| abjuration | (noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | Synonyms: recantation, retraction |
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| acciaccatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: appoggiatura, grace note |
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| acculturate | (verb) assimilate culturally | - |
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| acculturation | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: culture |
| (noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: assimilation |
| acculturational | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturative |
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| acculturative | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturational |
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| accuracy | (noun) the quality of being near to the true value | Synonyms: truth |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number | - |
| accurate | (adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy | - |
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| (adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: exact, precise |
| accurately | (adverb) with few mistakes | - |
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| (adverb) strictly correctly | - |
| adjuration | (noun) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something | - |
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| adjuratory | (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating | - |
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| (adjective) containing a solemn charge or command | - |
| agricultural | (adjective) relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming | - |
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| (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agrarian, farming |
| agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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| angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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| anuran | (adjective) relating to frogs and toads | Synonyms: batrachian, salientian |
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| (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog |
| apicultural | (adjective) relating to the care and breeding of bees | - |
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| appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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| aquacultural | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquicultural, hydroponic |
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| aquicultural | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquacultural, hydroponic |
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| architectural | (adjective) of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture | - |
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| architecturally | (adverb) with regard to architecture | - |
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| assurance | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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| (noun) a statement intended to inspire confidence | - |
| (noun) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | Synonyms: pledge |
| (noun) a British term for some kinds of insurance | - |
| aura | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, atmosphere |
| (noun) a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure | - |
| aural | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an aura | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to hearing or the ear | - |
| aurally | (adverb) with regard to sound or the ear | - |
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| barbiturate | (noun) organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal | - |
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| behavioural | (adjective) of or relating to behavior | Synonyms: behavioral |
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| benzofuran | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone |
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| biaural | (adjective) relating to or having or hearing with two ears | Synonyms: binaural |
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| binaural | (adjective) relating to or having or hearing with two ears | Synonyms: biaural |
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| binaurally | (adverb) in a binaural manner | Synonyms: in both ears, to both ears |
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| brachyuran | (noun) typical crabs | - |
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| bravura | (noun) brilliant and showy technical skill | - |
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| caesura | (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
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| (noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) | - |
| caesural | (adjective) of or relating to a caesura | - |
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| calabura | (noun) a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves | Synonyms: calabur tree, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood |
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| censurable | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, culpable |
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| coinsurance | (noun) insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters | - |
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| coloratura | (noun) singing with florid ornamentation | - |
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| (noun) a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music | Synonyms: coloratura soprano |
| colouration | (noun) choice and use of colors (as by an artist) | Synonyms: coloration |
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| (noun) appearance with regard to color | Synonyms: coloration |
| (noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colour |
| comburant | (adjective) supporting combustion | Synonyms: comburent, combustive |
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| commensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured by a common standard | - |
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| commensurate | (adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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| configuration | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: conformation, contour, form, shape |
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| (noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: constellation |
| configurational | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by configuration | - |
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| configurationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties | Synonyms: Gestalt psychology |
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| conjectural | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
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| conjecturally | (adverb) in a manner involving or inclined to conjecture and supposition | - |
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| conjuration | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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| (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuring, conjury, invocation |
| (noun) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect | Synonyms: incantation |
| connatural | (adjective) normally existing at birth | Synonyms: inborn, inbred |
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| (adjective) similar in nature | - |
| courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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| courageous | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: brave |
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| courageously | (adverb) in a courageous manner | Synonyms: bravely |
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| courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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| courante | (noun) a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats | - |
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| crural | (adjective) of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot | - |
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| cultural | (adjective) of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors | - |
| (adjective) relating to the raising of plants or animals | - |
| (adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | Synonyms: ethnic, ethnical |
| culturally | (adverb) with regard to a culture | - |
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| culturati | (noun) people interested in culture and cultural activities | - |
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| curability | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curableness |
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| curable | (adjective) able to be cured or healed | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
| curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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| curacao | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacoa |
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| curacoa | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacao |
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| curacy | (noun) the position of a curate | - |
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| curandera | (noun) a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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| curandero | (noun) a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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| curare | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: tubocurarine |
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| curassow | (noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food | - |
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| curate | (noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship | Synonyms: minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector |
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| curative | (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic |
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| (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: cure, remedy, therapeutic |
| curator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: conservator |
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| curatorial | (adjective) of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator | - |
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| curatorship | (noun) the position of curator | - |
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| cyanuramide | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: melamine |
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| cytoarchitectural | (adjective) of or relating to cytoarchitecture | Synonyms: cytoarchitectonic |
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| denaturalise | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalize |
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| (verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalize |
| denaturalize | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalise |
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| (verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalise |
| denaturant | (noun) any substance that serves as a denaturing agent | - |
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| deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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| discolouration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discoloration |
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| (noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, stain |
| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| discouraged | (adjective) lacking in resolution | - |
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| (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, disheartened |
| discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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| (noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
| (noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
| discouraging | (adjective) depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action | - |
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| (adjective) expressing disapproval in order to dissuade | - |
| discouragingly | (adverb) in a discouraging manner | - |
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| disfiguration | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfigurement, mutilation |
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| (noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfigurement |
| dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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| dishonourably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| doura | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: dourah, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| dourah | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: doura, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| dura | (noun) the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: dura mater |
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| durability | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: enduringness, lastingness, strength |
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| durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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| (adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
| (adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
| durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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| dural | (adjective) of or relating to the dura mater | - |
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| duramen | (noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood | Synonyms: heartwood |
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| durance | (noun) imprisonment (especially for a long time) | - |
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