allergy | (noun) hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | Synonyms: allergic reaction |
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anergy | (noun) reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen | - |
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(noun) inactivity and lack of energy | - |
argyle | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyll |
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(noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyll |
(noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyll |
argyll | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyle |
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(noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyle |
(noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyle |
argyrodite | (noun) a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur | - |
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asynergy | (noun) absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously | Synonyms: asynergia |
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clergy | (noun) in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | - |
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clergyman | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: man of the cloth, reverend |
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dramaturgy | (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
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energy | (noun) forceful exertion | Synonyms: vigor, vigour, zip |
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(noun) an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) | Synonyms: muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim |
(noun) enterprising or ambitious drive | Synonyms: get-up-and-go, push |
(noun) (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs | Synonyms: free energy |
(noun) any source of usable power | - |
(noun) a healthy capacity for vigorous activity | Synonyms: vim, vitality |
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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lethargy | (noun) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | Synonyms: inanition, lassitude, slackness |
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(noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, languor, phlegm, sluggishness |
(noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lassitude, sluggishness |
liturgy | (noun) a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship | - |
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metallurgy | (noun) the science and technology of metals | - |
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orgy | (noun) secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity | - |
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(noun) any act of immoderate indulgence | Synonyms: binge, splurge |
(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, riot, saturnalia |
porgy | (noun) important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide | - |
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(noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: scup |
synergy | (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergism |
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thaumaturgy | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, trick |
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(noun) any art that invokes supernatural powers | Synonyms: magic |
theurgy | (noun) white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists) | - |
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(noun) the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs | - |
zymurgy | (noun) the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling) | Synonyms: zymology |
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