angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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angiospermous | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms | - |
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animosity | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | Synonyms: animus, bad blood |
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anisogamous | (adjective) relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) | Synonyms: anisogamic |
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anonymous | (adjective) having no known name or identity or known source | Synonyms: anon. |
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(adjective) not known or lacking marked individuality | - |
anonymously | (adverb) without giving a name | - |
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antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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antimonial | (adjective) containing antimony | - |
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antimonic | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonious |
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antimonious | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonic |
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antimonopoly | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antitrust |
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antimony | (noun) a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite | Synonyms: atomic number 51, Sb |
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antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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antitumor | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour |
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antitumour | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor |
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antonymous | (adjective) of words: having opposite meanings | - |
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anymore | (adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative | Synonyms: any longer |
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apishamore | (noun) a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide | - |
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apogamous | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogametic, apogamic |
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apomorphine | (noun) a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative | - |
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argemone | (noun) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America | Synonyms: devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle |
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armoire | (noun) a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons | - |
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armor | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armour |
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(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armour |
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armour |
(verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armour |
armored | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armoured |
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(adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armoured |
(adjective) equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior | Synonyms: panoplied |
armorer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armourer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armourer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armourer |
armorial | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | - |
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armory | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armoury, arsenal |
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(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armoury, arsenal |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armoury, arsenal |
(noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armoury, inventory |
armour | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armor |
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(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armor |
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armor |
(verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armor |
armoured | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armored |
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(adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armored |
armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
armoury | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
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(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armory, inventory |
atmometer | (noun) an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water | Synonyms: evaporometer |
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atmoradiograph | (noun) a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics. | - |
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atmosphere | (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, aura |
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(noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth | Synonyms: air |
(noun) the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body | - |
(noun) a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade | Synonyms: atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure |
(noun) the weather or climate at some place | Synonyms: atmospheric state |
(noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambiance, ambience |
atmospheric | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospherical |
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atmospherical | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospheric |
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atmospherics | (noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference | Synonyms: atmospheric static, static |
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autogamous | (adjective) characterized by or fit for autogamy | Synonyms: autogamic |
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automobile | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, car, machine, motorcar |
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(verb) travel in an automobile | - |
automobilist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: motorist |
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automotive | (adjective) of or relating to motor vehicles | - |
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(adjective) containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement | Synonyms: self-propelled, self-propelling |
autonomous | (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: independent, self-governing, sovereign |
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(adjective) (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment | Synonyms: self-directed, self-reliant |
(adjective) existing as an independent entity | - |
backgammon | (noun) a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice | - |
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backmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: hindermost, hindmost, rearmost |
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badmouth | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: drag through the mud, malign, traduce |
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balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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behemoth | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: colossus, giant, goliath, monster |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan |
bemoan | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament |
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bemock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: mock |
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bergamot | (noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy | Synonyms: bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia |
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bigamous | (adjective) of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first | - |
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bigmouthed | (adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, blabby, talkative |
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bimodal | (adjective) of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes | - |
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bimolecular | (adjective) relating to or affecting two molecules | - |
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bimonthly | (adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimestrial |
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(adjective) occurring twice a month | Synonyms: semimonthly |
(noun) a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year) | - |
(adverb) every two months | - |
(adverb) twice a month | Synonyms: semimonthly |
bimorphemic | (adjective) consisting of two morphemes | - |
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bimotored | (adjective) having two motors | - |
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biramous | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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blabbermouth | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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blabbermouthed | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: leaky, talebearing, tattling |
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(adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: bigmouthed, blabby, talkative |
blackamoor | (noun) a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) | Synonyms: Black person |
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blasphemous | (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blue, profane |
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(adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: profane, sacrilegious |
blasphemously | (adverb) in a blasphemous manner | - |
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bloodmobile | (noun) a motor vehicle equipped to collect blood donations | - |
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bookmobile | (noun) a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore | - |
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bottommost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: lowermost, nethermost |
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botulismotoxin | (noun) potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon | Synonyms: botulin, botulinus toxin |
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bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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bronchopneumonia | (noun) pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles | Synonyms: bronchial pneumonia |
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brumous | (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist | Synonyms: foggy, hazy, misty |
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cacodaemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodemon |
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cacodaemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodemonic |
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cacodemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodaemon |
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cacodemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodaemonic |
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calamondin | (noun) a fruit of the calamondin tree. | - |
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camo | (noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camouflage |
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camomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile |
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camosh | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camas, camash, camass, quamash |
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camouflage | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: disguise |
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(noun) device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | - |
(noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camo |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: disguise |
(verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
camouflaged | (adjective) made invisible by means of protective coloring | - |
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cardamom | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamon, cardamum |
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(noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum |
cardamon | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamom, cardamum |
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(noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum |
cardiopulmonary | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions | Synonyms: cardiorespiratory |
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catadromous | (adjective) migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn | - |
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catamount | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma |
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(noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur | Synonyms: lynx |
catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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centimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain | - |
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ceremonial | (adjective) marked by pomp or ceremony or formality | - |
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(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
ceremonially | (adverb) in a ceremonial manner | Synonyms: ritually |
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(adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremoniously |
ceremonious | (adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display | Synonyms: pompous |
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(adjective) rigidly formal or bound by convention | Synonyms: conventional |
ceremoniously | (adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremonially |
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ceremoniousness | (noun) a ceremonial manner | - |
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ceremony | (noun) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion | - |
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(noun) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way | - |
(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance |