| behaviour | (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself | Synonyms: behavior, conduct, doings |
|---|
| (noun) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | Synonyms: behavior |
| (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment |
| (noun) the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances | Synonyms: behavior |
| behavioural | (adjective) of or relating to behavior | Synonyms: behavioral |
|---|
| behaviourism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology |
|---|
| behaviourist | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviouristic |
|---|
| (noun) a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist |
| behaviouristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist |
|---|
| behoove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behove |
|---|
| behove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behoove |
|---|
| believability | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: credibility, credibleness |
|---|
| believable | (adjective) capable of being believed | Synonyms: credible |
|---|
| believably | (adverb) in a believable manner | - |
|---|
| (adverb) easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | Synonyms: credibly, plausibly, probably |
| believe | (verb) accept as true; take to be true | - |
|---|
| (verb) follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer | - |
| (verb) credit with veracity | - |
| (verb) be confident about something | Synonyms: trust |
| (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: conceive, consider, think |
| believer | (noun) a person who has religious faith | Synonyms: worshiper, worshipper |
|---|
| (noun) a supporter who accepts something as true | Synonyms: truster |
| believing | (noun) the cognitive process that leads to convictions | - |
|---|
| believingly | (adverb) in a credulous manner | Synonyms: credulously |
|---|
| beloved | (adjective) dearly loved | Synonyms: darling, dear |
|---|
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| belvedere | (noun) a gazebo sited to command a fine view | - |
|---|
| (noun) densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | Synonyms: Bassia scoparia, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, Kochia scoparia, summer cypress |
| benedictive | (adjective) expressing benediction | Synonyms: benedictory |
|---|
| benevolence | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benefaction |
|---|
| (noun) an inclination to do kind or charitable acts | - |
| (noun) disposition to do good | - |
| benevolent | (adjective) intending or showing kindness | - |
|---|
| (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic |
| (adjective) generous in providing aid to others | Synonyms: freehearted |
| (adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | Synonyms: charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic |
| benevolently | (adverb) in a benevolent manner | - |
|---|
| bereave | (verb) deprive through death | - |
|---|
| bereaved | (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation | Synonyms: bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing |
|---|
| (noun) a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved | Synonyms: bereaved person |
| bereavement | (noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: mourning |
|---|
| bevatron | (noun) a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts | - |
|---|
| bevel | (noun) a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size | Synonyms: bevel square |
|---|
| (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: cant, chamfer |
| (verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | Synonyms: chamfer |
| beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
|---|
| bevy | (noun) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground) | - |
|---|
| (noun) a large gathering of people of a particular type | - |
| biconcave | (adjective) concave on both sides | Synonyms: concavo-concave |
|---|
| biconvex | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform |
|---|
| biodiversity | (noun) the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole) | - |
|---|
| bioflavinoid | (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation | Synonyms: citrin, vitamin P |
|---|
| biovular | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: fraternal |
|---|
| bivalent | (adjective) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | Synonyms: double |
|---|
| (adjective) having a valence of two or having two valences | Synonyms: divalent |
| bivalve | (adjective) used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) | Synonyms: bivalved |
|---|
| (noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: lamellibranch, pelecypod |
| bivalved | (adjective) used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) | Synonyms: bivalve |
|---|
| bivariate | (adjective) having two variables | - |
|---|
| bivouac | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: camp, cantonment, encampment |
|---|
| (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
| (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: camp, camp out, encamp, tent |
| bivouacking | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: camping, encampment, tenting |
|---|
| bloviate | (verb) orate verbosely and windily | - |
|---|
| bolivar | (noun) the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos | - |
|---|
| bolivia | (noun) a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded | - |
|---|
| boliviano | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos | - |
|---|
| bolshevise | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevize, communise, communize |
|---|
| bolshevize | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, communise, communize |
|---|
| bonavist | (noun) perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos | Synonyms: Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus |
|---|
| booklover | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: bibliophile, book lover |
|---|
| bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
|---|
| boulevard | (noun) a wide street or thoroughfare | Synonyms: avenue |
|---|
| boulevardier | (noun) a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris) | - |
|---|
| bovid | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | Synonyms: bovine |
|---|
| (noun) hollow-horned ruminants | - |
| bovine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | Synonyms: bovid |
|---|
| (adjective) dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox | - |
| (noun) any of various members of the genus Bos | - |
| brainwave | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainstorm, insight |
|---|
| (noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential |
| brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
|---|
| bravado | (noun) a swaggering show of courage | Synonyms: bluster |
|---|
| brave | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: courageous |
|---|
| (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
| (adjective) brightly colored and showy | Synonyms: braw, gay |
| (noun) people who are brave | - |
| (noun) a North American Indian warrior | - |
