abomasum | (noun) the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place | Synonyms: fourth stomach |
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accumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: decumbent, recumbent |
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accumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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accumulation | (noun) the act of accumulating | Synonyms: accrual, accruement |
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(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: aggregation, assemblage, collection |
(noun) (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation | - |
(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition | Synonyms: accretion |
accumulative | (adjective) marked by acquiring or amassing | - |
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(adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: cumulative |
accumulator | (noun) a voltaic battery that stores electric charge | Synonyms: storage battery |
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(noun) (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register | Synonyms: accumulator register |
(noun) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | Synonyms: collector, gatherer |
acetabulum | (noun) the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint | Synonyms: cotyloid cavity |
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acetum | (noun) sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | Synonyms: vinegar |
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(noun) a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug) | - |
actinium | (noun) a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores | Synonyms: Ac, atomic number 89 |
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acumen | (noun) shrewdness shown by keen insight | Synonyms: insightfulness |
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(noun) a tapering point | - |
acuminate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | - |
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(verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
addendum | (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: postscript, supplement |
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adumbrate | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: outline, sketch |
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(verb) give to understand | Synonyms: insinuate, intimate |
adumbration | (noun) a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation | - |
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(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefiguration |
adumbrative | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefigurative |
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aecium | (noun) fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores | - |
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agendum | (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agenda, order of business |
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ageratum | (noun) any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers | - |
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(noun) rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower |
alarum | (noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | Synonyms: alarm, alert, warning signal |
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album | (noun) a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc | - |
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(noun) one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc | Synonyms: record album |
albumen | (noun) the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | Synonyms: egg white, ovalbumin, white |
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(noun) a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids | Synonyms: albumin |
albumin | (noun) a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids | Synonyms: albumen |
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albuminoid | (noun) a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye | Synonyms: scleroprotein |
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albuminous | (adjective) relating to or containing or resembling albumin | - |
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albuminuria | (noun) the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder | Synonyms: proteinuria |
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albuminuric | (adjective) of or related to the state of albuminuria | - |
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alluvium | (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion |
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alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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alphanumerics | (noun) a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation | Synonyms: alphanumeric characters |
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altocumulus | (noun) a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altocumulus cloud |
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alum | (noun) a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things) | - |
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(noun) a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum | Synonyms: potash alum, potassium alum |
(noun) a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum | Synonyms: ammonia alum, ammonium alum |
(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: grad, graduate |
alumbloom | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera | Synonyms: alumroot |
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alumina | (noun) any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum | Synonyms: aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide |
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aluminate | (noun) a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
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aluminiferous | (adjective) containing alum or aluminum | - |
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aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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aluminium | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminum, atomic number 13 |
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aluminize | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminise |
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aluminous | (adjective) pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum | - |
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aluminum | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | Synonyms: Al, aluminium, atomic number 13 |
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alumna | (noun) a female person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
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alumnus | (noun) a male person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
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alumroot | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera | Synonyms: alumbloom |
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alundum | (noun) a substance made of fused alumina | - |
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alyssum | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers | Synonyms: madwort |
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ambulacrum | (noun) one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located | - |
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americium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms | Synonyms: Am, atomic number 95 |
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ammobium | (noun) any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage | - |
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ammonium | (noun) the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion | Synonyms: ammonium ion |
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amphiuma | (noun) aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States | Synonyms: blind eel, congo eel, congo snake |
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amylum | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles | Synonyms: starch |
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analbuminemia | (noun) an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | - |
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androecium | (noun) a male gametoecium | - |
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anestrum | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus |
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angrecum | (noun) any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers | - |
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animalculum | (noun) microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium | Synonyms: animalcule |
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annum | (noun) (Latin) year | - |
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anoestrum | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | Synonyms: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrus |
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antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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antheridium | (noun) the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers | - |
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anthurium | (noun) any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers | Synonyms: tail-flower, tailflower |
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antiserum | (noun) blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease | - |
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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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antrum | (noun) a natural cavity or hollow in a bone | - |
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apothecium | (noun) a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi | - |
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aquarium | (noun) a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals | Synonyms: fish tank, marine museum |
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arboretum | (noun) a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | Synonyms: botanical garden |
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arcanum | (noun) information known only to a special group | Synonyms: secret |
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archaebacterium | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archegonium | (noun) a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms | - |
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archesporium | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archespore |
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archipallium | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: paleocortex |
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argument | (noun) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable | - |
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(noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argumentation, debate |
(noun) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie | Synonyms: literary argument |
(noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: statement |
(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
(noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: parameter |
argumentation | (noun) a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | Synonyms: argument, line, line of reasoning, logical argument |
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(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, debate |
argumentative | (adjective) given to or characterized by argument | - |
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argumentatively | (adverb) in a disputatious manner | Synonyms: disputatiously |
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armamentarium | (noun) the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine | - |
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arum | (noun) any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe | Synonyms: aroid |
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(noun) starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root | - |
aspersorium | (noun) the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches | - |
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(noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspergill |
assume | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: don, get into, put on, wear |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, take, take on |
(verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: presume, take for granted |
(verb) take up someone's soul into heaven | - |
(verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: feign, sham, simulate |
(verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: strike, take, take up |
(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp |
(verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, bear, take over |
(verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: adopt, take on, take over |
assumed | (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham |
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assuming | (adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assumptive, presumptuous |
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assumption | (noun) the act of taking possession of or power over something | Synonyms: laying claim |
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(noun) the act of assuming or taking for granted | - |
(noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | Synonyms: effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness |
(noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: supposal, supposition |
(noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: premise, premiss |
assumptive | (adjective) accepted as real or true without proof | - |
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(adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assuming, presumptuous |
asylum | (noun) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person | Synonyms: insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital |
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(noun) a shelter from danger or hardship | Synonyms: refuge, sanctuary |
athenaeum | (noun) a place where reading materials are available | Synonyms: atheneum |
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(noun) a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning | Synonyms: atheneum |
atheneum | (noun) a place where reading materials are available | Synonyms: athenaeum |
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(noun) a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning | Synonyms: athenaeum |
atrium | (noun) the central area in a building; open to the sky | - |
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(noun) any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) | - |
auditorium | (noun) the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits | - |
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autumn | (noun) the season when the leaves fall from the trees | Synonyms: fall |
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autumnal | (adjective) of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of late maturity verging on decline | - |
bacterium | (noun) (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Synonyms: bacteria |
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barium | (noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | Synonyms: atomic number 56, Ba |
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basidium | (noun) a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes | - |
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bdellium | (noun) aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh | - |
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begum | (noun) a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan | - |
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