| abjure | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: forswear, recant, resile, retract |
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| abjurer | (noun) a person who abjures | - |
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| acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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| acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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| adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
| admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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| admixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| (noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base | Synonyms: intermixture |
| (noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something | Synonyms: alloy |
| adventure | (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture |
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| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture |
| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| adventurer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: venturer |
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| (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: explorer |
| adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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| adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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| agriculture | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: farming, husbandry |
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| (noun) a large-scale farming enterprise | Synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm |
| (noun) the class of people engaged in growing food | - |
| allure | (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allurement, temptingness |
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| (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: tempt |
| allurement | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: solicitation |
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| (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allure, temptingness |
| (noun) attractiveness | - |
| antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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| anuresis | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuria |
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| anuretic | (adjective) of or relating to an inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuric |
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| aperture | (noun) an man-made opening; usually small | - |
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| (noun) a device that controls amount of light admitted | - |
| (noun) a natural opening in something | - |
| apiculture | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: beekeeping |
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| aquaculture | (noun) rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food | - |
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| aquiculture | (noun) a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients | Synonyms: hydroponics, tank farming |
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| arboriculture | (noun) the tending of and caring for trees | Synonyms: tree farming |
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| architecture | (noun) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect | - |
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| (noun) an architectural product or work | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software | Synonyms: computer architecture |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings | - |
| armature | (noun) coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field | - |
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| armoured | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armored |
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| (adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armored |
| armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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| (noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
| (noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
| assure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | Synonyms: tell |
| (verb) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence | - |
| (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: promise |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure |
| assured | (adjective) marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by certainty or security | - |
| assuredly | (adverb) without a doubt | - |
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| assuredness | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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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 |
| aureole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| (noun) the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse | Synonyms: corona |
| azure | (adjective) of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky | Synonyms: bright blue, cerulean, sky-blue |
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| (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue |
| (verb) color azure | - |
| baccalaureate | (noun) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies | Synonyms: bachelor's degree |
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| (noun) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies | - |
| bicoloured | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, dichromatic |
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| brochure | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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| bureau | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
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| (noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, federal agency, government agency, office |
| bureaucracy | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucratism |
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| (noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials | - |
| (noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape | - |
| bureaucrat | (noun) an official of a bureaucracy | Synonyms: administrative official |
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| bureaucratic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy | - |
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| bureaucratically | (adverb) with respect to bureaucracy | - |
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| (adverb) in a bureaucratic manner | - |
| bureaucratism | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucracy |
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| buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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| burette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: buret |
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| candidature | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign |
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| capture | (noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: gaining control, seizure |
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| (noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: seizure |
| (noun) the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board | - |
| (noun) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle | - |
| (noun) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field | - |
| (verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) succeed in representing or expressing something intangible | - |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, conquer, seize |
| (verb) bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit | - |
| capturer | (noun) a person who captures and holds people or animals | Synonyms: captor |
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| carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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| carburetor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburettor |
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| carburettor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburetor |
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| caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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| (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
| censure | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: animadversion |
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| (noun) the state of being excommunicated | Synonyms: exclusion, excommunication |
| (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: criminate, reprimand |
| cincture | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
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| closure | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, shutdown |
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| (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: blockage, occlusion |
| (noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closing |
| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric | Synonyms: law of closure |
| (noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: resolution, settlement |
| (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: cloture, gag law, gag rule |
| (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
| cloture | (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: closure, gag law, gag rule |
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| (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: closure |
| cocksure | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: overconfident, positive |
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| cocksureness | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, overconfidence |
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| coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set |
| coinsure | (verb) take out coinsurance | - |
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| coloured | (adjective) having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: colored, colorful, colourful |
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| (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: bleached, colored, dyed |
| (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: colored, negro |
| (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: biased, colored, one-sided, slanted |
| (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
| comburent | (adjective) supporting combustion | Synonyms: comburant, combustive |
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| commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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| commixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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| configure | (verb) set up for a particular purpose | - |
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| configured | (adjective) organized so as to give configuration to | - |
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| confiture | (noun) preserved or candied fruit | - |
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| conjecture | (noun) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) | Synonyms: speculation |
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| (noun) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence | - |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
| conjuncture | (noun) a critical combination of events or circumstances | - |
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| conjure | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conspire, machinate |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, entreat, press |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
| conjurer | (noun) a witch doctor who practices conjury | Synonyms: conjure man, conjuror |
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| (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator |
| contracture | (noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | - |
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| counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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| countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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| countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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| couture | (noun) high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
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| couverture | (noun) chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
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| creature | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna |
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| (noun) a living being | Synonyms: wight |
| (noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: puppet, tool |
| crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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| culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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| (noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
| (noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
| (noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
| (noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
| (verb) grow in a special preparation | - |
| cultured | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, genteel, polite |
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| cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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| (verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, heal |
| (verb) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | - |
| (verb) be or become preserved | - |
| (verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | - |
| cured | (adjective) (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | Synonyms: vulcanised, vulcanized |
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| (adjective) (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening | - |
| (adjective) freed from illness or injury | Synonyms: healed, recovered |
| (adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | Synonyms: aged |
| (adjective) (used especially of meat) cured in brine | Synonyms: corned |
| (adjective) (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry | - |
| curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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| curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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| curette | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curet |
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| curettement | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettage |
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| curvature | (noun) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve | - |
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| (noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | Synonyms: curve |
| (noun) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal | - |
| cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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| cynosure | (noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration | - |
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| (noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) | - |
| cytoarchitecture | (noun) the cellular composition of a bodily structure | Synonyms: cytoarchitectonics |
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| dasyure | (noun) any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens | - |
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| debenture | (noun) a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt | - |
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| (noun) the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | Synonyms: debenture bond, unsecured bond |
| demure | (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: coy, overmodest |
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| demurely | (adverb) in a demure manner | - |
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| demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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| (noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
| denature | (verb) make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes | - |
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| (verb) modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished | - |
| (verb) add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb | - |
| denatured | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denaturised, denaturized |
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| denture | (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, plate |
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| departure | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: going, going away, leaving |
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| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: deviation, difference, divergence |