bronco | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: bronc, broncho |
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broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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bunco | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting |
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(verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
buncombe | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot |
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concoct | (verb) make a concoction (of) by mixing | - |
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(verb) devise or invent | Synonyms: dream up, hatch, think of, think up |
(verb) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients | Synonyms: cook up |
(verb) invent | Synonyms: trump up |
concoction | (noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | Synonyms: confection |
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(noun) the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose | - |
(noun) an occurrence of an unusual mixture | - |
(noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients | Synonyms: intermixture, mixture |
concomitance | (noun) occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another | - |
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concomitant | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Synonyms: accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence |
concord | (noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concordance, harmony |
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(noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: agreement |
(noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concordance, harmony |
(verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concur, hold |
(verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | - |
(verb) arrange by concord or agreement | - |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
concordance | (noun) an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts | - |
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(noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concord, harmony |
(noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concord, harmony |
concordant | (adjective) being of the same opinion | Synonyms: concurring |
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(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant |
concordat | (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: compact, covenant |
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concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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(noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
(noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
corncob | (noun) the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn | Synonyms: corn cob |
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encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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encoding | (noun) the activity of converting data or information into code | Synonyms: encryption |
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encolure | (noun) the mane of a horse | - |
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encomiastic | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical |
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encomium | (noun) a formal expression of praise | Synonyms: eulogy, paean, panegyric, pean |
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encompass | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, embrace |
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encompassing | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: circumferent, surrounding |
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(adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide |
encompassment | (noun) including entirely | - |
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encopresis | (noun) involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness | - |
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encore | (noun) an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand | - |
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(verb) request an encore, from a performer | - |
encounter | (noun) a minor short-term fight | Synonyms: brush, clash, skirmish |
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(noun) a casual meeting with a person or thing | Synonyms: coming upon |
(noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: confrontation, face-off, showdown |
(noun) a casual or unexpected convergence | Synonyms: meeting |
(verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: meet, play, take on |
(verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, meet, run across, run into, see |
(verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen |
(verb) be beset by | Synonyms: run into |
(verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: meet, receive |
encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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(verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
encouraged | (adjective) inspired with confidence | Synonyms: bucked up |
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encouragement | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: boost |
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(noun) the expression of approval and support | - |
(noun) the feeling of being encouraged | - |
encouraging | (adjective) giving courage or confidence or hope | - |
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(adjective) furnishing support and encouragement | Synonyms: supporting |
encouragingly | (adverb) in an encouraging manner | - |
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flamenco | (noun) a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet | Synonyms: gypsy dancing |
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(noun) guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco | - |
guncotton | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton |
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hencoop | (noun) a farm building for housing poultry | Synonyms: chicken coop, coop, henhouse |
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histoincompatibility | (noun) incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person | - |
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incognito | (adjective) with your identity concealed | - |
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(adverb) without revealing one's identity | - |
incognizable | (adjective) incapable of being perceived or known | Synonyms: incognoscible |
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incognizance | (noun) a lack of knowledge or recognition | - |
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incognizant | (adjective) (often followed by `of') not aware | Synonyms: unaware |
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incognoscible | (adjective) incapable of being perceived or known | Synonyms: incognizable |
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incoherence | (noun) nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible | Synonyms: incoherency, unintelligibility |
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(noun) lack of cohesion or clarity or organization | Synonyms: incoherency |
incoherency | (noun) nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible | Synonyms: incoherence, unintelligibility |
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(noun) lack of cohesion or clarity or organization | Synonyms: incoherence |
incoherent | (adjective) without logical or meaningful connection | - |
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(adjective) (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation | - |
(adjective) unable to express yourself clearly or fluently | Synonyms: tongue-tied |
incoherently | (adverb) in an incoherent manner | - |
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incombustible | (adjective) not capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: noncombustible |
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income | (noun) the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time | - |
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incoming | (adjective) arriving at a place or position | - |
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(adjective) entering upon a position of office vacated by another | - |
(noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, entry, ingress |
incommensurable | (adjective) not having a common factor | - |
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(adjective) impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence | - |
