amazement | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: astonishment |
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ameba | (noun) naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion | Synonyms: amoeba |
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ameban | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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amebiasis | (noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba | Synonyms: amebiosis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis |
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amebic | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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amebiosis | (noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba | Synonyms: amebiasis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis |
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ameboid | (adjective) like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) | Synonyms: amoeboid |
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amebous | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebic, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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ameer | (noun) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) | Synonyms: amir, emeer, emir |
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amelia | (noun) congenital absence of an arm or leg | - |
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ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
ameliorating | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative |
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amelioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: betterment, melioration |
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ameliorative | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, amelioratory, meliorative |
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amelioratory | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative |
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ameloblast | (noun) a cell from which tooth enamel develops | - |
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amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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amenability | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenableness, cooperativeness |
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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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amend | (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair |
(verb) make amendments to | - |
amendable | (adjective) capable of being corrected by additions | Synonyms: correctable |
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amendatory | (adjective) effecting amendment | - |
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amended | (adjective) of legislation | - |
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(adjective) modified for the better | - |
amendment | (noun) the act of amending or correcting | - |
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(noun) a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.) | - |
amends | (noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong | Synonyms: reparation |
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(noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
amenia | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenorrhea, amenorrhoea |
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amenities | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: comforts, conveniences, creature comforts |
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amenity | (noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: agreeableness |
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amenorrhea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhoea |
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amenorrheal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrheic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhea |
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amenorrhoeal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoeic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal |
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ament | (noun) a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence | Synonyms: catkin |
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amentaceous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentiferous |
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amentia | (noun) extreme mental retardation | Synonyms: idiocy |
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amentiferous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentaceous |
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amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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(verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
amercement | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: fine, mulct |
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amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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americium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms | Synonyms: Am, atomic number 95 |
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ametabolic | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolous |
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(adjective) undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis | - |
ametabolous | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolic |
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amethopterin | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: methotrexate, methotrexate sodium |
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amethyst | (adjective) of a moderate purple color | - |
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(noun) a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone | - |
amethystine | (adjective) containing or resembling amethyst | - |
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ametria | (noun) congenital absence of the uterus | - |
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ametropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia | - |
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ametropic | (adjective) of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina | - |
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aminomethane | (noun) a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical | - |
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ammeter | (noun) a meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes | - |
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amusement | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: entertainment |
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(noun) a feeling of delight at being entertained | - |
andromeda | (noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers | - |
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(noun) broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers | Synonyms: Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica |
anemoclinometer | (noun) A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. | - |
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anemometer | (noun) a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind | Synonyms: wind gage, wind gauge |
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anemometric | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometrical |
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anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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anemometry | (noun) measuring wind speed and direction | - |
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anime | (noun) a style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes | - |
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(noun) a hard copal derived from an African tree | Synonyms: Zanzibar copal |
(noun) any of various resins or oleoresins | Synonyms: gum anime |
anisogamete | (noun) either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size | - |
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anisogametic | (adjective) relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction | - |
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anisometric | (adjective) having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements | Synonyms: unsymmetrical |
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anisometropia | (noun) difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anisometropic | (adjective) relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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announcement | (noun) a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen | Synonyms: promulgation |
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(noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: annunciation, declaration, proclamation |
annulment | (noun) (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) | Synonyms: invalidation |
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(noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: abrogation, repeal |
(noun) the state of being cancelled or annulled | Synonyms: revocation |
anointment | (noun) the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | Synonyms: anointing |
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antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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anthropometry | (noun) measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities | - |
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antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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antimeson | (noun) the antiparticle of a meson | - |
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antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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antimetathesis | (noun) A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem". | - |
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apartment | (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | Synonyms: flat |
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apodeme | (noun) ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles | - |
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apoenzyme | (noun) a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme | - |
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apogametic | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogamic, apogamous |
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appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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(noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
(noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
(noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
(noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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arame | (noun) an edible seaweed with a mild flavor | - |
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arbitrament | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitration, arbitrement |
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arbitrement | (noun) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment | Synonyms: arbitrament, arbitration |
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argument | (noun) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable | - |
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(noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argumentation, debate |
(noun) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie | Synonyms: literary argument |
(noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: statement |
(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
(noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: parameter |
argumentation | (noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argument, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
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(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, debate |
argumentative | (adjective) given to or characterized by argument | - |
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argumentatively | (adverb) in a disputatious manner | Synonyms: disputatiously |
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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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armament | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: arming, equipping |
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(noun) weaponry used by military or naval force | - |
armamentarium | (noun) the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine | - |
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armed | (adjective) (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms | - |
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(adjective) (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns | - |
(adjective) having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination | - |