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 |
amorpha | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers | - |
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amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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amorphous | (adjective) lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies | Synonyms: unstructured |
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(adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: uncrystallised, uncrystallized |
(adjective) unclear because vague or badly organized | - |
(adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: formless, shapeless |
(adjective) (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused | - |
amort | (adjective) utterly cast down | - |
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amortisation | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortization |
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(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortization |
amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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amortization | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortisation |
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(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortisation |
amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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amphigory | (noun) nonsensical writing (usually verse) | Synonyms: nonsense verse |
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amphora | (noun) an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine | - |
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amphoric | (adjective) the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | - |
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amputator | (noun) a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb | - |
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amygdaliform | (adjective) shaped like an almond | Synonyms: almond-shaped, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal |
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anamorphic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another | - |
anamorphism | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphosis |
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(noun) metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals | - |
(noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphosis |
anamorphosis | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphism |
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(noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphism |
anaphor | (noun) a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent | - |
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anaphora | (noun) using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier | - |
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(noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: epanaphora |
anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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ancestor | (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root |
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anchor | (noun) a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving | Synonyms: ground tackle |
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(noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay |
(noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchorman, anchorperson |
(verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
anchorage | (noun) the act of anchoring | - |
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(noun) place for vessels to anchor | Synonyms: anchorage ground |
(noun) a fee for anchoring | - |
(noun) the condition of being secured to a base | - |
(noun) the provision of a sense of security or steadfastness | - |
anchorite | (noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: hermit |
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anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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anchorman | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorperson |
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anchorperson | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorman |
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angleworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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animator | (noun) the technician who produces animated cartoons | - |
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(noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer |
annihilator | (noun) a total destroyer | - |
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annotator | (noun) a commentator who writes notes to a text | - |
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annunciator | (noun) an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard) | - |
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annunciatory | (adjective) relating to the act of announcing or being announced | - |
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anorak | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: parka, windbreaker, windcheater |
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anorchia | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchidism, anorchism |
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anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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anorchism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchidism |
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anorectal | (adjective) pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
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anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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(adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
(noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorexic |
anorexia | (noun) a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite | - |
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anorexic | (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorectic |
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(noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorectic |
anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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anorgasmia | (noun) absence of an orgasm in sexual relations | - |
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anorthic | (adjective) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles | Synonyms: triclinic |
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anorthite | (noun) rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks | - |
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anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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(adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
(noun) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | Synonyms: front tooth |
anteriority | (noun) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head | - |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, precedency, priority |
anteriorly | (adverb) in an anterior direction | - |
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antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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antiauthoritarian | (adjective) opposed to authoritarianism | - |
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anticipator | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipant |
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anticipatory | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: prevenient |
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antitumor | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour |
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antrorse | (adjective) bent or curved forward or upward | - |
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anymore | (adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative | Synonyms: any longer |
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aorist | (noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation | - |
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aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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aorta | (noun) the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries | - |
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aortal | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortic |
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aortic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortal |
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aortitis | (noun) inflammation of the aorta | - |
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aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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aphorism | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm |
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aphorist | (noun) someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
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aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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(adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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apishamore | (noun) a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide | - |
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apivorous | (adjective) feeding on bees | - |
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aplacophoran | (noun) deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle | Synonyms: solenogaster |
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apomorphine | (noun) a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative | - |
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apoplectiform | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectoid |
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applicator | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applier |
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applicatory | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicative |
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apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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appreciator | (noun) a person who is fully aware of something and understands it | - |
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approbatory | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive |
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appropriator | (noun) someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission) | - |
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apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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arbitrator | (noun) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | Synonyms: arbiter, umpire |
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arbor | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbour, bower, pergola |
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(noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: mandrel, mandril, spindle |
(noun) tree (as opposed to shrub) | - |
arboraceous | (adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboreous, woodsy, woody |
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arborary | (adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arboreal, arborical, arborous |
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arboreal | (adjective) inhabiting or frequenting trees | Synonyms: arboreous, tree-living |
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(adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arborary, arborical, arborous |
(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
arboreous | (adjective) inhabiting or frequenting trees | Synonyms: arboreal, tree-living |
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(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
(adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboraceous, woodsy, woody |
arborescent | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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arboresque | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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arboretum | (noun) a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | Synonyms: botanical garden |
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