| ablaze
|
(adjective) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement |
Synonyms:
aflame,
aroused |
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| (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame |
Synonyms:
on fire,
afire,
aflame,
aflare,
alight |
| (adjective) resembling flame in brilliance or color |
- |
| (adjective) lighted with red light as if with flames |
Synonyms:
reddened,
inflamed |
| absolutization
|
(noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. |
Synonyms:
absolutisation |
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| abuzz
|
(adjective) noisy like the sound of a bee |
Synonyms:
buzzing |
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| acclimatization
|
(noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
Synonyms:
acclimation,
acclimatisation |
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| acclimatize
|
(verb) get used to a certain climate |
Synonyms:
acclimate,
acclimatise |
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| acetylize
|
(verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group |
Synonyms:
acetylate,
acetylise |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) |
Synonyms:
acetylate,
acetylise |
| achromatize
|
(verb) remove color from |
Synonyms:
achromatise |
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| actinozoan
|
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
Synonyms:
anthozoan |
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| actualization
|
(noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality |
Synonyms:
realisation,
realization,
actualisation |
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| actualize
|
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
substantiate,
actualise |
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| (verb) represent or describe realistically |
Synonyms:
actualise |
| advertize
|
(verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
Synonyms:
push,
promote,
advertise |
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| (verb) call attention to |
Synonyms:
publicise,
publicize,
advertise |
| advertizement
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizing |
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| advertizer
|
(noun) someone whose business is advertising |
Synonyms:
adman,
advertiser |
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| advertizing
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizement |
|---|
| adz
|
(noun) an edge tool used to cut and shape wood |
Synonyms:
adze |
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| adze
|
(noun) an edge tool used to cut and shape wood |
Synonyms:
adz |
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| aerosolize
|
(verb) disperse as an aerosol |
Synonyms:
aerosolise |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol |
Synonyms:
aerosolise |
| aerosolized
|
(adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas |
Synonyms:
aerosolised |
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| affluenza
|
(noun) an inability to understand the consequences of one's actions because of financial privilege |
- |
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| agaze
|
(adjective) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder |
Synonyms:
staring |
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| aggrandize
|
(verb) add details to |
Synonyms:
pad,
embellish,
blow up,
dramatise,
dramatize,
embroider,
aggrandise,
lard |
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| aggrandizement
|
(noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something |
Synonyms:
elevation,
aggrandisement |
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| agnize
|
(verb) be fully aware or cognizant of |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
recognise,
recognize,
agnise |
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| agonize
|
(verb) cause to agonize |
Synonyms:
agonise |
|---|
| (verb) suffer agony or anguish |
Synonyms:
agonise |
| agonized
|
(adjective) expressing pain or agony |
Synonyms:
agonised |
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| agonizing
|
(adjective) extremely painful |
Synonyms:
harrowing,
excruciating,
agonising,
torturesome,
torturing,
torturous |
|---|
| agonizingly
|
(adverb) in a very painful manner |
Synonyms:
excruciatingly,
torturously |
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| albizia
|
(noun) any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia |
Synonyms:
albizzia |
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| albizzia
|
(noun) any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia |
