abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |
abruptness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
(noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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absoluteness | (noun) the quality of being absolute | - |
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(noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: starkness, utterness |
abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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(noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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(noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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acceptableness | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptability |
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achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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acidulousness | (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidity |
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acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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acridness | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridity |
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(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridity |
acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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activeness | (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activity |
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(noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activity |
acuteness | (noun) the quality of having a sharp edge or point | - |
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(noun) a quick and penetrating intelligence | Synonyms: acuity, keenness, sharpness |
(noun) a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed | - |
adeptness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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adiposeness | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposity, fattiness |
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admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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adroitness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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adulterousness | (noun) The quality of being adulterous, involving sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. | - |
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advantageousness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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adventurousness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: venturesomeness |
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affableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality |
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affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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(noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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(noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
affirmativeness | (noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents | - |
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agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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agedness | (noun) the property characteristic of old age | Synonyms: senescence |
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agelessness | (noun) the quality of being timeless and eternal | - |
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agenesia | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesis |
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agenesis | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesia |
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aggressiveness | (noun) the quality of being bold and enterprising | - |
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(noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity |
(noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggression |
agreeableness | (noun) a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | Synonyms: agreeability |
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(noun) pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | Synonyms: amenity |
agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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aimlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking any definite purpose | Synonyms: purposelessness |
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airiness | (noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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(noun) the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air | - |
(noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: delicacy |
airsickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) | Synonyms: air sickness |
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airworthiness | (noun) fitness to fly | - |
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akinesia | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesis |
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akinesis | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesia |
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alertness | (noun) lively attentiveness | Synonyms: on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness |
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(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness |
(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alerting |
alikeness | (noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | Synonyms: likeness, similitude |
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aliveness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: animateness, liveness |
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(noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: animation, life, living |
alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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allusiveness | (noun) a quality characterized by indirect reference | - |
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aloneness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness |
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aloofness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness |
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(noun) indifference by personal withdrawal | Synonyms: distance |
amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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amativeness | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
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ambidextrousness | (noun) the property of being equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: ambidexterity |
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ambitiousness | (noun) a strong drive for success | Synonyms: ambition |
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amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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amenableness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, cooperativeness |
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amiableness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality |
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amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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(noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
amnesia | (noun) partial or total loss of memory | Synonyms: blackout, memory loss |
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amnesiac | (adjective) suffering from a partial loss of memory | Synonyms: amnesic |
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(noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
amnesic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnestic |
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(adjective) suffering from a partial loss of memory | Synonyms: amnesiac |
(noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesiac |
amnestic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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amnesty | (noun) the formal act of liberating someone | Synonyms: free pardon, pardon |
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(noun) a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense | Synonyms: pardon |
(noun) a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment | - |
(verb) grant a pardon to (a group of people) | - |
amorousness | (noun) a feeling of love or fondness | Synonyms: enamoredness |
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(noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
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(noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
anamnesis | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: recollection, remembrance |
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(noun) the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient | Synonyms: medical history, medical record |
anamnestic | (adjective) of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory | - |
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ancientness | (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: antiquity |
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androgenesis | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgeny |
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anesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anaesthesia |
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anesthesiologist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthetist |
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anesthesiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics | - |
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anesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
(noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent |
anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anesthetist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthesiologist |
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anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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anesthyl | (noun) a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic | - |
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anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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anestrous | (adjective) (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestric, anoestrous |
anestrum | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus |
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anestrus | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrum, anoestrum, anoestrus |
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angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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angriness | (noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: anger |
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animateness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: aliveness, liveness |
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anomalousness | (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomaly |
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answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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antiqueness | (noun) the quality or state of being in the style or fashion of former times. | - |
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antireligiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being opposed to religion. | - |
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anxiousness | (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: disquiet |
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(noun) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | Synonyms: anxiety |
apocryphalness | (noun) The property of being of doubtful authenticity, of lacking authority, or of not being regarded as canonical. | - |
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(noun) The property of being of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness. | - |
apparentness | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparency |
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appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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