abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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abiding | (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: enduring, imperishable |
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abounding | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: galore |
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absorbing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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accenting | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accentuation, emphasizing |
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accepting | (adjective) tolerating without protest | - |
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accommodating | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodative |
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(adjective) obliging; willing to do favors | - |
accommodatingly | (adverb) in accommodation | Synonyms: obligingly |
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accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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according | (adjective) (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with | - |
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(adjective) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by | - |
accordingly | (adverb) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | Synonyms: consequently |
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(adverb) in accordance with | - |
accounting | (noun) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business | Synonyms: accountancy |
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(noun) a system that provides quantitative information about finances | - |
(noun) a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes | - |
(noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | Synonyms: account, account statement |
(noun) a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts | Synonyms: accounting system, method of accounting |
accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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accusingly | (adverb) in an accusing manner | - |
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aching | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: achy |
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(noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: ache |
acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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acting | (adjective) serving temporarily especially as a substitute | - |
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(noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: performing, playacting, playing |
activating | (adjective) causing motion or action or change | Synonyms: actuating |
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(noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activation, energizing |
actuating | (adjective) causing motion or action or change | Synonyms: activating |
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adducing | (noun) citing as evidence or proof | - |
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adducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adductive |
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admiringly | (adverb) with admiration | - |
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admonishing | (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonitory, reproachful, reproving |
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adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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(adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
adoringly | (adverb) with adoration | - |
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adulterating | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterant |
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adulting | (noun) acting like an adult | - |
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advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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(noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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affecting | (adjective) arousing affect | Synonyms: poignant, touching |
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affectingly | (adverb) in a poignant or touching manner | Synonyms: poignantly, touchingly |
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ageing | (adjective) growing old | Synonyms: aging, senescent |
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(noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: aging, senescence |
(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: aging, ripening |
agelong | (adjective) lasting through all time | - |
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aggravating | (adjective) making worse | Synonyms: exacerbating, exasperating |
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aggravatingly | (adverb) in an aggravating fashion | - |
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aging | (adjective) growing old | Synonyms: ageing, senescent |
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(noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
agitating | (adjective) causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | Synonyms: agitative, provoking |
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agonising | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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agonizing | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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agonizingly | (adverb) in a very painful manner | Synonyms: excruciatingly, torturously |
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ailing | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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(noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
(noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
alarming | (adjective) frightening because of an awareness of danger | - |
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alarmingly | (adverb) in an alarming manner | - |
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alerting | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alert |
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(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alertness |
alienating | (adjective) causing hostility or loss of friendliness | - |
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aligning | (adjective) causing to fall into line or into position | Synonyms: positioning |
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alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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almsgiving | (noun) making voluntary contributions to aid the poor | Synonyms: alms-giving |
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along | (adverb) in accompaniment or as a companion | - |
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(adverb) with a forward motion | Synonyms: on |
(adverb) in addition (usually followed by `with') | - |
(adverb) to a more advanced state | - |
(adverb) in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside') | - |
alongside | (adverb) side by side | Synonyms: aboard |
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altering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: fixing, neutering |
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alternating | (adjective) (of a current) reversing direction | - |
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(adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternate |
amatungulu | (noun) very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves | Synonyms: Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum |
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amazing | (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | Synonyms: awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing |
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(adjective) surprising greatly | Synonyms: astonishing |
amazingly | (adverb) in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | Synonyms: astonishingly, surprisingly |
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ameliorating | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative |
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amusing | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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(adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusive, diverting |
amusingly | (adverb) in an entertaining and amusing manner | Synonyms: divertingly |
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angel | (noun) spiritual being attendant upon God | - |
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(noun) someone who provides financial support for some venture | Synonyms: backer |
(noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: holy man, holy person, saint |
angelfish | (noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | Synonyms: angel shark, monkfish, Squatina squatina |
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(noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus | - |
(noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish |
angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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angelim | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: andelmin |
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angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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angelology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
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angelus | (noun) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | Synonyms: angelus bell |
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anger | (noun) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: ira, ire, wrath |
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(noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | Synonyms: choler, ire |
(noun) the state of being angry | Synonyms: angriness |
(verb) make angry | - |
(verb) become angry | Synonyms: see red |
angered | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened |
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angiitis | (noun) inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct | - |
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angina | (noun) any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | - |
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(noun) a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart | Synonyms: angina pectoris |
anginal | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginose, anginous |
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anginose | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginal, anginous |
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anginous | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginal, anginose |
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angiocardiogram | (noun) a series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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angiocarp | (noun) tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk | - |
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angiocarpic | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpous |
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angiocarpous | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpic |
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angioedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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angiogram | (noun) an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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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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angiologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in angiology | - |
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angiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders | - |
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angioma | (noun) a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels | - |
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angiomatous | (adjective) of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma | - |
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angiopathy | (noun) any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts | - |
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angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
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angiopteris | (noun) highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall | Synonyms: Angiopteris evecta, giant fern |
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angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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angioscope | (noun) a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels | - |
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angiosperm | (noun) plants having seeds in a closed ovary | Synonyms: flowering plant |
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angiospermous | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms | - |
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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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angiotonin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotensin, Hypertensin |
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