antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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appurtenance | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, supplement |
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(noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: gear, paraphernalia |
appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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bicentenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentennial |
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(noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentennial |
catena | (noun) a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) | - |
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catenary | (noun) the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points | - |
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catenate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenulate |
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centenarian | (adjective) being at least 100 years old | - |
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(noun) someone who is at least 100 years old | - |
centenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years | Synonyms: centennial |
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(noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centennial |
concatenate | (verb) add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | - |
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(verb) combine two strings to form a single one | - |
concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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(noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
(noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
(noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
cotenant | (noun) one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property | - |
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countenance | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face | Synonyms: visage |
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(noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
(verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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(verb) look with disfavor on | - |
lieutenancy | (noun) the position of a lieutenant | - |
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lieutenant | (noun) an officer in a police force | Synonyms: police lieutenant |
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(noun) a commissioned military officer | - |
(noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Synonyms: deputy |
(noun) an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade | - |
maintenance | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, upkeep |
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(noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep |
(noun) the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community | Synonyms: criminal maintenance |
(noun) means of maintenance of a family or group | - |
(noun) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated | Synonyms: alimony |
quatercentenary | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentennial |
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quincentenary | (adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary | Synonyms: quincentennial |
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(noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quincentennial |
semicentenary | (adjective) of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary | Synonyms: semicentennial |
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(noun) the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: semicentennial |
septenary | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | Synonyms: 7, heptad, septet, seven, sevener, VII |
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sublieutenant | (noun) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant | - |
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sustenance | (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustentation, upkeep |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, victuals |
(noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support |
tenability | (noun) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | Synonyms: reasonableness, tenableness |
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tenable | (adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence | Synonyms: well-founded |
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tenableness | (noun) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | Synonyms: reasonableness, tenability |
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tenacious | (adjective) good at remembering | Synonyms: long, recollective, retentive |
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(adjective) sticking together | Synonyms: coherent |
(adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding |
tenaciously | (adverb) with obstinate determination | Synonyms: doggedly |
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tenaciousness | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenacity |
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tenacity | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness |
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tenancy | (noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant | Synonyms: occupancy |
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tenant | (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | Synonyms: renter |
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(noun) any occupant who dwells in a place | - |
(noun) a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) | - |
(verb) occupy as a tenant | - |
tenanted | (adjective) resided in; having tenants | Synonyms: occupied |
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tenantry | (noun) tenants of an estate considered as a group | - |
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tercentenary | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentennial, triennial |
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tricentenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years | Synonyms: tricentennial |
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untenable | (adjective) (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified | Synonyms: indefensible |
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untenanted | (adjective) not leased to or occupied by a tenant | Synonyms: unoccupied |
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