equilateral | (adjective) having all sides or faces equal | - |
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(noun) a figure whose sides are all equal | - |
equilibrate | (verb) bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | - |
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(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrise, equilibrize |
equilibration | (noun) stabilization by bringing into equilibrium | - |
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equilibrise | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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equilibrium | (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head | Synonyms: labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense |
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(noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates | Synonyms: chemical equilibrium |
(noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equipoise |
(noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another | - |
equilibrize | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise |
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equine | (adjective) resembling a horse | - |
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(adjective) of or belonging to the family Equidae | - |
(noun) hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck | Synonyms: equid |
equinoctial | (adjective) relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal) | - |
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(adjective) relating to the vicinity of the equator | - |
(noun) the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles | Synonyms: celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line |
equinox | (noun) (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic | Synonyms: equinoctial point |
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(noun) either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length | - |
equip | (verb) provide with abilities or understanding | - |
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(verb) provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose | Synonyms: fit, fit out, outfit |
equipage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: carriage, rig |
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(noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: materiel |
equipment | (noun) an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service | - |
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equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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equipoised | (adjective) lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed | - |
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equipotent | (adjective) having equal strength or efficacy | - |
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equipped | (adjective) provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate | Synonyms: equipt |
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(adjective) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) | Synonyms: furnished |
(adjective) carrying weapons | Synonyms: weaponed |
(adjective) prepared with proper equipment | Synonyms: fitted out |
equipping | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, arming |
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equiprobable | (adjective) equally probable | - |
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equipt | (adjective) provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate | Synonyms: equipped |
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equitable | (adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | Synonyms: just |
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equitably | (adverb) in an equitable manner | - |
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equitation | (noun) the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | Synonyms: horseback riding, riding |
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equity | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: fairness |
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(noun) the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation | - |
(noun) the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it | - |
equivalence | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, compare, comparison |
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(noun) essential equality and interchangeability | - |
(noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equation, par |
equivalent | (adjective) being essentially equal to something | Synonyms: tantamount |
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(noun) the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen | Synonyms: combining weight, eq, equivalent weight |
(noun) a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc | - |
equivocal | (adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | Synonyms: ambiguous |
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(adjective) uncertain as a sign or indication | - |
(adjective) open to question | - |
equivocally | (adverb) in an ambiguous manner | Synonyms: ambiguously |
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equivocalness | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: ambiguity |
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equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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equivocation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: tergiversation |
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(noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: evasiveness, prevarication |
(noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | Synonyms: evasion |
equivocator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: hedger, tergiversator |
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esquire | (noun) (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood | - |
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etiquette | (noun) rules governing socially acceptable behavior | - |
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exchequer | (noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: treasury |
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exquisite | (adjective) of extreme beauty | - |
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(adjective) delicately beautiful | Synonyms: dainty |
(adjective) lavishly elegant and refined | Synonyms: recherche |
(adjective) intense or sharp | Synonyms: keen |
exquisitely | (adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: delicately, fine, finely |
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exquisiteness | (noun) extreme beauty of a delicate sort | - |
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faqir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, fakir, faquir |
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faquir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, fakir, faqir |
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forequarter | (noun) the front half of a side of meat | - |
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foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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(noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: square |
(adverb) with firmness and conviction; without compromise | Synonyms: squarely, straightforwardly |
(adverb) in a square position | - |
frequence | (noun) the number of occurrences within a given time period | Synonyms: frequency, oftenness |
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frequency | (noun) the number of observations in a given statistical category | Synonyms: absolute frequency |
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(noun) the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations | Synonyms: relative frequency |
(noun) the number of occurrences within a given time period | Synonyms: frequence, oftenness |
frequent | (adjective) coming at short intervals or habitually | - |
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(adjective) frequently encountered | - |
(verb) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place | Synonyms: haunt |
(verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
frequentative | (noun) a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action | - |
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frequenter | (noun) a regular customer | Synonyms: patron |
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frequently | (adverb) many times at short intervals | Synonyms: oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes |
