| antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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| antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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| antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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| apart | (adjective) having characteristics not shared by others | - |
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| (adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: isolated, obscure |
| (adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration | Synonyms: aside |
| (adverb) into parts or pieces | Synonyms: asunder |
| (adverb) separated or at a distance in place or position or time | - |
| (adverb) one from the other | - |
| (adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | Synonyms: aside |
| (adverb) away from another or others | - |
| apartheid | (noun) a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa | - |
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| apartment | (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | Synonyms: flat |
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| aspartame | (noun) an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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| bipartisan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartizan, two-party, two-way |
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| bipartite | (adjective) divided into two portions almost to the base | - |
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| (adjective) involving two parts or elements | Synonyms: two-part, two-way |
| bipartizan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartisan, two-party, two-way |
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| compart | (verb) lay out in parts according to a plan | - |
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| compartment | (noun) a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area | - |
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| (noun) a space into which an area is subdivided | - |
| compartmental | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalised, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalization |
| compartmentalise | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalize, cut up |
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| compartmentalised | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation |
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| (noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalisation |
| compartmentalize | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalise, cut up |
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| compartmentalized | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalised |
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| compartmented | (adjective) divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units | - |
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| copartner | (noun) a joint partner (as in a business enterprise) | - |
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| copartnership | (noun) a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages | - |
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| counterpart | (noun) a duplicate copy | Synonyms: similitude, twin |
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| (noun) a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another | Synonyms: opposite number, vis-a-vis |
| depart | (verb) go away or leave | Synonyms: quit, take leave |
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| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
| (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: digress, sidetrack, straggle |
| (verb) move away from a place into another direction | Synonyms: go, go away |
| (verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes |
| (verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: deviate, diverge, vary |
| departed | (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, gone |
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| (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone |
| (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent |
| departer | (noun) someone who leaves | Synonyms: goer, leaver |
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| departing | (adjective) that is going out or leaving | Synonyms: outbound, outward-bound, outward |
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| department | (noun) a specialized sphere of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a specialized division of a large organization | Synonyms: section |
| (noun) the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) | - |
| departmental | (adjective) of or relating to a department | - |
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| departmentally | (adverb) dependent on a department | - |
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| departure | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: going, going away, leaving |
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| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: deviation, difference, divergence |
| forepart | (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: front, front end |
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| impart | (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, leave, pass on |
| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend |
| impartation | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, imparting |
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| impartial | (adjective) showing lack of favoritism | - |
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| (adjective) free from undue bias or preconceived opinions | Synonyms: unprejudiced |
| impartiality | (noun) an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | Synonyms: nonpartisanship |
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| impartially | (adverb) in an impartial manner | - |
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| imparting | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, impartation |
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| interdepartmental | (adjective) between or among departments | - |
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| (adverb) between departments | - |
| intradepartmental | (adjective) within a department | - |
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| mouthpart | (noun) any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding | - |
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| multipartite | (adjective) involving more than two parties | - |
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| nonparticipant | (noun) a person who does not participate | - |
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| nonparticipation | (noun) withdrawing from the activities of a group | Synonyms: non-engagement, non-involvement |
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| nonparticulate | (adjective) not composed of distinct particles | - |
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| nonpartisan | (adjective) free from party affiliation or bias | Synonyms: nonpartizan |
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| (noun) a person who is nonpartisan | Synonyms: nonpartizan |
| nonpartisanship | (noun) an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | Synonyms: impartiality |
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| nonpartizan | (adjective) free from party affiliation or bias | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
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| (noun) a person who is nonpartisan | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
| part | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, office, role |
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| (noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: contribution, share |
| (noun) something less than the whole of a human artifact | Synonyms: portion |
| (noun) an item that is an instance of some type | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: parting |
| (noun) one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | Synonyms: division, section |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, persona, role, theatrical role |
| (noun) that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | - |
| (noun) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | Synonyms: voice |
| (noun) the extended spatial location of something | Synonyms: region |
| (noun) a portion of a natural object | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: percentage, portion, share |
| (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, constituent, portion |
| (adverb) to some extent; in some degree; not wholly | Synonyms: in part, partially, partly |
| (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: divide, separate |
| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, divide, separate |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
| (verb) go one's own way; move apart | Synonyms: separate, split |
| (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | Synonyms: break, break up, separate, split, split up |
| partake | (verb) consume | Synonyms: touch |
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| (verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake in, share |
| (verb) have some of the qualities or attributes of something | - |
| partaker | (noun) someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share | Synonyms: sharer |
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| parted | (adjective) having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes | - |
