mesomorph | (noun) a person with a well-developed muscular body | - |
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mesomorphic | (adjective) having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer | Synonyms: muscular |
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mesomorphy | (noun) muscular and big-boned | Synonyms: athletic type |
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mettlesome | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) having a proud and unbroken spirit | - |
mettlesomeness | (noun) courageous high-spiritedness | - |
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microsomal | (adjective) of or relating to microsomes | - |
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microsome | (noun) a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA | - |
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monosomy | (noun) chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number | - |
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nettlesome | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
noisome | (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, foul, funky, ill-scented, smelly, stinking |
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(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile |
noisomeness | (noun) the quality of being noxious | Synonyms: harmfulness, noxiousness |
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polysomy | (noun) congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells | - |
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proteosome | (noun) a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler | Synonyms: proteosome vaccine |
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psychosomatic | (adjective) used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis | - |
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quarrelsome | (adjective) given to quarreling | - |
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quarrelsomeness | (noun) an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious | Synonyms: contentiousness |
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ransom | (noun) the act of freeing from captivity or punishment | - |
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(noun) payment for the release of someone | - |
(noun) money demanded for the return of a captured person | Synonyms: ransom money |
(verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat | Synonyms: redeem |
ransomed | (adjective) reclaimed by payment of a ransom | - |
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(adjective) saved from the bondage of sin | Synonyms: redeemed |
ransomware | (noun) malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker | - |
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ribosome | (noun) an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell | - |
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sarcosomal | (adjective) of or relating to sarcosomes | - |
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sarcosome | (noun) a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber | - |
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schistosome | (noun) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals | Synonyms: blood fluke |
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schistosomiasis | (noun) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis |
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sevensome | (noun) seven people considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet, septette |
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sixsome | (noun) six people considered as a unit | Synonyms: sextet, sextette |
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som | (noun) the basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan | - |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan | - |
soma | (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape |
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(noun) leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink | Synonyms: haoma, Sarcostemma acidum |
somaesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
somaesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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soman | (noun) a nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled | Synonyms: GD |
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somataesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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somatesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
somatic | (adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | Synonyms: bodily, corporal, corporeal |
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somatogenetic | (adjective) of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin | Synonyms: somatogenic |
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somatogenic | (adjective) of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin | Synonyms: somatogenetic |
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somatosense | (noun) any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | - |
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somatosensory | (adjective) of or relating to the somatosenses | - |
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somatotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin, STH |
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somatotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, STH |
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somatotype | (noun) a category of physique | Synonyms: body type |
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somber | (adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: drab, sober, sombre |
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(adjective) grave or even gloomy in character | Synonyms: melancholy, sombre |
somberly | (adverb) in a somber manner | Synonyms: sombrely |
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somberness | (noun) a manner that is serious and solemn | Synonyms: graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, sombreness |
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(noun) a feeling of melancholy apprehension | Synonyms: gloom, gloominess, sombreness |
(noun) a state of partial or total darkness | Synonyms: gloom, sombreness |
sombre | (adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: drab, sober, somber |
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(adjective) grave or even gloomy in character | Synonyms: melancholy, somber |
sombrely | (adverb) in a somber manner | Synonyms: somberly |
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sombreness | (noun) a manner that is serious and solemn | Synonyms: graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness |
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(noun) a feeling of melancholy apprehension | Synonyms: gloom, gloominess, somberness |
(noun) a state of partial or total darkness | Synonyms: gloom, somberness |
sombrero | (noun) a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico | - |
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some | (adjective) (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity | - |
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(adjective) remarkable | - |
(adjective) relatively many but unspecified in number | - |
(adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly |
somebody | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, person, someone, soul |
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someday | (adverb) some unspecified time in the future | - |
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somehow | (adverb) in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | Synonyms: someway, someways |
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(adverb) for some unspecified reason | - |
someone | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, person, somebody, soul |
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someplace | (adverb) in or at or to some place | Synonyms: somewhere |
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somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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(verb) do a somersault | - |
somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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somerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset |
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somesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation |
somesthesis | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia |
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sometime | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam |
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(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time | - |
sometimes | (adverb) on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always | - |
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someway | (adverb) in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | Synonyms: somehow, someways |
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someways | (adverb) in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | Synonyms: somehow, someway |
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somewhat | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably |
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(adverb) to a small degree or extent | Synonyms: more or less, slightly |
somewhere | (noun) an indefinite or unknown location | - |
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(adverb) in or at or to some place | Synonyms: someplace |
somite | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: metamere |
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sommelier | (noun) a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant | Synonyms: wine steward, wine waiter |
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somnambulate | (verb) walk in one's sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalk |
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somnambulation | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulism |
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somnambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation |
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somnambulist | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: noctambulist, sleepwalker |
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somniferous | (adjective) sleep inducing | Synonyms: hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somnific, soporiferous, soporific |
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somnific | (adjective) sleep inducing | Synonyms: hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, soporiferous, soporific |
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somniloquism | (noun) uttering speech while asleep | Synonyms: sleep talking, somniloquy |
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somniloquist | (noun) someone who talks while asleep | - |
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somniloquy | (noun) uttering speech while asleep | Synonyms: sleep talking, somniloquism |
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somnolence | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: drowsiness, sleepiness |
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somnolent | (adjective) inclined to or marked by drowsiness | Synonyms: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous |
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somnolently | (adverb) in a drowsy manner | Synonyms: drowsily |
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stereoisomer | (noun) any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement. | - |
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threesome | (noun) three people considered as a unit | Synonyms: triad, trinity, trio |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
tiresome | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome |
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tiresomely | (adverb) in a tedious manner | Synonyms: boringly, tediously |
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tiresomeness | (noun) dullness owing to length or slowness | Synonyms: tediousness, tedium |
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toilsome | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing |
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toilsomeness | (noun) the quality of requiring extended effort | Synonyms: laboriousness, operoseness |
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toothsome | (adjective) acceptable to the taste or mind | Synonyms: palatable |
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(adjective) having strong sexual appeal | Synonyms: juicy, luscious, lush, red-hot, voluptuous |
(adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, yummy |
toothsomeness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, deliciousness, lusciousness |
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torturesome | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous |
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transom | (noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | Synonyms: traverse |
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(noun) a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door | Synonyms: fanlight, transom window |
trisomy | (noun) chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell | - |
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troublesome | (adjective) causing difficulty or annoyance | - |
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troublesomeness | (noun) a difficulty that causes anxiety | Synonyms: inconvenience, worriment |
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twosome | (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duet, duo |
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(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, yoke |
unbosom | (verb) relieve oneself of troubling information | Synonyms: relieve |
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untroublesomeness | (noun) The property of not giving trouble or anxiety. | - |
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unwholesome | (adjective) detrimental to physical or moral well-being | - |
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unwholesomeness | (noun) the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you | Synonyms: morbidity, morbidness |
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vasomotor | (adjective) relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate | - |
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venturesome | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: audacious, daring, venturous |
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