| abaft
|
(adverb) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane |
Synonyms:
aft,
astern |
|---|
| abandonment
|
(noun) the act of giving something up |
Synonyms:
desertion,
forsaking |
|---|
| (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
Synonyms:
defection,
desertion |
| (noun) the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away |
- |
| abasement
|
(noun) a low or downcast state |
Synonyms:
degradation,
abjection |
|---|
| (noun) depriving one of self-esteem |
Synonyms:
humiliation |
| abashment
|
(noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
Synonyms:
bashfulness |
|---|
| abatement
|
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
Synonyms:
reprieve,
respite,
suspension,
hiatus |
|---|
| (noun) the act of abating |
- |
| abbot
|
(noun) the superior of an abbey of monks |
Synonyms:
archimandrite |
|---|
| abducent
|
(noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye |
Synonyms:
nervus abducens,
sixth cranial nerve,
abducens,
abducens nerve,
abducent nerve |
|---|
| (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part |
Synonyms:
abducting |
| abduct
|
(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
Synonyms:
nobble,
kidnap,
snatch |
|---|
| (verb) pull away from the body |
- |
| aberrant
|
(adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm |
Synonyms:
deviant,
deviate |
|---|
| (noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
- |
| abet
|
(verb) assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing |
- |
|---|
| abetment
|
(noun) the verbal act of urging on |
Synonyms:
instigation,
abettal |
|---|
| abeyant
|
(adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active |
Synonyms:
dormant |
|---|
| abhorrent
|
(adjective) offensive to the mind |
Synonyms:
repugnant,
repulsive,
detestable,
obscene |
|---|
| abient
|
(adjective) characterized by avoidance or withdrawal |
- |
|---|
| abiogenist
|
(noun) a believer in abiogenesis |
- |
|---|
| abject
|
(adjective) of the most contemptible kind |
Synonyms:
miserable,
scummy,
scurvy,
low,
low-down |
|---|
| (adjective) most unfortunate or miserable |
- |
| (adjective) showing utter resignation or hopelessness |
Synonyms:
unhopeful |
| (adjective) showing humiliation or submissiveness |
- |
| ablaut
|
(noun) a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) |
- |
|---|
| abolishment
|
(noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
Synonyms:
abolition |
|---|
| abolitionist
|
(noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
Synonyms:
emancipationist |
|---|
| abort
|
(noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed |
- |
|---|
| (verb) terminate before completion |
- |
| (verb) cease development, die, and be aborted |
- |
| (verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
- |
| abortifacient
|
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
Synonyms:
aborticide,
abortion-inducing drug |
|---|
| (adjective) causing abortion |
- |
| abortionist
|
(noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies |
- |
|---|
| about
|
(adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct |
Synonyms:
roughly,
just about,
more or less,
or so,
some,
close to,
approximately,
around |
|---|
| (adverb) all around or on all sides |
Synonyms:
around |
| (adverb) in the area or vicinity |
Synonyms:
around |
| (adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction |
Synonyms:
around |
| (adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction |
Synonyms:
around |
| (adverb) in rotation or succession |
- |
| (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but |
Synonyms:
near,
nearly,
nigh,
most,
well-nigh,
virtually,
almost |
| (adjective) on the move |
Synonyms:
astir |
| abradant
|
(noun) a substance that abrades or wears down |
Synonyms:
abrasive,
abrasive material |
|---|
| (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing |
Synonyms:
abrader |
| abreact
|
(verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization |
- |
|---|
| abreast
|
(adverb) alongside each other, facing in the same direction |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge |
Synonyms:
up on,
au courant,
au fait |
| abridgement
|
(noun) a shortened version of a written work |
Synonyms:
condensation,
capsule,
abridgment |
|---|
| abridgment
|
(noun) a shortened version of a written work |
Synonyms:
condensation,
capsule,
abridgement |
|---|
| abrupt
|
(adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions |
Synonyms:
disconnected |
|---|
| (adjective) exceedingly sudden and unexpected |
- |
| (adjective) dangerously steep |
Synonyms:
precipitous,
sharp |
| (adjective) surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner |
- |
| abscondment
|
(noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
Synonyms:
decampment |
|---|
| absent
|
(verb) stay away or leave |
Synonyms:
remove |
|---|
| (adjective) not being in a specified place |
- |
| (adjective) nonexistent |
Synonyms:
missing,
wanting,
lacking |
| (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
Synonyms:
scatty,
absentminded,
abstracted |
| absolutist
|
(adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism |
Synonyms:
absolutistic |
|---|
| (noun) one who advocates absolutism |
- |
| absorbefacient
|
(adjective) inducing or promoting absorption |
Synonyms:
sorbefacient |
|---|
| absorbent
|
(noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
Synonyms:
absorbent material |
|---|
| (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) |
