adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adsorption | (noun) the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid | Synonyms: surface assimilation |
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adulation | (noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise | - |
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adulteration | (noun) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) | - |
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(noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating | Synonyms: debasement |
adumbration | (noun) a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation | - |
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(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefiguration |
advection | (noun) (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties | - |
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advowson | (noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice | - |
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aeon | (noun) (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe | Synonyms: eon |
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(noun) an immeasurably long period of time | Synonyms: eon |
(noun) the longest division of geological time | Synonyms: eon |
aeonian | (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) | Synonyms: eonian |
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(adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
aeration | (noun) the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent | - |
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(noun) the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) | - |
aesculapian | (adjective) of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art | Synonyms: medical |
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aesthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: esthetician |
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(noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: esthetician |
aestivation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | Synonyms: estivation |
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(noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | Synonyms: estivation |
affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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affection | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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affiliation | (noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined | - |
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(noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: association, tie-up, tie |
affirmation | (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand | - |
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(noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: avouchment, avowal |
(noun) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) | - |
(noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | Synonyms: assertion, statement |
affixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of an affix | - |
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(noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: attachment |
(noun) the result of adding an affix to a root word | - |
affliction | (noun) a cause of great suffering and distress | - |
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(noun) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health | - |
(noun) a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | - |
afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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affrication | (noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate | - |
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affusion | (noun) the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head | - |
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afghan | (noun) a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl | - |
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(noun) a coat made of sheepskin | Synonyms: sheepskin coat |
aflatoxin | (noun) a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon | - |
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afternoon | (noun) a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon | Synonyms: good afternoon |
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(noun) the part of the day between noon and evening | - |
aftersensation | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: afterimage |
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again | (adverb) anew | Synonyms: once again, once more, over again |
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agglomeration | (noun) the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating | - |
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(noun) a jumbled collection or mass | - |
agglutination | (noun) the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining | - |
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(noun) a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) | - |
(noun) the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated | Synonyms: agglutinating activity |
agglutinin | (noun) an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen | - |
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agglutinogen | (noun) any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production | - |
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aggravation | (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment | Synonyms: irritation, provocation |
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(noun) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse | Synonyms: exacerbation |
(noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: exasperation |
aggregation | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: assembling, collecting, collection |
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(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, assemblage, collection |
aggression | (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | Synonyms: hostility |
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(noun) deliberately unfriendly behavior | - |
(noun) the act of initiating hostilities | - |
(noun) a disposition to behave aggressively | - |
(noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggressiveness |
agitation | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval |
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(noun) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | - |
(noun) the feeling of being agitated; not calm | - |
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
(noun) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | - |
agnathan | (noun) eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms | Synonyms: jawless fish, jawless vertebrate |
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agnation | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: patrilineage |
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agnomen | (noun) an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great') | - |
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agon | (noun) a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes | - |
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agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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agrarian | (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agricultural, farming |
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aileron | (noun) an airfoil that controls lateral motion | - |
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ain | (adjective) belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive | Synonyms: own |
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aircraftman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftsman |
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aircraftsman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftman |
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aircrewman | (noun) a member of an aircrew | - |
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airgun | (noun) a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air | Synonyms: air gun, air rifle |
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airman | (noun) a male who operates an aircraft | - |
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airwoman | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: aviatress, aviatrix |
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akin | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin |
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(adjective) similar in quality or character | Synonyms: kindred |
albumen | (noun) the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | Synonyms: egg white, ovalbumin, white |
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(noun) a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids | Synonyms: albumin |
albumin | (noun) a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids | Synonyms: albumen |
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alcapton | (noun) an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine | Synonyms: alkapton, homogentisic acid |
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alderman | (noun) a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) | - |
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algin | (noun) a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier | Synonyms: alginic acid |
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alien | (adjective) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | Synonyms: foreign |
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(adjective) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: exotic |
(noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: foreigner, noncitizen, outlander |
(noun) anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found | Synonyms: stranger, unknown |
(noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial being |
(verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alienate |
alienation | (noun) the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly | - |
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(noun) (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another | - |
(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: disaffection, estrangement |
(noun) separation resulting from hostility | Synonyms: estrangement |
align | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, aline, line up |
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(verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: coordinate, ordinate |
(verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | Synonyms: array |
(verb) be or come into adjustment with | - |
alimentation | (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: feeding |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
alizarin | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarine |
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alkapton | (noun) an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine | Synonyms: alcapton, homogentisic acid |
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allegation | (noun) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) | - |
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(noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegement |
allergen | (noun) any substance that can cause an allergy | - |
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alleviation | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: easement, easing, relief |
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(noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: assuagement, relief |
alliteration | (noun) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | Synonyms: beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme |
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allocation | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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(noun) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions | Synonyms: storage allocation |
(noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allotment |
allocution | (noun) (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts | - |
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allusion | (noun) passing reference or indirect mention | - |
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alluviation | (noun) the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | Synonyms: deposit, sedimentation |
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alluvion | (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium |
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(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundation |
(noun) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment | - |
alphabetisation | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetization |
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alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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alsatian | (noun) breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind | Synonyms: German police dog, German shepherd, German shepherd dog |
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altcoin | (noun) an alternative cryptocurrency | - |
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alteration | (noun) the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) | Synonyms: revision |
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(noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: adjustment, modification |
(noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | Synonyms: change, modification |
altercation | (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: affray, fracas |
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alternation | (noun) successive change from one thing or state to another and back again | - |
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amain | (adverb) with all your strength | - |
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(adverb) at full speed; with great haste | - |
amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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amazon | (noun) mainly green tropical American parrots | - |
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(noun) a large strong and aggressive woman | Synonyms: virago |
ambition | (noun) a strong drive for success | Synonyms: ambitiousness |
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(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: aspiration, dream |
(verb) have as one's ambition | - |
ambiversion | (noun) (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion | - |
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ambrosian | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosial |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, nectarous |
ambulation | (noun) walking about | - |
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ameban | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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amelioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: betterment, melioration |
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amethopterin | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: methotrexate, methotrexate sodium |
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ammonification | (noun) impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia | - |
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ammunition | (noun) projectiles to be fired from a gun | Synonyms: ammo |
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(noun) information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint | - |
(noun) any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction | - |
amnion | (noun) thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | Synonyms: amnios, amniotic sac |
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amoeban | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebic, amebous, amoebic, amoebous |
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amortisation | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortization |
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(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortization |
amortization | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortisation |
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(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortisation |
amoxicillin | (noun) an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections | Synonyms: Amoxil, Augmentin, Larotid, Polymox, Trimox |
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amphibian | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | Synonyms: amphibious |
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(noun) cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | - |
(noun) an airplane designed to take off and land on water | Synonyms: amphibious aircraft |
(noun) a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water | Synonyms: amphibious vehicle |
amphotericin | (noun) an antibiotic and antifungal agent | - |
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ampicillin | (noun) semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) | Synonyms: Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin |
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amplification | (noun) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current | - |
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(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | Synonyms: elaboration |
(noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: gain |
amputation | (noun) a surgical removal of all or part of a limb | - |
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(noun) a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs | - |
amygdalin | (noun) a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds | - |
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