aalii | (noun) a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood | - |
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abelia | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
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abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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ability | (noun) the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment | - |
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(noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: power |
ablism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism |
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abnormality | (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality | Synonyms: irregularity |
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(noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal | Synonyms: freakishness |
(noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence | Synonyms: mental defectiveness |
(noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormalcy |
abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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abolition | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolishment |
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abolitionary | (adjective) relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery | - |
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abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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aboulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: abulia |
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aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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abulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: aboulia |
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abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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acceptability | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptableness |
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accessibility | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: availability, availableness, handiness |
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(noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: approachability |
acclimate | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimatise, acclimatize |
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acclimation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimatisation, acclimatization |
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acclimatisation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization |
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acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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acclimatization | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatisation |
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acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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acclivitous | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: rising, uphill |
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acclivity | (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade |
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accomplice | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) | Synonyms: confederate |
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accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
accountability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: answerability, answerableness |
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acephalia | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalism, acephaly |
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acephalism | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephaly |
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acetanilid | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilide, phenylacetamide |
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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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acetylcholine | (noun) a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems | - |
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acetylic | (adjective) of or related to acetic acid | - |
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acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
acetylize | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
achievability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: attainability, attainableness |
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acholia | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: cholestasis |
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achylia | (noun) absence of gastric juices (partial or complete) | Synonyms: achylia gastrica |
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acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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acromegalia | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegaly |
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acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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acropolis | (noun) the citadel in ancient Greek towns | - |
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acrylic | (noun) a synthetic fabric made from polyacrylonitrile | - |
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(noun) used especially by artists | Synonyms: acrylic paint |
(noun) a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives | Synonyms: acrylate resin, acrylic resin |
(noun) polymerized from acrylonitrile | Synonyms: acrylic fiber |
actinolite | (noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate | - |
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actualisation | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualization, realisation, realization |
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actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
actuality | (noun) the state of actually existing objectively | - |
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actualization | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, realisation, realization |
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actualize | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
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(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, realise, realize, substantiate |
acyclic | (adjective) not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | - |
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(adjective) having an open chain structure | Synonyms: open-chain |
adactylia | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylism, adactyly |
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adactylism | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactyly |
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adaptability | (noun) the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | - |
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admirability | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirableness, wonderfulness |
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admissibility | (noun) acceptability by virtue of being admissible | - |
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adorability | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorableness |
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adrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, epinephrin, epinephrine |
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advisability | (noun) the quality of being advisable | - |
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aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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aeroembolism | (noun) obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving | Synonyms: air embolism, gas embolism |
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(noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
aerolite | (noun) a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals | - |
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aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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aerophilatelic | (adjective) of or relating to airmail stamps | - |
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aerophilic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilous |
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aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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(verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
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(verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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affability | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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affiliate | (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization | - |
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(noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization | - |
(verb) join in an affiliation | - |
(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: associate, assort, consort |
affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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affiliation | (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined | - |
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(noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: association, tie-up, tie |
afflict | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: smite |
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(verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress | - |
afflicted | (adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: stricken |
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(adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: impaired |
affliction | (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress | - |
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(noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health | - |
(noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | - |
afflictive | (adjective) causing misery or pain or distress | Synonyms: painful, sore |
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aflicker | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: flickering |
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afterlife | (noun) life after death | Synonyms: hereafter |
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agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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agility | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness |
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aglitter | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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agreeability | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeableness |
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agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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ailing | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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aioli | (noun) garlic mayonnaise | Synonyms: aioli sauce, garlic sauce |
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airlift | (noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: lift |
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(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
airlike | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: aeriform |
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airline | (noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers | Synonyms: airline business, airway |
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(noun) a hose that carries air under pressure | Synonyms: air hose |
airliner | (noun) a commercial airplane that carries passengers | - |
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alalia | (noun) paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak | - |
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alcoholic | (adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol | - |
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(adjective) addicted to alcohol | Synonyms: alcohol-dependent |
(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse |
alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
alcoholism | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: dipsomania, potomania |
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(noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation |
alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
(verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |