aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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appearance | (noun) the act of appearing in public view | - |
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(noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearing, coming into court |
(noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: show |
(noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | Synonyms: visual aspect |
(noun) a mental representation | - |
(noun) the event of coming into sight | - |
assurance | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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(noun) a statement intended to inspire confidence | - |
(noun) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | Synonyms: pledge |
(noun) a British term for some kinds of insurance | - |
branch | (noun) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | Synonyms: arm, limb |
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(noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization | Synonyms: arm, subdivision |
(noun) a stream or river connected to a larger one | - |
(noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: offset, offshoot, outgrowth |
(noun) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant | - |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: leg, ramification |
(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
branched | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branching, ramate, ramose, ramous |
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(adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
branchia | (noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | Synonyms: gill |
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branchial | (adjective) of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) | - |
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branchiate | (adjective) provided with gills | Synonyms: gilled |
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branching | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branched, ramate, ramose, ramous |
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(adjective) resembling the branches of a tree | - |
(noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: fork, forking, ramification |
branchiopod | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda | Synonyms: branchiopodan, branchiopodous |
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(noun) aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding | Synonyms: branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan |
branchiopodan | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda | Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopodous |
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(noun) aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding | Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean |
branchiopodous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda | Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopodan |
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branchless | (adjective) having no branches | - |
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branchlet | (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: sprig, twig |
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branchy | (adjective) having many branches | - |
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carancha | (noun) South American caracara | Synonyms: Polyborus plancus |
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clearance | (noun) permission to proceed | - |
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(noun) the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them | - |
(noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: headroom, headway |
coinsurance | (noun) insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters | - |
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cranch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: craunch, crunch, grind |
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deliverance | (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | Synonyms: delivery, rescue, saving |
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dibranch | (noun) cephalopods having two gills | Synonyms: dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk |
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dibranchiate | (noun) cephalopods having two gills | Synonyms: dibranch, dibranchiate mollusk |
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disappearance | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearing |
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(noun) gradually ceasing to be visible | Synonyms: fade |
(noun) the event of passing out of sight | - |
(noun) ceasing to exist | - |
disenfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disfranchise |
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disenfranchised | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disfranchised, voiceless, voteless |
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disenfranchisement | (noun) the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise | - |
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disfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disenfranchise |
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disfranchised | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disenfranchised, voiceless, voteless |
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disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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durance | (noun) imprisonment (especially for a long time) | - |
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elasmobranch | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: selachian |
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encumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
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(noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, incumbrance, load, onus |
(noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | Synonyms: incumbrance |
endurance | (noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress | - |
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(noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: survival |
enfranchise | (verb) grant voting rights | - |
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(verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: affranchise |
enfranchised | (adjective) endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | - |
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enfranchisement | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: certification |
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(noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: franchise |
(noun) freedom from political subjugation or servitude | - |
entrance | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entry, incoming, ingress |
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(noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entranceway, entree, entry, entryway |
(noun) a movement into or inward | Synonyms: entering |
(verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
entranced | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled |
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entrancement | (noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | Synonyms: ravishment |
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entranceway | (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entree, entry, entryway |
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entrancing | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating |
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errancy | (noun) fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err | - |
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(noun) (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility | - |
exuberance | (noun) overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | Synonyms: ebullience, enthusiasm |
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(noun) joyful enthusiasm | - |
forbearance | (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting | - |
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(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: longanimity, patience |
fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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franc | (noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes | - |
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franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
(noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
(verb) grant a franchise to | - |
francium | (noun) a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium | Synonyms: atomic number 87, Fr |
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furtherance | (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, promotion |
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(noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, promotion |
hinderance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hindrance, interference |
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(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment |
hindrance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hinderance, interference |
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(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment |
ignorance | (noun) the lack of knowledge or education | - |
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incumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, interference, preventative, preventive |
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(noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, encumbrance, load, onus |
(noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | Synonyms: encumbrance |
inerrancy | (noun) (Christianity) exemption from error | - |
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insurance | (noun) written contract or certificate of insurance | Synonyms: insurance policy, policy |
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(noun) promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company | - |
(noun) protection against future loss | Synonyms: indemnity |
intemperance | (noun) excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence | Synonyms: intemperateness, self-indulgence |
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(noun) consumption of alcoholic drinks | Synonyms: intemperateness |
(noun) the quality of being intemperate | - |
intolerance | (noun) impatience with annoyances | - |
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(noun) unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs | - |
lamellibranch | (adjective) bivalve | Synonyms: pelecypod, pelecypodous |
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(noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod |
monstrance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: ostensorium |
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(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: demonstration |
nonappearance | (noun) failure to appear (especially as at court) | - |
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nudibranch | (noun) any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body | Synonyms: sea slug |
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nurturance | (noun) physical and emotional care and nourishment | - |
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overtolerance | (noun) too much permissiveness | - |
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perseverance | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseveration, persistence |
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(noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
prance | (noun) a proud stiff pompous gait | Synonyms: strut, swagger |
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(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
(verb) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward | - |
(verb) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward | - |
(verb) spring forward on the hind legs | - |
prancer | (noun) a mettlesome or fiery horse | - |
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preponderance | (noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: prevalence |
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(noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | - |
(noun) superiority in power or influence | - |
procurance | (noun) the act of getting possession of something | Synonyms: procural, procurement |
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protuberance | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling |
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(noun) the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | - |
ranch | (noun) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | Synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread |
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(verb) manage or run a ranch | - |
rancher | (noun) a person who owns or operates a ranch | - |
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ranching | (noun) farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) | - |
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rancid | (adjective) smelling of fermentation or staleness | Synonyms: sour |
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(adjective) (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition | - |
rancidity | (noun) the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil) | - |
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rancidness | (noun) the property of being rancid | - |
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rancor | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancour, resentment |
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rancorous | (adjective) showing deep-seated resentment | - |
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rancour | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancor, resentment |
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reappearance | (noun) the act of someone appearing again | Synonyms: return |
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(noun) the event of something appearing again | - |
reassurance | (noun) the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence | - |
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recalcitrance | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrancy, refractoriness, unmanageableness |
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recalcitrancy | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrance, refractoriness, unmanageableness |
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reinsurance | (noun) sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured | - |
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remembrance | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: anamnesis, recollection |
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(noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: commemoration, memorial |
remonstrance | (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: expostulation, objection, remonstration |
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reverberance | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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scranch | (verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crackle, crunch, scraunch |
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semitrance | (noun) a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent | - |
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severance | (noun) the act of severing | Synonyms: severing |
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(noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture |
sufferance | (noun) patient endurance especially of pain or distress | - |
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(noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: acceptance, toleration |
temperance | (noun) abstaining from excess | Synonyms: sobriety |
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(noun) the act of tempering | - |
(noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: moderation |
tolerance | (noun) the act of tolerating something | - |
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(noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, margin |
(noun) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | - |
(noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: permissiveness |
(noun) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | - |
trance | (noun) a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep | - |
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(noun) A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often a hypnotic effect. | - |
(noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | Synonyms: enchantment, spell |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate |
trancelike | (adjective) as if in a trance | - |
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