| ergonovine | (noun) an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion | Synonyms: Ergotrate Maleate |
|---|
| erogenous | (adjective) sensitive to sexual stimulation | - |
|---|
| ethanoate | (noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: acetate |
|---|
| ethanol | (noun) the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline | Synonyms: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol |
|---|
| ethchlorvynol | (noun) a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl) | Synonyms: Placidyl |
|---|
| ethnocentric | (adjective) centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | - |
|---|
| ethnocentrism | (noun) belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group | - |
|---|
| ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
|---|
| ethnographic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographical |
|---|
| ethnographical | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographic |
|---|
| ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
|---|
| ethnologic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnology | Synonyms: ethnological |
|---|
| ethnological | (adjective) of or relating to ethnology | Synonyms: ethnologic |
|---|
| ethnologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies ethnology | - |
|---|
| ethnology | (noun) the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics | - |
|---|
| ethnos | (noun) people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture | Synonyms: ethnic group |
|---|
| euglenoid | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenid, euglenophyte |
|---|
| euglenophyte | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenid, euglenoid |
|---|
| euphonous | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonious |
|---|
| eupnoea | (noun) normal relaxed breathing | Synonyms: eupnea |
|---|
| eupnoeic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupneic |
|---|
| exogenous | (adjective) derived or originating externally | Synonyms: exogenic |
|---|
| exsanguinous | (adjective) destitute of blood or apparently so | Synonyms: bloodless, exsanguine |
|---|
| fenoprofen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders | Synonyms: fenoprofen calcium, Nalfon |
|---|
| fibrinogen | (noun) a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots | Synonyms: factor I |
|---|
| fibrinolysin | (noun) an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots | Synonyms: plasmin |
|---|
| fibrinolysis | (noun) a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots | - |
|---|
| fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
|---|
| fibrinous | (adjective) characterized by the presence of fibrin | - |
|---|
| fibroadenoma | (noun) benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen | - |
|---|
| fibrocartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to fibrocartilage | - |
|---|
| finocchio | (noun) aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | Synonyms: fennel, Florence fennel |
|---|
| flavonoid | (noun) any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone | - |
|---|
| footnote | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footer |
|---|
| (verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: annotate |
| foreknow | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, previse |
|---|
| foreknowledge | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: precognition |
|---|
| forenoon | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: morn, morning, morning time |
|---|
| galvanometer | (noun) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents | - |
|---|
| gangrenous | (adjective) suffering from tissue death | Synonyms: mortified |
|---|
| ganof | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, gonif, goniff |
|---|
| ganoid | (noun) primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering | Synonyms: ganoid fish |
|---|
| ganoin | (noun) shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales | Synonyms: ganoine |
|---|
| ganoine | (noun) shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales | Synonyms: ganoin |
|---|
| gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
|---|
| gastronomic | (adjective) of or relating to gastronomy | Synonyms: gastronomical |
|---|
| gastronomical | (adjective) of or relating to gastronomy | Synonyms: gastronomic |
|---|
| gastronomy | (noun) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food | - |
|---|
| (noun) a particular style of cookery (as of a region) | - |
| gelatinous | (adjective) thick like gelatin | Synonyms: gelatinlike, jellylike |
|---|
| gelatinousness | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: glutinosity, glutinousness |
|---|
| genocide | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | Synonyms: race murder, racial extermination |
|---|
| genoise | (noun) rich and delicate Italian sponge cake | - |
|---|
| genome | (noun) the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism | - |
|---|
| genomics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) | - |
|---|
| genotype | (noun) the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism | Synonyms: genetic constitution |
|---|
| (noun) a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution | - |
| genotypic | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a genotype | Synonyms: genotypical |
|---|
| genotypical | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a genotype | Synonyms: genotypic |
|---|
| geosynchronous | (adjective) of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth) | - |
|---|
| gitano | (noun) a Spanish male Gypsy | - |
|---|
| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
|---|
| glottochronological | (adjective) pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source | - |
|---|
| glottochronology | (noun) the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
|---|
| glutinosity | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinousness |
|---|
| glutinous | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous |
|---|
| glutinousness | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinosity |
|---|
| gluttonous | (adjective) given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink | - |
|---|
| gluttonously | (adverb) in a gluttonous manner | - |
|---|
| gnocchi | (noun) (Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese | - |
|---|
| gnome | (noun) a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | - |
|---|
| (noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure | Synonyms: dwarf |
| gnomic | (adjective) relating to or containing gnomes | - |
|---|
| gnomish | (adjective) used of small deformed creatures | - |
|---|
| gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
|---|
| gnosis | (noun) intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics | - |
|---|
| gnostic | (adjective) possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things | - |
|---|
| gonococcus | (noun) the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea | Synonyms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
|---|
| gonorrhea | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: clap, gonorrhoea |
|---|
| gonorrhoea | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: clap, gonorrhea |
|---|
| governor | (noun) a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | Synonyms: regulator |
|---|
| (noun) the head of a state government | - |
| governorship | (noun) the office of governor | - |
|---|
| granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
|---|
| greenockite | (noun) ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form | Synonyms: cadmium sulphide |
|---|
| grissino | (noun) a long slender crusty breadstick | - |
|---|
| guano | (noun) the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer | - |
|---|
| guanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: deoxyguanosine |
|---|
| guenon | (noun) small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face | Synonyms: guenon monkey |
|---|
| guvnor | (noun) (British slang) person in command | - |
|---|
| gymnosophical | (adjective) of or relating to gymnosophy | - |
|---|
| gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
|---|
| gymnosophy | (noun) the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation | - |
|---|
| gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
|---|
| gymnospermous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae | - |
|---|
| gynobase | (noun) the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne | - |
|---|
| gynoecium | (noun) a female gametoecium | - |
|---|
| gynogenesis | (noun) female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus | - |
|---|
| gynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of women | - |
|---|
| gynophore | (noun) the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle | - |
|---|
| gynostegium | (noun) the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias | - |
|---|
| haemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: hemoglobinopathy |
|---|
| hallucinogen | (noun) a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences | Synonyms: hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug |
|---|
| hallucinogenic | (adjective) capable of producing hallucinations | - |
|---|
| hallucinosis | (noun) a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations | - |
|---|