ample | (adjective) more than enough in size or scope or capacity | - |
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(adjective) affording an abundant supply | Synonyms: copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich |
(adjective) fairly large in size | Synonyms: sizable, sizeable |
ampleness | (noun) the property of impressive largeness in size | - |
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(noun) the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency | - |
apoplectic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy | - |
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apoplectiform | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectoid |
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apoplectoid | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectiform |
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apoplexy | (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: cerebrovascular accident, CVA, stroke |
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apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
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(noun) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree |
applecart | (noun) a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | - |
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(noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
applejack | (noun) distilled from hard cider | - |
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applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
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applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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(noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
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bakeapple | (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus, salmonberry |
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businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
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champleve | (adjective) (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired | Synonyms: cloisonne |
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chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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chapleted | (adjective) provided with a chaplet | - |
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complect | (verb) be interwoven or interconnected | Synonyms: interconnect, interlink |
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complement | (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: accompaniment |
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(noun) either of two parts that mutually complete each other | - |
(noun) a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction | - |
(noun) number needed to make up a whole force | Synonyms: full complement |
(noun) a complete number or quantity | - |
(noun) one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response | - |
(verb) make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to | - |
complemental | (adjective) acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) | Synonyms: complementary, completing |
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complementarity | (noun) a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities | - |
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(noun) the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other | - |
complementary | (adjective) acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) | Synonyms: complemental, completing |
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(adjective) of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other | - |
(noun) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | Synonyms: complementary color |
complementation | (noun) (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts | Synonyms: complementary distribution |
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(noun) the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate | - |
complete | (adjective) having every necessary or normal part or component or step | - |
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(adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, concluded, ended, over, terminated |
(adjective) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | Synonyms: consummate |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: accomplished |
(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
(verb) bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements | - |
(verb) come or bring to a finish or an end | Synonyms: finish |
(verb) write all the required information onto a form | Synonyms: fill in, fill out, make out |
(verb) complete a pass | Synonyms: nail |
(verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: discharge, dispatch |
completed | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: accomplished, realised, realized |
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(adjective) (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony | - |
(adjective) caught | - |
completely | (adverb) so as to be complete; with everything necessary | - |
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(adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely | Synonyms: all, altogether, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly |
completeness | (noun) (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system | - |
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(noun) the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed | - |
completing | (adjective) acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) | Synonyms: complemental, complementary |
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completion | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, culmination, mop up, windup |
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(noun) (American football) a successful forward pass in football | Synonyms: pass completion |
complex | (adjective) complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts | - |
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(adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complicated |
(noun) a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures | Synonyms: building complex |
(noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: composite |
(noun) (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior | - |
(noun) a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | Synonyms: coordination compound |
complexifier | (noun) someone makes things complex | - |
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complexify | (verb) make complex | - |
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(verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: ramify |
complexion | (noun) the coloring of a person's face | Synonyms: skin color, skin colour |
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(noun) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | - |
(noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face | - |
(noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination | - |
(noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking | - |
(verb) give a certain color to | - |
complexity | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexness |
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complexly | (adverb) in a complex manner | - |
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complexness | (noun) the quality of being intricate and compounded | Synonyms: complexity |
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counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
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counterplea | (noun) a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea | - |
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couple | (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: duet, duo, twosome |
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(noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: match, mates |
(noun) (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines | - |
(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
(noun) a small indefinite number | - |
(verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, mate, pair |
(verb) link together | Synonyms: couple on, couple up |
(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: match, mate, pair, twin |
(verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off |
coupled | (adjective) connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks | Synonyms: joined, linked |
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(adjective) joined together especially in a pair or pairs | Synonyms: conjugate, conjugated |
coupler | (noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupling |
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couplet | (noun) a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed | - |
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(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
crabapple | (noun) small sour apple; suitable for preserving | Synonyms: crab apple |
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(noun) any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit | Synonyms: crab apple, wild apple |
(noun) any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms | Synonyms: crab apple, cultivated crab apple |
cripple | (noun) someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back | - |
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(verb) deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | Synonyms: lame |
