| abide
|
(verb) dwell |
Synonyms:
stay,
bide |
|---|
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
Synonyms:
digest,
put up,
endure,
stand,
stick out,
stomach,
suffer,
support,
bear,
brook,
tolerate |
| abode
|
(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily |
Synonyms:
residence |
|---|
| (noun) housing that someone is living in |
Synonyms:
habitation,
home,
domicile,
dwelling,
dwelling house |
| aborticide
|
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
Synonyms:
abortifacient,
abortion-inducing drug |
|---|
| (noun) the act of destroying a fetus |
Synonyms:
feticide |
| abrade
|
(verb) wear away |
Synonyms:
rub down,
rub off,
corrade,
abrase |
|---|
| (verb) rub hard or scrub |
Synonyms:
scour |
| acaracide
|
(noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites |
Synonyms:
acaricide |
|---|
| acaricide
|
(noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites |
Synonyms:
acaracide |
|---|
| accede
|
(verb) yield to another's wish or opinion |
Synonyms:
submit,
bow,
defer,
give in |
|---|
| (verb) take on duties or office |
Synonyms:
enter |
| (verb) to agree or express agreement |
Synonyms:
acquiesce,
assent |
| accolade
|
(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction |
Synonyms:
award,
honor,
honour,
laurels |
|---|
| acetaldehyde
|
(noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs |
Synonyms:
ethanal |
|---|
| acetamide
|
(noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds |
Synonyms:
ethanamide |
|---|
| acetanilide
|
(noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) |
Synonyms:
phenylacetamide,
acetanilid |
|---|
| acrylamide
|
(noun) a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals |
- |
|---|
| actinide
|
(noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
Synonyms:
actinoid,
actinon |
|---|
| ade
|
(noun) a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
Synonyms:
fruit drink |
|---|
| aggrade
|
(verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment |
- |
|---|
| aide
|
(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer |
Synonyms:
adjutant,
aide-de-camp |
|---|
| (noun) someone who acts as assistant |
Synonyms:
auxiliary |
| alcalde
|
(noun) a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town |
- |
|---|
| aldehyde
|
(noun) any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids |
- |
|---|
| alidade
|
(noun) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments |
Synonyms:
alidad |
|---|
| (noun) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles |
Synonyms:
alidad |
| allemande
|
(noun) egg-thickened veloute |
Synonyms:
allemande sauce |
|---|
| allude
|
(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to |
Synonyms:
touch,
advert |
|---|
| alongside
|
(adverb) side by side |
Synonyms:
aboard |
|---|
| altitude
|
(noun) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface |
Synonyms:
height |
|---|
| (noun) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) |
- |
| (noun) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) |
Synonyms:
elevation,
EL,
ALT |
| ambuscade
|
(verb) wait in hiding to attack |
Synonyms:
bushwhack,
waylay,
scupper,
ambush,
lie in wait,
lurk |
|---|
| (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
Synonyms:
ambush,
trap,
lying in wait |
| amide
|
(noun) any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 |
- |
|---|
| amplitude
|
(noun) (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the property of copious abundance |
Synonyms:
bounty,
bountifulness |
| (noun) greatness of magnitude |
- |
| anhydride
|
(noun) a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water |
- |
|---|
| anode
|
(noun) a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
- |
| antecede
|
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further |
Synonyms:
precede,
forego,
forgo,
predate,
antedate |
|---|
| anterograde
|
(adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma |
- |
|---|
| antinode
|
(noun) (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system |
- |
|---|
| antipode
|
(noun) direct opposite |
- |
|---|
| antitrade
|
(noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics |
Synonyms:
antitrade wind |
|---|
| aptitude
|
(noun) inherent ability |
- |
|---|
| arcade
|
(noun) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns |
Synonyms:
colonnade |
| arsenide
|
(noun) a compound of arsenic with a more positive element |
- |
|---|
| aside
|
(adverb) on or to one side |
- |
|---|
| (adverb) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) |
Synonyms:
away |
| (adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration |
Synonyms:
apart |
| (adverb) in a different direction |
Synonyms:
away |
| (adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose |
Synonyms:
apart |
| (adverb) in reserve; not for immediate use |
Synonyms:
away,
by |
| (noun) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
- |
| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject |
Synonyms:
digression,
divagation,
parenthesis,
excursus |
| astride
|
(adverb) with one leg on each side |
Synonyms:
astraddle |
|---|
| (adverb) with the legs stretched far apart |
