| acetonuria | (noun) excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation | Synonyms: ketoaciduria, ketonuria |
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| aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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| adventurism | (noun) recklessness in politics or foreign affairs | - |
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| adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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| agriculturist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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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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| alcaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alkaptonuria |
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| alkalinuria | (noun) a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline | Synonyms: alkaluria |
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| alkaluria | (noun) a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinuria |
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| alkaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alcaptonuria |
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| allopurinol | (noun) a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid | Synonyms: Zyloprim |
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| alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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| amateurish | (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled |
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| amateurishly | (adverb) in an amateurish manner | - |
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| amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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| amateurism | (noun) the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money | - |
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| aminoaciduria | (noun) abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects | - |
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| ammoniuria | (noun) excessive ammonia in the urine | - |
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| aneurin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: antiberiberi factor, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1 |
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| aneurism | (noun) a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall | Synonyms: aneurysm |
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| aneurismal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismatic, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurismatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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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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| antipruritic | (noun) a substance that relieves or prevents itching | - |
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| anuria | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuresis |
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| anuric | (adjective) of or relating to an inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuretic |
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| apiculturist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, beekeeper |
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| arboriculturist | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: forester, tree farmer |
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| archosaurian | (adjective) of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria | - |
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| (noun) extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts | Synonyms: archosaur, archosaurian reptile |
| assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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| auric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing or derived from gold | Synonyms: aurous |
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| auricle | (noun) a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart | Synonyms: atrial auricle, auricula atrii |
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| (noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: ear, pinna |
| auricula | (noun) a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart | Synonyms: auricular appendage, auricular appendix |
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| (noun) yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated | Synonyms: bear's ear, Primula auricula |
| auricular | (adjective) of or relating to near the ear | Synonyms: otic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to an auricle of the heart | - |
| (adjective) relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing | - |
| auriculare | (noun) the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus | Synonyms: auricular point |
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| auriculate | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculated |
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| auriculated | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculate |
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| auriculoventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: atrioventricular |
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| auriferous | (adjective) containing gold | Synonyms: gold-bearing |
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| auriform | (adjective) having a shape resembling an ear | Synonyms: ear-like, ear-shaped |
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| aurify | (verb) turn golden | - |
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| (verb) transform into gold | - |
| auriscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auroscope, otoscope |
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| aventurine | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: sunstone |
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| azoturia | (noun) excess of urea in the urine | - |
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| azurite | (noun) blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite | - |
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| behaviourism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology |
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| behaviourist | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviouristic |
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| (noun) a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist |
| behaviouristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist |
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| biauricular | (adjective) relating to the two auditory openings | - |
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| burial | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burying |
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| (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture |
| buried | (adjective) placed in a grave | Synonyms: inhumed, interred |
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| burin | (noun) a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving | - |
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| carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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| carburize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburise |
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| caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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| centurion | (noun) (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers | - |
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| churidars | (noun) tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta) | - |
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| clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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| colouring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: coloring |
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| (noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colour |
| (noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
| colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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| colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise |
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| conjuring | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjury, invocation |
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| courier | (noun) a person who carries a message | Synonyms: messenger |
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| couturier | (noun) someone who designs clothing | Synonyms: clothes designer, designer, fashion designer |
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| curie | (noun) a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second | Synonyms: Ci |
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| curing | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: hardening, set, solidification, solidifying |
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| curio | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| curiosa | (noun) books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) | - |
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| curiosity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| (noun) a state in which you want to learn more about something | Synonyms: wonder |
| curious | (adjective) eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) | - |
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| (adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular |
| curiously | (adverb) with curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitively, interrogatively |
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| (adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected | Synonyms: inexplicably, oddly, peculiarly |
| curiousness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness |
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| (noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitiveness |
| curium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei | Synonyms: atomic number 96, Cm |
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| damourite | (noun) a variety of muscovite | - |
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| dasyurid | (noun) small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania | Synonyms: dasyurid marsupial |
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| decarburise | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke |
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| decarburize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decoke |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| denaturised | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturized |
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| denaturized | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturised |
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| denturist | (noun) someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) | Synonyms: dental technician |
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| deodourise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodorize |
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| depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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| depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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| desulfurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulphurize |
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| desulphurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulfurize |
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| devouring | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, esurient, greedy |
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| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| durian | (noun) huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts | - |
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| (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durion |
| durion | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian, durian tree, Durio zibethinus |
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| dysuria | (noun) painful or difficult urination | - |
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| ecotourism | (noun) tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature | - |
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| endoneurium | (noun) delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve | - |
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| enduring | (adjective) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble | Synonyms: long-suffering |
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| (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: abiding, imperishable |
| enduringly | (adverb) in an enduring manner | - |
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| enduringness | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: durability, lastingness, strength |
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| entrepreneurial | (adjective) of or relating to an entrepreneur | - |
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| (adjective) willing to take risks in order to make a profit | - |
| epicurism | (noun) the disposition and habits of an epicure | - |
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