Synonyms:
albizia |
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| alcazar
|
(noun) any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors |
- |
|---|
| alchemize
|
(verb) alter (elements) by alchemy |
Synonyms:
alchemise |
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| alcoholize
|
(verb) subject to the influence of alcohol |
- |
|---|
| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol |
Synonyms:
alcoholise |
| (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting |
Synonyms:
alcoholise |
| alizarin
|
(noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing |
Synonyms:
alizarine |
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| alizarine
|
(noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing |
Synonyms:
alizarin |
|---|
| alkalinize
|
(verb) become alkaline |
Synonyms:
alkalinise |
|---|
| (verb) make (a substance) alkaline |
Synonyms:
alkalinise |
| alkalize
|
(verb) turn basic and less acidic |
Synonyms:
alkalify,
alkalise,
basify |
|---|
| alkalizer
|
(noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) |
Synonyms:
gastric antacid,
alkaliser,
antacid,
antiacid |
|---|
| alkylbenzene
|
(noun) organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring |
- |
|---|
| alkylbenzenesulfonate
|
(noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene |
- |
|---|
| allegorize
|
(verb) interpret as an allegory |
Synonyms:
allegorise |
|---|
| (verb) make into an allegory |
Synonyms:
allegorise |
| allegorizer
|
(noun) someone who communicates in allegories |
Synonyms:
allegoriser |
|---|
| alphabetization
|
(noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order |
Synonyms:
alphabetisation |
|---|
| alphabetize
|
(verb) arrange in alphabetical order |
Synonyms:
alphabetise |
|---|
| (verb) provide with an alphabet |
- |
| alphabetized
|
(adjective) having been put in alphabetical order |
Synonyms:
alphabetised |
|---|
| alphabetizer
|
(noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order |
Synonyms:
alphabetiser |
|---|
| alprazolam
|
(noun) an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class |
Synonyms:
Xanax |
|---|
| altazimuth
|
(noun) an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation |
- |
|---|
| aluminize
|
(verb) cover with aluminum |
Synonyms:
aluminise |
|---|
| amaze
|
(verb) affect with wonder |
Synonyms:
astonish,
astound |
|---|
| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to |
Synonyms:
nonplus,
mystify,
dumbfound,
perplex,
pose,
puzzle,
get,
gravel,
stick,
stupefy,
vex,
baffle,
beat,
bewilder,
flummox |
| amazed
|
(adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock |
Synonyms:
stunned,
astonied,
astonished,
astounded |
|---|
| amazement
|
(noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
Synonyms:
astonishment |
|---|
| amazing
|
(adjective) surprising greatly |
Synonyms:
astonishing |
|---|
| (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder |
Synonyms:
awe-inspiring,
awesome,
awful,
awing |
| amazingly
|
(adverb) in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise |
Synonyms:
surprisingly,
astonishingly |
|---|
| amazon
|
(noun) a large strong and aggressive woman |
Synonyms:
virago |
|---|
| (noun) mainly green tropical American parrots |
- |
| aminobenzine
|
(noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines |
Synonyms:
phenylamine,
aniline,
aniline oil |
|---|
| amortization
|
(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years |
Synonyms:
amortisation |
|---|
| (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers |
Synonyms:
amortisation |
| amortize
|
(verb) liquidate gradually |
Synonyms:
amortise |
|---|
| anaesthetize
|
(verb) administer an anesthetic drug to |
Synonyms:
put out,
put under,
anaesthetise,
anesthetise,
anesthetize |
|---|
| anagrammatize
|
(verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning |
Synonyms:
anagram,
anagrammatise |
|---|
| analogize
|
(verb) make an analogy |
Synonyms:
analogise |
|---|
| analyzable
|
(adjective) capable of being partitioned |
Synonyms:
decomposable |
|---|
| analyze
|
(verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning |
Synonyms:
examine,
study,
canvass,
analyse |
|---|
| (verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features |
Synonyms:
dissect,
analyse,
break down,
take apart |
| (verb) break down into components or essential features |
Synonyms:
analyse |
| (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment |
Synonyms:
psychoanalyse,
psychoanalyze,
analyse |
| analyzed
|
(adjective) examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts |
- |
|---|
| analyzer
|
(noun) an instrument that performs analyses |
