| illuminated | (adjective) provided with artificial light | Synonyms: lighted, lit, well-lighted |
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| illuminating | (adjective) tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | Synonyms: enlightening, informative |
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| illumination | (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: miniature |
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| (noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illuminance |
| (noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | Synonyms: clarification, elucidation |
| (noun) the degree of visibility of your environment | - |
| (noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | Synonyms: light |
| iminazole | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: glyoxaline, imidazole |
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| incriminate | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, impeach |
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| (verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: imply, inculpate |
| incriminating | (adjective) charging or suggestive of guilt or blame | Synonyms: criminative, criminatory, incriminatory |
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| incriminatingly | (adverb) in an incriminating manner | - |
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| incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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| incriminatory | (adjective) charging or suggestive of guilt or blame | Synonyms: criminative, criminatory, incriminating |
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| indeterminable | (adjective) not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained | Synonyms: undeterminable |
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| (adjective) incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated | - |
| indeterminably | (adverb) in an indeterminable manner | - |
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| indeterminacy | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indeterminate | (adjective) not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance | Synonyms: undetermined |
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| (adjective) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex | - |
| (adjective) of uncertain or ambiguous nature | - |
| (adjective) not leading to a definite ending or result | - |
| (adjective) (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved | - |
| indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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| indetermination | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness |
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| indiscriminate | (adjective) not marked by fine distinctions | - |
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| (adjective) failing to make or recognize distinctions | - |
| indiscriminately | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, randomly, willy-nilly |
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| (adverb) in an indiscriminate manner | Synonyms: promiscuously |
| indiscriminating | (adjective) not discriminating | Synonyms: undiscriminating |
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| inexterminable | (adjective) incapable of extermination or extirpation | Synonyms: inextirpable |
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| ingeminate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell |
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| inseminate | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilise, fertilize |
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| (verb) place seeds in or on (the ground) | Synonyms: sow, sow in |
| insemination | (noun) the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female | - |
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| (noun) the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) | - |
| interdenominational | (adjective) occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations | Synonyms: interchurch |
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| interminable | (adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end | Synonyms: endless, eternal |
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| interminably | (adverb) all the time; seemingly without stopping | Synonyms: endlessly |
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| lamina | (noun) a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) | - |
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| laminal | (adjective) arranged in or consisting of laminae | Synonyms: laminar |
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| laminar | (adjective) arranged in or consisting of laminae | Synonyms: laminal |
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| laminate | (noun) a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers | - |
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| (verb) cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material | - |
| (verb) press or beat (metals) into thin sheets | - |
| (verb) split (wood) into thin sheets | - |
| (verb) create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material | - |
| lamination | (noun) bonding thin sheets together | - |
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| (noun) a layered structure | - |
| laminator | (noun) Any of a range of machines used for lamination. | Synonyms: laminating machine |
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| (noun) a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) | - |
| luminaire | (noun) an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp; all light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement | Synonyms: light fitting, light fixture |
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| luminance | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminosity, luminousness |
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| luminary | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, notability, notable |
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| mina | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minacious | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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| minah | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: mina, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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| minatory | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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| nominal | (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun | - |
| (adjective) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name | - |
| (adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: titular |
| (adjective) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) | Synonyms: token, tokenish |
| (adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominative |
| (noun) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb | Synonyms: nominal phrase, noun phrase |
| nominalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name | - |
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| nominalist | (noun) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism | - |
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| nominalistic | (adjective) of or relating to nominalism | - |
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| nominally | (adverb) in name only | - |
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| nominate | (verb) propose as a candidate for some honor | Synonyms: put forward, put up |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, name |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, name |
| (verb) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position | Synonyms: propose |
| nominated | (adjective) appointed by nomination | Synonyms: nominative |
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| nomination | (noun) the act of officially naming a candidate | - |
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| (noun) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election | Synonyms: nominating address, nominating speech |
| (noun) the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election | - |
| nominative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb | - |
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| (adjective) appointed by nomination | Synonyms: nominated |
| (adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominal |
| (noun) the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb | Synonyms: nominative case, subject case |
| nominator | (noun) someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election | - |
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| nondenominational | (adjective) not restricted to a particular religious denomination | - |
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| nonruminant | (adjective) not ruminant | - |
