adscititious | (adjective) added or derived from something outside; not inherent | - |
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(adjective) supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing | - |
adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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adventitial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia | - |
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adventitious | (adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part | - |
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altitude | (noun) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface | Synonyms: height |
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(noun) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | Synonyms: ALT, EL, elevation |
(noun) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) | - |
altitudinal | (adjective) pertaining to altitude | - |
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altitudinous | (adjective) indefinitely high; lofty | - |
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anatotitan | (noun) one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs | - |
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antitank | (adjective) designed for defense against armored vehicles | - |
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antitauon | (noun) an antilepton of very great mass | Synonyms: tau-plus particle |
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antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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(noun) exact opposite | - |
antithetic | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetical |
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antithetical | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetic |
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antithetically | (adverb) with antithesis; in an antithetical manner | - |
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antithyroid | (adjective) having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity | - |
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antitoxic | (adjective) counteracting a toxin or poison | - |
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antitoxin | (noun) an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin | - |
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antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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antitrust | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antimonopoly |
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antitumor | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour |
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antitumour | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor |
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antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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antitype | (noun) a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament | - |
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(noun) an opposite or contrasting type | - |
antitypic | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypical |
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(adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypical |
antitypical | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypic |
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(adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypic |
aortitis | (noun) inflammation of the aorta | - |
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apatite | (noun) a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus | - |
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appetite | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetency |
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appetitive | (adjective) of or relating to appetite | - |
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aptitude | (noun) inherent ability | - |
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aptitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to aptitudes | - |
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argentite | (noun) a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) | - |
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attitude | (noun) a theatrical pose created for effect | - |
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(noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: position, posture |
(noun) a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways | Synonyms: mental attitude |
(noun) position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) | - |
attitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to attitudes | - |
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attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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backstitch | (noun) an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one | - |
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(verb) do backstitches | - |
beatitude | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, blessedness |
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biotite | (noun) dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
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biotitic | (adjective) relating to or involving biotite | - |
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bipartite | (adjective) divided into two portions almost to the base | - |
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(adjective) involving two parts or elements | Synonyms: two-part, two-way |
bushtit | (noun) active grey titmice of western North America | Synonyms: bush tit |
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carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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celestite | (noun) a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate | - |
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cementite | (noun) a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle | Synonyms: iron carbide |
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cementitious | (adjective) like or relevant to or having the properties of cement | - |
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certitude | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence |
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chastity | (noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | Synonyms: celibacy, sexual abstention |
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(noun) morality with respect to sexual relations | Synonyms: sexual morality, virtue |
cholecystitis | (noun) inflammation of the gall bladder | - |
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cobaltite | (noun) a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt | - |
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colpocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina and bladder | - |
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competition | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: contention, rivalry |
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(noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | Synonyms: contest |
(noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competitor, contender, rival |
(noun) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers | - |
competitive | (adjective) involving competition or competitiveness | Synonyms: competitory |
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(adjective) showing a fighting disposition | Synonyms: militant |
(adjective) subscribing to capitalistic competition | Synonyms: free-enterprise, private-enterprise |
competitively | (adverb) in competition | - |
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competitiveness | (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete | Synonyms: fight |
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competitor | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competition, contender, rival |
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competitory | (adjective) involving competition or competitiveness | Synonyms: competitive |
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constituency | (noun) the body of voters who elect a representative for their area | - |
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constituent | (adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constitutional, constitutive, organic |
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(noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: component, element |
(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, element, factor, ingredient |
(noun) (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction | Synonyms: grammatical constituent |
(noun) a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes | - |
(noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, part, portion |
constitute | (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: establish, found, institute, plant |
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(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, name, nominate |
(verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, make up, represent |
(verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: form, make |
constituted | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | Synonyms: established |
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constitution | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: establishment, formation, organisation, organization |
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(noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
(noun) law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | Synonyms: fundamental law, organic law |
constitutional | (adjective) sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | - |
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(adjective) of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup | - |
(adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constituent, constitutive, organic |
(adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | Synonyms: built-in, inbuilt, inherent, integral |
(noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
constitutionalise | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalize |
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constitutionalism | (noun) advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles | - |
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(noun) a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) | - |
constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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(verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
(verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
constitutionally | (adverb) according to the constitution | - |
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constitutive | (adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constituent, constitutional, organic |
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correctitude | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: properness, propriety |
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cystitis | (noun) inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters | - |
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dacryocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose | - |
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deglutition | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: drink, swallow |
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dentition | (noun) the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | Synonyms: teeth |
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(noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | Synonyms: odontiasis, teething |
dermatitis | (noun) inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters | - |
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destitute | (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, devoid, free, innocent |
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(adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
destitution | (noun) a state without friends or money or prospects | - |
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dietitian | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietician |
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divestiture | (noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | - |
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(noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior | - |
entitle | (verb) give a title to | Synonyms: title |
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(verb) give the right to | - |
(verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: ennoble, gentle |
entitled | (adjective) qualified for by right according to law | - |
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entitlement | (noun) right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits) | - |
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entity | (noun) that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | - |
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epiglottitis | (noun) inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing | - |
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exactitude | (noun) the quality of being exact | Synonyms: exactness |
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factitious | (adjective) not produced by natural forces | - |
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fictitious | (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham |
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(adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination | Synonyms: fabricated, fancied, fictional |
fictitiously | (adverb) in a fictional manner (created by the imagination) | - |
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(adverb) in a false manner intended to mislead | - |
fluorapatite | (noun) a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine | - |
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fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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gratitude | (noun) a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation | - |
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haematite | (noun) the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form | Synonyms: hematite |
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handstitched | (adjective) sewn by hand rather than machine | Synonyms: handsewn |
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hematite | (noun) the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form | Synonyms: haematite |
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hemstitch | (noun) embroidery similar to drawnwork | - |
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(noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups | Synonyms: hemstitching |
(verb) sew with hemstitches | - |
hemstitching | (noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups | Synonyms: hemstitch |
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hepatitis | (noun) inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
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identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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(noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
(noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
(noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
inaptitude | (noun) a lack of aptitude | - |
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