| acrocarp | (noun) a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) | Synonyms: acrocarpous moss |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| advocacy | (noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something | Synonyms: protagonism |
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| advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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| (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
| (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
| (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
| advocator | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocate, exponent, proponent |
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| allocable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocatable, apportionable |
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| allocatable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, apportionable |
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| allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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| allocation | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| (noun) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions | Synonyms: storage allocation |
| (noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allotment |
| allocator | (noun) a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion | Synonyms: distributor |
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| alocasia | (noun) any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries | Synonyms: elephant's ear, elephant ear |
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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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| apocalypse | (noun) a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil | - |
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| apocalyptic | (adjective) of or relating to an apocalypse | - |
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| (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptical, revelatory |
| apocalyptical | (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptic, revelatory |
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| apocarpous | (adjective) (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses | - |
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| ascocarp | (noun) mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | - |
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| ascocarpous | (adjective) of or relating to ascocarps | - |
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| audiocassette | (noun) a cassette for audiotape | - |
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| autocatalysis | (noun) catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction | - |
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| autocatalytic | (adjective) relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis | - |
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| avocado | (adjective) of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado | - |
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| (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear |
| (noun) tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits | Synonyms: avocado tree, Persea Americana |
| avocation | (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity |
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| avocational | (adjective) of or involved in an avocation | - |
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| ballistocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph | - |
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| ballistocardiograph | (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| basidiocarp | (noun) the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells | - |
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| benzocaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: ethyl aminobenzoate |
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| bifocal | (adjective) having two foci | - |
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| bifocals | (noun) (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision | - |
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| bilocation | (noun) the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations | - |
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| biocatalyst | (noun) a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme | - |
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| biocatalytic | (adjective) of or relating to biocatalysts | - |
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| brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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| (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
| brocaded | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: embossed, raised |
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| carioca | (noun) a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the carioca | - |
| chlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans | Synonyms: CFC |
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| cleistocarp | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistothecium |
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| coca | (noun) dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect | - |
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| (noun) a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine | Synonyms: coca plant, Erythroxylon coca |
| cocain | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocaine |
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| cocaine | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocain |
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| cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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| cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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| cocarboxylase | (noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle | Synonyms: thiamine pyrophosphate |
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| collocate | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, lump |
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| (verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side | - |
| collocation | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: apposition, juxtaposition |
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| (noun) a grouping of words in a sentence | - |
| convocation | (noun) the act of convoking | Synonyms: calling together |
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| (noun) a group gathered in response to a summons | - |
| cryocautery | (noun) application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it | - |
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| (noun) an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it | - |
| delocalize | (verb) remove from the proper or usual locality | - |
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| dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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| dipterocarp | (noun) tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae | - |
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| dislocate | (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: luxate, slip, splay |
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| (verb) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | - |
| dislocated | (adjective) separated at the joint | Synonyms: disjointed, separated |
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| dislocation | (noun) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | Synonyms: breakdown |
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| (noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity | Synonyms: disruption |
| (noun) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) | - |
| echinocactus | (noun) any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil | Synonyms: barrel cactus |
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| echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
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| echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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| echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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| echolocation | (noun) determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it | Synonyms: echo sounding |
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| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electrocautery | (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) | - |
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| electrolocation | (noun) The use of electroreception to locate surrounding objects. | - |
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| embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
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| embrocation | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: liniment |
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| endocarditis | (noun) inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves | - |
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| endocardium | (noun) the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves | - |
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| endocarp | (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: pit, stone |
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| equivocal | (adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | Synonyms: ambiguous |
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| (adjective) uncertain as a sign or indication | - |
| (adjective) open to question | - |
| equivocally | (adverb) in an ambiguous manner | Synonyms: ambiguously |
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| equivocalness | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: ambiguity |
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| equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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| equivocation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: tergiversation |
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| (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: evasiveness, prevarication |
| (noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | Synonyms: evasion |
| equivocator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: hedger, tergiversator |
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| ergocalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, cholecalciferol, D, viosterol, vitamin D |
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| evocation | (noun) imaginative re-creation | - |
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| (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: elicitation, induction |
| (noun) calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations | Synonyms: summoning |
| evocative | (adjective) serving to bring to mind | Synonyms: redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant |
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| exocarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: epicarp |
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| fibrocalcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue | - |
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| fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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| fibrocartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to fibrocartilage | - |
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| fluorocarbon | (noun) a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols | - |
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| focal | (adjective) of or relating to a focus | - |
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| (adjective) having or localized centrally at a focus | - |
| focalisation | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalization, focusing |
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| (noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalization |
| focalise | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalize, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalize, localise, localize |
| focalization | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focusing |
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| (noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalisation |
| focalize | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, localise, localize |
| focally | (adverb) in a focal manner | - |
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| halocarbon | (noun) one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens | - |
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| hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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| hippocampus | (noun) a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories | - |
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| holocaust | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | - |
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| hydrocarbon | (noun) an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen | - |
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