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| predetermination | (noun) the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place | - |
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| (noun) a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something | - |
| (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, preordination |
| predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predomination |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predomination, prepotency |
| predominant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
| predominantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: preponderantly |
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| predominate | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant, preponderating |
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| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, prevail, reign, rule |
| (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, tower |
| predomination | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predominance |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, prepotency |
| preliminary | (adjective) denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important | - |
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| (noun) a minor match preceding the main event | Synonyms: prelim |
| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: overture, prelude |
| prenominal | (adjective) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | Synonyms: attributive |
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| pronominal | (adjective) relating to pronouns | - |
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| (noun) a phrase that functions as a pronoun | Synonyms: pronominal phrase |
| proseminar | (noun) a course of study like a graduate seminar but often open to advanced undergraduates. | - |
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| recriminate | (verb) return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return | - |
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| recrimination | (noun) mutual accusations | - |
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| recriminative | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminatory |
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| recriminatory | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminative |
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| redetermination | (noun) determining again | - |
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| reexamination | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, followup, review |
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| (noun) (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination | Synonyms: redirect examination |
| ruminant | (adjective) related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud | - |
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| (noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | - |
| ruminate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, speculate, think over |
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| (verb) chew the cuds | - |
| rumination | (noun) regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding | - |
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| (noun) (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) | - |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness |
| ruminative | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective |
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| ruminator | (noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muller, muser, ponderer |
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| seminal | (adjective) pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen | - |
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| (adjective) containing seeds of later development | Synonyms: germinal, originative |
| seminar | (noun) a course offered for a small group of advanced students | - |
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| (noun) any meeting for an exchange of ideas | - |
| seminarian | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarist |
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| seminarist | (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) | Synonyms: seminarian |
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| seminary | (noun) a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis | - |
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| (noun) a private place of education for the young | - |
| stamina | (noun) enduring strength and energy | Synonyms: staying power, toughness |
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| staminate | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: antheral |
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| subdominant | (noun) (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale | - |
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| subliminal | (adjective) below the threshold of conscious perception | - |
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| subterminal | (adjective) near but not precisely at an end | - |
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| terminable | (adjective) capable of being terminated after a designated time | - |
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| terminal | (adjective) being or situated at an end | Synonyms: endmost |
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| (adjective) relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route | - |
| (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: concluding, final, last |
| (adjective) causing or ending in or approaching death | - |
| (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminus |
| (noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: pole |
| (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | - |
| (noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: end |
| terminality | (noun) The quality or state of being fatal, of resulting in death. | - |
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| terminally | (adverb) at the end | - |
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| terminate | (verb) bring to an end or halt | Synonyms: end |
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| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away |
| (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop |
| (verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | Synonyms: end |
| terminated | (adjective) (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end | - |
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| (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, over |
| termination | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: conclusion, ending |
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| (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | Synonyms: ending |
| (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, outcome, result, resultant |
| (noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, endpoint, terminus |
| (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiration, expiry |
| terminative | (adjective) coming to an end | - |
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| terminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, exterminator |
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| transaminase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, aminotransferase |
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| transaminate | (verb) undergo transfer from one compound to another | - |
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| (verb) change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another | - |
| transamination | (noun) the process of transferring an amino group from one compound to another | - |
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| (noun) the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound | - |
| trigeminal | (noun) the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication | Synonyms: fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus |
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| uncontaminated | (adjective) not corrupted by contact or association | - |
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| (adjective) free from admixture with noxious elements; clean | Synonyms: unpolluted |
| uncontaminating | (adjective) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: clean |
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| undenominational | (adjective) not bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination | - |
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| undeterminable | (adjective) not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained | Synonyms: indeterminable |
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| undiscriminating | (adjective) not discriminating | Synonyms: indiscriminating |
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