| abrocome | (noun) ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes | Synonyms: chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla |
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| acrocarp | (noun) a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) | Synonyms: acrocarpous moss |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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| acrocephaly | (noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | Synonyms: oxycephaly |
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| acrocyanosis | (noun) cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion | Synonyms: Raynaud's sign |
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| arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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| astrocyte | (noun) comparatively large neuroglial cell | - |
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| astrocytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia | - |
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| atrocious | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
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| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| (adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel | Synonyms: flagitious, grievous, monstrous |
| atrociously | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, abysmally, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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| (adverb) to an extravagant or immoderate degree | Synonyms: outrageously |
| atrociousness | (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
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| atrocity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: inhumanity |
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| (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
| aurochs | (noun) large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle | Synonyms: Bos primigenius, urus |
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| (noun) European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison | Synonyms: Bison bonasus, wisent |
| bedrock | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, basics, fundamental principle, fundamentals |
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| (noun) solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil | - |
| brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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| (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
| brocaded | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: embossed, raised |
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| broccoli | (noun) branched green undeveloped flower heads | - |
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| (noun) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea italica |
| brochette | (noun) a small spit or skewer | - |
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| brochure | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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| brocket | (noun) small South American deer with unbranched antlers | - |
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| (noun) male red deer in its second year | - |
| caroche | (noun) a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century | - |
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| chlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans | Synonyms: CFC |
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| cirrocumulus | (noun) a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples | Synonyms: cirrocumulus cloud |
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| crochet | (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crocheting |
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| (verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | Synonyms: hook |
| (verb) create by looping or crocheting | - |
| crocheting | (noun) creating a garment of needlework | - |
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| (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
| crock | (noun) an earthen jar (made of baked clay) | Synonyms: earthenware jar |
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| (noun) nonsense; foolish talk | - |
| (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, lampblack, smut, soot |
| (verb) soil with or as with crock | - |
| (verb) release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric | - |
| crocked | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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| crockery | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: dishware |
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| crocket | (noun) an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable | - |
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| crocketed | (adjective) (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage) | - |
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| crocodile | (noun) large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters | - |
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| crocodilian | (noun) extant archosaurian reptile | Synonyms: crocodilian reptile |
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| crocolite | (noun) a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals | - |
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| crocus | (noun) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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| defrock | (verb) divest of the frock; of church officials | Synonyms: unfrock |
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| dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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| dipterocarp | (noun) tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae | - |
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| ectoproct | (noun) sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles | - |
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| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electrocautery | (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) | - |
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| electrochemical | (adjective) of or involving electrochemistry | - |
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| electrochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions | - |
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| electrocute | (verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | Synonyms: fry |
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| (verb) kill by electric shock | - |
| electrocution | (noun) killing by electric shock | - |
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| (noun) execution by electricity | Synonyms: burning |
| electrocutioner | (noun) an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person | - |
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| embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
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| embrocation | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: liniment |
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| enteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: interoceptor |
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| entoproct | (noun) any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies; each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles | - |
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| erythrocyte | (noun) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus | Synonyms: RBC, red blood cell |
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| erythrocytolysin | (noun) any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | Synonyms: erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin |
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| exteroception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body | - |
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| exteroceptive | (adjective) of or relating to exteroception | - |
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| exteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body | - |
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| ferocious | (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: fierce, furious, savage |
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| ferociously | (adverb) in a physically fierce manner | Synonyms: fiercely |
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| ferociousness | (noun) the trait of extreme cruelty | Synonyms: brutality, savagery, viciousness |
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| ferocity | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| ferrocerium | (noun) a pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints | - |
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| ferroconcrete | (noun) concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses | Synonyms: reinforced concrete |
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| ferrocyanide | (noun) salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate | - |
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| fibrocalcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue | - |
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| fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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| fibrocartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to fibrocartilage | - |
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| fluorocarbon | (noun) a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols | - |
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| fluorochrome | (noun) any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens | - |
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| frock | (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: dress |
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| (noun) a habit worn by clerics | - |
| (noun) a long, loose outer garment | - |
| (verb) put a frock on | - |
| gastrocnemius | (noun) the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot | Synonyms: gastrocnemius muscle |
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| greengrocer | (noun) a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables | - |
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| greengrocery | (noun) a greengrocer's grocery store | - |
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| (noun) groceries sold by a greengrocer | - |
| gritrock | (noun) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone | Synonyms: grit, gritstone |
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| grocer | (noun) a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies) | - |
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| grocery | (noun) a marketplace where groceries are sold | Synonyms: food market, grocery store, market |
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| (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: foodstuff |
| gyrocompass | (noun) a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead | - |
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| heterocercal | (adjective) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe | - |
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| heterocycle | (noun) a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon | Synonyms: heterocyclic ring |
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| (noun) a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | Synonyms: heterocyclic, heterocyclic compound |
| heterocyclic | (adjective) containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom | - |
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| (noun) a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | Synonyms: heterocycle, heterocyclic compound |
| hierocracy | (noun) a ruling body composed of clergy | - |
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| hydrocarbon | (noun) an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen | - |
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| hydrocele | (noun) disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum) | - |
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| hydrocephalic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus | - |
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| hydrocephalus | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephaly |
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| hydrocephaly | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephalus |
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| hydrochloride | (noun) a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride | - |
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| hydrochlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere | Synonyms: HCFC |
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| hydrochlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension | Synonyms: Esidrix, HydroDIURIL, Microzide |
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| hydrocolloid | (noun) a substance that forms a gel with water | - |
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| hydrocortisone | (noun) an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism | Synonyms: Cortef, cortisol, Hydrocortone |
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| hydrocracking | (noun) the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst | - |
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| hydrofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing | Synonyms: HFC |
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| hysterocatalepsy | (noun) hysteria with cataleptic symptoms | - |
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| interoception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | - |
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| interoceptive | (adjective) of or relating to interoception | - |
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| interoceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: enteroceptor |
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| iproclozide | (noun) an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor | - |
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| labrocyte | (noun) a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | Synonyms: mast cell, mastocyte |
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