(verb) deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless | Synonyms: stultify |
crippled | (adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame |
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crumple | (verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle |
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(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | Synonyms: cockle, knit, pucker, rumple |
(verb) fold or collapse | Synonyms: buckle |
(verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumble, tumble |
crumpled | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: bent, dented |
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cystoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoparalysis |
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dapple | (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot |
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(verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: cloud, mottle |
dappled | (adjective) having spots or patches of color | Synonyms: mottled |
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decouple | (verb) reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | - |
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(verb) eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) | - |
(verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: dissociate |
(verb) disconnect or separate | Synonyms: uncouple |
depletable | (adjective) capable of being depleted | - |
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deplete | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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depleted | (adjective) no longer sufficient | Synonyms: low |
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depletion | (noun) the act of decreasing something markedly | - |
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(noun) the state of being depleted | - |
dimple | (noun) a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin | - |
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(noun) any slight depression in a surface | - |
(noun) a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached | Synonyms: dimpled chad, pregnant chad |
(verb) produce dimples while smiling | - |
(verb) mark with, or as if with, dimples | - |
diplegia | (noun) paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body | - |
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disciple | (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: adherent |
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discipleship | (noun) the position of disciple | - |
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displease | (verb) give displeasure to | - |
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displeased | (adjective) not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure | - |
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displeasing | (adjective) causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities | - |
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displeasingly | (adverb) in a displeasing manner | - |
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displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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dripless | (adjective) designed to prevent dripping | - |
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droplet | (noun) a tiny drop | - |
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duple | (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: double, dual |
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duplex | (adjective) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously | - |
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(adjective) (used technically of a device or process) having two parts | - |
(noun) an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase | Synonyms: duplex apartment |
(noun) a house with two units sharing a common wall | Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house |
(verb) change into a duplex | - |
empurple | (verb) color purple | Synonyms: purple, purpurate |
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empurpled | (adjective) excessively elaborate or showily expressed | Synonyms: over-embellished, purple |
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epiplexis | (noun) a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them | - |
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example | (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: exercise |
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(noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: illustration, instance, representative |
(noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: exemplar, good example, model |
(noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: model |
(noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson |
(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: case, instance |
expletive | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, oath, swearing, swearword |
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(noun) a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line | - |
fipple | (noun) a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) | - |
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googolplex | (noun) a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol) | - |
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grapple | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling |
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(noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |
(noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: clamshell |
(verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grip |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage |
grappler | (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron |
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(noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: matman, wrestler |
hapless | (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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helpless | (adjective) unable to manage independently | - |
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(adjective) unable to function; without help | Synonyms: lost |
(adjective) lacking in or deprived of strength or power | Synonyms: incapacitated |
helplessly | (adverb) in a helpless manner | Synonyms: impotently |
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helplessness | (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: impuissance, weakness |
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(noun) a feeling of being unable to manage | - |
(noun) the state of needing help from something | - |
hemiplegia | (noun) paralysis of one side of the body | Synonyms: unilateral paralysis |
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hemiplegic | (noun) a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body) | - |
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hiplength | (adjective) extending to or just over the hips | Synonyms: hip-length |
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hipless | (adjective) having or seeming to have no hips | - |
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hopple | (verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | Synonyms: hobble |
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hypersplenism | (noun) enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders | - |
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implement | (noun) instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | - |
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(verb) pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue | Synonyms: carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through with, put through |
(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, enforce |
(verb) apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design | - |
implemental | (adjective) serving or acting as a means or aid | Synonyms: instrumental, subservient |
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implementation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: effectuation |
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(noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | Synonyms: carrying out, execution |
implemented | (adjective) forced or compelled or put in force | Synonyms: enforced |
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incomplete | (adjective) not complete or total; not completed | Synonyms: uncomplete |
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(adjective) not yet finished | Synonyms: uncompleted |
incompletely | (adverb) not to a full degree or extent | - |
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incompleteness | (noun) the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect | Synonyms: rawness |
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isopleth | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isarithm, isogram |
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lipless | (adjective) without a lip or lips | Synonyms: unlipped |
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maple | (noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone | - |
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(noun) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring | - |
maplelike | (adjective) resembling maple | Synonyms: maple-like |
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mayapple | (noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit | Synonyms: May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake |
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