- |
| atherodyde
|
(noun) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed |
Synonyms:
ramjet,
ramjet engine,
athodyd,
flying drainpipe |
|---|
| attitude
|
(noun) a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways |
Synonyms:
mental attitude |
|---|
| (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs |
Synonyms:
position,
posture |
| (noun) a theatrical pose created for effect |
- |
| (noun) position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) |
- |
| azide
|
(noun) a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical |
- |
|---|
| azoimide
|
(noun) a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling |
Synonyms:
HN,
hydrazoic acid,
hydrogen azide |
|---|
| backside
|
(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front |
Synonyms:
rear,
back end |
|---|
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
Synonyms:
rear,
seat,
bottom,
ass,
fundament,
stern,
can,
butt,
tail,
rear end,
rump,
nates,
hind end,
hindquarters,
derriere,
posterior,
prat,
keister,
arse,
behind,
bum,
buns,
buttocks,
fanny,
tail end,
tooshie,
tush |
| backslide
|
(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
Synonyms:
lapse |
|---|
| bacteriacide
|
(noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria |
Synonyms:
bactericide |
|---|
| bactericide
|
(noun) any chemical agent that destroys bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacteriacide |
|---|
| (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth |
Synonyms:
antibacterial,
antibacterial drug |
| ballade
|
(noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy |
- |
|---|
| balustrade
|
(noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling |
Synonyms:
handrail,
balusters,
banister,
bannister |
|---|
| barde
|
(verb) put a caparison on |
Synonyms:
dress up,
caparison,
bard |
|---|
| barricade
|
(verb) render unsuitable for passage |
Synonyms:
block,
stop,
block off,
blockade,
bar,
block up |
|---|
| (verb) prevent access to by barricading |
- |
| (verb) block off with barricades |
Synonyms:
barricado |
| (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. |
Synonyms:
roadblock |
| (noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy |
- |
| beatitude
|
(noun) a state of supreme happiness |
Synonyms:
beatification,
blessedness |
|---|
| bedside
|
(noun) space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person) |
- |
|---|
| bestride
|
(verb) get up on the back of |
Synonyms:
jump on,
hop on,
mount,
mount up,
get on,
climb on |
|---|
| betide
|
(verb) become of; happen to |
Synonyms:
bechance,
befall |
|---|
| bichloride
|
(noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule |
Synonyms:
dichloride |
|---|
| bide
|
(verb) dwell |
Synonyms:
abide,
stay |
|---|
| bigarade
|
(noun) any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock |
Synonyms:
Seville orange,
sour orange,
bitter orange,
marmalade orange,
Citrus aurantium,
bitter orange tree |
|---|
| biodegrade
|
(verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents |
- |
|---|
| blade
|
(noun) especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole |
Synonyms:
leaf blade |
|---|
| (noun) a dashing young man |
- |
| (noun) something long and thin resembling a blade of grass |
- |
| (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
Synonyms:
brand,
steel,
sword |
| (noun) a cut of beef from the shoulder blade |
- |
| (noun) a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) |
- |
| (noun) the part of the skate that slides on the ice |
- |
| (noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water |
Synonyms:
vane |
| (noun) the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge |
- |
| blende
|
(noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form |
Synonyms:
zinc blende,
sphalerite |
|---|
| blindside
|
(verb) catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences |
- |
|---|
| (verb) attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed |
- |
| blockade
|
(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
Synonyms:
block,
hinder,
obstruct,
embarrass,
stymie,
stymy |
|---|
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage |
Synonyms:
block,
stop,
barricade,
block off,
bar,
block up |
| (verb) obstruct access to |
Synonyms:
block off |
| (verb) impose a blockade on |
Synonyms:
seal off |
| (noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy |
Synonyms:
encirclement |
| (noun) prevents access or progress |
- |
| blonde
|
(adjective) being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes |
Synonyms:
blond,
light-haired |
|---|
| (noun) a person with fair skin and hair |
Synonyms:
blond |
| (noun) a light grayish yellow to near white |
Synonyms:
blond |
| bode
|
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen |
Synonyms:
forecast,
auspicate,
portend,
predict,
prefigure,
presage,
prognosticate,
omen,
augur,
betoken,
foreshadow,
foretell |
|---|
| bolide
|
(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) |
Synonyms:
fireball |
|---|
| bride
|
(noun) a woman who has recently been married |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony |
- |
| brigade
|
