| abode | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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| (noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily | Synonyms: residence |
| anode | (noun) a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device | - |
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| (noun) the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | - |
| antinode | (noun) (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system | - |
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| antipode | (noun) direct opposite | - |
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| bode | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| cathode | (noun) a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | - |
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| (noun) the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | - |
| cestode | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: tapeworm |
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| cladode | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | Synonyms: cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade |
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| code | (noun) a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy | - |
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| (noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | Synonyms: codification |
| (noun) (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions | Synonyms: computer code |
| (noun) a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification | - |
| (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
| (verb) attach a code to | - |
| commode | (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet |
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| (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: chiffonier |
| corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
| decode | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decrypt |
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| demode | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
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| diode | (noun) a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction | Synonyms: crystal rectifier, junction rectifier, semiconductor diode |
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| (noun) a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier | Synonyms: rectifying tube, rectifying valve |
| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| duodiode | (noun) an electron tube having two diodes in the same envelope, with either a common cathode or separate cathodes. | - |
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| electrode | (noun) a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | - |
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| encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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| episode | (noun) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie | Synonyms: sequence |
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| (noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: installment, instalment |
| (noun) a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series | - |
| (noun) a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events | - |
| erode | (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, fret |
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| (verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away |
| exode | (noun) a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater | - |
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| explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
| (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
| (verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
| (verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
| (verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
| (verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
| (verb) destroy by exploding | - |
| forebode | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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| geode | (noun) (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals | - |
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| hemipode | (noun) small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains | Synonyms: bustard quail, button-quail, button quail |
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| hydathode | (noun) a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants | Synonyms: water pore, water stoma |
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| implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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| incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| internode | (noun) a segment of a stem between two nodes | - |
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| lode | (noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | Synonyms: load |
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| megapode | (noun) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | Synonyms: mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl |
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| microcode | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: firmware |
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| mode | (noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: fashion, manner, style, way |
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| (noun) the most frequent value of a random variable | Synonyms: modal value |
| (noun) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | Synonyms: musical mode |
| (noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | Synonyms: modality |
| (noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | Synonyms: modality, mood |
| (noun) a particular functioning condition or arrangement | - |
| nematode | (noun) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Synonyms: nematode worm, roundworm |
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| node | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, guest |
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| (noun) any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part | - |
| (noun) the source of lymph and lymphocytes | Synonyms: lymph gland, lymph node |
| (noun) (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane | - |
| (noun) (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system | - |
| (noun) (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge | Synonyms: leaf node |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: knob, thickening |
| (noun) a connecting point at which several lines come together | - |
| ode | (noun) a lyric poem with complex stanza forms | - |
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| outmode | (verb) make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete | - |
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| pentode | (noun) a thermionic tube having five electrodes | - |
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| photocathode | (noun) a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated | - |
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| phyllode | (noun) an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade | - |
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| pistillode | (noun) a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower | - |
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| postcode | (noun) a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail | Synonyms: postal code, ZIP, ZIP code |
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| recode | (verb) put into a different code; rearrange mentally | - |
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| tetrode | (noun) a thermionic tube having four electrodes | - |
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| trematode | (noun) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | Synonyms: fluke, trematode worm |
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| triode | (noun) a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible | - |
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| zenerdiode | (noun) a semiconductor diode that exhibits a sharp increase in reverse current at a well-defined reverse voltage: used as a voltage regulator | Synonyms: stabilitron |
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