| alembic | (noun) an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube | - |
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| ambiance | (noun) the atmosphere of an environment | Synonyms: ambience |
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| (noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambience, atmosphere |
| 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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| ambience | (noun) the atmosphere of an environment | Synonyms: ambiance |
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| (noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambiance, atmosphere |
| ambient | (adjective) completely enveloping | - |
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| ambiguity | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: equivocalness |
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| (noun) an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | - |
| ambiguous | (adjective) having more than one possible meaning | - |
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| (adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | Synonyms: equivocal |
| (adjective) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns | - |
| ambiguously | (adverb) in an ambiguous manner | Synonyms: equivocally |
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| ambit | (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: compass, orbit, range, reach, scope |
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| ambition | (noun) a strong drive for success | Synonyms: ambitiousness |
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| (noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: aspiration, dream |
| (verb) have as one's ambition | - |
| ambitionless | (adjective) having little desire for success or achievement | Synonyms: unambitious |
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| ambitious | (adjective) having a strong desire for success or achievement | - |
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| (adjective) requiring full use of your abilities or resources | Synonyms: challenging |
| ambitiously | (adverb) with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner | Synonyms: determinedly |
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| ambitiousness | (noun) a strong drive for success | Synonyms: ambition |
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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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| ambiversion | (noun) (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion | - |
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| ambiversive | (adjective) intermediate between introversive and extroversive | - |
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| bambino | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: toddler, tot, yearling |
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| bilimbi | (noun) East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa bilimbi |
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| bombie | (noun) an unexploded bomblet | - |
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| bombilate | (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombinate, buzz |
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| bombilation | (noun) sound of rapid vibration | Synonyms: bombination, buzz |
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| bombinate | (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombilate, buzz |
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| bombination | (noun) sound of rapid vibration | Synonyms: bombilation, buzz |
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| bombing | (noun) an attack by dropping bombs | Synonyms: bombardment |
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| (noun) the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists | - |
| cambial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a cambium | - |
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| cambium | (noun) the inner layer of the periosteum | - |
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| (noun) a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth | - |
| climbing | (noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climb, mounting |
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| columbine | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, aquilegia |
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| columbite | (noun) a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum | Synonyms: niobite |
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| columbium | (noun) a former name for niobium | - |
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| combinable | (adjective) able to or tending to combine | Synonyms: combinational, combinatory |
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| combination | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combining, compounding |
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| (noun) the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order | - |
| (noun) a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | - |
| (noun) a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose | - |
| (noun) a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock | - |
| (noun) an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) | - |
| (noun) a coordinated sequence of chess moves | - |
| combinational | (adjective) able to or tending to combine | Synonyms: combinable, combinatory |
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| combinative | (adjective) marked by or relating to or resulting from combination | Synonyms: combinatory |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving combinations | Synonyms: combinatorial, combinatory |
| combinatorial | (adjective) relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving combinations | Synonyms: combinative, combinatory |
| combinatory | (adjective) marked by or relating to or resulting from combination | Synonyms: combinative |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving combinations | Synonyms: combinative, combinatorial |
| (adjective) able to or tending to combine | Synonyms: combinable, combinational |
| combine | (noun) harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field | - |
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| (noun) an occurrence that results in things being united | Synonyms: combining |
| (noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: cartel, corporate trust, trust |
| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
| (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: compound |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: compound |
| (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: aggregate |
| (verb) add together from different sources | - |
| (verb) join for a common purpose or in a common action | - |
| (verb) have or possess in combination | Synonyms: unite |
| combined | (adjective) made or joined or united into one | - |
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| combing | (noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair | Synonyms: comb |
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| combining | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, compounding |
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| (noun) an occurrence that results in things being united | Synonyms: combine |
| cymbid | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers | Synonyms: cymbidium |
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| cymbidium | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers | Synonyms: cymbid |
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| disambiguate | (verb) state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from | - |
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| disambiguation | (noun) clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity | - |
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| disambiguator | (noun) (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used | - |
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| dithyrambic | (adjective) of or in the manner of a dithyramb | - |
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| embitter | (verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: acerbate, envenom |