(verb) form or unite into a brigade |
- |
|---|
| (noun) army unit smaller than a division, typically consisting of a small number of battalions |
- |
| broadside
|
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution |
Synonyms:
bill,
flier,
flyer,
throwaway,
handbill,
circular,
broadsheet |
|---|
| (noun) a speech of violent denunciation |
Synonyms:
philippic,
tirade |
| (noun) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship |
- |
| (noun) the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern |
- |
| (noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship |
- |
| (adverb) with a side facing an object |
- |
| (adjective) toward a full side |
- |
| (verb) collide with the broad side of |
- |
| brocade
|
(noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern |
- |
|---|
| (verb) weave a design into (textiles) |
- |
| bromide
|
(noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a trite or obvious remark |
Synonyms:
platitude,
cliche,
commonplace,
banality |
| burnside
|
(noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
Synonyms:
mutton chop,
side-whiskers,
sideburn |
|---|
| cannonade
|
(verb) attack with cannons or artillery |
- |
|---|
| (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire |
Synonyms:
drumfire |
| canyonside
|
(noun) the steeply sloping side of a canyon |
- |
|---|
| carbamide
|
(noun) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics |
Synonyms:
urea |
|---|
| carbide
|
(noun) a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element |
- |
|---|
| cascade
|
(verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade |
Synonyms:
cascade down |
|---|
| (verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible |
- |
| (noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls |
- |
| (noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units |
- |
| (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower |
Synonyms:
shower |
| cathode
|
(noun) a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
- |
| cavalcade
|
(noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback |
- |
|---|
| cede
|
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another |
Synonyms:
yield,
concede,
grant |
|---|
| (verb) relinquish possession or control over |
Synonyms:
give up,
surrender,
deliver |
| centigrade
|
(adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees |
- |
|---|
| centipede
|
(noun) chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors |
- |
|---|
| cerebroside
|
(noun) A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of cerebrospinal neurons. |
- |
|---|
| certitude
|
(noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant |
Synonyms:
overconfidence,
cocksureness |
|---|
| cestode
|
(noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates |
Synonyms:
tapeworm |
|---|
| cetrimide
|
(noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant |
- |
|---|
| charade
|
(noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades |
- |
|---|
| (noun) making a false outward show |
Synonyms:
masquerade |
| chide
|
(verb) censure severely or angrily |
Synonyms:
trounce,
rag,
jaw,
rebuke,
remonstrate,
reprimand,
have words,
dress down,
scold,
call down,
call on the carpet,
chew out,
chew up,
bawl out,
berate,
take to task,
lambast,
lambaste,
lecture |
|---|
| chlordiazepoxide
|
(noun) a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism |
Synonyms:
Libritabs,
Librium |
|---|
| chloride
|
(noun) any compound containing a chlorine atom |
- |
|---|
| (noun) any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
- |
| chlorothiazide
|
(noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension |
Synonyms:
Diuril |
|---|
| cirripede
|
(noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces |
Synonyms:
cirriped,
barnacle |
|---|
| citywide
|
(adjective) occurring or extending throughout a city |
- |
|---|
| clade
|
(noun) a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor |
- |
|---|
| cladode
|
(noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf |
Synonyms:
phylloclad,
phylloclade,
cladophyll |
|---|
| cockade
|
(noun) an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat |
- |
|---|
| code
|
(verb) attach a code to |
- |
|---|
| (verb) convert ordinary language into code |
Synonyms:
cipher,
cypher,
inscribe,
encipher,
encrypt,
write in code |
| (noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) |
Synonyms:
codification |
| (noun) a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
- |
| (noun) (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
Synonyms:
computer code |
| coincide
|
(verb) go with, fall together |
Synonyms:
co-occur,
cooccur |
|---|
| (verb) happen simultaneously |
Synonyms:
concur |
| (verb) be the same |
- |
| collide
|
(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict |
Synonyms:
jar,
clash |
|---|
| (verb) cause to collide |
- |
| (verb) crash together with violent impact |
Synonyms:
clash |
| collude
|
(verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose |
Synonyms:
conspire |
|---|
| colonnade
|
(noun) structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns |
Synonyms:
arcade |