Synonyms:
absorptive |
| abstinent
|
(adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink |
Synonyms:
abstentious |
|---|
| (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
Synonyms:
nondrinker,
abstainer |
| abstract
|
(verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically |
- |
|---|
| (verb) make off with belongings of others |
Synonyms:
sneak,
lift,
hook,
nobble,
pilfer,
pinch,
purloin,
snarf,
swipe,
cabbage,
filch |
| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance |
- |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) |
- |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
Synonyms:
abstraction |
| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
Synonyms:
outline,
precis,
synopsis |
| (adjective) existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment |
- |
| (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature |
Synonyms:
nonfigurative,
nonobjective,
abstractionist |
| (adjective) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention |
- |
| abstractionist
|
(adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature |
Synonyms:
nonfigurative,
nonobjective,
abstract |
|---|
| (noun) a painter of abstract pictures |
Synonyms:
abstract artist |
| abundant
|
(adjective) present in great quantity |
- |
|---|
| abut
|
(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
Synonyms:
march,
edge,
border,
adjoin,
butt,
butt against,
butt on |
|---|
| abutment
|
(noun) point of contact between two objects or parts |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge |
- |
| abvolt
|
(noun) a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt |
- |
|---|
| abwatt
|
(noun) a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt) |
- |
|---|
| acaulescent
|
(adjective) (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground |
Synonyms:
stemless |
|---|
| accent
|
(verb) to stress, single out as important |
Synonyms:
punctuate,
stress,
emphasise,
emphasize,
accentuate |
|---|
| (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent |
Synonyms:
stress,
accentuate |
| (noun) distinctive manner of oral expression |
Synonyms:
speech pattern |
| (noun) special importance or significance |
Synonyms:
emphasis |
| (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
Synonyms:
idiom,
dialect |
| (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |
Synonyms:
stress,
emphasis |
| (noun) a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
Synonyms:
accent mark |
| accept
|
(verb) consider or hold as true |
- |
|---|
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered |
Synonyms:
take,
have |
| (verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to |
Synonyms:
go for,
consent |
| (verb) react favorably to; consider right and proper |
- |
| (verb) admit into a group or community |
Synonyms:
take,
take on,
admit |
| (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person |
Synonyms:
assume,
bear,
take over |
| (verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to |
Synonyms:
swallow,
live with |
| (verb) be designed to hold or take |
Synonyms:
take |
| (verb) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee |
- |
| (verb) make use of or accept for some purpose |
Synonyms:
take |
| (verb) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal |
- |
| acceptant
|
(adjective) accepting willingly |
Synonyms:
acceptive |
|---|
| accident
|
(noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury |
- |
|---|
| (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause |
Synonyms:
stroke,
chance event,
fortuity |
| accompaniment
|
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
Synonyms:
co-occurrence,
concomitant,
attendant |
|---|
| (noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts |
Synonyms:
support,
backup,
musical accompaniment |
| (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect |
Synonyms:
complement |
| (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them |
Synonyms:
escort |
| accompanist
|
(noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
Synonyms:
accompanyist |
|---|
| accompanyist
|
(noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
Synonyms:
accompanist |
|---|
| accomplishment
|
(noun) the action of accomplishing something |
Synonyms:
achievement |
|---|
| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training |
Synonyms:
acquisition,
attainment,
skill,
acquirement |
| accordant
|
(adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) in keeping |
Synonyms:
concordant,
conformable,
consonant,
agreeable |
| accordionist
|
(noun) a musician who plays the accordion |
- |
|---|
| accost
|
(verb) speak to someone |
Synonyms:
address,
come up to |
|---|
| (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors |
Synonyms:
hook,
solicit |
| accouchement
|
(noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child |
Synonyms:
vaginal birth,
childbearing,
childbirth |
|---|
| account
|
(verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something |
- |
|---|
| (verb) keep an account of |
Synonyms:
calculate |
| (verb) to give an account or representation of in words |
Synonyms:
describe,
report |
| (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation |
Synonyms:
answer for |
| (noun) a record or narrative description of past events |
Synonyms:
history,
story,
chronicle |
| (noun) a short account of the news |
Synonyms:
report,
story,
news report,
write up |
