absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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absinthe | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinth |
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(noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | Synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man |
accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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accusingly | (adverb) in an accusing manner | - |
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actomyosin | (noun) a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions | - |
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adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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(noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
agonising | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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agribusiness | (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm |
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amusing | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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(adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusive, diverting |
amusingly | (adverb) in an entertaining and amusing manner | Synonyms: divertingly |
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angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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appetising | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetizing |
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appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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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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arcsin | (noun) the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc sine, arcsine, inverse sine |
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arcsine | (noun) the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc sine, arcsin, inverse sine |
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arsine | (noun) a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare | - |
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asinine | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: fatuous, inane |
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asininity | (noun) the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness | - |
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assassin | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassinator, bravo |
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(noun) a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders | - |
assassinate | (verb) destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation | - |
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(verb) murder; especially of socially prominent persons | - |
assassinated | (adjective) murdered by surprise attack for political reasons | - |
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assassination | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack | - |
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(noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: blackwash, character assassination |
assassinator | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, bravo |
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basin | (noun) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids | - |
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(noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
(noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet | Synonyms: catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed |
(noun) a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it | - |
(noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basinful |
basinal | (adjective) of or relating to a basin | - |
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basined | (adjective) enclosed in a basin | - |
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basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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basinful | (noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basin |
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bassine | (noun) coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms | - |
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bassinet | (noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
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(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet | - |
blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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(noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
(noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
braising | (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
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bromeosin | (noun) a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures | Synonyms: eosin |
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browsing | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browse |
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(noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browse |
bruising | (adjective) brutally forceful and compelling | - |
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(adjective) causing mental or emotional injury | - |
business | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: job, line, line of work, occupation |
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(noun) the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | Synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
(noun) the volume of commercial activity | - |
(noun) incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | Synonyms: byplay, stage business |
(noun) an immediate objective | - |
(noun) a rightful concern or responsibility | - |
(noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | Synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern |
(noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: clientele, patronage |
(noun) business concerns collectively | Synonyms: business sector |
businesslike | (adjective) exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business | - |
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(adjective) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | Synonyms: earnest |
businessman | (noun) a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) | Synonyms: man of affairs |
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businessmen | (noun) the body of individuals who manage businesses | Synonyms: business community |
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businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
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businessperson | (noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: bourgeois |
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businesswoman | (noun) a female businessperson | - |
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buttressing | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttress |
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canvassing | (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, electioneering |
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caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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carousing | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, orgiastic |
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casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
(noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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(noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
cassino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: casino |
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causing | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causation |
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centralising | (adjective) tending to draw to a central point | Synonyms: centralizing |
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ceresin | (noun) a white wax extracted from ozokerite | - |
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cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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chymosin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: rennin |
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cleansing | (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: purifying |
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(adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: ablutionary |
(noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleanup |
closing | (adjective) final or ending | - |
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(noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown |
(noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: shutting |
(noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup |
(noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closure |
(noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending |
clumsiness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | Synonyms: awkwardness |
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(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness |
(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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(noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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compromising | (adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: conciliatory, flexible |
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(adjective) vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion | - |
condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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confusing | (adjective) causing confusion or disorientation | - |
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(adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: perplexing, puzzling |
confusingly | (adverb) in a bewildering and confusing manner | Synonyms: bewilderingly |
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cosine | (noun) ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cos |
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cosiness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: coziness, snugness |
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countersink | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: counterbore, countersink bit |
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(noun) a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface | - |
(verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: set |
coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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cousin | (noun) the child of your aunt or uncle | Synonyms: cousin-german, first cousin, full cousin |
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cousinly | (adjective) like or befitting a cousin | - |
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crossing | (noun) a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) | - |
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(noun) traveling across | - |
(noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
(noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossover, crosswalk |
(noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
(noun) a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect | - |
(noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: ford |
cuisine | (noun) the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared | Synonyms: culinary art |
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cytolysin | (noun) a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells | - |
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cytosine | (noun) a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine | Synonyms: C |
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debasing | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: degrading |
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decentralising | (adjective) tending away from a central point | Synonyms: decentralizing |
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decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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(adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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demoralising | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting |
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deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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deoxyguanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: guanosine |
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depressing | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, uncheerful |
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depressingly | (adverb) in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree | - |
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desensitising | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitizing |
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despising | (noun) a feeling of scornful hatred | Synonyms: despisal |
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devising | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: fashioning, making |
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diagnosing | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | Synonyms: diagnosis |
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didanosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, dideoxyinosine |
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dideoxycytosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, zalcitabine |
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dideoxyinosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, didanosine |
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diesinker | (noun) someone who makes dies | Synonyms: die-sinker, diemaker |
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diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
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disincarnate | (verb) make immaterial; remove the real essence of | - |
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disincentive | (noun) a negative motivational influence | Synonyms: deterrence |
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