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aleph | (noun) the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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alert | (adjective) engaged in or accustomed to close observation | Synonyms: watchful |
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(adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive | Synonyms: alive, awake |
(adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
(noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alerting |
(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | Synonyms: alarm, alarum, warning signal |
(noun) condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action | Synonyms: qui vive |
(verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alarm |
alerting | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alert |
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(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alertness |
alertly | (adverb) in mentally perceptive and responsive way | - |
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alertness | (noun) lively attentiveness | Synonyms: on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness |
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(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness |
(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alerting |
aleurone | (noun) granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains | - |
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aleuronic | (adjective) of or related to aleurone | - |
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alewife | (noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus | Synonyms: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus |
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(noun) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams | - |
alexandrite | (noun) a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone | - |
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alexia | (noun) inability to perceive written words | Synonyms: visual aphasia, word blindness |
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alexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia | Synonyms: word-blind |
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(noun) a person with alexia | - |
alfileria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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alienable | (adjective) transferable to another owner | - |
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alkalemia | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) | - |
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alkalescent | (adjective) tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline | Synonyms: alcalescent |
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allegation | (noun) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) | - |
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(noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegement |
allege | (verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: aver, say |
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alleged | (adjective) declared but not proved | - |
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(adjective) doubtful or suspect | Synonyms: so-called, supposed |
allegedly | (adverb) according to what has been alleged | - |
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allegement | (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegation |
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allegiance | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: commitment, dedication, loyalty |
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(noun) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) | Synonyms: fealty |
allegiant | (adjective) steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government) | - |
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allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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allegoric | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegorical |
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allegorical | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegoric |
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allegorically | (adverb) in an allegorical manner | - |
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allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
allegorizer | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegoriser |
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allegory | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable |
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(noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | - |
(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: emblem |
allegretto | (adjective) (of tempo) faster than allegro | - |
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(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
(noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
(adverb) in a moderately quick tempo | - |
allegro | (adjective) (of tempo) fast | - |
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(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner | - |
(noun) a brisk and lively tempo | - |
(adverb) in a quick and lively tempo | - |
allele | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allelomorph |
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allelic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelomorphic |
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allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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allelomorphic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelic |
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allemande | (noun) egg-thickened veloute | Synonyms: allemande sauce |
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allergen | (noun) any substance that can cause an allergy | - |
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allergenic | (adjective) relating to or having the effect of an allergen | - |
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allergic | (adjective) characterized by or caused by allergy | - |
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(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
allergist | (noun) a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies | - |
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allergology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the causes and treatment of allergies | - |
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allergy | (noun) hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | Synonyms: allergic reaction |
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alleviant | (noun) remedy that alleviates pain without curing | Synonyms: alleviator, palliative |
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alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: assuage, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) make easier | Synonyms: ease, facilitate |
alleviated | (adjective) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear | Synonyms: eased, relieved |
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alleviation | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: easement, easing, relief |
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(noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: assuagement, relief |
alleviative | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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alleviator | (noun) remedy that alleviates pain without curing | Synonyms: alleviant, palliative |
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(noun) a therapist who makes suffering more endurable | - |
alleviatory | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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alley | (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides | Synonyms: alleyway, back street |
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(noun) a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins | Synonyms: bowling alley, skittle alley |
alleyway | (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides | Synonyms: alley, back street |
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allocable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocatable, apportionable |
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allocatable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, apportionable |
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allowable | (adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule | Synonyms: permissible |
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(adjective) deserving to be allowed or considered | - |
(adjective) deductible according to the tax laws | - |
alterable | (adjective) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic | - |
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(adjective) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe | - |
amarelle | (noun) pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice | - |
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(noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus caproniana |
ambitionless | (adjective) having little desire for success or achievement | Synonyms: unambitious |
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ambivalence | (noun) mixed feelings or emotions | Synonyms: ambivalency |
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ambivalency | (noun) mixed feelings or emotions | Synonyms: ambivalence |
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ambivalent | (adjective) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow | - |
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amble | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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(verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: mosey |
ambler | (noun) someone who walks at a leisurely pace | Synonyms: saunterer, stroller |
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amenable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: conformable |
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(adjective) liable to answer to a higher authority | - |
(adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences | Synonyms: tractable |
(adjective) open to being acted upon in a certain way | - |
amenableness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, cooperativeness |
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amendable | (adjective) capable of being corrected by additions | Synonyms: correctable |
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amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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amiable | (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: affable, cordial, genial |
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(adjective) disposed to please | Synonyms: good-humored, good-humoured |
amiableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality |
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amicable | (adjective) characterized by friendship and good will | - |
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amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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(noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
amphibole | (noun) a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group | - |
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amphiprostyle | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure | Synonyms: amphiprostylar, amphistylar, porticoed |
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ample | (adjective) more than enough in size or scope or capacity | - |
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(adjective) affording an abundant supply | Synonyms: copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich |
(adjective) fairly large in size | Synonyms: sizable, sizeable |
ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
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(noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
ampoule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampul, ampule, phial, vial |
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ampule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, phial, vial |
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amulet | (noun) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease | Synonyms: talisman |
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analecta | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analects |
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analects | (noun) a collection of excerpts from a literary work | Synonyms: analecta |
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analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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(noun) a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system | - |
analyzable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: decomposable |
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anele | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil |
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anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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angle | (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: slant |
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(noun) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians | - |
(verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: slant, weight |
(verb) fish with a hook | - |
(verb) seek indirectly | Synonyms: fish |
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: lean, slant, tilt, tip |
(verb) move or proceed at an angle | - |
angled | (adjective) forming or set at an angle | - |
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angledozer | (noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
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angler | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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(noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: troller |
(noun) a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage | - |
anglerfish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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anglewing | (noun) nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings | - |
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angleworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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anglophile | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophil |
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anile | (adjective) of or like a feeble old woman | - |
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animalcule | (noun) microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium | Synonyms: animalculum |
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ankle | (noun) a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus | Synonyms: ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint |
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