almoner | (noun) an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients | Synonyms: medical social worker |
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anemone | (noun) marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton | Synonyms: sea anemone |
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(noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: windflower |
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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commoner | (noun) a person who holds no title | Synonyms: common man, common person |
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demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetise | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetize |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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hormone | (noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Synonyms: endocrine, internal secretion |
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isanemone | (noun) an isogram connecting points having equal wind speed. | - |
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limonene | (noun) a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils | - |
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monecious | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal | Synonyms: monoecious, monoicous |
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moneran | (adjective) of or relating to the Monera | - |
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(noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis | Synonyms: moneron |
moneron | (noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis | Synonyms: moneran |
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monestrous | (adjective) having one estrous cycle per year | Synonyms: monoestrous |
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monetarism | (noun) an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money | - |
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monetarist | (noun) an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money | - |
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monetary | (adjective) relating to or involving money | Synonyms: pecuniary |
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monetisation | (noun) establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetization |
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monetise | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetize |
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monetization | (noun) establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetisation |
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monetize | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetise |
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money | (noun) the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender | - |
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(noun) the official currency issued by a government or national bank | - |
(noun) wealth reckoned in terms of money | - |
moneybag | (noun) a drawstring bag for holding money | - |
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moneyed | (adjective) based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth | Synonyms: monied |
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(adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, substantial, wealthy |
moneyer | (noun) a skilled worker who coins or stamps money | Synonyms: coiner, minter |
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moneygrubber | (noun) someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking | - |
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moneylender | (noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | Synonyms: loan shark, shylock, usurer |
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moneyless | (adjective) not based on the possession of money | - |
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(adjective) having no money | - |
moneymaker | (noun) a project that generates a continuous flow of money | Synonyms: cash cow, money-spinner |
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(noun) someone who is successful in accumulating wealth | - |
moneymaking | (adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: commercial, mercantile, mercenary |
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(adjective) producing a sizeable profit | Synonyms: lucrative, remunerative |
(noun) the act of making money (and accumulating wealth) | - |
moneyman | (noun) a person skilled in large scale financial transactions | Synonyms: financier |
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moneywort | (noun) a loosestrife vine | Synonyms: creeping Charlie, creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia |
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neurohormone | (noun) a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin) | - |
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parathormone | (noun) hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting | Synonyms: parathyroid hormone |
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pheromone | (noun) a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species | - |
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phytohormone | (noun) (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone | Synonyms: growth regulator, plant hormone |
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pneumonectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer) | - |
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salmonella | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
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salmonellosis | (noun) a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium | - |
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