albuginea | (noun) whitish tunic | - |
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anneal | (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: normalize, temper |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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apnea | (noun) transient cessation of respiration | - |
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beneath | (adverb) in or to a place that is lower | Synonyms: at a lower place, below, to a lower place |
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bilinear | (adjective) linear with respect to each of two variables or positions | - |
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calcaneal | (adjective) relating to the heel bone or heel | - |
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cochineal | (noun) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | Synonyms: cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus |
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(noun) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects | - |
collinear | (adjective) lying on the same line | - |
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columnea | (noun) tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage | - |
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consanguineal | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin |
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cornea | (noun) the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera | - |
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corneal | (adjective) of or related to the cornea | - |
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cotoneaster | (noun) any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | - |
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cuneal | (adjective) shaped like a wedge | Synonyms: cuneiform, wedge-shaped |
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cuneate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base | Synonyms: wedge-shaped |
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curvilineal | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilinear |
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curvilinear | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilineal |
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cutaneal | (adjective) relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | Synonyms: cutaneous, dermal |
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delineate | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineated, represented |
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(verb) describe in vivid detail | - |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: describe, draw, line, trace |
(verb) trace the shape of | Synonyms: limn, outline |
(verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify |
(verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: define |
delineated | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineate, represented |
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delineation | (noun) representation by drawing or painting etc | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal |
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(noun) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | Synonyms: depiction, limning, line drawing |
(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
delineative | (adjective) depicted in a recognizable manner | Synonyms: depictive |
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dulcinea | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: ladylove |
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dyspnea | (noun) difficult or labored respiration | Synonyms: dyspnoea |
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dyspneal | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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ennead | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one | Synonyms: 9, IX, Nina from Carolina, nine, niner |
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eupnea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnoea |
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faineance | (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: idleness |
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faineant | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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fineable | (adjective) liable to a fine | Synonyms: finable |
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genealogic | (adjective) of or relating to genealogy | Synonyms: genealogical |
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genealogical | (adjective) of or relating to genealogy | Synonyms: genealogic |
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genealogically | (adverb) in a genealogical manner | - |
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genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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genealogy | (noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | - |
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(noun) successive generations of kin | Synonyms: family tree |
guinea | (noun) a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world | Synonyms: guinea fowl, Numida meleagris |
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(noun) a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings | - |
hirudinean | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: bloodsucker, leech |
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hymeneal | (adjective) of or relating to a wedding or marriage | - |
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(noun) a wedding hymn | - |
hymeneals | (noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony |
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hyperpnea | (noun) energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders | - |
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hypopnea | (noun) slow or shallow breathing | - |
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interlineal | (adjective) written between lines of text | Synonyms: interlinear |
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interlinear | (adjective) written between lines of text | Synonyms: interlineal |
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knead | (verb) to mix into a homogeneous mass | Synonyms: work |
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(verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: massage, rub down |
lineage | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: ancestry, derivation, filiation |
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(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | Synonyms: linage |
(noun) the number of lines in a piece of printed material | Synonyms: linage |
(noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | Synonyms: descent, filiation, line of descent |
lineal | (adjective) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | Synonyms: direct |
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(adjective) arranged in a line | - |
lineally | (adverb) by an unbroken line of descent | - |
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lineament | (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: feature |
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(noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: character, quality |
linear | (adjective) of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension | Synonyms: one-dimensional |
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(adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: additive |
(adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analog, analogue |
(adjective) measured lengthwise | Synonyms: running |
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | Synonyms: elongate |
linearise | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearize |
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linearity | (noun) the property of having one dimension | Synonyms: one-dimensionality |
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linearize | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearise |
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linearly | (adverb) in a linear manner | - |
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lineation | (noun) the act of marking or outlining with lines | - |
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(noun) the line that appears to bound an object | Synonyms: outline |
matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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matrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilinear |
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matrilineality | (noun) a system in which a person's descent is traced through their mother and her maternal ancestors. | - |
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matrilineally | (adverb) by descent through the female line | - |
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matrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilineal |
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miscellanea | (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
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misocainea | (noun) hatred of new ideas | - |
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multicollinearity | (noun) a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated | - |
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neandertal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, oafish, swinish |
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neanderthal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, oafish, swinish |
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neap | (noun) a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | Synonyms: neap tide |
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near | (adjective) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances | Synonyms: close, nigh |
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(adjective) closely resembling the genuine article | - |
(adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | Synonyms: dear, good |
(adjective) being on the left side | Synonyms: nigh |
(adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, penny-pinching, skinny |
(adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: approximate |
(adverb) near in time or place or relationship | Synonyms: close, nigh |
(adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
(verb) move towards | Synonyms: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up |
nearby | (adjective) close at hand | - |
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(adverb) not far away in relative terms | - |
nearer | (adverb) (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance | Synonyms: closer, nigher |
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nearest | (adverb) (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance | Synonyms: closest, nighest |
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nearly | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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(adverb) in a close manner | Synonyms: closely, intimately |
nearness | (noun) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | Synonyms: closeness |
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nearside | (noun) the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb | - |
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nearsighted | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: myopic, shortsighted |
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nearsightedness | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, shortsightedness |
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neat | (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | Synonyms: clean |
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(adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
(adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: facile, slick |
(adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: orderly |
(adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water | Synonyms: full-strength, straight |
(adjective) showing care in execution | - |
neaten | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: groom |
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(verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
neatly | (adverb) with neatness | - |
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neatness | (noun) the trait of being neat and orderly | Synonyms: tidiness |
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(noun) the state of being neat and smart and trim | Synonyms: spruceness |
nonlinear | (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree | - |
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orthopnea | (noun) form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris | - |
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patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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patrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilinear |
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patrilineally | (adverb) by descent through the male line | - |
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patrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilineal |
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pectineal | (adjective) of or relating to the pubis | - |
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perineal | (adjective) of or relating to the perineum | - |
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peritoneal | (adjective) of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum | - |
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peroneal | (adjective) of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee | - |
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pineal | (adjective) relating to the pineal body | - |
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(adjective) having the form of a pine cone | - |
pinealoma | (noun) tumor of the pineal gland | - |
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pineapple | (noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated | Synonyms: ananas |
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(noun) a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics | Synonyms: Ananas comosus, pineapple plant |
platyctenean | (noun) ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body | - |
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rectilineal | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilinear |
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rectilinear | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilineal |
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rectilinearity | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that is rectilinear, straight. | - |
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sneak | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: furtive, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious |
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(noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
(noun) someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | Synonyms: prowler, stalker |
(noun) a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible | - |
(verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, mouse, pussyfoot |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, swipe |
(verb) pass on stealthily | Synonyms: slip |
(verb) put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner | - |
sneaker | (noun) a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole | Synonyms: gym shoe, tennis shoe |
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(noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
sneakily | (adverb) in a surreptitious manner | Synonyms: surreptitiously |
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