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| embitterment | (noun) the state of being embittered | - |
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| gambist | (noun) a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba | - |
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| gambit | (noun) a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position | - |
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| (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation | Synonyms: ploy, stratagem |
| (noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker | Synonyms: ploy |
| hypothrombinemia | (noun) a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency | - |
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| iambic | (adjective) of or consisting of iambs | - |
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| (noun) a verse line consisting of iambs | - |
| imbibe | (verb) receive into the mind and retain | - |
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| (verb) take in liquids | Synonyms: drink |
| (verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilate |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, draw, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
| imbiber | (noun) a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | Synonyms: drinker, juicer, toper |
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| imbibing | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | Synonyms: drinking, imbibition |
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| imbibition | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | Synonyms: drinking, imbibing |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel | - |
| ketembilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: kitambilla, kitembilla |
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| (noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla |
| kitambilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: ketembilla, kitembilla |
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| (noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitembilla |
| kitembilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: ketembilla, kitambilla |
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| (noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla |
| limbic | (adjective) of or relating to or forming a limbus | - |
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| mombin | (noun) purplish tropical fruit | - |
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| (noun) common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit | Synonyms: jocote, mombin tree, Spondias purpurea |
| noncombinative | (adjective) not involving combination | - |
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| noncombining | (adjective) not able to combine | - |
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| nonsymbiotic | (adjective) not parasitic on another organism | Synonyms: free-living, nonparasitic |
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| numbing | (adjective) causing numbness or insensitivity | - |
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| overambitious | (adjective) excessively ambitious | - |
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| plumbic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of lead | Synonyms: plumbous |
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| plumbing | (noun) measuring the depths of the oceans | Synonyms: bathymetry |
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| (noun) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) | Synonyms: plumbery |
| (noun) utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage | Synonyms: plumbing system |
| plumbism | (noun) toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system | Synonyms: lead poisoning, saturnism |
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| prothrombin | (noun) a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin | Synonyms: factor II |
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| prothrombinase | (noun) coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors | Synonyms: factor X |
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| recombinant | (adjective) of or relating to recombinant DNA | - |
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| (noun) a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred | - |
| recombination | (noun) (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents | - |
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| (noun) (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles | - |
| recombine | (verb) undergo genetic recombination | - |
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| (verb) cause genetic recombination | - |
| (verb) to combine or put together again | - |
| rhombic | (adjective) resembling a rhombus | - |
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| symbiosis | (noun) the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other | Synonyms: mutualism |
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| symbiotic | (adjective) used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each | - |
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| symbiotically | (adverb) in a symbiotic manner | - |
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| thrombin | (noun) an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot | - |
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| trombiculiasis | (noun) infestation with chiggers | - |
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| trombiculid | (noun) mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates | - |
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| trombidiid | (noun) mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods | - |
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| umbilical | (adjective) relating to or resembling the umbilicus | - |
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| (noun) membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta | Synonyms: umbilical cord |
| umbilicate | (adjective) depressed like a navel | - |
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| umbilicus | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus |
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| unambiguity | (noun) clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity | Synonyms: unequivocalness |
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| unambiguous | (adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning | - |
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| (adjective) admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion | Synonyms: unequivocal, univocal |
| unambiguously | (adverb) so as to be unique | Synonyms: uniquely |
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| (adverb) in an unambiguous manner | Synonyms: unequivocally |
| unambitious | (adjective) having little desire for success or achievement | Synonyms: ambitionless |
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| unambitiously | (adverb) in an unambitious manner | - |
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| uncombined | (adjective) not joined or united into one | - |
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| zombi | (noun) several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur | Synonyms: zombie |
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| (noun) a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force | Synonyms: living dead, zombie |
| (noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way | Synonyms: automaton, zombie |
| (noun) a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies | Synonyms: snake god, zombie |
| (noun) (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body | Synonyms: zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit |
| zombie | (noun) several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur | Synonyms: zombi |
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| (noun) a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force | Synonyms: living dead, zombi |
| (noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way | Synonyms: automaton, zombi |
| (noun) a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies | Synonyms: snake god, zombi |
| (noun) (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body | Synonyms: zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit |