| abalone
|
(noun) any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior |
Synonyms:
ear-shell |
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| acetone
|
(noun) the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics |
Synonyms:
dimethyl ketone,
propanone |
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| adrenosterone
|
(noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland |
- |
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| agone
|
(adjective) gone by; or in the past |
Synonyms:
ago |
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| aitchbone
|
(noun) a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone |
- |
|---|
| aldosterone
|
(noun) a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance |
- |
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| aleurone
|
(noun) granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains |
- |
|---|
| allophone
|
(noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme |
- |
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| alone
|
(adverb) without any others being included or involved |
Synonyms:
only,
entirely,
exclusively,
solely |
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| (adverb) without anybody else or anything else |
Synonyms:
unaccompanied,
solo |
| (adjective) isolated from others |
- |
| (adjective) lacking companions or companionship |
Synonyms:
solitary,
lone,
lonely |
| (adjective) exclusive of anyone or anything else |
Synonyms:
only |
| (adjective) radically distinctive and without equal |
Synonyms:
unequaled,
unequalled,
unique,
unparalleled |
| amiodarone
|
(noun) an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective |
Synonyms:
Cordarone |
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| amrinone
|
(noun) a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium |
Synonyms:
Inocor |
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| androsterone
|
(noun) an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone |
- |
|---|
| anemone
|
(noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves |
Synonyms:
windflower |
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| (noun) marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton |
Synonyms:
sea anemone |
| anklebone
|
(noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint |
Synonyms:
astragal,
talus,
astragalus |
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| anticyclone
|
(noun) (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern |
- |
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| argemone
|
(noun) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America |
Synonyms:
devil's fig,
prickly poppy,
white thistle |
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| atone
|
(verb) make amends for |
Synonyms:
expiate,
aby,
abye |
|---|
| (verb) turn away from sin or do penitence |
Synonyms:
repent |
| axone
|
(noun) long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron |
Synonyms:
axon |
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| backbone
|
(noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability |
Synonyms:
mainstay,
keystone,
anchor,
linchpin,
lynchpin |
|---|
| (noun) fortitude and determination |
Synonyms:
gumption,
grit,
sand,
moxie,
guts |
| (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord |
Synonyms:
back,
spine,
rachis,
spinal column,
vertebral column |
| (noun) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved |
Synonyms:
spine |
| (noun) the part of a network that connects other networks together |
- |
| barbitone
|
(noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic |
Synonyms:
diethylbarbituric acid,
diethylmalonylurea,
veronal,
barbital |
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| baritone
|
(noun) a male singer |
Synonyms:
barytone |
|---|
| (noun) the second lowest adult male singing voice |
Synonyms:
baritone voice |
| (noun) the second lowest brass wind instrument |
Synonyms:
baritone horn |
| (adjective) lower in range than tenor and higher than bass |
- |
| barytone
|
(noun) a male singer |
Synonyms:
baritone |
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| benzoquinone
|
(noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes |
Synonyms:
quinone |
|---|
| bilestone
|
(noun) a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts |
Synonyms:
gallstone |
|---|
| bloodstone
|
(noun) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood |
Synonyms:
heliotrope |
|---|
| bluestone
|
(noun) bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building |
- |
|---|
| bone
|
(verb) study intensively, as before an exam |
Synonyms:
mug up,
drum,
get up,
grind away,
swot,
swot up,
cram,
bone up |
|---|
| (verb) remove the bones from |
Synonyms:
debone |
| (noun) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
Synonyms:
os |
| (noun) the porous calcified substance from which bones are made |
Synonyms:
osseous tissue |
| (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
Synonyms:
ivory,
pearl,
off-white |
| (adjective) consisting of or made up of bone |
- |
| brachistochrone
|
(noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. |
- |
|---|
| breakstone
|
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga |
Synonyms:
rockfoil,
saxifrage |
|---|
| breastbone
|
(noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs |
Synonyms:
sternum |
|---|
| brimstone
|
(noun) an old name for sulfur |
Synonyms:
native sulfur,
native sulphur |
|---|
| brownstone
|
(noun) a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color |
- |
| buspirone
|
(noun) a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety |
Synonyms:
BuSpar |
|---|
| butanone
|
(noun) colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid |
Synonyms:
methyl ethyl ketone |
|---|
| bygone
|
(noun) past events to be put aside |
Synonyms:
water under the bridge |
|---|
| (adjective) well in the past; former |
Synonyms:
departed,
gone,
bypast,
foregone |
| capstone
|
(noun) a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination |
Synonyms:
copestone,
finishing touch |
|---|
| (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
Synonyms:
copestone,
stretcher,
coping stone |
| cefoperazone
|
(noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections |
Synonyms:
Cefobid |
|---|
| ceftriaxone
|
(noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract |
Synonyms:
Rocephin |
|---|
| cellphone
|
(noun) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver |
Synonyms:
cell,
mobile phone,
cellular phone,
cellular telephone |
|---|
| chalkstone
|
(noun) a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout |
Synonyms:
tophus |
|---|
| chaperone
|
(verb) accompany as a chaperone |
Synonyms:
chaperon |
|---|
| (noun) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people |
Synonyms:
chaperon |
| cheekbone
|
(noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek |
Synonyms:
zygomatic,
zygomatic bone,
jugal bone,
malar,
malar bone,
os zygomaticum |
|---|
| cherrystone
|
(noun) small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino |
Synonyms:
cherrystone clam |
|---|
| (noun) a half-grown quahog |
Synonyms:
cherrystone clam |
| chloroacetophenone
|
(noun) a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer |
Synonyms:
CN gas |
|---|
| chlorthalidone
|
(noun) a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks |
Synonyms:
Hygroton,
Thalidone |
|---|
| chordophone
|
(noun) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers |
- |
|---|
| cicerone
|
(noun) a guide who conducts and informs sightseers |
- |
|---|
| claystone
|
(noun) fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles |
- |
|---|
| clingstone
|
(noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit |
Synonyms:
cling |
|---|
| clone
|
(noun) a person who is almost identical to another |
Synonyms:
ringer,
dead ringer |
|---|
| (noun) a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction |
Synonyms:
clon |
| (noun) an unauthorized copy or imitation |
Synonyms:
knockoff |
| (verb) make multiple identical copies of |
- |
| cobblestone
|
(noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads |
Synonyms:
sett,
cobble |
|---|
| (verb) pave with cobblestones |
Synonyms:
cobble |
| collarbone
|
(noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum |
Synonyms:
clavicle |
|---|
| condone
|
(verb) excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with |
Synonyms:
excuse |
|---|
| cone
|
(noun) any cone-shaped artifact |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point |
Synonyms:
cone shape,
conoid |
| (noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts |
Synonyms:
strobile,
strobilus |
| (noun) a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color |
Synonyms:
retinal cone,
cone cell |
| (verb) make cone-shaped |
- |
| copestone
|
(noun) a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination |
Synonyms:
capstone,
finishing touch |
|---|
| (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
Synonyms:
capstone,
stretcher,
coping stone |
| cornerstone
|
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained |
Synonyms:
base,
groundwork,
foundation,
basis,
fundament |
|---|
| (noun) a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies |
- |
| (noun) a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls |
- |
| cornpone
|
(noun) cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) |
Synonyms:
pone |
|---|
| corticosterone
|
(noun) secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body |
- |
|---|
| cortisone
|
(noun) a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone |
Synonyms:
Cortone Acetate |
|---|
| coumarone
|
(noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins |
Synonyms:
cumarone,
benzofuran |
|---|
| crone
|
(noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman |
Synonyms:
hag,
witch,
beldam,
beldame |
|---|
| cumarone
|
(noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins |
Synonyms:
coumarone,
benzofuran |
|---|
| curbstone
|
