| abracadabra | (noun) gibberish and nonsense | - |
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| abrachia | (noun) the condition of having no arms | - |
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| abstract | (adjective) existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment | - |
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| (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
| (adjective) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
| (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| abstracted | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty |
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| abstractedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, absentmindedly, inattentively |
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| abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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| abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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| (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
| (noun) an abstract painting | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
| (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
| abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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| (noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
| abstractionist | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
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| (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
| abstractive | (adjective) of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting | - |
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| abstractly | (adverb) in abstract terms | - |
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| abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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| abstractor | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstracter |
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| acaracide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaricide |
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| accuracy | (noun) the quality of being near to the true value | Synonyms: truth |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number | - |
| adhocracy | (noun) an organization with little or no structure | - |
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| amphibrach | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') | - |
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| anfractuous | (adjective) full of twists and turns | - |
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| anthracite | (noun) a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat | Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal |
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| anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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| anthracosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust | Synonyms: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung |
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| apractic | (adjective) having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | Synonyms: apraxic |
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| araceous | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: aroid |
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| arachnid | (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnoid |
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| arachnidian | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnoid, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery |
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| arachnoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnidian, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery |
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| (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnid |
| (noun) the middle of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: arachnoid membrane |
| arachnophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of spiders | - |
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| arboraceous | (adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboreous, woodsy, woody |
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| aristocracy | (noun) a privileged class holding hereditary titles | Synonyms: nobility |
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| (noun) the most powerful members of a society | Synonyms: gentry |
| arrack | (noun) any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses | Synonyms: arak |
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| ataractic | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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| (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
| attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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| (verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
| attractable | (adjective) capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet | - |
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| attracter | (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet |
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| (noun) (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system | Synonyms: attractor |
| (noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card |
| attraction | (noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attractiveness |
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| (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attractive feature, attractor, magnet |
| (noun) an entertainment that is offered to the public | - |
| (noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attractor, draw, drawing card |
| (noun) the force by which one object attracts another | Synonyms: attractive force |
| attractive | (adjective) pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm | - |
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| (adjective) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull | - |
| (adjective) having power to arouse interest | - |
| attractively | (adverb) in a beautiful manner | Synonyms: beautifully |
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| attractiveness | (noun) sexual allure | - |
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| (noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attraction |
| attractor | (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractive feature, magnet |
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| (noun) (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system | Synonyms: attracter |
| (noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, draw, drawing card |
| autocracy | (noun) a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual | - |
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| (noun) a political system governed by a single individual | Synonyms: autarchy |
| azadirachtin | (noun) insecticide | - |
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| azedarach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azederach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| azederach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| bacitracin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | - |
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| backtrack | (verb) retrace one's course | Synonyms: double back, turn back |
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| barmbrack | (noun) a rich currant cake or bun | - |
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| barrack | (noun) a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel | - |
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| (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: flout, gibe, jeer, scoff |
| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) lodge in barracks | - |
| barracking | (noun) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | Synonyms: heckling |
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| barracouta | (noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | Synonyms: snoek |
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| barracuda | (noun) any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth | - |
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| batrachian | (adjective) relating to frogs and toads | Synonyms: anuran, salientian |
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| (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog |
| batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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| biopiracy | (noun) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use | - |
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| biracial | (adjective) consisting of or combining two races | - |
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| bladderwrack | (noun) a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure | Synonyms: black rockweed, bladder fucus, Fucus vesiculosus, tang |
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| (noun) similar to and found with black rockweed | Synonyms: Ascophyllum nodosum |
| boracic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from or containing boron | Synonyms: boric |
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| brace | (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework | Synonyms: bracing |
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| (noun) a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring | Synonyms: bitstock |
| (noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | Synonyms: braces, orthodontic braces |
| (noun) a support that steadies or strengthens something else | - |
| (noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up | Synonyms: gallus, suspender |
| (noun) a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it | - |
| (noun) either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material | - |
| (noun) a set of two similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: pair |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
| (verb) support by bracing | - |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: stabilise, stabilize, steady |
| (verb) prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult | Synonyms: poise |
| braced | (adjective) positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger | - |
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| (adjective) held up by braces or buttresses | Synonyms: buttressed |
| bracelet | (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bangle |
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| (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband |
| bracer | (noun) a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) | Synonyms: pick-me-up |
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| (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: armguard |
| bracero | (noun) a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II | - |
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| braces | (noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | Synonyms: brace, orthodontic braces |
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| brachial | (adjective) of or relating to an arm | - |
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| brachiate | (adjective) having arms or armlike appendages | - |
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| (adjective) having widely spreading paired branches | - |
| (verb) swing from one hold to the next | - |
| brachiation | (noun) swinging by the arms from branch to branch | - |
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| brachiopod | (adjective) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda | Synonyms: brachiopodous |
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| (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: lamp shell, lampshell |
| brachiopodous | (adjective) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda | Synonyms: brachiopod |
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| brachistochrone | (noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. | - |
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| brachium | (noun) (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal | - |
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| brachycephalic | (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 | Synonyms: brachycranial, brachycranic |
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| (noun) an adult with a short broad head | - |
| brachycephalism | (noun) the quality of being brachycephalic | Synonyms: brachycephaly |
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| brachycephaly | (noun) the quality of being brachycephalic | Synonyms: brachycephalism |
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| brachycranial | (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 | Synonyms: brachycephalic, brachycranic |
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| brachycranic | (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 | Synonyms: brachycephalic, brachycranial |
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| brachydactylia | (noun) abnormal shortness of fingers and toes | Synonyms: brachydactyly |
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| brachydactylic | (adjective) having abnormally short finger or toes | Synonyms: brachydactylous |
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| brachydactylous | (adjective) having abnormally short finger or toes | Synonyms: brachydactylic |
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| brachydactyly | (noun) abnormal shortness of fingers and toes | Synonyms: brachydactylia |
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| brachypterous | (adjective) (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings | Synonyms: short-winged |
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| brachyuran | (noun) typical crabs | - |
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| brachyurous | (adjective) of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura | - |
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| bracing | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
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| (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework | Synonyms: brace |
| bracken | (noun) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: brake, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum |
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| (noun) fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions | Synonyms: Pteridium esculentum |
| bracket | (noun) a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) | Synonyms: wall bracket |
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| (noun) either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: square bracket |
| (noun) either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: angle bracket |
| (noun) a category falling within certain defined limits | - |
| (verb) classify or group | - |
| (verb) place into brackets | Synonyms: bracket out |
| (verb) support with brackets | - |
| brackish | (adjective) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) | Synonyms: briny |
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| (adjective) distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture | - |
| brackishness | (noun) the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water | - |
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| bract | (noun) a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | - |
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| bracteal | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract | - |
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| bracteate | (adjective) having bracts | Synonyms: bracted |
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| bracted | (adjective) having bracts | Synonyms: bracteate |
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| bracteolate | (adjective) having bracteoles | - |
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| bracteole | (noun) a small bract | Synonyms: bractlet |
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| bractlet | (noun) a small bract | Synonyms: bracteole |
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| bureaucracy | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucratism |
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| (noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials | - |
| (noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape | - |
| butyraceous | (adjective) having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter | - |
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| camphoraceous | (adjective) being or having the properties of camphor | - |
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| caracal | (noun) of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: desert lynx, Lynx caracal |
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| caracara | (noun) any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America | - |
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| carack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carrack |
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