nationalize | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalise |
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(verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalise |
nationally | (adverb) extending throughout an entire nation | Synonyms: across the country, across the nation, nationwide |
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(adverb) with regard to a nation taken as a whole | - |
navigational | (adjective) of or relating to navigation | - |
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neuronal | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neural, neuronic |
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nonalcoholic | (adjective) characterized by the absence of alcohol | - |
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nonaligned | (adjective) not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause | - |
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nonalignment | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalinement |
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nonalinement | (noun) people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: nonalignment |
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nonallele | (noun) genes that are not competitors at the same locus | - |
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nondenominational | (adjective) not restricted to a particular religious denomination | - |
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nonfictional | (adjective) not fictional | - |
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nonfunctional | (adjective) not having or performing a function | - |
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(adjective) not performing or able to perform its regular function | Synonyms: malfunctioning |
noninstitutional | (adjective) not institutional | - |
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noninstitutionalised | (adjective) not committed to an institution | Synonyms: noninstitutionalized |
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noninstitutionalized | (adjective) not committed to an institution | Synonyms: noninstitutionalised |
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nonoperational | (adjective) (military) not involved in military operations | Synonyms: inactive |
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nonpersonal | (adjective) lacking personality | - |
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nonprofessional | (adjective) not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain | - |
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nonrational | (adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | Synonyms: intuitive, visceral |
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(adjective) not based on reason | - |
nonrecreational | (adjective) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby | Synonyms: paid |
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nonrepresentational | (adjective) of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature | - |
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nontraditional | (adjective) not conforming to or in accord with tradition | Synonyms: untraditional |
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nontranslational | (adjective) of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation | - |
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notional | (adjective) being of the nature of a notion or concept | Synonyms: conceptional, ideational |
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(adjective) indulging in or influenced by fancy | Synonyms: fanciful |
(adjective) not based on fact or investigation | Synonyms: speculative |
(adjective) not based on fact; existing only in the imagination | Synonyms: fanciful, imaginary |
nutritional | (adjective) of or relating to or providing nutrition | Synonyms: nutritionary |
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nutritionally | (adverb) with regard to nutrition | - |
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obligational | (adjective) relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation | - |
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observational | (adjective) relying on observation or experiment | Synonyms: data-based, experimental |
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obsessional | (adjective) characterized by or constituting an obsession | Synonyms: obsessive |
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obsessionally | (adverb) in a compulsive manner | Synonyms: compulsively, obsessively |
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occasional | (adjective) occurring from time to time | - |
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(adjective) occurring on a temporary or irregular basis | Synonyms: casual |
(adjective) recurring or reappearing from time to time | Synonyms: periodic |
(adjective) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals | Synonyms: episodic |
occasionally | (adverb) sporadically and infrequently | Synonyms: at times, from time to time, now and again, now and then, on occasion, once in a while |
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occupational | (adjective) of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained | - |
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octagonal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like an octagon | Synonyms: octangular |
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omnidirectional | (adjective) not directional | - |
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operational | (adjective) (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result | - |
(adjective) being in effect or operation | Synonyms: in operation, operating |
(adjective) fit or ready for use or service | Synonyms: functional, operable, usable, useable |
operationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it | - |
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operationalist | (adjective) of or relating to or espousing operationalism | - |
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operationally | (adverb) in respect to operation | - |
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oppositionality | (noun) The quality of opposing or of being in conflict. | - |
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optional | (adjective) possible but not necessary; left to personal choice | - |
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optionality | (noun) Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. | Synonyms: electiveness |
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optionally | (adverb) in an optional manner | - |
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organisational | (adjective) of or relating to an organization | Synonyms: organizational |
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organizational | (adjective) of or relating to an organization | Synonyms: organisational |
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organizationally | (adverb) with regard to organization | - |
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orthogonal | (adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent |
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(adjective) having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | Synonyms: rectangular |
(adjective) statistically unrelated | - |
orthogonality | (noun) the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, perpendicularity |
overemotional | (adjective) excessively or abnormally emotional | Synonyms: sloppy |
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paraprofessional | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional | - |
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pentagonal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon | Synonyms: pentangular |
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perigonal | (adjective) of or relating to a perigone | - |
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personal | (adjective) concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality | - |
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(adjective) indicating grammatical person | - |
(adjective) of or arising from personality | - |
(adjective) intimately concerning a person's body or physical being | - |
(noun) a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
personalise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalize |
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personalised | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, individualized, personalized |
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personality | (noun) the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual | - |
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(noun) a person of considerable prominence | - |
personalize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalise |
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personalized | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, individualized, personalised |
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(adjective) pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively | - |
personally | (adverb) as a person | - |
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(adverb) as yourself | - |
(adverb) concerning the speaker | - |
(adverb) in a personal way | - |
(adverb) in the flesh; without involving anyone else | Synonyms: in person |
personalty | (noun) movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | Synonyms: personal estate, personal property, private property |
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polygonal | (adjective) having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons | - |
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polygonally | (adverb) in a polygonal manner | - |
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polytonal | (adjective) using more than one key or tonality simultaneously | - |
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polytonalism | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonality |
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polytonality | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonalism |
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positional | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by position | - |
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postulational | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatic, axiomatical |
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precautional | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautionary |
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prepositional | (adjective) of or relating to or formed with a preposition | - |
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prepositionally | (adverb) as a preposition | - |
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presentational | (adjective) of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy) | - |
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processional | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a procession | - |
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(adjective) intended for use in a procession | - |
(noun) religious music used in a procession | Synonyms: prosodion |
professional | (adjective) engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | - |
(adjective) of or relating to a profession | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or suitable as a profession | - |
(adjective) engaged in by members of a profession | - |
(noun) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | Synonyms: professional person |
(noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: master |
(noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: pro |
professionalisation | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalization |
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professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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(verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
professionalism | (noun) the expertness characteristic of a professional person | - |
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professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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(verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalise |
professionally | (adverb) in a professional manner | - |
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progestational | (adjective) preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone) | - |
promotional | (adjective) of or relating to serving as publicity | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to advancement | - |
propionaldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propanal |
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proportional | (adjective) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' | Synonyms: relative |
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(adjective) having a constant ratio | - |
(noun) one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion | - |
proportionality | (noun) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | Synonyms: balance, proportion |
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(noun) a ratio of two quantities that is constant | - |
proportionally | (adverb) to a proportionate degree | Synonyms: proportionately |
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provisional | (adjective) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon | Synonyms: probationary, provisionary, tentative |
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provisionally | (adverb) temporarily and conditionally | - |
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rational | (adjective) consistent with or based on or using reason | - |
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(adjective) capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers | - |
(adjective) having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion) | - |
(adjective) of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | Synonyms: intellectual, noetic |
(noun) an integer or a fraction | Synonyms: rational number |
rationale | (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: principle |
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rationalisation | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalization, systematisation, systematization |
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(noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalization |
rationalise | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalize |
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(verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalize |
(verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalize |
(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalize |
(verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalize |
rationalism | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: freethinking |
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(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience | - |
(noun) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth | - |
rationalist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism | - |
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(noun) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | Synonyms: positivist |
rationalistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism | - |
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rationality | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationalness |
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(noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: reason, reasonableness |
rationalization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization |
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(noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalisation |
rationalize | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalise |
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(verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalise |
(verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalise |
(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise |
(verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalise |
rationally | (adverb) in a rational manner | - |
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rationalness | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationality |
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recessional | (adjective) of or relating to receding | - |
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(noun) a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw | - |
(noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | Synonyms: recession |