(noun) a paving stone forming part of a curb |
Synonyms:
kerbstone |
|---|
| cyclone
|
(noun) (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a violent rotating windstorm |
- |
| dapsone
|
(noun) antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases |
- |
|---|
| debone
|
(verb) remove the bones from |
Synonyms:
bone |
|---|
| depone
|
(verb) make a deposition; declare under oath |
Synonyms:
swear,
depose |
|---|
| dethrone
|
(verb) remove a monarch from the throne |
- |
|---|
| dexamethasone
|
(noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation |
Synonyms:
Hexadrol,
Decadron,
Dexamethasone Intensol,
Dexone,
Oradexon |
|---|
| diaphone
|
(noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones |
- |
|---|
| done
|
(adjective) having finished or arrived at completion |
Synonyms:
through,
through with |
|---|
| (adjective) cooked until ready to serve |
- |
| dripstone
|
(noun) the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone |
Synonyms:
hoodmold,
hoodmould |
| drone
|
(verb) make a monotonous low dull sound |
- |
|---|
| (verb) talk in a monotonous voice |
Synonyms:
drone on |
| (noun) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen |
- |
| (noun) an unchanging intonation |
Synonyms:
monotone,
droning |
| (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind |
Synonyms:
poke,
trailer,
dawdler,
laggard,
lagger |
| (noun) an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control |
Synonyms:
radio-controlled aircraft,
pilotless aircraft |
| (noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone |
Synonyms:
drone pipe,
bourdon |
| earphone
|
(noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear |
Synonyms:
headphone,
phone,
earpiece |
|---|
| enthrone
|
(verb) provide with power and authority |
Synonyms:
invest,
vest |
|---|
| (verb) put a monarch on the throne |
Synonyms:
throne |
| entryphone
|
(noun) An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell. |
- |
|---|
| epigone
|
(noun) an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician |
Synonyms:
epigon |
|---|
| estrone
|
(noun) a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency |
Synonyms:
oestrone,
Estronol,
theelin |
|---|
| fieldstone
|
(noun) stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material |
- |
|---|
| firestone
|
(noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns |
- |
| fishbone
|
(noun) a bone of a fish |
- |
|---|
| flagstone
|
(noun) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones |
Synonyms:
flag |
|---|
| flavone
|
(noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments |
- |
|---|
| flintstone
|
(noun) pebbles of flint used in masonry construction |
- |
|---|
| foregone
|
(adjective) well in the past; former |
Synonyms:
departed,
gone,
bygone,
bypast |
|---|
| freestone
|
(noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit |
- |
|---|
| friendzone
|
(verb) To treat as a friend although the other party has romantic feelings |
- |
|---|
| gallstone
|
(noun) a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts |
Synonyms:
bilestone |
|---|
| gemstone
|
(noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry |
Synonyms:
gem,
stone |
|---|
| goldstone
|
(noun) aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles |
- |
|---|
| gone
|
(adjective) stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) |
Synonyms:
ripped,
inebriated,
intoxicated,
drunk |
|---|
| (adjective) destroyed or killed |
Synonyms:
done for,
kaput |
| (adjective) dead |
Synonyms:
deceased,
departed,
asleep,
at peace,
at rest |
| (adjective) well in the past; former |
Synonyms:
departed,
bygone,
bypast,
foregone |
| (adjective) drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted |
Synonyms:
dog-tired,
played out,
exhausted,
washed-out,
worn out,
worn-out,
spent,
fagged,
fatigued |
| (adjective) used up or no longer available |
- |
| gramophone
|
(noun) an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically |
Synonyms:
acoustic gramophone |
|---|
| gravestone
|
(noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave |
Synonyms:
headstone,
tombstone |
|---|
| grindstone
|
(noun) a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools |
- |
|---|
| gritstone
|
(noun) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone |
Synonyms:
grit,
gritrock |
|---|
| hailstone
|
(noun) small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm |
- |
|---|
| halftone
|
(noun) a print obtained from photoengraving |
- |
|---|
| (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration |
Synonyms:
halftone engraving,
photoengraving |
| headphone
|
(noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear |
Synonyms:
phone,
earphone,
earpiece |
|---|
| headstone
|
(noun) the central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
Synonyms:
key,
keystone |
|---|
| (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave |
Synonyms:
gravestone,
tombstone |
| hearthstone
|
(noun) a stone that forms a hearth |
- |
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