Synonyms:
analyser |
|---|
| anathematization
|
(noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed |
Synonyms:
anathematisation |
|---|
| anathematize
|
(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
Synonyms:
execrate,
comminate,
accurse,
anathematise,
anathemise,
anathemize |
|---|
| anathemize
|
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon |
Synonyms:
imprecate,
maledict,
damn,
curse,
anathemise,
bedamn,
beshrew |
|---|
| (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
Synonyms:
execrate,
comminate,
accurse,
anathematise,
anathematize,
anathemise |
| anatomize
|
(verb) dissect in order to analyze |
Synonyms:
anatomise |
|---|
| (verb) analyze down to the smallest detail |
- |
| anesthetize
|
(verb) administer an anesthetic drug to |
Synonyms:
put out,
put under,
anaesthetise,
anaesthetize,
anesthetise |
|---|
| angledozer
|
(noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side |
- |
|---|
| anglicize
|
(verb) make English in appearance |
Synonyms:
anglicise |
|---|
| animalization
|
(noun) a depiction in the form of an animal |
- |
|---|
| (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities |
Synonyms:
animalisation,
brutalisation,
brutalization |
| animalize
|
(verb) represent in the form of an animal |
Synonyms:
animalise |
|---|
| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman |
Synonyms:
brutalise,
brutalize,
animalise |
| (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling |
Synonyms:
brutalise,
brutalize,
animalise |
| animize
|
(verb) give lifelike qualities to |
Synonyms:
animate,
animise |
|---|
| anodize
|
(verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat |
Synonyms:
anodise |
|---|
| antagonize
|
(verb) provoke the hostility of |
Synonyms:
antagonise |
|---|
| (verb) act in opposition to |
Synonyms:
counteract,
antagonise |
| antherozoid
|
(noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm |
Synonyms:
spermatozoid |
|---|
| anthologize
|
(verb) compile an anthology |
Synonyms:
anthologise |
|---|
| anthozoan
|
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
Synonyms:
actinozoan |
|---|
| anthropomorphize
|
(verb) ascribe human features to something |
Synonyms:
anthropomorphise |
|---|
| antifertilizin
|
(noun) An immunologically specific substance produced by animal sperm to implement attraction by the egg before fertilization. |
- |
|---|
| antifreeze
|
(noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point |
- |
|---|
| antiprotozoal
|
(noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa |
Synonyms:
antiprotozoal drug |
|---|
| antisepticize
|
(verb) disinfect with an antiseptic |
- |
|---|
| aphorize
|
(verb) speak or write in aphorisms |
Synonyms:
aphorise |
|---|
| apicalization
|
(noun) (phonetics) An articulatory feature of phones, usually consonants, produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. |
- |
|---|
| apoenzyme
|
(noun) a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme |
- |
|---|
| apologize
|
(verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing |
Synonyms:
apologise |
|---|
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
Synonyms:
rationalise,
rationalize,
excuse,
apologise |
| apostatize
|
(verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
Synonyms:
apostatise,
tergiversate |
|---|
| apostrophize
|
(verb) use an apostrophe |
Synonyms:
apostrophise |
|---|
| apotheosize
|
(verb) deify or glorify |
Synonyms:
apotheose,
apotheosise |
|---|
| appetizer
|
(noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) |
Synonyms:
starter,
appetiser |
|---|
| appetizing
|
(adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma |
Synonyms:
appetising |
|---|
| appetizingness
|
(noun) the property of stimulating the appetite |
Synonyms:
appetisingness |
|---|
| apprize
|
(verb) inform (somebody) of something |
Synonyms:
give notice,
apprise,
notify,
send word,
advise |
|---|
| (verb) make aware of |
Synonyms:
apprise,
instruct |
| (verb) gain in value |
Synonyms:
appreciate,
revalue,
apprise |
| (verb) increase the value of |
Synonyms:
appreciate,
apprise |
| arborize
|
(verb) branch out like trees |
Synonyms:
arborise |
|---|
| archaeozoic
|
(adjective) of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era |
Synonyms:
archeozoic |
|---|
| archaize
|
(verb) give an archaic appearance of character to |
Synonyms:
archaise |
|---|
| archeozoic
|
(adjective) of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era |
Synonyms:
archaeozoic |
|---|
| aromatize
|
(verb) fill or impregnate with an odor |
Synonyms:
perfume,
aromatise |
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