incommensurate | (adjective) not corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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incommodious | (adjective) uncomfortably or inconveniently small | - |
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incommodiousness | (noun) an inconvenient discomfort | Synonyms: inconvenience |
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incommunicado | (adjective) without the means or right to communicate | - |
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incommunicative | (adjective) not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions | Synonyms: uncommunicative |
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incommutability | (noun) the quality of being not interchangeable | - |
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incommutable | (adjective) not subject to alteration or change | - |
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(adjective) not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another | - |
incomparability | (noun) The quality of being so much better than another as to be beyond comparison. | - |
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(noun) The condition of not being able to be compared. | - |
incomparable | (adjective) such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared | Synonyms: uncomparable |
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incomparably | (adverb) in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree | Synonyms: uncomparably |
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incompatibility | (noun) the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination | - |
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(noun) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | Synonyms: inconsistency, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance |
(noun) (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) | - |
incompatible | (adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: antagonistic |
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(adjective) not compatible | - |
(adjective) incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification | - |
(adjective) not suitable to your tastes or needs | Synonyms: uncongenial |
(adjective) of words so related that one contrasts with the other | Synonyms: contrastive |
(adjective) used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture | - |
(adjective) not in keeping with what is correct or proper | Synonyms: inappropriate, out of keeping, unfitting |
(adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: discrepant |
(adjective) not easy to combine harmoniously | Synonyms: ill-sorted, mismated, unsuited |
incompatibly | (adverb) without compatibility | - |
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incompetence | (noun) lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications | Synonyms: incompetency |
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(noun) inability of a part or organ to function properly | - |
incompetency | (noun) lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications | Synonyms: incompetence |
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incompetent | (adjective) not qualified or suited for a purpose | - |
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(adjective) legally not qualified or sufficient | Synonyms: unqualified |
(adjective) not doing a good job | Synonyms: unskilled |
(adjective) not meeting requirements | Synonyms: incapable, unequal to |
(adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude | Synonyms: bungling, clumsy, fumbling |
(noun) someone who is not competent to take effective action | Synonyms: incompetent person |
incompetently | (adverb) in an incompetent manner | Synonyms: displaying incompetence |
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incomplete | (adjective) not complete or total; not completed | Synonyms: uncomplete |
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(adjective) not yet finished | Synonyms: uncompleted |
incompletely | (adverb) not to a full degree or extent | - |
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incompleteness | (noun) the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect | Synonyms: rawness |
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incomprehensibility | (noun) the quality of being incomprehensible | - |
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incomprehensible | (adjective) difficult to understand | Synonyms: uncomprehensible |
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(adjective) incapable of being explained or accounted for | Synonyms: inexplicable |
incomprehension | (noun) an inability to understand | - |
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incomprehensive | (adjective) not comprehensive | Synonyms: noncomprehensive |
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incompressibility | (noun) the property of being incompressible | - |
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incompressible | (adjective) incapable of being compressed; resisting compression | - |
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incomputable | (adjective) beyond calculation or measure | Synonyms: immeasurable, inestimable |
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inconceivability | (noun) the state of being impossible to conceive | Synonyms: inconceivableness |
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inconceivable | (adjective) totally unlikely | Synonyms: impossible, out of the question, unimaginable |
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inconceivableness | (noun) the state of being impossible to conceive | Synonyms: inconceivability |
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inconceivably | (adverb) to an inconceivable degree | - |
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inconclusive | (adjective) not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question | - |
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inconclusively | (adverb) not conclusively | - |
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inconclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being inconclusive | - |
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incongruent | (adjective) not congruent | - |
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incongruity | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruousness |
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incongruous | (adjective) lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness | - |
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incongruously | (adverb) in an incongruous manner | - |
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incongruousness | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruity |
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inconsequence | (noun) having no important effects or influence | - |
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(noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicality, illogicalness |
inconsequent | (adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequential |
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inconsequential | (adjective) not following logically as a consequence | - |
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(adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequent |
inconsequentially | (adverb) lacking consequence | Synonyms: inconsequently |
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inconsequently | (adverb) lacking consequence | Synonyms: inconsequentially |
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inconsiderable | (adjective) too small or unimportant to merit attention | - |
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inconsiderate | (adjective) lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others | - |
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(adjective) without proper consideration or reflection | Synonyms: unconsidered |
inconsiderately | (adverb) without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner | - |
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inconsiderateness | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsideration, thoughtlessness |
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inconsideration | (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness |
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inconsistency | (noun) the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts | - |
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(noun) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | Synonyms: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance |
inconsistent | (adjective) displaying a lack of consistency | - |
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(adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: discrepant |
(adjective) not capable of being made consistent or harmonious | - |
inconsistently | (adverb) without showing consistency | - |
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