bromance | (noun) non-sexual but intense relationship between two men | - |
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bullace | (noun) small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters | Synonyms: Prunus insititia |
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bunce | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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cadence | (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series | Synonyms: cadency |
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(noun) the close of a musical section | - |
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, measure, meter, metre |
capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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(noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
caprice | (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: impulse, whim |
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carapace | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: cuticle, shell, shield |
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celtuce | (noun) leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked | - |
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(noun) lettuce valued especially for its edible stems | Synonyms: Lactuca sativa asparagina, stem lettuce |
centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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(noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
centrepiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centerpiece |
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(noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centerpiece |
chalice | (noun) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | Synonyms: goblet |
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chance | (adjective) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance | Synonyms: casual |
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(noun) a risk involving danger | - |
(noun) a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible | Synonyms: probability |
(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: fortune, hazard, luck |
(noun) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | Synonyms: opportunity |
(noun) the possibility of future success | Synonyms: prospect |
(verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen |
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
(verb) be the case by chance | - |
cheekpiece | (noun) either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece | - |
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chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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chimneypiece | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece |
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chiromance | (verb) divine by reading someone's palms | - |
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choice | (adjective) of superior grade | Synonyms: prime, prize, quality, select |
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(adjective) appealing to refined taste | - |
(noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: option, pick, selection |
(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: pick, selection |
(noun) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen | Synonyms: alternative, option |
cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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circumference | (noun) the size of something as given by the distance around it | Synonyms: perimeter |
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(noun) the length of the closed curve of a circle | - |
(noun) the boundary line encompassing an area or object | Synonyms: circuit |
circumstance | (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: condition, consideration |
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(noun) formal ceremony about important occasions | - |
(noun) a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity | - |
(noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: context, setting |
clairvoyance | (noun) apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses | Synonyms: E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception, second sight |
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clarence | (noun) a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers | - |
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clearance | (noun) permission to proceed | - |
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(noun) the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them | - |
(noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: headroom, headway |
coalesce | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) fuse or cause to grow together | - |
coalescence | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination |
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coalface | (noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
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cockatrice | (noun) monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance | - |
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codpiece | (noun) (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches | - |
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coerce | (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: force, hale, pressure, squeeze |
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coexistence | (noun) existing peacefully together | - |
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cognisance | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness |
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cognizance | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognisance, consciousness, knowingness |
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(noun) range of what one can know or understand | Synonyms: ken |
(noun) range or scope of what is perceived | - |
coherence | (noun) logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts | Synonyms: coherency |
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(noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness |
coincidence | (noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction |
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(noun) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space | - |
(noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: happenstance |
coinsurance | (noun) insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters | - |
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comeupance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeuppance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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comeuppance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeupance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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commence | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, lead off, start |
(verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: embark on, start, start up |
commerce | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism |
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(noun) social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. | - |
commonplace | (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous |
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(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
(adjective) completely ordinary and unremarkable | - |
(noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude |
competence | (noun) the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually | Synonyms: competency |
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complacence | (noun) the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself | Synonyms: complacency, self-complacency, self-satisfaction |
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complaisance | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
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compliance | (noun) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | Synonyms: submission |
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(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, conformation, conformity |
(noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
concomitance | (noun) occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another | - |
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concordance | (noun) an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts | - |
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(noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concord, harmony |
(noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concord, harmony |
concupiscence | (noun) a desire for sexual intimacy | Synonyms: eros, physical attraction, sexual desire |
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concurrence | (noun) acting together, as agents or circumstances or events | Synonyms: concurrency |
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(noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, conjunction |
(noun) agreement of results or opinions | Synonyms: concurrency |
(noun) a state of cooperation | Synonyms: meeting of minds |
condolence | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: commiseration |
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conduce | (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: contribute, lead |
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conductance | (noun) a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance | - |
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conference | (noun) a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic | Synonyms: group discussion |
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(noun) a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) | - |
(noun) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members | Synonyms: league |
confidence | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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(noun) a secret that is confided or entrusted to another | - |
(noun) a feeling of trust (in someone or something) | - |
(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable | - |
(noun) a trustful relationship | Synonyms: trust |
confluence | (noun) a flowing together | Synonyms: conflux, merging |
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(noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: concourse |
(noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) | Synonyms: meeting |
