aponeurosis | (noun) any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons | - |
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aponeurotic | (adjective) of or relating to an aponeurosis | - |
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component | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: constituent, element |
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(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
(noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component part, constituent, part, portion |
cornpone | (noun) cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) | Synonyms: pone |
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depone | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depose, swear |
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deponent | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deposer, testifier |
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exponent | (noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | Synonyms: index, power |
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(noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocate, advocator, proponent |
(noun) someone who expounds and interprets or explains | - |
exponential | (adjective) of or involving exponents | - |
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(noun) a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent | Synonyms: exponential function |
exponentially | (adverb) in an exponential manner | - |
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exponentiation | (noun) the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power | Synonyms: involution |
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mascarpone | (noun) soft mild Italian cream cheese | - |
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opponent | (adjective) characterized by active hostility | Synonyms: opposing |
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(noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister |
(noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opposite, opposition |
pone | (noun) cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) | Synonyms: cornpone |
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postpone | (verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
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postponement | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, deferral |
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(noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, time lag, wait |
postponer | (noun) someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | Synonyms: cunctator, procrastinator |
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proponent | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocate, advocator, exponent |
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treponema | (noun) spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws) | - |
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weaponed | (adjective) carrying weapons | Synonyms: equipped |
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