| arccosecant | (noun) the angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosecant, inverse cosecant |
|---|
| arcsec | (noun) the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc secant, arcsecant, inverse secant |
|---|
| arcsecant | (noun) the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc secant, arcsec, inverse secant |
|---|
| arcsecond | (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: second |
|---|
| attosecond | (noun) one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond | - |
|---|
| bisect | (verb) cut in half or cut in two | - |
|---|
| bisection | (noun) dividing into two equal parts | - |
|---|
| bisectional | (adjective) of or relating to bisection | - |
|---|
| callosectomy | (noun) severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy) | Synonyms: callosotomy |
|---|
| cheesecake | (noun) a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire | - |
|---|
| (noun) made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust | - |
| cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
|---|
| consecrate | (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrated, dedicated |
|---|
| (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, hallow, sanctify |
| (verb) dedicate to a deity by a vow | Synonyms: vow |
| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, dedicate, devote, give |
| (verb) appoint to a clerical posts | Synonyms: ordain, order, ordinate |
| consecrated | (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrate, dedicated |
|---|
| (adjective) made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use | Synonyms: sacred, sanctified |
| consecration | (noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God | - |
|---|
| (noun) a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) | - |
| consecutive | (adjective) successive (without a break) | Synonyms: straight |
|---|
| (adjective) in regular succession without gaps | Synonyms: sequent, sequential, serial, successive |
| (adjective) one after the other | Synonyms: back-to-back |
| (adverb) in a sequential manner | Synonyms: sequentially |
| consecutively | (adverb) in a consecutive manner | - |
|---|
| cosec | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cosecant |
|---|
| cosecant | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cosec |
|---|
| deconsecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: desecrate, unhallow |
|---|
| deconsecrated | (adjective) divested of consecration | - |
|---|
| desecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: deconsecrate, unhallow |
|---|
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: outrage, profane, violate |
| desecrated | (adjective) treated with disrespect and contempt | - |
|---|
| desecration | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege |
|---|
| dissect | (verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, break down, take apart |
|---|
| (verb) cut open or cut apart | - |
| dissected | (adjective) having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | Synonyms: cleft |
|---|
| dissection | (noun) cutting so as to separate into pieces | - |
|---|
| (noun) detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) | - |
| (noun) a minute and critical analysis | - |
| femtosecond | (noun) one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond | - |
|---|
| horsecar | (noun) an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses | - |
|---|
| horsecloth | (noun) a cloth for the trapping of a horse | - |
|---|
| houseclean | (verb) clean and tidy up the house | Synonyms: clean, clean house |
|---|
| housecleaning | (noun) the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house | - |
|---|
| (noun) (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions | - |
| housecoat | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: neglige, negligee, peignoir, wrapper |
|---|
| housecraft | (noun) skill in domestic management | - |
|---|
| hypersecretion | (noun) excessive secretion | - |
|---|
| hypophysectomise | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomize |
|---|
| hypophysectomised | (adjective) having the pituitary gland removed by surgery | Synonyms: hypophysectomized |
|---|
| hypophysectomize | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomise |
|---|
| hypophysectomized | (adjective) having the pituitary gland removed by surgery | Synonyms: hypophysectomised |
|---|
| hypophysectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the pituitary gland | - |
|---|
| insect | (noun) small air-breathing arthropod | - |
|---|
| (noun) a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | Synonyms: dirt ball, louse, worm |
| insectan | (adjective) of or relating to the class Insecta | - |
|---|
| insecticidal | (adjective) of or relating to insecticide | - |
|---|
| insecticidally | (adverb) by means of an insecticide | - |
|---|
| insecticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill insects | Synonyms: insect powder |
|---|
| insectifuge | (noun) a chemical substance that repels insects | Synonyms: insect repellant, insect repellent |
|---|
| insectivore | (noun) small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals | - |
|---|
| (noun) any organism that feeds mainly on insects | - |
| insectivorous | (adjective) (of animals and plants) feeding on insects | - |
|---|
| insecure | (adjective) lacking self-confidence or assurance | - |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking in security or safety | Synonyms: unsafe |
| (adjective) not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way | - |
| (adjective) not safe from attack | Synonyms: unsafe |
| insecurely | (adverb) in a manner involving risk | - |
|---|
| (adverb) in a tentative and self-conscious manner | - |
| insecureness | (noun) the state of being exposed to risk or anxiety | - |
|---|
| insecurity | (noun) the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure | - |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being subject to danger or injury | - |
| intersect | (verb) meet at a point | Synonyms: cross |
|---|
| intersectant | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersecting |
|---|
| intersecting | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersectant |
|---|
| intersection | (noun) the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path) | - |
|---|
| (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway |
| (noun) a point where lines intersect | Synonyms: intersection point, point of intersection |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, overlap |
| (noun) the set of elements common to two or more sets | Synonyms: Cartesian product, product |
| (noun) a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations | - |
| microsecond | (noun) one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond | - |
|---|
| midsection | (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: middle, midriff |
|---|
| millisecond | (noun) one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | Synonyms: msec |
|---|
| msec | (noun) one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | Synonyms: millisecond |
|---|
| nanosecond | (noun) one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond | - |
|---|
| nonintersecting | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonconvergent |
|---|
| nonsectarian | (adjective) not restricted to one sect or school or party | Synonyms: unsectarian |
|---|
| nosecount | (noun) a periodic count of the population | Synonyms: census, nose count |
|---|
| parsec | (noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years | Synonyms: secpar |
|---|
| peasecod | (noun) husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas | Synonyms: pea pod |
|---|
| persecute | (verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: oppress |
|---|
| persecution | (noun) the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) | - |
|---|
| persecutor | (noun) someone who torments | Synonyms: tormenter, tormentor |
|---|
| picosecond | (noun) one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond | - |
|---|
| pinnatisect | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets | - |
|---|
| prosecute | (verb) bring a criminal action against (in a trial) | - |
|---|
| (verb) conduct a prosecution in a court of law | - |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, pursue |
| prosecution | (noun) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior | Synonyms: criminal prosecution |
|---|
| (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: pursuance |
| (noun) the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant | - |
| prosecutor | (noun) a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state | Synonyms: prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, public prosecutor |
|---|
| reconsecrate | (verb) consecrate anew, as after a desecration | - |
|---|
| resect | (verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ | Synonyms: eviscerate |
|---|
| resection | (noun) surgical removal of part of a structure or organ | - |
|---|
| sec | (adjective) (of champagne) moderately dry | Synonyms: unsweet |
|---|
| (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: secant |
| (noun) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: s, second |
| secant | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: sec |
|---|
| (noun) a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points | - |
| secateurs | (noun) small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface | - |
|---|
| secede | (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion | Synonyms: break away, splinter |
|---|
| secern | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
|---|
| secernate | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
|---|
| secernment | (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: discrimination |
|---|
| (noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance | Synonyms: secretion |
| secession | (noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation | Synonyms: withdrawal |
|---|
| (noun) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s | Synonyms: sezession |
| secessionism | (noun) a doctrine that maintains the right of secession | - |
|---|
| secessionist | (noun) an advocate of secessionism | - |
|---|
| seckel | (noun) small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear | Synonyms: seckel pear |
|---|
| seclude | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: sequester, sequestrate, withdraw |
|---|
| secluded | (adjective) hidden from general view or use | Synonyms: privy, secret |
|---|
| (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: cloistered, reclusive, sequestered |
| seclusion | (noun) the act of secluding yourself from others | - |
|---|
| (noun) the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others | Synonyms: privacy, privateness |
| secobarbital | (noun) barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions | Synonyms: red devil, secobarbital sodium, Seconal |
|---|
| second | (adjective) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first | - |
|---|
| (adjective) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 2d, 2nd |
| (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield | Synonyms: second base |
| (noun) the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: second gear |
| (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: irregular |
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, secondment |
| (noun) the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match | - |
| (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: arcsecond |
| (noun) following the first in an ordering or series | - |
| (noun) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: s, sec |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, moment |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, minute, moment |
| (adverb) in the second place | Synonyms: secondly |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse |
| (verb) transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment | - |
| secondarily | (adverb) of secondary import | - |
|---|
| secondary | (adjective) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | - |
|---|
| (adjective) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | - |
| (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern |
| (adjective) not of major importance | - |
| (adjective) belonging to a lower class or rank | - |
| (noun) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | Synonyms: secondary coil, secondary winding |
| (noun) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | - |
| seconder | (noun) someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote | - |
|---|
| secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
|---|
| (adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
| (adverb) by indirect means | - |
| secondly | (adverb) in the second place | Synonyms: second |
|---|
| secondment | (noun) the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere | - |
|---|
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, second |
| secondo | (noun) the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
|---|
| secpar | (noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years | Synonyms: parsec |
|---|