| (noun) a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services |
Synonyms:
business relationship |
| (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
Synonyms:
explanation |
| (noun) grounds |
Synonyms:
score |
| (noun) importance or value |
- |
| (noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance |
Synonyms:
accounting,
account statement |
| (noun) the act of informing by verbal report |
Synonyms:
report |
| (noun) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered |
Synonyms:
bill,
invoice |
| (noun) the quality of taking advantage |
- |
| accountant
|
(noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts |
Synonyms:
controller,
comptroller |
|---|
| accouterment
|
(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
Synonyms:
accessory,
accoutrement |
|---|
| accoutrement
|
(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
Synonyms:
accessory,
accouterment |
|---|
| accredit
|
(verb) grant credentials to |
Synonyms:
recognise,
recognize |
|---|
| (verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials |
- |
| (verb) ascribe an achievement to |
Synonyms:
credit |
| accruement
|
(noun) the act of accumulating |
Synonyms:
accrual,
accumulation |
|---|
| accumbent
|
(adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest |
Synonyms:
recumbent,
decumbent |
|---|
| accurst
|
(adjective) under a curse |
Synonyms:
maledict,
accursed |
|---|
| achievement
|
(noun) the action of accomplishing something |
Synonyms:
accomplishment |
|---|
| acidulent
|
(adjective) being sour to the taste |
Synonyms:
acid,
acidic,
acidulous |
|---|
| acknowledgement
|
(noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged |
Synonyms:
recognition,
acknowledgment |
|---|
| (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone |
Synonyms:
acknowledgment |
| acknowledgment
|
(noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged |
Synonyms:
recognition,
acknowledgement |
|---|
| (noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
Synonyms:
reference,
quotation,
credit,
mention,
citation,
cite |
| (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone |
Synonyms:
acknowledgement |
| acquaint
|
(verb) cause to come to know personally |
Synonyms:
introduce,
present |
|---|
| (verb) make familiar or conversant with |
Synonyms:
familiarise,
familiarize |
| (verb) inform |
- |
| acquiescent
|
(adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest |
Synonyms:
biddable |
|---|
| acquirement
|
(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training |
Synonyms:
accomplishment,
acquisition,
attainment,
skill |
|---|
| acquit
|
(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
Synonyms:
clear,
discharge,
exculpate,
exonerate,
assoil |
|---|
| (verb) behave in a certain manner |
Synonyms:
carry,
bear,
conduct,
deport,
comport,
behave |
| acrobat
|
(noun) an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination |
- |
|---|
| acrodont
|
(noun) an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
- |
|---|
| act
|
(verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Synonyms:
move |
|---|
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself |
Synonyms:
do,
behave |
| (verb) play a role or part |
Synonyms:
play,
represent |
| (verb) discharge one's duties |
- |
| (verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind |
Synonyms:
play,
act as |
| (verb) be suitable for theatrical performance |
- |
| (verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected |
Synonyms:
work |
| (verb) be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure |
- |
| (verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly |
Synonyms:
pretend,
dissemble |
| (verb) perform on a stage or theater |
Synonyms:
play,
roleplay,
playact |
| (noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body |
Synonyms:
enactment |
| (noun) something that people do or cause to happen |
Synonyms:
deed,
human action,
human activity |
| (noun) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet |
- |
| (noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program |
Synonyms:
routine,
turn,
number,
bit |
| (noun) a manifestation of insincerity |
- |
| activist
|
(adjective) advocating or engaged in activism |
Synonyms:
activistic |
|---|
| (noun) a militant reformer |
Synonyms:
militant |
| adamant
|
(noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem |
Synonyms:
diamond |
|---|
| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
Synonyms:
inexorable,
intransigent,
adamantine |
| adapt
|
(verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose |
Synonyms:
accommodate |
|---|
| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
Synonyms:
adjust,
conform |
| addict
|
(verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
Synonyms:
hook |
|---|
| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
Synonyms:
nut,
junkie,
junky,
freak |
| (noun) someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity |
- |
| adducent
|
(adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part |
Synonyms:
adducting,
adductive |
|---|
| adduct
|
(noun) a compound formed by an addition reaction |
- |
|---|
| (verb) draw a limb towards the body |
- |
| adept
|
(adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
Synonyms:
practiced,
proficient,
good,
expert,
skilful,
skillful |
|---|
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
Synonyms:
ace,
genius,
sensation,
star,
whiz,
hotshot,
maven,
mavin,
whizz,
wiz,
wizard,
superstar,
virtuoso,
champion |
| adherent
