| agrarian | (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agricultural, farming |
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| arariba | (noun) Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood | Synonyms: Centrolobium robustum |
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| araroba | (noun) a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases | Synonyms: chrysarobin, Goa powder |
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| arbitrarily | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
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| arbitrariness | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
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| arbitrary | (adjective) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice | - |
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| arborary | (adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arboreal, arborical, arborous |
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| centrarchid | (noun) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed | Synonyms: sunfish |
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| certiorari | (noun) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | Synonyms: writ of certiorari |
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| cineraria | (noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers | Synonyms: Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus |
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| cinerarium | (noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: columbarium |
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| cinerary | (adjective) containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead | - |
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| contemporaries | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, generation |
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| contemporariness | (noun) The state or quality of being contemporary, modern, of the present age. | - |
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| contemporary | (adjective) belonging to the present time | Synonyms: present-day |
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| (adjective) characteristic of the present | Synonyms: modern-day |
| (adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneous |
| (noun) a person of nearly the same age as another | Synonyms: coeval |
| contrarian | (noun) an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors | - |
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| contrariety | (noun) the relation between contraries | - |
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| contrarily | (adverb) contrary to expectations | Synonyms: contrariwise, on the contrary, to the contrary |
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| (adverb) in a contrary disobedient manner | Synonyms: contrariwise, perversely |
| contrariness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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| (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: perverseness, perversity |
| contrarious | (adjective) characterized by self-willed opposition | Synonyms: cross-grained |
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| contrariwise | (adverb) contrary to expectations | Synonyms: contrarily, on the contrary, to the contrary |
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| (adverb) with the order reversed | Synonyms: the other way around, vice versa |
| (adverb) in a contrary disobedient manner | Synonyms: contrarily, perversely |
| contrary | (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false | - |
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| (adjective) very opposed in nature or character or purpose | - |
| (adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: obstinate, perverse, wayward |
| (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: adverse |
| (noun) exact opposition | - |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: opposite, reverse |
| (noun) a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false | - |
| counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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| curare | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: tubocurarine |
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| cyberart | (noun) art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software | - |
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| demerara | (noun) light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana | Synonyms: demerara sugar |
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| (noun) dark rum from Guyana | Synonyms: demerara rum |
| (noun) a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana | - |
| extemporarily | (adverb) without prior preparation | Synonyms: extemporaneously, extempore |
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| extemporary | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
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| forrard | (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrad, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards |
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| funerary | (adjective) of or for or relating to a funeral | - |
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| gerardia | (noun) any plant of the genus Gerardia | - |
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| hierarch | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: archpriest, high priest, prelate, primate |
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| (noun) a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy | - |
| hierarchal | (adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers | Synonyms: hierarchic, hierarchical |
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| hierarchic | (adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers | Synonyms: hierarchal, hierarchical |
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| hierarchical | (adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers | Synonyms: hierarchal, hierarchic |
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| hierarchically | (adverb) in a hierarchical manner | - |
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| hierarchisation | (noun) The act or result of hierarchizing; the establishment of a hierarchy. | Synonyms: hierarchization |
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| hierarchization | (noun) The act or result of hierarchizing; the establishment of a hierarchy. | Synonyms: hierarchisation |
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| hierarchy | (noun) a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | - |
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| (noun) the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | Synonyms: pecking order, power structure |
| honorarium | (noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service | - |
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| honorary | (adjective) given as an honor without the normal duties | - |
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| horary | (adjective) relating to the hours | - |
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| hydrargyrum | (noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | Synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, mercury, quicksilver |
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| hydrarthrosis | (noun) inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid | - |
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| infrared | (adjective) having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end | - |
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| (noun) the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range | Synonyms: infrared frequency |
| (noun) electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves | Synonyms: infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation |
| itinerary | (noun) a proposed route of travel | Synonyms: travel plan |
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| (noun) a guidebook for travelers | Synonyms: travel guidebook |
| (noun) an established line of travel or access | Synonyms: path, route |
| librarian | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: bibliothec |
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| librarianship | (noun) the position of librarian | - |
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| library | (noun) a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | Synonyms: depository library |
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| (noun) a room where books are kept | - |
| (noun) a building that houses a collection of books and other materials | - |
| (noun) a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing | - |
| (noun) (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use | Synonyms: program library, subroutine library |
| literary | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of literature | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing | - |
| (adjective) knowledgeable about literature | - |
| nonarbitrary | (adjective) not subject to individual determination | Synonyms: unarbitrary |
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| nonhierarchic | (adjective) not classified hierarchically | Synonyms: nonhierarchical |
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| nonhierarchical | (adjective) not classified hierarchically | Synonyms: nonhierarchic |
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| nonliterary | (adjective) marked by lack of affectation or pedantry | Synonyms: unliterary |
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| overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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| (verb) be central or dominant | - |
| overarm | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overhand, overhanded |
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| rare | (adjective) marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind | Synonyms: uncommon |
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| (adjective) recurring only at long intervals | - |
| (adjective) (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside | - |
| (adjective) not widely distributed | - |
| (adjective) having low density | Synonyms: rarefied, rarified |
| (adjective) not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness | - |
| rarebit | (noun) cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast | Synonyms: Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit |
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| rarefaction | (noun) a decrease in the density of something | - |
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| rarefied | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarified, sublime |
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| (adjective) having low density | Synonyms: rare, rarified |
| rarefy | (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: attenuate |
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| (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: sublimate, subtilize |
| (verb) lessen the density or solidity of | - |
| rarely | (adverb) not often | Synonyms: seldom |
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| rareness | (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: infrequency, rarity |
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| rarified | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, sublime |
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| (adjective) having low density | Synonyms: rare, rarefied |
| rarify | (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, refine |
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| raring | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: impatient |
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| rariora | (noun) (plural) rare collector's items | - |
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| rarity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity |
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| (noun) a rarified quality | Synonyms: low density, tenuity |
| (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: infrequency, rareness |
| registrar | (noun) someone responsible for keeping records | Synonyms: record-keeper, recorder |
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| (noun) the administrator responsible for student records | - |
| (noun) a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company | - |
| subliterary | (adjective) not written as or intended to be literature | - |
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| supernumerary | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus |
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| (noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes | Synonyms: extra, spear carrier |
| (noun) a person serving no apparent function | - |
| suprarenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: adrenalectomy |
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| temerarious | (adjective) presumptuously daring | Synonyms: daredevil |
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| temporarily | (adverb) for a limited time only; not permanently | - |
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| temporariness | (noun) the property of lasting only a short time | - |
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| temporary | (adjective) not permanent; not lasting | Synonyms: impermanent |
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| (adjective) lacking continuity or regularity | Synonyms: irregular |
| (noun) a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis | Synonyms: temp, temporary worker |
| terrarium | (noun) a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed | - |
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| tubocurarine | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: curare |
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| unarbitrary | (adjective) not subject to individual determination | Synonyms: nonarbitrary |
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| underarm | (adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level | Synonyms: underhand, underhanded |
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| (adverb) with the hand swung below shoulder level | Synonyms: underhand |
| unliterary | (adjective) marked by lack of affectation or pedantry | Synonyms: nonliterary |
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| urarthritis | (noun) a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints | Synonyms: gout, gouty arthritis |
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