conformance | (noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformity |
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congruence | (noun) the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | Synonyms: congruity, congruousness |
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connivance | (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: collusion |
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(noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | Synonyms: secret approval, tacit consent |
conscience | (noun) conformity to one's own sense of right conduct | - |
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(noun) a feeling of shame when you do something immoral | - |
(noun) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | Synonyms: moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong |
consequence | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: import, moment |
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(noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: aftermath |
(noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
consistence | (noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: body, consistency, substance |
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(noun) a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts | Synonyms: consistency |
consonance | (noun) the property of sounding harmonious | Synonyms: harmoniousness |
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(noun) the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words | Synonyms: consonant rhyme |
continence | (noun) the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters | Synonyms: continency |
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(noun) voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge | - |
contingence | (noun) a possible event or occurrence or result | Synonyms: contingency, eventuality |
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continuance | (noun) the act of continuing an activity without interruption | Synonyms: continuation |
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(noun) the property of enduring or continuing in time | Synonyms: duration |
(noun) the period of time during which something continues | Synonyms: duration |
contradance | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance, country dancing |
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(verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance |
contrivance | (noun) the act of devising something | Synonyms: devisal |
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(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
(noun) any improvised arrangement for temporary use | Synonyms: lash-up |
(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | Synonyms: dodge, stratagem |
(noun) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill | - |
(noun) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. | - |
convalesce | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: recover, recuperate |
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convalescence | (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: recovery, recuperation |
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convenience | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) a toilet that is available to the public | Synonyms: comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room |
(noun) the quality of being useful and convenient | - |
(noun) the state of being suitable or opportune | - |
convergence | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergency, converging |
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(noun) the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit | Synonyms: convergency |
(noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: intersection, overlap |
(noun) the occurrence of two or more things coming together | - |
conversance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity |
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conveyance | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying |
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(noun) the act of moving something from one location to another | Synonyms: transfer, transferral, transport, transportation |
(noun) something that serves as a means of transportation | Synonyms: transport |
(noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: impartation, imparting |
(noun) document effecting a property transfer | - |
convince | (verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convert, win over |
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coppice | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket |
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coreference | (noun) the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent | - |
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cornice | (noun) the topmost projecting part of an entablature | - |
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(noun) a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall | - |
(noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | Synonyms: pelmet, valance, valance board |
(verb) furnish with a cornice | - |
corpulence | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, overweight, stoutness |
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correspondence | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: parallelism |
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(noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: agreement |
(noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | Synonyms: balance, symmetricalness, symmetry |
(noun) communication by the exchange of letters | - |
(noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness |
countenance | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face | Synonyms: visage |
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(noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
(verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
counterbalance | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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(noun) a compensating equivalent | Synonyms: offset |
(noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, equilibrium, equipoise |
(verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
(verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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counterintelligence | (noun) intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism | - |
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countertransference | (noun) the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction | - |
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covalence | (noun) valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share | Synonyms: covalency |
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covariance | (noun) (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means | - |
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cowardice | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardliness |
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crapulence | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness |
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crawlspace | (noun) low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing | Synonyms: crawl space |
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credence | (noun) a kind of sideboard or buffet | Synonyms: credenza |
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(noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true | Synonyms: acceptance |
crevice | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, fissure, scissure |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, fissure |
crosspiece | (noun) a transverse brace | - |
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(noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something | Synonyms: crossbeam, trave, traverse |
cyberspace | (noun) a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange | Synonyms: internet, net |
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dace | (noun) small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body | Synonyms: Leuciscus leuciscus |
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dalliance | (noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | Synonyms: dawdling, trifling |
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(noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying |
dance | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dancing, saltation, terpsichore |
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(noun) an artistic form of nonverbal communication | - |
(noun) a party for social dancing | - |
(noun) a party of people assembled for dancing | - |
(verb) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | Synonyms: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
(verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way | - |
(verb) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways | - |
decadence | (noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadency, degeneracy, degeneration |
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decalescence | (noun) phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal | - |
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deduce | (verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction | Synonyms: deduct, derive, infer |
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(verb) conclude by reasoning; in logic | Synonyms: infer |
deface | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, disfigure |
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defence | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defense, defensive measure |
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(noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defense |
(noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defense, demurrer, denial |
(noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defense |
(noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defense, defensive structure |
(noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defense, vindication |
(noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defense, refutation |
(noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defense, defense lawyers, defense team |
(noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defending team, defense |
(noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence force, defense, defense force |
(noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction |