anastalsis | (noun) muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis | - |
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beanstalk | (noun) stem of a bean plant | - |
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bookstall | (noun) a shop where books are sold | Synonyms: bookshop, bookstore |
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borstal | (noun) formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | - |
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coastal | (adjective) located on or near or bordering on a coast | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a coast | - |
(adjective) along or following a coast | Synonyms: coastwise |
cornstalk | (noun) the stalk of a corn plant | Synonyms: corn stalk |
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costal | (adjective) of or relating to or near a rib | - |
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costalgia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: pleuralgia, pleurodynia |
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cristal | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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crosstalk | (noun) the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling | Synonyms: XT |
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crustal | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon | - |
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crystal | (noun) a protective cover that protects the face of a watch | Synonyms: watch crystal, watch glass |
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(noun) glassware made of quartz | - |
(noun) a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices | - |
(noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces | Synonyms: crystallization |
(noun) a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure | - |
(noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
crystalise | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallize, effloresce |
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(verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallise, crystallize |
(verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallise, crystallize |
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
crystalised | (adjective) having both internal structure and external form of a crystal | Synonyms: crystallized |
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(adjective) (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | Synonyms: candied, crystalized, glace |
crystalize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallize, effloresce |
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(verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
(verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
crystalized | (adjective) (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | Synonyms: candied, crystalised, glace |
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crystalline | (adjective) consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals | - |
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(adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent |
(adjective) distinctly or sharply outlined | - |
crystallinity | (noun) (chemistry) The degree of structural order in a solid. | - |
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crystallisation | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallization, crystallizing |
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crystallise | (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
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(verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
crystallised | (adjective) having become fixed and definite in form | Synonyms: crystallized |
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crystallite | (noun) any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock | - |
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crystallization | (noun) a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation | - |
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(noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces | Synonyms: crystal |
(noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallizing |
crystallize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, effloresce |
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(verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
(verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
crystallized | (adjective) having become fixed and definite in form | Synonyms: crystallised |
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(adjective) having both internal structure and external form of a crystal | Synonyms: crystalised |
crystallizing | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallization |
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crystallogen | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, Group 14 element, tetragen, tetrel |
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crystallographer | (noun) a specialist in crystallography | - |
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crystallography | (noun) the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals | - |
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deerstalker | (noun) a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters | - |
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deerstalking | (noun) stalking deer | - |
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destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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destalinise | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinize |
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destalinization | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation |
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destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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distal | (adjective) situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone | - |
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(adjective) directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body | - |
distally | (adverb) far from the center | - |
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festal | (adjective) offering fun and gaiety | Synonyms: festive, gay, merry |
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fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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footstall | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: pedestal, plinth |
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forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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frontstall | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, testiere |
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gestalt | (noun) a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | - |
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headstall | (noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headpiece |
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instal | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: install, put in, set up |
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(verb) place | Synonyms: establish, install, set up |
(verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: install |
instalike | (noun) something that is so good that it deserves to be instantly voted for on social media | - |
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(verb) to instantly vote for something on social media | - |
install | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: instal, put in, set up |
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(verb) place | Synonyms: establish, instal, set up |
(verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: instal |
installation | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installing, installment, instalment |
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(noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: facility |
(noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: induction, initiation |
installing | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installment, instalment |
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installment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, instalment |
(noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: instalment |
(noun) a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals | - |
instalment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, installment |
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(noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, installment |
(noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: installment |
intercostal | (adjective) located or occurring between the ribs | - |
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(noun) muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration | Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis |
leafstalk | (noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | Synonyms: petiole |
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mastalgia | (noun) pain in the breast | - |
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microcrystal | (noun) any crystal of microscopic size. | - |
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microcrystalline | (adjective) containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope | - |
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noncrystalline | (adjective) not crystalline | - |
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nostalgia | (noun) longing for something past | - |
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nostalgic | (adjective) unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons | - |
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nostalgically | (adverb) in a nostalgic manner | - |
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pedestal | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, stand |
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(noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, plinth |
(noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority) | - |
pentecostal | (adjective) of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members | - |
pentecostalism | (noun) the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues | - |
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peristalsis | (noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | Synonyms: vermiculation |
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polycrystalline | (adjective) composed of aggregates of crystals | - |
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postal | (adjective) of or relating to the system for delivering mail | - |
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postalveolar | (noun) (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | Synonyms: post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar consonant |
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reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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rootstalk | (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rhizome, rootstock |
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stalactite | (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave | - |
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stalagmite | (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave | - |
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stalagmometer | (noun) a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method. | Synonyms: stactometer, stalogometer |
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stale | (adjective) lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age | - |
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(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, dusty, moth-eaten |
(verb) urinate, of cattle and horses | - |
stalemate | (noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check | - |
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(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill |
(verb) subject to a stalemate | - |
stalemated | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: deadlocked |
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staleness | (noun) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | - |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | Synonyms: triteness |
stalinise | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinize |
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stalinize | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinise |
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stalk | (noun) a stiff or threatening gait | Synonyms: angry walk |
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(noun) the act of following prey stealthily | Synonyms: stalking |
(noun) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | Synonyms: stalking, still hunt |
(noun) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | Synonyms: stem |
(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble |
(verb) walk stiffly | - |
(verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | Synonyms: haunt |
(verb) go through (an area) in search of prey | - |
stalked | (adjective) having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk | Synonyms: pedunculate |
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stalker | (noun) someone who stalks game | - |
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(noun) someone who walks with long stiff strides | - |
(noun) someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | Synonyms: prowler, sneak |
stalking | (noun) the act of following prey stealthily | Synonyms: stalk |
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(noun) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | Synonyms: stalk, still hunt |
stalkless | (adjective) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk | Synonyms: sessile |
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stall | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stalling |
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(noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk |
(noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stand |
(noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle |
(noun) a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed | - |
(noun) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater | - |
(noun) a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge | - |
(verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
(verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
(verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
(verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
(verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
(verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
(verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |
stalling | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stall |
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stallion | (noun) uncastrated adult male horse | Synonyms: entire |
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stalls | (noun) a farm building for housing horses or other livestock | Synonyms: horse barn, stable |
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stalogometer | (noun) a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method. | Synonyms: stactometer, stalagmometer |
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stalwart | (adjective) used especially of persons | Synonyms: stouthearted |
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(adjective) dependable | Synonyms: stout |
(adjective) having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships | Synonyms: hardy, stout, sturdy |
(noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | Synonyms: loyalist |
stalwartness | (noun) the property of being strong and resolute | Synonyms: stoutness |
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thumbstall | (noun) protective covering for an injured thumb | - |
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uncrystallised | (adjective) not finally or definitely formed | Synonyms: uncrystallized |
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(adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: amorphous, uncrystallized |
uncrystallized | (adjective) not finally or definitely formed | Synonyms: uncrystallised |
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(adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: amorphous, uncrystallised |
vestal | (adjective) of or relating to Vesta | - |
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(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous |
(noun) a chaste woman | - |