|
(adjective) sticking fast |
- |
|---|
| (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
Synonyms:
disciple |
| adient
|
(adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach |
- |
|---|
| adit
|
(noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine |
- |
|---|
| adjacent
|
(adjective) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space |
Synonyms:
next,
side by side |
|---|
| (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching |
Synonyms:
neighboring,
conterminous,
contiguous |
| (adjective) near or close to but not necessarily touching |
- |
| adjournment
|
(noun) the termination of a meeting |
Synonyms:
dissolution |
|---|
| (noun) the act of postponing to another time or place |
- |
| adjunct
|
(noun) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another |
- |
| (noun) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence |
- |
| (adjective) furnishing added support |
Synonyms:
accessory,
adjuvant,
ancillary,
appurtenant,
auxiliary |
| (adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another |
Synonyms:
assistant |
| adjust
|
(verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
Synonyms:
set,
correct |
|---|
| (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
Synonyms:
align,
line up,
aline |
| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
Synonyms:
conform,
adapt |
| (verb) make correspondent or conformable |
- |
| (verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim |
- |
| adjustment
|
(noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
Synonyms:
accommodation,
fitting |
|---|
| (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
Synonyms:
modification,
alteration |
| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
Synonyms:
readjustment,
registration |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
Synonyms:
adaptation,
adaption |
| (noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances |
Synonyms:
allowance |
| adjutant
|
(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer |
Synonyms:
aide,
aide-de-camp |
|---|
| (noun) large Indian stork with a military gait |
Synonyms:
adjutant bird,
adjutant stork,
Leptoptilus dubius |
| adjuvant
|
(noun) an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) furnishing added support |
Synonyms:
accessory,
adjunct,
ancillary,
appurtenant,
auxiliary |
| (adjective) enhancing the action of a medical treatment |
- |
| admit
|
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
Synonyms:
acknowledge |
|---|
| (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to |
Synonyms:
intromit,
allow in,
let in |
| (verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of |
Synonyms:
include,
let in |
| (verb) admit into a group or community |
Synonyms:
accept,
take,
take on |
| (verb) afford possibility |
Synonyms:
allow |
| (verb) give access or entrance to |
- |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding |
Synonyms:
hold,
accommodate |
| (verb) serve as a means of entrance |
- |
| admonishment
|
(noun) a firm rebuke |
Synonyms:
monition,
admonition |
|---|
| adolescent
|
(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 |
Synonyms:
teen,
teenage,
teenaged |
|---|
| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
Synonyms:
jejune,
juvenile,
puerile |
| (adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity |
- |
| (adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent |
- |
| (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
Synonyms:
stripling,
teen,
teenager |
| adopt
|
(verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans |
Synonyms:
espouse,
follow |
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| (verb) take up and practice as one's own |
Synonyms:
take up,
borrow,
take over |
| (verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities |
Synonyms:
assume,
take on,
take over |
| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect |
Synonyms:
acquire,
assume,
take,
take on |
| (verb) take into one's family |
Synonyms:
take in |
| (verb) put into dramatic form |
Synonyms:
dramatise,
dramatize |
| (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own |
Synonyms:
embrace,
espouse,
sweep up |
| adornment
|
(noun) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
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| (noun) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting |
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| adrift
|
(adverb) floating freely; not anchored |
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| (adverb) off course, wandering aimlessly |
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| (adjective) aimlessly drifting |
Synonyms:
rudderless,
undirected,
directionless,
planless,
afloat,
aimless |
| (adjective) afloat on the surface of a body of water |
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| adroit
|
(adjective) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
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| adscript
|
(adjective) written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it |
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| (adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner |
Synonyms:
adscripted |
| adsorbent
|
(noun) a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
Synonyms:
adsorbent material |
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| (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface |
Synonyms:
surface-assimilative,
adsorptive |