accusal | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusation |
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accusation | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusal |
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(noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: charge |
accusative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: objective |
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(adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive |
(noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb | Synonyms: accusative case, objective case |
accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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anchusa | (noun) any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers | - |
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arethusa | (noun) any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers | - |
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arousal | (noun) the act of arousing | Synonyms: rousing |
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(noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: foreplay, stimulation |
(noun) awakening from sleep | - |
(noun) a state of heightened physiological activity | - |
babirusa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babiroussa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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carousal | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carouse, toot |
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causa | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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causal | (adjective) involving or constituting a cause; causing | - |
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causalgia | (noun) a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes | - |
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causality | (noun) the relation between causes and effects | - |
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causally | (adverb) in a causal fashion | - |
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causation | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causing |
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causative | (adjective) producing an effect | - |
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clausal | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a clause | - |
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confusable | (adjective) so similar as to be easily identified for another thing | Synonyms: mistakable |
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crusade | (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement |
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(verb) go on a crusade; fight a holy war | - |
(verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, fight, press, push |
crusader | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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espousal | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, acceptation, adoption |
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(noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: bridal |
(noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: betrothal |
excusable | (adjective) capable of being overlooked | - |
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(adjective) easily excused or forgiven | Synonyms: forgivable, venial |
excusably | (adverb) in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree | Synonyms: forgivably, pardonably |
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excusatory | (adjective) offering or expressing apology | Synonyms: apologetic |
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fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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inexcusable | (adjective) without excuse or justification | - |
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(adjective) not excusable | Synonyms: unforgivable |
inexcusably | (adverb) in an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree | Synonyms: unforgivably, unpardonably |
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(adverb) without any excuse | Synonyms: unjustifiably |
medusa | (noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles | Synonyms: medusan, medusoid |
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medusan | (noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles | Synonyms: medusa, medusoid |
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menopausal | (adjective) of or relating to the menopause | - |
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noncausal | (adjective) not causative | Synonyms: noncausative |
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noncausative | (adjective) not causative | Synonyms: noncausal |
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perusal | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusing, poring over, studying |
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postmenopausal | (adjective) subsequent to menopause | - |
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premenopausal | (adjective) prior to menopause | - |
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recusal | (noun) (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves | Synonyms: recusation |
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recusancy | (noun) refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England | - |
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recusant | (adjective) refusing to submit to authority | - |
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(adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: dissentient |
(noun) someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct | Synonyms: nonconformist |
recusation | (noun) (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves | Synonyms: recusal |
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(noun) (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties | - |
refusal | (noun) a message refusing to accept something that is offered | - |
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(noun) the act of refusing | - |
reusable | (adjective) capable of being used again | Synonyms: reclaimable, recyclable |
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sausage | (noun) a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon | Synonyms: blimp, sausage balloon |
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(noun) highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings | - |
sousaphone | (noun) the lowest brass wind instrument | Synonyms: bass horn, tuba |
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spousal | (adjective) relating to a spouse | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a wedding | Synonyms: bridal, nuptial |
surplusage | (noun) a quantity much larger than is needed | Synonyms: excess, nimiety, surplus |
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thousand | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units | Synonyms: 1000, k, m, one thousand |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, yard |
thousandth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order | Synonyms: 1000th |
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(noun) one part in a thousand equal parts | Synonyms: one-thousandth |
(noun) position 1,000 in a countable series of things | - |
unusable | (adjective) not capable of being used | Synonyms: unserviceable, unuseable |
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usability | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness |
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usable | (adjective) convenient for use or disposal | Synonyms: available, useable |
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(adjective) fit or ready for use or service | Synonyms: functional, operable, operational, useable |
(adjective) capable of being put to use | Synonyms: useable |
usableness | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceability, serviceableness, usability, useableness |
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usage | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, use, utilisation, utilization |
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(noun) accepted or habitual practice | Synonyms: custom, usance |
(noun) the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written | - |
usance | (noun) accepted or habitual practice | Synonyms: custom, usage |
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(noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, use, use of goods and services |
(noun) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange) | - |