adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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adrenarche | (noun) the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty | - |
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aftercare | (noun) care and treatment of a convalescent patient | - |
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aircraft | (noun) a vehicle that can fly | - |
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aircraftman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftsman |
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aircraftsman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftman |
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aircrew | (noun) the crew of an aircraft | Synonyms: air crew |
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aircrewman | (noun) a member of an aircrew | - |
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airforce | (noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces | Synonyms: air force |
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altercate | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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altercation | (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: affray, fracas |
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amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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(verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
amercement | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: fine, mulct |
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amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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anarchic | (adjective) without law or control | Synonyms: anarchical, lawless |
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anarchical | (adjective) without law or control | Synonyms: anarchic, lawless |
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anarchically | (adverb) in a lawless rebellious manner | - |
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anarchism | (noun) a political theory favoring the abolition of governments | - |
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anarchist | (noun) an advocate of anarchism | Synonyms: nihilist, syndicalist |
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anarchistic | (adjective) of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism | - |
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anarchy | (noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: lawlessness |
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anasarca | (noun) generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue | - |
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anasarcous | (adjective) characterized by or affected by dropsy | - |
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angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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anorchia | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchidism, anorchism |
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anorchidism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchism |
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anorchism | (noun) absence of one of both testes | Synonyms: anorchia, anorchidism |
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antiaircraft | (adjective) designed for defense from a surface position against air attack | - |
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(noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom |
apercu | (noun) a short synopsis | - |
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apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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apperception | (noun) the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience | - |
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apperceptive | (adjective) able to relate new percepts to past experience | - |
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arc | (noun) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | Synonyms: discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, spark |
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(noun) a continuous portion of a circle | - |
(noun) something curved in shape | Synonyms: bow |
(verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arch, curve |
arcade | (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: colonnade |
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(noun) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side | - |
arcadian | (adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic | Synonyms: bucolic, pastoral |
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arcane | (adjective) requiring secret or mysterious knowledge | - |
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arcanum | (noun) information known only to a special group | Synonyms: secret |
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arccos | (noun) the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosine, arccosine, inverse cosine |
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arccosecant | (noun) the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosecant, inverse cosecant |
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arccosine | (noun) the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosine, arccos, inverse cosine |
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arccotangent | (noun) the inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cotangent, inverse cotangent |
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arcdegree | (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: degree |
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arced | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed |
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arcella | (noun) an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella | - |
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arch | (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked |
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(adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: condescending, patronising, patronizing |
(noun) (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it | - |
(noun) a passageway under a curved masonry construction | Synonyms: archway |
(noun) a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet) | - |
(noun) a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening | - |
(verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arc, curve |
archaean | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon | Synonyms: archean |
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archaebacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archaebacterium | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archaeobacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archeobacteria |
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archaeologic | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeological, archeologic, archeological |
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archaeological | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archeologic, archeological |
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archaeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archeologist |
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archaeology | (noun) the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | Synonyms: archeology |
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archaeopteryx | (noun) extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds | Synonyms: Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx |
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archaeornis | (noun) extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing | - |
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archaeozoic | (adjective) of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era | Synonyms: archeozoic |
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archaic | (adjective) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | Synonyms: primitive |
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(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, antiquated |
archaicism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaism |
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archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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archaism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaicism |
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archaist | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, antiquary |
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(noun) a person who archaizes | - |
archaistic | (adjective) imitative of an archaic style or manner | - |
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archaize | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaise |
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archangel | (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy | - |
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(noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica |
archangelic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelical |
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archangelical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelic |
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archbishop | (noun) a bishop of highest rank | - |
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archbishopric | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop | - |
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archdeacon | (noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop | - |
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archdeaconry | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon | - |
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archdiocesan | (adjective) of or relating to an archdiocese | - |
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archdiocese | (noun) the diocese of an archbishop | - |
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archducal | (adjective) belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy | - |
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archduchess | (noun) a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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archduchy | (noun) the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess | - |
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archduke | (noun) a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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archean | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon | Synonyms: archaean |
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arched | (adjective) constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches | - |
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(adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed |
archegonial | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegoniate |
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archegoniate | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegonial |
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archegonium | (noun) a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms | - |
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archenteron | (noun) central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity | - |
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archeobacteria | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria |
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archeologic | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archaeological, archeological |
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archeological | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archaeological, archeologic |
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archeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archaeologist |
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archeology | (noun) the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | Synonyms: archaeology |
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archeopteryx | (noun) extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds | Synonyms: archaeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica |
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archeozoic | (adjective) of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era | Synonyms: archaeozoic |
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archepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archiepiscopal |
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archer | (noun) a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow | Synonyms: bowman |
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archerfish | (noun) any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia | Synonyms: Toxotes jaculatrix |
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archery | (noun) the sport of shooting arrows with a bow | - |
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archespore | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archesporium |
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archesporial | (adjective) of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores | - |
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archesporium | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archespore |
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archetypal | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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archetype | (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: original, pilot |
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