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grandiloquence | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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grandiloquent | (adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
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(adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: magniloquent, tall |
grandiloquently | (adverb) in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner | Synonyms: magniloquently |
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grotesque | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastic, fantastical |
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(adjective) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous | Synonyms: monstrous |
(noun) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants | - |
grotesquely | (adverb) in a grotesque manner | Synonyms: monstrously |
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grotesqueness | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesquerie, grotesquery |
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grotesquerie | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquery |
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grotesquery | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie |
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harlequin | (noun) a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) | - |
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(verb) variegate with spots or marks | - |
harlequinade | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, japery, prank |
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harquebus | (noun) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | Synonyms: arquebus, hackbut, hagbut |
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headquarter | (verb) provide with headquarters | - |
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headquarters | (noun) the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command | Synonyms: HQ, military headquarters |
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(noun) (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise | Synonyms: central office, home base, home office, main office |
(noun) (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff | - |
hemidemisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note | Synonyms: sixty-fourth note |
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hindquarter | (noun) the back half of a side of meat | - |
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hindquarters | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
hydroxychloroquine | (noun) anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus | Synonyms: Plaquenil |
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illiquidity | (noun) the quality of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset. | - |
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inadequacy | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | Synonyms: inadequateness |
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(noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number | Synonyms: deficiency, insufficiency |
(noun) a lack of competence | Synonyms: insufficiency |
inadequate | (adjective) lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: unequal |
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(adjective) of insufficient quantity to meet a need | Synonyms: jejune, poor, short |
inadequately | (adverb) in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree | - |
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inadequateness | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | Synonyms: inadequacy |
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inconsequence | (noun) having no important effects or influence | - |
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(noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicality, illogicalness |
inconsequent | (adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequential |
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inconsequential | (adjective) not following logically as a consequence | - |
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(adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequent |
inconsequentially | (adverb) lacking consequence | Synonyms: inconsequently |
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inconsequently | (adverb) lacking consequence | Synonyms: inconsequentially |
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ineloquently | (adverb) without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner | Synonyms: inarticulately |
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inequality | (noun) lack of equality | - |
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inequitable | (adjective) not equitable or fair | Synonyms: unjust |
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inequitably | (adverb) in an inequitable manner | - |
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inequity | (noun) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | Synonyms: unfairness |
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infrequency | (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: rareness, rarity |
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infrequent | (adjective) not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals | - |
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infrequently | (adverb) not many times | - |
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iniquitous | (adjective) characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | Synonyms: sinful, ungodly |
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iniquitously | (adverb) in an iniquitous manner | - |
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iniquity | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, immorality, wickedness |
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(noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: injustice, shabbiness, unfairness |
inquest | (noun) an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death | - |
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inquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, uneasiness |
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inquire | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, wonder |
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(verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: ask, enquire |
(verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: enquire, investigate |
inquirer | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, enquirer, querier, questioner |
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inquiring | (adjective) given to inquiry | - |
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(noun) a request for information | Synonyms: questioning |
inquiringly | (adverb) in an inquiring manner | Synonyms: enquiringly |
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inquiry | (noun) a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | Synonyms: enquiry |
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(noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: enquiry, research |
(noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, interrogation, query, question |
inquisition | (noun) a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) | - |
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inquisitive | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: questioning, speculative, wondering |
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(adjective) inquiring or appearing to inquire | - |
inquisitively | (adverb) with curiosity | Synonyms: curiously, interrogatively |
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inquisitiveness | (noun) The quality of being curious and interested. | - |
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(noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: curiousness |
inquisitor | (noun) a questioner who is excessively harsh | Synonyms: interrogator |
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inquisitorial | (adjective) especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge | - |
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(adjective) having the authority to conduct official investigations | - |
(adjective) marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor | - |
inquisitory | (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: probing, searching |
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iodochlorhydroxyquin | (noun) drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot) | Synonyms: Clioquinol |
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