arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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arteriolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving arterioles | - |
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arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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arteriolosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterioles | - |
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arteriosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterial walls | Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries |
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arteriosclerotic | (adjective) affected by arteriosclerosis | - |
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arteriovenous | (adjective) connecting an artery to a vein | - |
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arteritis | (noun) inflammation of an artery | - |
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artery | (noun) a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic | - |
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(noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body | Synonyms: arteria, arterial blood vessel |
artesian | (adjective) (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure | - |
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arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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articulate | (adjective) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language | - |
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(adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulated |
(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
(verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
(verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
articulated | (adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulate |
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articulately | (adverb) in an articulate manner | Synonyms: eloquently |
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(adverb) with eloquence | Synonyms: eloquently |
articulateness | (noun) the quality of being facile in speech and writing | Synonyms: fluency, volubility |
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artiste | (noun) a public performer (a dancer or singer) | - |
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arytenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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ascites | (noun) accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity | - |
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ascomycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus | Synonyms: ascomycetous fungus |
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asphyxiate | (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: stifle, suffocate |
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(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: smother, suffocate |
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: choke, stifle, suffocate |
asphyxiated | (adjective) in a state of asphyxia | - |
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aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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(noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
(verb) inhale (air, water, etc.) | - |
(verb) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds | - |
(verb) remove by suction | Synonyms: draw out, suck out |
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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assaulter | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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assenter | (noun) a person who assents | - |
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asserted | (adjective) confidently declared to be so | - |
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asserter | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asseverator, avower, declarer |
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asseverate | (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, maintain |
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assibilate | (verb) change into a sibilant | - |
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(verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) | - |
assimilate | (verb) become similar to one's environment | - |
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(verb) make similar | - |
(verb) become similar in sound | - |
(verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, ingest, take in |
(verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: imbibe |
assisted | (adjective) having help; often used as a combining form | Synonyms: aided |
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associate | (adjective) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status | - |
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(noun) a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies | Synonyms: associate degree |
(noun) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another | - |
(noun) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor | - |
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow |
(noun) a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise | - |
(verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
(verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: consociate |
(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort |
associateship | (noun) the position of associate (as in an office or academy) | - |
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assonate | (verb) correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | - |
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assorted | (adjective) of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity | Synonyms: various |
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(adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry |
aster | (noun) star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis | - |
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(noun) any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers | - |
astereognosis | (noun) a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them | Synonyms: tactile agnosia |
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asteriated | (adjective) (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism | - |
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asterion | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture | - |
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asterisk | (noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing | Synonyms: star |
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(verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
asterisked | (adjective) marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: starred |
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asterism | (noun) (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) | - |
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(noun) (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light | - |
asterismal | (adjective) relating to asterisms or constellations | - |
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astern | (adverb) (of a ship or an airplane) behind | - |
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(adverb) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | Synonyms: abaft, aft |
(adverb) stern foremost or backward | - |
asternal | (adjective) not connected to the sternum or breastbone | - |
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asteroid | (adjective) shaped like a star | Synonyms: star-shaped |
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(noun) any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) | - |
asteroidal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an asteroid | - |
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astrocyte | (noun) comparatively large neuroglial cell | - |
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astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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(verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
astute | (adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | Synonyms: sharp, shrewd |
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astutely | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly |
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astuteness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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(noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity |
asymptote | (noun) a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity | - |
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atelectasis | (noun) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth | - |
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ateleiosis | (noun) a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence | Synonyms: ateliosis |
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ateleiotic | (adjective) of or relating to ateleiosis | - |
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atelier | (noun) a studio especially for an artist or designer | Synonyms: artist's workroom |
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ateliosis | (noun) a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence | Synonyms: ateleiosis |
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atenolol | (noun) an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.) | Synonyms: Tenormin |
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athlete | (noun) a person trained to compete in sports | Synonyms: jock |
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atmometer | (noun) an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water | Synonyms: evaporometer |
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attemper | (verb) modify the temperature of | - |
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attempt | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(noun) the act of attacking | Synonyms: attack |
(verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise | Synonyms: set about, undertake |
(verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: assay, essay, seek, try |
attempted | (adjective) tried unsuccessfully | - |
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attempter | (noun) one who tries | Synonyms: essayer, trier |
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attend | (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: advert, give ear, hang, pay heed |
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(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: look, see, take care |
(verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. | Synonyms: go to |
(verb) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result | - |
attendance | (noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) | Synonyms: attending |
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(noun) the number of people that are present | - |
(noun) the frequency with which a person is present | - |
attendant | (adjective) being present (at a meeting or event, etc.) | - |
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(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant |
(noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | Synonyms: attender, tender |
(noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting | Synonyms: attendee, attender, meeter |
attended | (adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: accompanied |
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(adjective) having a caretaker or other watcher | Synonyms: tended to |
attendee | (noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting | Synonyms: attendant, attender, meeter |
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attender | (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | Synonyms: attendant, tender |
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(noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting | Synonyms: attendant, attendee, meeter |
(noun) someone who listens attentively | Synonyms: auditor, hearer, listener |
attending | (adjective) giving practical help to | Synonyms: ministrant |
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(noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) | Synonyms: attendance |
(noun) the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others | Synonyms: attention |
attention | (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: aid, care, tending |
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(noun) a courteous act indicating affection | - |
(noun) a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review | - |
(noun) the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others | Synonyms: attending |
(noun) the faculty or power of mental concentration | - |
(noun) a general interest that leads people to want to know more | - |
attentional | (adjective) of or relating to attention | - |
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attentive | (adjective) (often followed by `to') giving care or attention | - |
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(adjective) taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | Synonyms: heedful, paying attention, thoughtful |
attentively | (adverb) with attention; in an attentive manner | - |
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attentiveness | (noun) the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others | - |
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(noun) the trait of being observant and paying attention | - |
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: heed, paying attention, regard |
attenuate | (adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuated, faded, weakened |
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(verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude | - |
(verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: rarefy |
attenuated | (adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuate, faded, weakened |
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(adjective) of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion | - |
attenuation | (noun) the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density | - |
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(noun) weakening in force or intensity | Synonyms: fading |
attenuator | (noun) an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal | - |
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attest | (verb) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | - |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: bear witness, take the stand, testify |
(verb) establish or verify the usage of | - |
attestant | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestator, attestor, witness |
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(noun) someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something | Synonyms: attester |
attestation | (noun) the action of bearing witness | - |
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(noun) the evidence by which something is attested | - |
attestator | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestant, attestor, witness |
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attested | (adjective) established as genuine | Synonyms: authenticated, documented |
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attester | (noun) someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something | Synonyms: attestant |
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attestor | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestant, attestator, witness |
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attracter | (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet |
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(noun) (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system | Synonyms: attractor |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card |
attribute | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | - |
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(noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: dimension, property |
(verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
attrited | (adjective) worn by rubbing or friction | - |
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audiocassette | (noun) a cassette for audiotape | - |
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audiometer | (noun) an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing | Synonyms: sonometer |
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augite | (noun) dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium | - |
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augmented | (adjective) added to or made greater in amount or number or strength | - |
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aureate | (adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | Synonyms: gilded, gilt, gold, golden |
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(adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: flamboyant, florid |
auriculate | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculated |
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auriculated | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculate |
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