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| parterre | (noun) seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) | Synonyms: parquet circle |
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| (noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern | - |
| parthenocarpy | (noun) (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds | - |
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| parthenogenesis | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogeny |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth |
| parthenogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic |
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| parthenogeny | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogenesis |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogenesis, virgin birth |
| parthenote | (noun) a cell resulting from parthenogenesis | - |
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| partial | (adjective) showing favoritism | - |
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| (adjective) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | Synonyms: fractional |
| (adjective) (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for | Synonyms: fond |
| (adjective) being or affecting only a part; not total | - |
| (noun) the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant | Synonyms: partial derivative |
| (noun) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | Synonyms: overtone, partial tone |
| partiality | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partisanship |
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| (noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fancy, fondness |
| partially | (adverb) to some extent; in some degree; not wholly | Synonyms: in part, part, partly |
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| partialness | (noun) the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete | - |
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| partible | (adjective) (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided | - |
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| participant | (noun) someone who takes part in an activity | Synonyms: player |
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| (noun) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | Synonyms: player |
| participate | (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: enter |
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| (verb) share in something | Synonyms: take part |
| participating | (adjective) taking part in an activity | Synonyms: active |
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| participation | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, involvement |
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| (noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: involvement |
| participatory | (adjective) affording the opportunity for individual participation | - |
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| participial | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of participles | - |
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| (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participle |
| participle | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participial |
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| particle | (noun) a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs | - |
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| (noun) a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | Synonyms: subatomic particle |
| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, speck |
| particolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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| particoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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| particular | (adjective) providing specific details or circumstances | - |
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| (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, finicky, fussy, picky |
| (adjective) first and most important | Synonyms: special |
| (adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: peculiar, special |
| (adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, exceptional, special |
| (adjective) separate and distinct from others of the same group or category | - |
| (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
| particularisation | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularization |
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| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| particularised | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularized |
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| particularism | (noun) a focus on something particular | - |
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| particularistic | (adjective) relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.) | - |
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| particularity | (noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance | Synonyms: specialness |
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| particularization | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularisation |
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| particularize | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| particularized | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularised |
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| particularly | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, peculiarly, specially |
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| (adverb) uniquely or characteristically | Synonyms: peculiarly |
| (adverb) specifically or especially distinguished from others | Synonyms: in particular |
| particulate | (adjective) composed of distinct particles | - |
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| (noun) a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) | Synonyms: particulate matter |
| parting | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: farewell, leave-taking, leave |
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| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: part |
| partisan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partizan |
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| (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partizan |
| (noun) a fervent and even militant proponent of something | Synonyms: drumbeater, zealot |
| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partizan |
| partisanship | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partiality |
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| partita | (noun) (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century | - |
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| (noun) one of the variations contained in a partita | - |
| partition | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) | Synonyms: divider |
| (noun) (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit | - |
| (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: zone |
| (verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections | Synonyms: partition off |
| partitioning | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: breakdown |
| partitionist | (noun) an advocate of partitioning a country | - |
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| partitive | (adjective) indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts | - |
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| (adjective) (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole | - |
| (adjective) serving to separate or divide into parts | Synonyms: separative |
| (noun) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole | - |
| partizan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partisan |
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| (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partisan |
| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partisan |
| partly | (adverb) to some extent; in some degree; not wholly | Synonyms: in part, part, partially |
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| partner | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: collaborator, cooperator, pardner |
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| (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, mate, spouse |
| (noun) a person who is a member of a partnership | - |
| (verb) provide with a partner | - |
| (verb) act as a partner | - |
| partnership | (noun) a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses | - |
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| (noun) the members of a business venture created by contract | - |
| (noun) a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal | - |
| partridge | (noun) small Old World gallinaceous game birds | - |
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| (noun) a popular North American game bird; named for its call | Synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail |
| (noun) valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada | Synonyms: Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse |
| (noun) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | Synonyms: tinamou |
| (noun) flesh of either quail or grouse | - |
| partridgeberry | (noun) creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries | Synonyms: boxberry, Mitchella repens, twinberry |
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| parts | (noun) the local environment | - |
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