| (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave out, endure, weather |
| bravely | (adverb) in a courageous manner | Synonyms: courageously |
|---|
| braveness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: bravery, courage, courageousness |
|---|
| bravery | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, courage, courageousness |
|---|
| (noun) feeling no fear | Synonyms: fearlessness |
| bravo | (noun) a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance | - |
|---|
| (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, assassinator |
| (verb) applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava' | - |
| bravura | (noun) brilliant and showy technical skill | - |
|---|
| breve | (noun) a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound | - |
|---|
| brevet | (noun) a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) | - |
|---|
| (verb) promote somebody by brevet, in the military | - |
| breviary | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily by certain priests and members of religious orders | - |
|---|
| brevity | (noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | Synonyms: briefness, transience |
|---|
| (noun) the use of brief expressions | - |
| bunyavirus | (noun) an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
|---|
| burgrave | (noun) the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries | - |
|---|
| (noun) a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right | - |
| cabdriver | (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living | Synonyms: cabby, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan |
|---|
| cadaver | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: clay, corpse, remains, stiff |
|---|
| cadaveric | (adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | Synonyms: cadaverous |
|---|
| cadaverine | (noun) a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue | - |
|---|
| cadaverous | (adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | Synonyms: cadaveric |
|---|
| (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted |
| calculative | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
|---|
| calefactive | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactory |
|---|
| calvaria | (noun) the dome of the skull | Synonyms: skullcap |
|---|
| calvary | (noun) any experience that causes intense suffering | Synonyms: martyrdom |
|---|
| calve | (verb) give birth to (a calf) | Synonyms: have young |
|---|
| (verb) release ice | Synonyms: break up |
| calving | (noun) giving birth to a calf | - |
|---|
| canavanine | (noun) an amino acid found in the jack bean | - |
|---|
| cantilever | (noun) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only | - |
|---|
| (verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | - |
| (verb) project as a cantilever | - |
| canvas | (noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric | Synonyms: canvass |
|---|
| (noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete | Synonyms: canvass |
| (noun) a tent made of canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas tent, canvass |
| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvass, sail, sheet |
| (noun) an oil painting on canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvass |
| (noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account | Synonyms: canvass |
| (verb) cover with canvas | - |
| canvasback | (noun) North American wild duck valued for sport and food | Synonyms: Aythya valisineria, canvasback duck |
|---|
| canvass | (noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric | Synonyms: canvas |
|---|
| (noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete | Synonyms: canvas |
| (noun) a tent made of canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas, canvas tent |
| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, sail, sheet |
| (noun) an oil painting on canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas |
| (noun) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people | Synonyms: opinion poll, poll, public opinion poll |
| (noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account | Synonyms: canvas |
| (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, examine, study |
| (verb) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign | - |
| (verb) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions | Synonyms: poll |
| canvasser | (noun) someone who conducts surveys of public opinion | Synonyms: headcounter, poll taker, pollster |
|---|
| (noun) someone who examines votes at an election | Synonyms: scrutineer |
| (noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | Synonyms: solicitor |
| (noun) a person who takes or counts votes | - |
| canvassing | (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, electioneering |
|---|
| capacitive | (adjective) of or relating to capacitance | - |
|---|
| captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
|---|
| captivated | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced |
|---|
| (adjective) strongly attracted | Synonyms: charmed |
| captivating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating |
|---|
| captivatingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly |
|---|
| captivation | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: enchantment, enthrallment, fascination |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: fascination |
| captive | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
|---|
| (adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: confined, imprisoned, jailed |
| (noun) an animal that is confined | - |
| (noun) a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war | Synonyms: prisoner |
| (noun) a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion | - |
| captivity | (noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: enslavement |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: immurement, imprisonment, incarceration |
| caravan | (noun) a camper equipped with living quarters | Synonyms: van |
|---|
| (noun) a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file | Synonyms: train, wagon train |
| (verb) travel in a caravan | - |
| caravanning | (noun) the practice of taking holidays in a caravan | - |
|---|
| caravansary | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravanserai, khan |
|---|
| caravanserai | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravansary, khan |
|---|
| cardiovascular | (adjective) of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels | - |
|---|
| caregiver | (noun) a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult | - |
|---|
| (noun) a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability | Synonyms: health care provider, health professional, PCP, primary care provider |
| carminative | (adjective) relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping) | Synonyms: flatus-relieving |
|---|
| (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
| carnival | (noun) a festival marked by merrymaking and processions | - |
|---|
| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: fair, funfair |
| (noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: circus |